THE POWER OF SURRENDER

The moment you surrender is not when life is over. It’s when it begins.  

Marianne Williamson

Surrender does not mean to give up on everything and live life like a dead fish flowing with the current of the water. Instead, it means to be able to dance through life, be it sunny or stormy. It means to honor life by accepting whatever it has to offer wholeheartedly and making the best of it.

It means to let yourself loose and trust the divine magic of the universe to take care of you as you live through life with an open heart, mind, and soul.

I was reading the book Karma by Sadhguru recently where he says LIVING totally does not mean just having a good time. It means experiencing anything that comes your way fully and intensely.

How often is it that you have this blazing desire to LIVE life totally? To feel ALIVE? But LIVING life is often misinterpreted as having fun and getting to do only the things that give us pleasure, but it is not that.

I am sure you have never heard of a dead person who feels hunger, thirst, anger, happiness, ecstasy, hurt, or anything of that sort. It is simply because the person is dead.

But us? We are alive! To be alive means to be able to feel all of those pretty as well as ugly feelings.

You don’t need to be happy and joyous all the time. Just live and experience life in the most organic way possible. Allow yourself to feel both sadness and happiness without judgment or denial.

Life cannot be all sweetness. It is a mixed box of chocolate where have to face both bitter and sweet moments.

To accept those bitter and sweet moments and let yourself feel those emotions without judgment is to LIVE life fully. And this is possible only with SURRENDER.

MINDSET THAT HELPS YOU ENJOY THE POWER OF SURRENDER

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LET GO

You lose your grip and then you slip into the masterpiece.

Leonard Cohen

Let go of the need to control everything. The universe is a vast space and keeping track of every minute detail of it is next to impossible.

Keep the bigger picture in view and forget about the minute details. Work consistently towards your goals with a sense of detachment from the fruits it will bear.

Let go of your ego, the image of happiness programmed in your mind. Allow yourself to be free from all the burdens that you are carrying around. Only when you let go will you be able to feel things freely.

Surrender your sincere work to the universe and let the result come as a surprise to you.

Drop the need to have control of all the results and processes. Allow yourself to relax and enjoy the process. That is when the magic happens.

Practicing mindfulness also helps you let go of the worries of the future and regrets of the past. It helps you live in the present and enjoy your tasks as it is. You can also ways you can carry out mindfulness in your daily life.

ACCEPT YOURSELF AND THE SITUATION YOU ARE IN

We often struggle and suffer more when facing a hardship because we do not accept it.

We question ourselves as to

why is such thing happening to me?

How is my life so and so..?

Why cant my life be more/less of….?

Here we are in denial of the present situation. Of course you can dream of a better future and we all have the right to do so. But letting your desires of the future wreck your present is the worst thing you could do to yourself.

Dream and work towards a better future but at the same time accept your present situation for better or for worse. This will help you live in peace with yourself.

With acceptance you become free of the burden of expectations and regrets. Accept everything that life has to offer to you for better or for worse.

TRUST THE WORKING OF THE UNIVERSE TO BE ABLE TO SURRENDER

Trust that you are taken care of

You will never be able to let go of the need to control everything you do unless you develop trust with the universe.

So, trust it wholeheartedly, even when things don’t go as planned and everything around you seems like a mess. Have a deep sense of trust in your heart that whatever happens, happens for good.

The universe has its way of working around things. It always gives you what you need at the moment rather than what you ask for.

So, trust it, accept whatever it offers, and make the best of it.

The universe is the best planner. It plans more magnificently and majestically than what we humans ever will be able to.

So when things don’t go as planned, do not fret so much about it. Your only responsibility is to give your best (100%) with the utmost sincerity and humbleness that you can. The result it bears is not what should be of your concern.

You put your input and let the divine light handle the output.

EMBRACE THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF THINGS

When things go all haywire in our lives, we get all caught up in the whirlpool of self-loathing and regrets mostly because we forget about the temporary nature of things.

We forget that whatever we are facing at the moment is also temporary. Whatever the situation may be, it will pass.

You need to trust the process and hang on. Seeing everything as temporary helps you to surrender more easily as you are no longer attached to the outcome in a toxic manner.

Whatever the outcome may be, once you know that it is temporary it lifts a lot of pressure from you and you will be able to enjoy your tasks and carry it out more light-heartedly. You will also be able to build strong resilience to face hardships when you know that the ugly phase you are in is also temporary.

Literally, everything is temporary. The only thing that is permanent is change.

LIVE AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE

You cannot wait for the perfect moment when you have reached your goals to start being happy. You can do it while you are in the process of where you want to be.

Live each day like it is the most precious gift to you.

Enjoy the little things life has to offer. Romanticize your life. Don’t take life so seriously. Loosen up and feel things deeply. Love deeply, care ferociously, work fiercely.

This life is all that we will remember when we are taking our final breaths. So pour a little love here and there and let your heart open to the wonders of this life.

LIVE your life and ENJOY every bit of it.

When you live a life of ease you attract more ease into your life.

You give love and suddenly you are receiving more of it.

When you stay happy life gives you more reason to stay happy.

You can also go wild and romanticize your life. This is one life that you will remember till your death bed so try and enjoy every bit of it. Fall in love with life and treat it as the most precious and beautiful gift that has been showered on you.

Out of the many ways here are 15 ways to romanticize your life.

SEE YOURSELF AS ONE WITH THE UNIVERSE AND SURRENDER

Life becomes blissful when we start seeing ourselves as one with the universe and everything that surrounds us. All our actions become selfless. You will no longer be bothered by the success of others, rather you start to feel happy for them.

We all are made of the same material. The people and things that you see in this world are not separate from you.

Maybe this is the reason why we feel happy when we do something selflessly for others. We all are connected to the same source of energy, so doing something for others gives you the same bliss as doing something for yourself does as we all are one. This is such a relaxing thought.

That is all that I would like to write for this post. Have a nice day ahead!

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