Higher Balance, The Power of Surrender
About this book
When most people think of surrender, they do not associate it with ‘power’. Instead the image that most often comes to mind is raising the white flag. Giving up to a superior enemy or circumstance. Accepting defeat.What, you may ask, is so ‘powerful’ about giving up? Strangely, if you take the word surrender literally, the secrets of its power begin to be revealed.To yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion. When we talk of surrender to another person our fear of being controlled and feeling powerless takes over. There are also moments when you surrender to someone you love and it deepens that love.The Power of Surrender, ultimately, is about giving yourself to the Universe. Eric says straight away, ‘Accepting death’. When you die, you accept you are gone. ‘You’ no longer exist. It is the ultimate surrender, but what if you accepted that now, while you are alive?With all the Universe is, with all we desire to do for it, that it can create in us, doesn’t it make sense to ‘to give (oneself) up into the power of another’? The Power of Surrender is powerful because it leads you through this process. To give yourself up into the power of another – the Universe.You should also notice surrender is a verb. That means it is an action. It is something you do. Most people think of surrender as something passive. Something that happens, or you have no control of, or the letting go of actions. It is a conscious action you choose to perform, to let go, surrender, and peel the layers away to give yourself to the Universe.If you can attain true surrender, in a moment you can be taken into the Universe. In a moment you become it. One.For most, it is a process. Let us begin this beautiful unfolding. The Power of Surrender.