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January 9, 2020 - February 26, 2021
Am I better off making up an alternate reality in my mind and then fighting with reality to make it be my way, or am I better off letting go of what I want and serving the same forces of reality that managed to create the entire perfection of the universe around me?
Was it possible that life had more to give us than we could ever take for ourselves?
everything in life has something to teach you and that it is all for your growth.
I stopped for nothing. There was no worrying or judgment of good or bad; I just allowed the process to unfold.
I was completely at peace with either outcome. As it turned out, that sense of detachment gave me the edge I needed to successfully negotiate for the lots.
A great spiritual teacher once said, “Every day bite off more than you can chew, and chew it.”
Instead of trying to free myself by constantly quieting the mind, perhaps I should be asking why the mind is so active. What is the motivation behind all the mental chatter? If that motivation were to be removed, the struggle would be over.
I clearly remember deciding that from now on if life was unfolding in a certain way, and the only reason I was resisting it was because of a personal preference, I would let go of my preference and let life be in charge.
That voice I was watching was not my spiritual adviser; it was my spiritual burden.
now I realized that life was asking me to get out of the way and let her do her thing.
But surrender did give me clarity in one essential area: my personal preferences of like and dislike were not going to guide my life. By surrendering the hold those powerful forces had on me, I was allowing my life to be guided by a much more powerful force, life itself. 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
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