TL;DR - THE SURRENDER EXPERIMENT
"Each of us actually believes that things should be the way we want them, instead of being the natural result of all the forces of creation." - Michael Singer
Book No.19 of 2024 - The Surrender Experiment
Author of ‘The Untethered Soul’, Michael Singer, shares his incredibly inspiring life memoir in ‘The Surrender Experiment.’
Essentially, Singer shares how his life's mission of transcending himself led him on a path of total surrender. He began with an experiment. He decided to see what would happen if he treated all of life's experiences as if they were specifically hand-crafted for him. This included even experiences he did not enjoy or want. Through continual surrender, Singer shares how his life was transformed. He found himself led by a force larger than his own, on a path greater than he ever imagined.
Here’s what I learned.
Surrender = “getting out of life’s way.” How to surrender:
Let go - “First, you let go of the personal reactions of like and dislike that form inside your mind and heart.” Release judgment and the need to control the current moment.
Accept - Then ask yourself “Am I better off making up an alternate reality in my mind and then fighting with reality to make it be my way, or am I better off letting go of what I want and serving the same forces of reality that managed to create the entire perfection of the universe around me?”
Choose - Given the reality of the present moment, make a choice on what serves you most in the now.
As always, with love,
Diaundra