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 All-ness 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.”
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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
