| There are so many things we must all release, and it | | | | mind focused on the greatest good you can |
| often seems like an insurmountable and endless task. | | | | conceive, that is what unfolds for you more and |
| Fortunately, there is a way to effect rapid and | | | | more. |
| wide-spread releases so it is not necessary to | | | | The Law of life is this, God and the Universe tend to |
| enumerate or remember every last item to be | | | | multiply and expand our gifts because in so doing |
| released. It is all done through the process of | | | | God and the Universe expands Its own experience, |
| surrender. To become free from the pain and | | | | Its own pleasure, Its own love, Its own feelings of |
| limitations of life, you must release the past, and | | | | fulfillment, joy, ecstasy, etc. So when you surrender, |
| meditation coupled with surrender is the way. | | | | you are surrendering to more and more of what life |
| When you first hear that you are to surrender, you | | | | can be. Many people think they are supposed to be |
| might feel threatened for you remember the use of | | | | happy with less and think they are surrendering to |
| that word in warfare in which the side that loses | | | | less. The exact opposite is true. |
| surrenders. Like many people surrendering, losing their | | | | Surrender means "taking no thought" and watching as |
| homes and being banished to the wilderness and | | | | the "Red Sea" of obstacles parts before you. Yes, |
| desert regions. But the surrender I am talking about | | | | obstacles melt, and the hand of God goes before |
| doesn't mean giving up your power or anything else. | | | | you to straighten out all the crooked places. You |
| It is not resignation. It is actually expanding into a | | | | stay focused on your highest good, and you are |
| greater empowerment - surrendering to something | | | | taken care of. |
| greater. Here's how it works... | | | | Surrender is trust to the highest power. It is letting |
| You've heard the phrase, 'Thy will be done.' It is part | | | | go of controlling "how" life will manifest for you, but |
| of what is called, The Lord's Prayer. Most people | | | | knowing it is always the expansion of Good. |
| assume this means resigning to the mysterious | | | | Surrender is releasing how we thought things should |
| unknown will of God, and it might mean that God's | | | | be, to make room for the greatest good imaginable. |
| will is for you to be sick and poor and there is no | | | | So go through your life and give up, release and fully |
| way to know for sure. Thankfully, it does not mean | | | | surrender everything you can think of; this is the art |
| that. It does not mean surrendering to an 'unknown | | | | and science of surrender. Surrender every person, |
| mystery. | | | | every possession, every feeling, every hope, every |
| When you surrender to God, you are surrendering to | | | | desire, everything you like and don't like. Include: your |
| the Infinite, not the finite. The will of God can only be | | | | body, your need to be right, your dreams, your |
| for your greater good. By that I mean greater life, | | | | fears, your gray hair, your fat stomach, your anger, |
| greater love, greater happiness, greater abundance, | | | | your mind, your mortgage, your mate, your fear, |
| greater expression, in fact, as much life as one can | | | | your need to be enlightened, your discouragement, |
| conceive will become a part of that person's | | | | your children, your friends, your enemies, your debts, |
| experience. Here's why... | | | | your lacks, your limitations, your impatience, your |
| Remember the scripture that says, "Whatsoever a | | | | mind, and your life. Then affirm your highest ideals |
| man sows, that shall he also reap." That verse is | | | | which is the natural unfolding of your True Self. Hold |
| sometimes quoted in reference to karma, and usually | | | | to those ideals regardless of outer circumstances, |
| in a negative way. But what that means in other | | | | and the world of illusions will melt and a greater |
| words is, The Universe always says, yes to | | | | reality will unfold around you. |
| whatever you think, say or do. As you keep your | | | | |