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The Power of Surrender
Adapted from The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library, 1999).
What if you’re stuck in the mud? Does surrender mean you just have to accept being stuck there? Eckhart Tolle clarifies a common misconception about the power of surrender here.
Surrender is a purely inner phenomenon. It does not mean that on the outer level you cannot take action and change the situation. In fact, it is not the overall situation that you need to accept when you surrender, but just the tiny segment called the Now.
If you were stuck in the mud somewhere, you wouldn‘t say, “Okay, I resign myself to being stuck in the mud.” Resignation is not surrender. You don’t need to accept an undesirable or unpleasant life situation. Nor do you need to deceive yourself and say that there is nothing wrong with being stuck in the mud. No. You recognize fully that you want to get out of it. You then narrow your attention down to the present moment without mentally labeling it in any way. This means that there is no judgment of the Now. Therefore, there is no resistance, no emotional negativity. You accept the “isness” of this moment. Then you take action and do all you can to get out of the mud. Such action is called positive action. It is far more effective than negative action, which arises out of anger, despair, or frustration.
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add your comment »We differ in point of view simply because we are at different places in the journey. The more we return to the one experience, the seminal place of our consciousness, the divergence of views become untenable as the rivers of consciousness touch each other, combining to make the bigger stream of human consciousness- the more powerful organizing and intelligent force of life. The thin walls of separatism becomes as flimsy as a fence to a herd of stampeding rhinos in heat.
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To me, surrender is simply the ability to say"It is what it is, now I must decide how to handle it"
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What happens when your significant other's point of view of surrender is different from yours.
That is, what if she/he says that my choices are unhealthy. Aren't I the only one who can decide what is right for me?!
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Awsome stuff!
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I wrote a song about surrender your will you may be able to listen to the whole thing on songramp.com the artist is jessica Evrist and the song is surrender our will. I needed to read this today. thanks. the breathing does work.
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perfect, this goes along with something that I was pondering just yesterday in regards to coincidences...this is exactly what I needed today ... if you look at my page you will see the group ... take a look and see if you make the connection too : ) : ) : )
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Perfect! Surrender accepts that it is a part of the living process and intelligence tells you that you can move around obstacles as water flows around boulders.
Love & Peace
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Tolle mentioned that conscious breathing practice is one of the most powerful technique to access the power of the present moment. This course delivers just this:
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" I surrender to this reality. I have no existance apart from this reality...." Try reading THE LAZY MAN'S GUIDE TO ENLIGHTENMENT" By Thaddeus Golus
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Thanks for the wonderful reminder!
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