Thread: A Different Way of Looking at Surrender?
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Old 02-14-2019, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Dee74 View Post
Last night I watched Dr Strange (yeah I know welcome to 2016 lol) but I was struck by one exchange

The Ancient One: You cannot beat a river into submission. You have to surrender to its current, and use its power as your own.

Strange: I control it by surrendering control? That doesn’t make any sense.

The Ancient One: Not everything does. Not everything has to. Your intellect has taken you far in life, but it will take you no further. Surrender, Stephen. Silence your ego and your power will rise.


then today I quite coincidentally just came across this quote by Sri Chinmoy:



food for though for anyone who struggles like I did with the concept of surrender?

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The cogs in my mind just spluttered into action when I read your post. It's like harnessing the power of your own surrender. I believe the concept of surrender is generally misunderstood and the word itself is an incredibly powerful one.



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