Please read and contemplate the following commentary in the same way that you read and contemplate the Thought of Awakening each day. The commentaries are designed to enrich your understanding of the Thoughts of Awakening.
~Commentary on Surrender~
Surrender is an act of not knowing while also desiring to be led by knowledge.
Surrender is an intent. It is the intent to be used by all, for all, with the good of all as one’s only purpose.
True surrender cannot be accomplished by one who has his own best interests in mind, because when one has an eye on his own best interests, he has also defined himself as apart from the all.
One can only truly surrender when he forgets to consider his best interests, and he asks the allness to make of him a slave, because he knows that to serve without thinking is joy, and to think without serving is the cause of all pain.
~From our Holy Spirit
Note from Regina: Sometimes in writings such as this one, people have a strong negative reaction to the word “slave.” In this case, “slave” is a devotional term. As you contemplate today’s commentary, consider this dictionary definition of slave:
A device that is directly responsive to another, such as a printer to a computer.
Thoughts of Awakening # 152
Be calm in the midst of turmoil.
This is the first step of surrender.
One who is not calm
cannot surrender,
because one who is not calm
cannot hear the Voice of his lord.
To be calm,
remember that you want to surrender.
This helps,
because you will also remember
that you cannot surrender
when your ears are tuned
to the voice of fear and turmoil.
~From our Holy Spirit
Homework for this week
- Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day.
- Practice the “Loving All” Method.
- Thoughts of Awakening, 148-154 including Commentary on the Inner Guiding Force (with 151), Commentary on Surrender (with 152), Commentary on Self-Love (with 153) & Commentary on Calm (with 154).
- Read NTI Romans 11-13
- The reading shared on Tuesday night was from The Transparency of Things by Rupert Spira, 166-172, Consciousness and Being are One & The Fabric of Self.
- Exercise: This is a follow-up to an exercise we did in Week 72. But instead of noticing clinging and pushing away in our meditation, we’re going to notice this in our daily lives. Notice when you’re lost in thought, anxious, pause and notice, am I trying to cling to this or push it away. Realize that either of these actions works to make our sense of self more dense. Remember your desire to know yourself as consciousness. If you’re trying to hold on to something, let it go. If you’re trying to push soemthing away, let it be. Or, just return to practicing the Loving All Method.
