Going with the Flow:

My dearest Jewels,

I do hope that you are well and things are moving along…
Again, you must forgive me, as sometimes the pace becomes so hectic that I seem to be functioning on autopilot. I say this not as a complaint, but merely an assessment.

I have to remain aware of this very notion since it is so easy to fall into the mental trap of whining and complaining, having spent so many years perceiving myself as precisely that, so it is important  I make this distinction mostly to stay in complete awareness of my present state of mind.

I think my life has come to this huge point of surrender and of course, this is something we have spoken about so many times, but we both know that there is the realm of understanding and then there is that of being… ha! What a huge chasm between the two.

Everything we have acquired in terms of information is only that, and there comes the time when the Universal process places us in situations where we either sink or swim meaning,  we call events into our lives to enact and live the principles we are trying to incorporate as our way of being, otherwise they remain in the realm of “hearsay”,  or just other bits of information swirling around in our intellect and not our living-breathing truths - our knowing.

Surrender Jewels, is a whole thinking unto its own. It is so all encompassing that it could be a religion unto itself. It covers states as simple as; accepting being stuck in traffic as the intended “flow”, all the way to complex psychological issues which we have to learn to accept as necessary for our evolution.

Surrender is a whole course of study and practice which I presume can take many lifetimes to achieve.  It covers the mundane to the sublime. Since birth, all the instructions in our up-bringing has been to take control of our lives, go out there and make it work, do what is necessary and so, if we aren’t totally engrossed in this effort, our egos tell us that we are a failure, a loser.

Then on the other hand, we have Divine principles, defining a unified order to all things, which we must first be cognizant of and secondly, elevate our thinking to the point where we learn to discern what is “the will of God” or the Universal flow. So many times in our attempt to make things work or to succeed in what we are doing, we actually end up going against the flow and resist what is intended for us.

So the big dichotomy comes in understanding when to do what. The subtle understanding is that, yes the physical doing must come through us on this plane of manifestation however; the tricky part is in knowing what is the right thing in the right moment.

Once that can be established beyond a shadow of a doubt, meaning we accept it with a sense of ‘rightness’, then we should go for it with all our hearts, minds and soul, which at the end of the day will not require much effort, as it has already been ordained as “ours”. Hence, the path of “effortless ease”.

What I have come to realize is that surrendering like everything else has to be a practice, just like meditation or yoga or whatever other techniques we employ.

It is a conscious endeavor - to let go and let God. I think one of the first steps in familiarizing ourselves with this practice is to learn to step back from difficult situations. This is critical in creating a gap between the personal “I”/ego and what I perceive is going on.

Generally, it is difficult to resolve issues because we are personally embroiled and emotionally invested in the situation and the perception that it is happening to “me” as opposed to I am having an experience. Once we are able to step back, then we open ourselves up to revelations and insights, a new way of perceiving the situation, a new way of approaching it and ultimately, a different outcome than the customary repetitive cycle of dissatisfaction.

It is good for us to keep reminding each other as the habits are so deeply embedded in the psyche. Besides, the more we share the ideas, the stronger they become in our awareness, so as always in the Universal intention of things, it is mutually benefiting, both giving and receiving at the same time.

As always... all my love,

nerak