Subject #15: Surrender to "what is"

Term ”surrender” is very beautiful. Words itself have no beauty but beauty can be seen in where they point to. Surrendering is giving up. Giving up beliefs, ideas, opinions and expectations – in other words giving up that concept of ”me”. That is the only way how one can see the reality as it is without any filter, which immediately twist one’s vision. Surrendering does not only mean seeing things as they are but also being right here in this moment – there’s no difference between seeing and being, just two ways to express the same thing. That is also where word freedom has its ultimate meaning.

Metaphorically speaking surrendering is like jumping off a cliff - free falling. Humans are terribly afraid of it, afraid of giving up the control, afraid to flow. Still, it happens to everyone every now and then. People experience these moments when they’re not worrying about anything, not planning anything, not escaping the moment anyhow – it may last mere second but it is there. This ”being in the present” is one of the goals of different meditations.

One of the questions related to subject is ”are humans really able to do that on bigger scale than momentarily?”. Yes, and it’s important to notice that this moment is always the only moment there is. Next question would probably be ”how does one do that?”. The answer is always the same: by observing how mind works, by observing ego, by observing this imaginary ”me”. It requires a lots of patience especially in the beginning because mind seems chaotic at first sight. One starts easily fighting with the mind, judging thoughts or analysing thoughts – all leading into greater confusion. Just to observe without approving or disapproving thoughts – that’s the key to understand the mind.

Note that even though I usually give a quote of someone at the end of subject, quote only serves the purpose. I am not (usually) familiar with the quoted person.

Surrender to what is ultimate. Surrender to what you really are!
~Prem Rawat