“If we are facing in the right
direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.” ~Proverb
I’ve noticed that things go much more
smoothly when I give up control—when I allow them to happen
instead of making them happen. Unfortunately, I’m terrible at
this.
Although I’m much better than I used
to be, I’m a bit of a control freak. I often use perfectly good energy trying
to plan, predict, and prevent things that I cannot possibly plan, predict, or
prevent series of events in life.
I am sure that many of us have gone through
a series of downstream few times and some unlucky once get this series often.
Every time we ask this question of Why?
Why always me?
When I go through the same, I remember
a statement.
“When you don’t have the desire to
learn still life teaches you.” Is it correct?
May be, learning is never ending
process but still we get irritate of learning from life.
We try to control things because of what we think
will happen if we don’t.
In other words, control is rooted in
fear.
Control is also a result of being attached to a specific outcome—an outcome we’re sure is best for us, as if we always
know what’s best (always followed by?).
When we trust that we’re okay no
matter what circumstances comes our way, we don’t need to micro-manage the universe. We
let go. And we open ourselves to all sorts of wonderful possibilities that
aren’t there when we’re attached to one “right” path.
Most of our mind shifts from topic to
topic and from past to future very quickly, and I have little concentration,
poor memory, and almost no present-moment awareness.
In surrender mode, we are calm,
peaceful. Breathing deeply, present in the moment. we see clearly and our
vision extends out around us, allowing to see the bigger picture.
Surrender literally means to stop
fighting. Stop fighting with yourself. Stop fighting the universe and the
natural flow of things. Stop resisting and pushing against reality.
Surrender = Complete acceptance of
what is + Faith that all is well, even without any input.
It’s not about inaction. It’s about
taking action from that place of surrender energy.
If letting go of control and
surrendering not only makes you feel better, but actually produce better results, then
how do we do that?
Sometimes it’s as easy as noticing
that you’re in control mode and choosing to let go—consciously and deliberately
shifting into surrender energy.
Sometimes it’s a little harder to
make the shift from control to surrender.
We are afraid of what will happen if we let go of
control? But also consider this: Would let go feel like freedom?
