In his brilliant work (The Untethered Soul, Living Untethered, The Michael Singer Podcast), Michael Singer uses the word ‘surrender’ (a lot) for what is actually full submission (aka ‘going blind’, as he noted so accurately).
But words are just words.
It’s the energy that speaks.
And his energy speaks volumes.
Typically when others speak and write of surrender,
I cringe a little because you can feel the powerlessness in it.
They’re expressing from a passive / hopeful state.
It’s a giving up.
A handing over.
A feeling of defeat.
At times it’s even manipulative.
It’s: ‘I’ll do this so I can get that.”
It’s pretending not to care while caring very much.
It’s pretending to let go while waiting for it to come.
The energy of surrender is powerless.
The energy of submission, however…
is PURE. FUCKING. POWER.
It’s fully engaged.
It’s a deeply felt KNOWing.
It’s actively remaining still.
Even when it seems that nothing is ‘happening’.
Because existing wide awake and never moving IS the happening.
So that is the distinction.
Submission is being erect / intact / discerning.
Which is the opposite of surrender.
It’s actually never surrendering.
It’s never resorting to powerlessness.
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