HONOR YOURSELF WITH .........SURRENDER

The principle we are working with this week is SURRENDER.  It is the ability to achieve mental and emotional  release.  An act of ACCEPTANCE.

How many of us struggle with SURRENDER, we fight it, dismiss it, dodge it, put it on the top shelf and hope that it will go away.  SURRENDER is necessary in order for us to experience mental and emotional release.  When we reach that stage of feeling overwhelmed, life and things around us are out of perspective, when we feel as though we are about to snap it is because we haven't learnt to SURRENDER.

Have you ever been at home, minding you business, having not had your morning shower or even brushed your teeth, you are moving around the house slowly, coffee in one hand still in that early morning daze, shuffling around in your slippers and pajamas. The kind of thing you may do on your day off or on a Sunday  morning.  There you are, at home, minding your business, not smelling too good, when somebody calls you on the telephone and tells you something that sends you into fifth -gear-pissosity. It is completely unexpected.  You rarely expect anyone to call to disturb you when you have not even brushed your teeth.  But, It happens.  When it does you must be aware that you are being called to SURRENDER.

The call leaves you feeling angry, the person on the other end of the phone has told you something that leaves you feeling enraged.
I wish I could tell you that I have reached the level of maturity where the day-to-day influences of human existence do not make me angry.  If I were to say that I would not be telling you the truth.
Many of us who have embarked upon a spiritual journey believe that we should not get mad. We should always be loving and understanding, keeping our cool and a rational head about us.
Get a Grip! We are human beings!  A spiritual consciousness does not make us immune to normal human response to human experiences.  What it does, however, is give us tools to work with.

So, the telephone call has left you angry and you could not say you weren't angry because you are.
What you can do instead of pacing around in a circle like a ravenous beast consumed by anger and the desire to lash out is SURRENDER that anger to the presence of the divine energy within you.  It is not easy!

It is foolish to  believe that you will always be able to bless your enemy, and think good thoughts about people regardless of what they say or do.  You will not always have the presence of mind to rub you head with crystals, repeat your affirmations, or pray for the good of someone who has angered you.

WHAT YOU CAN DO, HOWEVER, WHEN RAGE, FEAR OR ANY OTHER NEGATIVE EMOTION ENGULFS YOUR MIND AND BEING, IS SURRENDER.


Admit what you feel.  Feel it and then give it up.
YOU MUST SURRENDER BEFORE YOU ENGAGE THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEGATIVE.
The issue is not that you experience the emotion.  The issue is what you do in response to the emotion.

Often we are afraid to do things and avoid doing them because we are afraid of exposing ourselves.
I for one have been afraid to submit my manuscript for publication because I am afraid to face the questions, the judgements, and the rejection I expect to be the result.   I have had to learn to SURRENDER.
It is about allowing the fear to work through your brain, to feel the rejection and from that position I had to trust that whatever happens would be good.
I have had to SURRENDER the shame, the fear, the guilt of exposing my past to some strange person who has the authority to judge me worthy or unworthy of being an author.

SURRENDER IS AN ACTIVE REMINDER THT THERE IS A DIVINE LAW IN  OPERATION AND THAT WE ARE ALWAYS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LAW.

SURRENDER is an admission that we cannot make anything happen.  However, if we are in alignment with the law, we will ALWAYS get what we deserve.  If we are not in alignment, it simply means we must do the work to make ourselves so.

SURRENDER ALLOWS US TO FACE THE THING WE FEAR BEFORE IT BECOMES A REALITY.

The fear of being wrong, the fear of losing control, the fear of being found out.  Most of the time, the thing we fear has absolutely no power, yet we brace ourselves for the worst possibility.  In that defensive posture we keep our minds fixed on what could or might happen.

THE FEAR OF FACING THAT IMAGINARY NEGATIVE OUTCOME IS WHAT KEEPS US PARALYZED AND PREVENTS MANY OF US FULFILLING OUR DREAMS.

SURRENDER places us in an offensive position,  It gives us the opportunity to plan, and to move according to the plan.  When we surrender, we mentally go to the end, through the thing that we fear, which in effect releases fear thoughts from the mind.  It helps you realize that no matter what happens, you will be able to handle it.
SURRENDER helps you to become willing to live through the experience, without giving your entire life over to it.  It also makes room in your heart and mind for the Divine to give you a new idea. A new thought.  When you surrender, give up the fear thoughts, and give up the control of a situation, you open the way for a miracle to take place.

There are always going to be certain experiences about which you will become angry and frightened, but now you know how to SURRENDER.

A LITTLE PRAY THAT HELPS ME WHEN I FIND MYSELF ANGRY, AFRAID, & OUT OF CONTROL.........

"Dear God:

At this very moment I find myself in the midst of .....................I know that this is not for my highest and greatest good.  I know that this is not a reflection of your Divine will.   I ask you to remind me how to transform this experience into something that is a reflection of You and my true self.  I ask You to fill my heart and mind with Your divine influence, so that I will be in alignment with Your perfect plan for me.  I ask you to forgive me for forgetting that I am your beloved child, under Your watchful eye at all times, and that there is nothing outside of You that has any power over me.  I forgive myself for allowing this situation the right to exist, and I surrender it to you.
Thy will not my will, be done, AND SO IT IS.




AFTER TODAYS BLOG, I REALIZE................................................................................................


( for myself: I need to surrender the need to control out of fear, I control because I don't trust. )




THE KEY PHRASE(S) I WANT TO REMEMBER & WORK WITH TODAY ARE:.......................................................................................................................................................


( for myself: Fear keeps me paralyzed, Surrender will eliminate fear and set me free )


TODAY I REALIZED I WAS IN FEAR WHEN.................................................................................


I FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO SURRENDER WHAT I WAS FEELING BECAUSE..............................................................................................................................................


I FOUND IT EASY TO SURRENDER WHEN..................................................................................




LET ME REMEMBER TODAY:


The Divine presence in me cannot deny Itself any good thing.
SURRENDER will eliminate fear.
SURRENDER will eliminate anger.
I must be willing to work to overcome fear.


NEXT WEEK WE WILL LOOK AT HONORING OTHERS.


Thank you so much for stopping by and I trust that this has helped you in some small way.
Have a week filled with conscious SURRENDER.
Love Mel xxx