Surrender

When I reflect upon where I’ve been, where I am, and where I’m heading I do so without carrying the burdens that have been forthcoming in the past.        
       
I think it’s critical to find acceptance in ourselves, our past and the decisions we each made pertaining to the situations that have shaped our lives, in one way or another.  
 
It is, what it is.     
       
The past is passed. It cannot be undone, therefore, its beneficial to make peace with your inner demons. I tell myself this, all the time to reconcile the wrong that I've endured in life.      
       
No path is more powerful than surrender.        
       
Surrender is a spiritual practice that enables a person to feel liberated. It’s imperative that you feel liberation, whilst shedding yourself of past trends that weren’t contributing to your well being.        
       
A life time of guilt, disappointment, depression, defeat and condemnation can do this to a person, in terms of locking yourself in a cage.        
       
I recall briefly that you mentioned you felt caged, once upon a time. I can only assume that that reflects what' s happened to you internally, which most likely extends across other external environmental factors.        
       
Failure, defeat and punishment is not surrender, and nor is it a decision to let go per se, it's more than an act of acceptance.  
   
Its something that occurs on a much deeper level.        
       
Psychologically, our minds try to control everything we’re connected to, it’s what it does. I’ve been there, I go there and it takes me some time to realise what I’m doing, in that place.        
       
Navigating your way through change, can be exhausting, if you’re not aware of your inner machinations, and what triggers you to feel a plethora of negative emotions, which stem from self doubt.        
       
Entering into such dialogue with yourself, internally, can cause much inner conflict as our minds critically analyse everything. Add our emotions into the mix of those thoughts, and we become conflicted if we don’t surrender ourselves to employ the relevant coping strategies to instil internal harmony.         
       
I guess, what I’m trying to say is that surrender is the absence of strategy, and allowing your conscious thoughts to flow freely, without feeling the futility associated with guilt, and other negative feelings.        
       
Surrender, is a true gift as it allows you to function with grace.        
       
I don’t always get it right, however, I’ve resigned myself to the notion that if I’m unable to find that place of surrender, as a default I think it’s imperative to fall into the present moment, of here and now, to harness the direct experience that’s forthcoming via sensing, feeling and living positive and freely, in the moment.        
       
Futility is often forthcoming when we get stuck in a motion dissecting everything that’s forthcoming, if we’re not willing to surrender to the moment.        
   
You don't have to like me, love me, or even acknowledge me. Though, I know you go through the motions, as do I. Its a humanistic trait we each share.    
   
We're very much same, yet polar opposites.    
       
Conscious thoughts rarely reflect what evolves in the depths of us as our plans, perception, goals and actions are often forthcoming, which is underpinned by the internal paradigms that exist within each and every one of us.        
       
We’re governed by our specific beliefs, emotions, core values intuition, cultural identity, and sometimes, our need to belong which often conflicts with our fears, in relation to rationalising those fears, and measuring our successes in life.        
       
The mind is definitely like an iceberg, and we only ever truly touch upon it, as opposed to immerse ourselves within, when it comes to how we behave and interact with others.        
       
We spend much of our time lingering within the recesses of our subconscious minds, as that’s the intersection where we pleasure or torture ourselves with memories, emotions/ feelings and the creativity that exists deep within.        
       
It’s on that level, in which you’re able to be creative, by positively harnessing your capacity to compartmentalise everything, to ensure you’re best placed to shed the internal fractures that has unravelled in your life.        
       
Arrogance, self – condemnation, intolerance, apathy and hate is something we all experience, however, it’s critical to shed those thought processes. I know, easier said that done as our conditionings in life often shape the way we evolve, internally.        
       
I’m definitely a work in progress as I battle with my internal demons. I think love, is critical to feeding the soul, and recalibrating the heart to enable one to flourish.        
       
We don’t always get what we want, but often what’s forthcoming, is what we need.        
       
Once that need is recognised, it’s discernible how to proceed with surrender as the basis to the way in which we might engage with our lives, and what lies below the surface, in terms of how we find internal harmony and balance; both emotionally & psychologically.        
       
Sometimes, when it comes to relationships and the other party is oblivious to how they impact upon your well being, and choose not to surrender to you, it causes uncertainty and the cracks begin to appear until everything that was once good, is shattered.         
       
Surrender is much sweeter, than the shattering of ones heart. Of course, not everyone will surrender to that which can aide them to unravel themselves.        
       
In such cases, it's much more gracious to let go as you can't convince someone of your worth, if you're unable to discern what the other party is capable of offering to you; both emotionally, psychologically.        
       
I surrender my burdens into the ether as the universe guides me to the places & people, I'm meant to be nestled upon.        
       
The act of surrender has always sustained me in times of uncertainty. Even when I'm tired, and just want a nice fresh coffee to start my day.