09-05-2014, 08:28 PM
(09-05-2014, 04:08 PM)Unbound Wrote:(09-05-2014, 03:45 PM)Gemini Wolf Wrote: Does surrendering mean doing nothing?
I've got lots to do at work.
I find it hard to surrender to things where I have to do something.
It almost seems counterintuitive.
I thought it was time for me to DO something. I've always BEEN.
No it means to give in to the moment and be where you are rather than always focused on the future or past or something "better". To surrender is to be where you are and to be fully accepting of that.
There's a Buddhist saying that goes, "Wash the dishes to wash the dishes." Being means doing things simply for the sake of doing them and because they are things to be done.
I agree it is time to do something, but what I mean by surrender is to focus on what you are doing while you are doing it, to live in the present moment. If you want unending bliss it can only be found in the present moment when you finally release your resistance to life and living in whatever form it takes whether it is at work or at home or in a forest.
You have to release your defiance towards your own life.
I think this part stood out most of all to me. I have been quite defiant in loving myself.