Once one begins to make progress in making the turn of consciousness, he/she will realize that no matter how much time and energy one spends on trying to arrive at the truth, arriving at the truth is impossible without making the turn of consciousness.
One will also realize, as he/she begins to make progress in making the turn of consciousness, that all achievements he/she made in the physical world over the course of his/her life were nothing but a heat haze.
I believe such realizations help us put effort into trying to let go of what we have.
I used to think something along the lines of the following statements: 1) joy and happiness will disappear unless one grabs on to them; 2) do not let go of the person who has the power to make you happy; 3) get rid of all things that try to make you let go of that person's hand, joy, or happiness; and 4) the more one can grab with one's hand, the greater joy and happiness becomes. However, such thoughts were all wrong. Of course, the things that I tried to grab onto were all fun, beautiful, happy, and shinning things. On the other hand, I tried to keep a large as possible distance between myself and things that were dirty, dark, and unnecessary; now I know how foolish the condition of my heart was in. As long as I allowed that to be the condition of my heart, I would never have been able to become happy no matter how hard I tried. However, this was not something I could easily realize.
Now I know that holding onto as little as possible and as loosely as possible helps one see the truth easier.
Once I came to see the truth, I came to know how foolish I was to have tried to hold onto joy and happiness.
In addition, once I realized how foolish I was, I also realized that the truth had always been right in front of my eyes.
Once one stops holding onto what is false, he/she will come to see what is true. In addition, once one stops holding onto what is false, what one needs in the physical world will also come to be prepared for oneself. Regardless of whether one tries to prepare what he/she needs, everything will come to be prepared from him/her as necessary.
Furthermore, once one comes to feel the true world, when the time comes, he/she will be able to let go of the things that came to be prepared for him/her in the physical world.
Letting go of things is not to do so because they came to be destroyed; rather, letting go of things is to do so even if they are still there in front of oneself. I believe letting go of things still in front of one's eyes is only possible when one comes to feel the truth. One will come to know that tangible objects are nothing more than what they are.
Those on the right track will come to learn in their daily lives to loosen their hands and let go of things. They will come to learn that holding onto things makes them suffer because doing so is wrong. They will come to learn with certainty that loosening their hands and letting go of things will lead them to their true selves.
Once one comes to realize what a happy thing it is to be able to face their own world, they will come to enjoy the fact that they had for long been foolish.
In fact, once one comes to feel true joy and happiness, he/she will come to appreciate the great world they are in exactly because he/she used to be foolish. When one reaches this state, he/she will only feel thankful to his/her foolish self. One will not feel unsympathetic toward his/her foolish self because he/she will know that he/she was able to understand true joy and happiness exactly because he/she used to be foolish.