Surrender™ - 5ml
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THE POWER OF SURRENDER
Have you ever looked frantically for keys that you have misplaced? It always seems that the more urgent the reason for finding the keys, the more impossible it seems to locate them. Thinking about the appointment you are going to be late for, or the person you are letting down by not being on time can lead you further into anxiety and a mind laden with thoughts of frustration and despair.
This state of mind will almost always guarantee a significant delay in finding your object of desire. However, when the mind finally surrenders to a calmer state of being, then the possibility of finding the keys increases.
The ‘key’ to finding solutions to many of life’s challenges seems to almost always be in our willingness to surrender to calmer states of being. I truly do believe that God speaks to us in silence. It is so sad that our constant mind chatter often does not cease long enough to hear His messages.
Think about the times when you have found yourself in the throes of despair, confusion, or chaos. Perhaps you were going through the loss of a loved one, or being fired from a job, or a financial crisis. Was your mind full of ‘what am I going to do’ thoughts…‘how can I make sense of this situation…why do I feel so powerless…why is this happening to me…?
When I have found myself in similar situations or when I have to make life-changing decisions, I have always found that the best thing for me to do is to first ‘shut up” and turn off my mind chatter and enter into a quiet space. In that space of quiet, I accept the fact that some things are out of my control or power. And that if I am ever going to get myself out of whatever mess I am in, I must surrender all my anxiety, all my fears, all my anger or depression, all my stubbornness… to a Higher Power. Not in a giving-up sort of way, or in a poor- poor- pitiful-me kind of way, but in a very aware state that allows me to let go and trust that I have or will be given the resources to deal with whatever happens.
This state of mind will almost always guarantee a significant delay in finding your object of desire. However, when the mind finally surrenders to a calmer state of being, then the possibility of finding the keys increases.
The ‘key’ to finding solutions to many of life’s challenges seems to almost always be in our willingness to surrender to calmer states of being. I truly do believe that God speaks to us in silence. It is so sad that our constant mind chatter often does not cease long enough to hear His messages.
Think about the times when you have found yourself in the throes of despair, confusion, or chaos. Perhaps you were going through the loss of a loved one, or being fired from a job, or a financial crisis. Was your mind full of ‘what am I going to do’ thoughts…‘how can I make sense of this situation…why do I feel so powerless…why is this happening to me…?
When I have found myself in similar situations or when I have to make life-changing decisions, I have always found that the best thing for me to do is to first ‘shut up” and turn off my mind chatter and enter into a quiet space. In that space of quiet, I accept the fact that some things are out of my control or power. And that if I am ever going to get myself out of whatever mess I am in, I must surrender all my anxiety, all my fears, all my anger or depression, all my stubbornness… to a Higher Power. Not in a giving-up sort of way, or in a poor- poor- pitiful-me kind of way, but in a very aware state that allows me to let go and trust that I have or will be given the resources to deal with whatever happens.
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There are four needs that I have struggled with throughout my life:
■ The Need for Power
■ The Need for Control
■ The Need to be Right
■ The Need to Know What the Next Step is
Having come from a male-dominated culture; I learned very early in life that I had great disdain for submissiveness. I swore to always be in control of any situation and to always have the upper hand. Non-the-less, there came a period in my life when I decided to choose my battles wisely and start focusing on letting go of those needs. When I was first attempting to do this, I thought that I must be going crazy. Immediately, I had fears of people, especially men, walking all over me. As time passed, however, what I found was a feeling of relief; almost like a heavy weight being lifted off my shoulder. I realized that all my life I had had this watchdog on my shoulder, making sure that I wasn’t being taken advantage of, that I was treated fairly, that I was in control. This ‘watchdog’ that I thought had kept me safe, had actually kept me from ‘being.’ How can you actually experience a blissful existence if you are always watching out for what can go wrong?
The Power of Surrender gave me the gift of being, the gift of enjoying life, and the gift of being present. I no longer had a mind full of paranoia; worrying about things that never even happened. I didn’t go into complacency, instead I became like some Warrior Woman, knowing she was powerful, but not having to show off her powers all the time. Keeping my ‘power’ a secret, somehow made me feel more powerful. I found that surrendering to the need for control, made my life more controllable. Giving up the need to be right gave me opportunities to listen and learn from other. And giving up the need to know what the next step should be, made me less afraid of the not knowing.
