Letting go: Clive Ashwin offers a Quaker view of renunciation

‘Renunciation can be coloured by grief.’

by Clive Ashwin 16th May 2025

From its beginning, our life is governed by acquisitions. These include not only material objects, such as our possessions, but the gathering of know-how and understanding. From the moment we are born we learn what behaviour is likely to result in the provision of food or other comforts. The acquisition of speech enables us to become more specific in the expression of our needs.