CHAPTER 25:
REMEMBER TO SURRENDER
Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life and see how life suddenly starts
working for you, rather than against you.
—Eckhart Tolle; author, channeler, high priest of being present
Imagine yourself sitting by a window, looking out at a garden on a lovely
spring day. You see birds and bees and butterflies merrily flitting about, when
all of a sudden, the most beautiful butterfly in the world catches your eye. Its
stunning turquoise wings make your heart explode, its joyful flight makes your
soul sing, its metamorphosis from wet wormy thing to creature of soaring
beauty fills you with inspiration. Suddenly you leap up, overcome and crazed
with a fierce desire;
it must be mine mine mine! You sprint to the closet, grab
your net, sneak outside and tiptoe through the tulips, stalking your beloved
prey, all senses alert, focused, determined, tenacious, swinging your net over
your head as you chase your butterfly around the garden. You chase it for
hours and hours, but all you seem to be able to do is scare it off, rather than
catch it. It’s only when you stop trying so desperately, relax, breathe, and
surrender your desire to The Universe that the butterfly of your dreams calmly
comes and lands on your nose.
Universe to deliver (love based thinking). In short, we think we can do a better
job of manifesting than The Universe can.
Imagine that someone invites you to a party. They’re all excited about their
big old rager, are fully certain that it’s going to be awesome and are truly
delighted by the thought of having you come. They extend the invite with
much glee and merriment and a deep desire to see you there but with zero
pressure—they know if you come it will be awesome, they know if you don’t
come it will be awesome. Their party is going to rock. They believe this in
their hearts. It is the truth.
Now imagine that someone else invites you to a different party. This person
demands that you come, acts like their party will be a gigantic failure unless
you show up and reminds you that they came to your last party so you have to
come to theirs. They are whiney, manipulative, controlling, a big fat drag.
They know they can have an awesome party, and really believe they can, but
have decided that it all depends on you coming.
Both people can do the same exact things to prepare: decorate their houses,
buy the cheese plates, get the booze, order the ice sculptures, but one person is
much more likely to manifest what they want—you showing up and actually
wanting to be there—than the other because they have surrendered.
Surrendering isn’t about what you do, but who you’re being as you do it.
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