The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection

by Mickey A. Singer

She showed up exactly when I needed her, at a time I was not even wise enough to know that I needed her.

I never looked for her; she just appeared.

destiny-filled phone call

took a breath, surrendered to the moment, and informed Lorelei that

who had just happened to walk by her desk at that exact moment.

Perhaps now you can see

why I have learned to so d...

the flow o...

had just been putting one foot in front of the other serving whatever was put before me to the best of my

Now, without my making a single call,

this man sitting before me had been handpicked by the Universal Force to take my child out into the world.

absolute honesty with one’s self.

How does such a person just show up by himself exactly when needed?

some unexpected phone calls I received in the mid-1980s.

I saw this as a living lesson in the power of surrender.

For years I had been willing to let go of my personal preferences and focus on doing the absolute best I could with what life presented me.

trusting the flow of life as my ultimate adviser.

the right person would show up at just the right time.

a grin on his face the size of the Cheshire cat’s.

At first, there were no words between us. Paul just sat down on the couch and took in the beauty of the moment. The energy in that room was befitting the presence of a master. I couldn’t keep my eyes open, and Paul was visibly overcome. After sitting in silence for a while, I asked him if he would like to see the Temple. We walked down the tree-lined road, onto the rustic dirt path, and into that holy place adorned with the pictures of great masters.

gotten into meditation on his own,

When I reflect back on how he came to us, it looks like a gift from the universe.

It appears that some things are just meant to be.

meditation and yoga

essential for keeping the mind sane.

a quiet mind is heaven on Earth.

focused on remaining open and receptive to the experience at hand so that I could see where life was taking it.

surrender had taught me to willingly participate in life’s dance with a quiet mind and an open heart.

astute businessman,

Something that started out looking totally disastrous had ended up with a positive result.

if I could handle the winds of the current storm, they would end up blowing in some great gift.

Perhaps change only takes place when there is sufficient reason to overcome the i...

Challenging situations create the force needed to bring about change. The problem is that we generally use all the stirred-up energy intended ...

was learning to sit quietly in the midst of the howling winds and wait to see what constructive a...

if it were presented to me

Autobiography of a Yogi

changed his life.

just wanted to cease to interfere

the more I was willing to let go

of the inner noise created by my personal likes and dislikes, the more I could see subtle synchronicities in what was unfolding around me.

put out a minimal amount of effort,

It was as though each piece waited until we could afford it.

I liked waiting for the flow of life to make things happen.

“So God called you one day and said, ‘Mickey, your house is ready.’

Life calls me on the phone one day and says, “Mickey, your house is ready.”

I was always aware that I had never asked for any of it—I was living in a life made by the flow of life.

I knew enough to embrace whatever was taking place.

it didn’t matter if I understood what was happening; it was

sufficient to devote myself to the present moment and trust that the flow of life...

I, of course, didn’t want to move the business from the Temple,