The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection

By that stage of my growth, I could see that the practice of surrender was actually done in two, very distinct steps: first, you let go of the personal reactions of like and dislike that form inside your mind and heart; and second, with the resultant sense of clarity, you simply look to see what is being asked of you by the situation unfolding in f

Perhaps change only takes place when there is sufficient reason to overcome the inertia of everyday life. Challenging situations create the force needed to bring about change. The problem is that we generally use all the stirred-up energy intended to bring about change, to resist change. I was learning to sit quietly in the midst of the howling win

For every thing there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.

what would happen if we respected the flow of life and used our free will to participate in what’s unfolding, instead of fighting it?

It seemed that the quieter the mind, the more that solutions became self-evident.

At some point there’s no more struggle, just the deep peace that comes from surrendering to a perfection that is beyond your comprehension. Eventually, even the mind stops resisting, and the heart loses the tendency to close. The joy, excitement, and freedom are simply too beautiful to give up. Once you are ready to let go of yourself, life becomes

My personal experience is that aligning one’s will with the natural forces unfolding around us leads to some surprisingly powerful results.

The difference is amazing between the first time you do something and the next.

This Is Reality—Deal with It.