Yes, God does speak to us in silence. And if we are quiet enough, we might just hear his messages on what our next step will be. Or how we can make a situation more controllable or how we can become empowered even in the face of adversity.
This is so true, especially when we are trying to make something happen, instead of just letting it happen. Oftentimes when we are ready to embark on a new journey, we get stuck in trying to figure out the ‘how’ it’s going to happen.
If you have been asking yourself questions such as:
■ I want to open a new business, but how am I going to accomplish this when I am so much in debt?
■ I want to quit my job and look for something more satisfying, but how am I going to make it financially?
■ I want to find a relationship, but how am I going to make myself desirable?
The key when setting a goal, is to FOCUS ON YOUR TARGET. Visualize your target, using as many of your senses as possible and allowing the reality of accomplishing your goal to go through every cell of your body. Write it down, put it in your wallet, on the refrigerating, anywhere that you will be seeing it on a regular basis. Surrender to the fact that you may not know ‘how’ things will unfold.
In the beginning, when most people set a goal for themselves, especially if that goal is a bit more than their mind can handle, too much time is wasted on thoughts of how this goal will be accomplished. They lose focus of the target and their mind becomes mired in thoughts of disbelief. They are likely to walk by doors that have been purposely opened for them and fail to see opportunities that have been manifested for them. This all happens because the mind is in disbelief. Remember, the mind cannot conceive that which it cannot believe.
■ The Need for Power
■ The Need for Control
■ The Need to be Right
■ The Need to Know What the Next Step is
Having come from a male-dominated culture; I learned very early in life that I had great disdain for submissiveness. I swore to always be in control of any situation and to always have the upper hand. Non-the-less, there came a period in my life when I decided to choose my battles wisely and start focusing on letting go of those needs. When I was first attempting to do this, I thought that I must be going crazy. Immediately, I had fears of people, especially men, walking all over me. As time passed, however, what I found was a feeling of relief; almost like a heavy weight being lifted off my shoulder. I realized that all my life I had had this watchdog on my shoulder, making sure that I wasn’t being taken advantage of, that I was treated fairly, that I was in control. This ‘watchdog’ that I thought had kept me safe, had actually kept me from ‘being.’ How can you actually experience a blissful existence if you are always watching out for what can go wrong?
The Power of Surrender gave me the gift of being, the gift of enjoying life, and the gift of being present. I no longer had a mind full of paranoia; worrying about things that never even happened. I didn’t go into complacency, instead I became like some Warrior Woman, knowing she was powerful, but not having to show off her powers all the time. Keeping my ‘power’ a secret, somehow made me feel more powerful. I found that surrendering to the need for control, made my life more controllable. Giving up the need to be right gave me opportunities to listen and learn from other. And giving up the need to know what the next step should be, made me less afraid of the not knowing.
Yes, God does speak to us in silence. And if we are quiet enough, we might just hear his messages on what our next step will be. Or how we can make a situation more controllable or how we can become empowered even in the face of adversity.
This is so true, especially when we are trying to make something happen, instead of just letting it happen. Oftentimes when we are ready to embark on a new journey, we get stuck in trying to figure out the ‘how’ it’s going to happen.
If you have been asking yourself questions such as:
■ I want to open a new business, but how am I going to accomplish this when I am so much in debt?
■ I want to quit my job and look for something more satisfying, but how am I going to make it financially?
■ I want to find a relationship, but how am I going to make myself desirable?
The key when setting a goal, is to FOCUS ON YOUR TARGET. Visualize your target, using as many of your senses as possible and allowing the reality of accomplishing your goal to go through every cell of your body. Write it down, put it in your wallet, on the refrigerating, anywhere that you will be seeing it on a regular basis. Surrender to the fact that you may not know ‘how’ things will unfold.
In the beginning, when most people set a goal for themselves, especially if that goal is a bit more than their mind can handle, too much time is wasted on thoughts of how this goal will be accomplished. They lose focus of the target and their mind becomes mired in thoughts of disbelief. They are likely to walk by doors that have been purposely opened for them and fail to see opportunities that have been manifested for them. This all happens because the mind is in disbelief. Remember, the mind cannot conceive that which it cannot believe.
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