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Surrender and Acceptance
By Nikhil Gangoli
One of the most useful concepts to grow spiritually and becoming
happier is the method of acceptance or surrender.
I have personally found this method to be perhaps the most
workable and useful in retaining my poise and staying happier as
I go through life. Partly because of my upbringing no doubt, I
have had a life每long habit of being very self critical and
judgmental. I have the habit of criticizing and feeling bad
about myself for every little thing that happened to me 每
internally or externally. I tried to reason my way out of this
habit but it did not work 每 the habit is still with me. I also
feel guilty many times during the day when I am caught up with
my memories of times when I behaved badly.
For anybody in this situation, or anybody who feel negatively
about himself or the situation in which he finds himself the
proper attitude is that of acceptance and surrender. Surrender
to the thoughts and feelings which arise in you. If you are
feeling bad about yourself, or your relationships, or your work
or anything about your life每situation welcome and accept that
feeling. Surrender to it, perhaps it was what was meant to
happen at this time. Watch the feeling with as much detachment
as you can. It will pass as it must; all things in this world
are impermanent.
In the classic spiritual bestseller 每 The Power of Now 每 Eckhart
Tolle advises us to treat whatever negative feeling that arises
in your mind as a message saying, ※Attention 每 Here and Now.
Wake up 每 Get out of your mind 每 be present§.
Surrender does not mean resignation to your life situation. If
you are stuck in the mud you don＊t say ※I resign myself to being
stuck in the mud§ and do nothing about it. If you have lost your
job, if you find yourself trapped in a bad relationship or in
any situation that you find intolerable then obviously you must
do something about it. We all need to plan and work to change
certain aspects of our lives. I am not telling you to blame your
fate or destiny for everything that happens and do nothing about
it.
What I am asking you to do is to surrender to everything, which
is happening to you 每 internally and externally at this
instant in your life. If you are trapped in the morning rush
during your daily long commute to work, then accept whatever is
happening 每 inside and outside 每 at that instant. Surrender to
your feelings of freedom, irritation and frustration. Don＊t
repress those feelings 每 accept them, surrender to them.
Surrender to the long life of cars or the crowd in the bus or
local train. Accept your present situation 每 at that instant 每
fully and without reservation. This should not prevent you from
changing what can and needs to be changed. Perhaps you can get
another job, or shift to another branch of your company closer
to your home. Perhaps you can take the bus to your office
instead of driving yourself. You can make use or your daily
commute by reading a newspaper or a book or doing some work.
Change what can be changed, surrender to what is happening at
this instant 每 the one thing that you cannot change.
For a more detailed discussion on the concept of acceptance and
surrender please refer the classic bestseller. The Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle, available at Amazon. Here is the link to the
site:-
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1577314808/ref=nosi
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I hope you enjoyed this article and that it will be useful to
you.
If you have any comments or questions, please visit the Eastern
Philosophy Blog and post them. I visit the blog daily and
promise to reply as quickly as I can.
http://eastern-philosophy-and-meditation.blogspot.com/
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