The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection

I had gone through most of my life thinking I knew what was good for me, but life itself seemed to know better.

Each of us actually believes that things should be the way we want them, instead of being the natural result of all the forces of creation.

In my meditations, I had been achieving heights by pushing down on the lower energies. But that was just a form of suppression. I had to learn to channel those energies upward instead of pushing them away from me. It took some time, but I eventually began to realize the true purpose of yoga. Done properly, yoga is the science of channeling all ener

Was it possible that life had more to give us than we could ever take for ourselves?

By that stage of my growth, I could see that the practice of surrender was actually done in two, very distinct steps: first, you let go of the personal reactions of like and dislike that form inside your mind and heart; and second, with the resultant sense of clarity, you simply look to see what is being asked of you by the situation unfolding in f

My personal experience is that aligning one’s will with the natural forces unfolding around us leads to some surprisingly powerful results.

What would you be doing if you weren’t being influenced by the reactions of like or dislike?

My personal experience is that aligning one’s will with the natural forces unfolding around us leads to some surprisingly powerful results.

if you let people hold you hostage, they will force you to make terrible decisions, and you will lose. You might as well take your bumps up front and at least be in control of your destiny.