I'm not talking about political issues, friends. I'm talking about the things a person does to help himself or those he values. Let's get specific a moment. Imagine that you have a teenage son. He is into rock n roll and sex. No surprise:) You, being an ardent Objectivist, talk to him about the value of studying logic, history of the United States, mathematics, and writing. You get steamed up when you talk to him. You *know* how important it is to learn these things. Yet the more steamed up you get, the more you turn off your son! To understand this, imagine that you are swimming towards a beach ball in the water. Every time you move your hands and feet appropriately, the ball travels a little further away from you. Your efforting is actually working against you! Please note that I am not in the slightest opposed to making actual efforts to get things you value. My quarrel is with making an overpush that hurts your chances of getting what you want! Eliminating that overpush is part of what Carrington's "releasing" process is about. In this post, I have to distinguish between Carrington's "releasing" and my own. I incorporate much of what Carrington uses, but I have developed ways of going far deeper into the psyche than Carrington talks about in "Releasing." I have found it necessary to delve more deeply into the psyche to make changes within myself that have been needed for many many years.