surrendering

Michael Singer famously surrendered to the “flow of life” and experienced amazing results–he shares his journey of surrendering in his book The Surrender Experiment, a book I’ve lost count of how many copies I’ve given away.

The thought of giving up control and surrendering to what life brings might sound intimidating or even scary. We like to believe we have more control over events in our lives than we really have. Our control is not in the events but in how we respond to them—so it’s not as if we have no control; it’s not where we think it is.

Surrendering doesn’t have to be a scary decision. I think the word brings discomfort because to me, when I think of surrendering, I think of giving up. I think of soldiers waving the white flag because they’ve been overtaken and giving into the pressure of their enemy. If the word “surrender” brings discomfort, think of surrendering differently.

Surrendering, especially once you’ve begun living or moving toward your authentic life, is really you just getting out of the way.

It’s you realizing that you are moving in the direction you are supposed to be going and there are certain things you must continue to do, but beyond those things, the more you try to control, the more you get in the way and interrupt what the Universe is trying to bring to you.

You can also think of surrendering as “trusting the process.”

Much like getting out of the way, when you trust the process, you’ve identified what you need to contribute to the process and your role—the rest will take care of itself.

Don’t be afraid to relinquish control and surrender in your life. Your desire to control everything might be getting in the way of the very thing you are pursuing.

You don’t have to go to the extreme surrendering of Michael Singer, but a little surrendering might go a long way.

See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,

JC