Guest guest Posted June 20, 2001 Report Share Posted June 20, 2001 Hi Omkara, Your comments on acceptance and surrender are echoed here as well. I feel that the deepest understanding of surrender is acceptance and that only in surrender is their true acceptance. The Unity of both is 'felt' in a way that the gobality is greater than the sum of the parts - It is called 'gratitude' - it can only be felt - not spoken. Love, james , "Omkara" <coresite@h...> wrote: > > Dear Linda, > > Imho, issues are only "issues" if they are made into issues. > > When ahimsa arises naturally -- when vegetarianism arises naturally > out of a sense of compassion, then spontaneously it is the proper > action. > > When it arises out of a sense of duty or out of a sense of fear > or "ethics," then it is artificial, as seen here. Only what arises > spontaneously and naturally (effortlessly) in the course of events is > worth paying attention to. > > The mind creates all problems. By giving up all 'beliefs' and the > need for beliefs (surrendering), problems are ended. > > When solutions aren't imagined possible, where did the problems go? > In fact, there are no problems at all... but in order to continue a > never-ending cycle, non-existent problems are created by the mind > and "solutions" are searched for. Question/answer -- > Problem/solution -- ad infinitum. > > Everything is just right as it is, nothing is "wrong" at all -- just > this moment, everything is *perfect*. This kind of acceptance is > like a "golden key." > > Namaste, > > Omkara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2001 Report Share Posted June 20, 2001 Dear James, Thanks for your comments and for the synchronicity expressed here. As seen here, the mind often fears that giving up (or surrendering) the endless "problem/solution" cycle will result in irresponsible behavior -- yet paradoxically, just the opposite seems to be the case. In surrender and true acceptance (as you noted), life becomes a sort of spontaneous flow... compare it to the Tao -- if there is no clinging to rocks, the river flows naturally to the ocean. Rather than resulting in irresponsible behavior, life seems to take a sort of "natural rhythm" and it becomes evident that life is living itself... that the fear of 'irresponsibility' in fact comes from the idea of 'responsibility' (flipsides of the same coin). If the duality of responsibility/irresponsibility is seen for what it is (in surrender/acceptance) then it ceases to be binding. With the ending of this bondage, actions fall into the rhythm dictated by life (which is always and only "as it should be")... it was always "me" and "my ideas" gumming up the works, so to speak. Agreed that gratitude (and also surrender/acceptance) can't be communicated in words... these are 'felt' things. We can offer each other 'pointers', but actual surrender is entirely up to us. It doesn't (usually) happen overnight, but through grace and a sense of clarity or clear seeing, it does happen. Love, Omkara , "james traverse" <nisarga@c...> wrote: > > > Hi Omkara, > > Your comments on acceptance and surrender are echoed here as well. > > I feel that the deepest understanding of surrender is acceptance > and that only in surrender is their true acceptance. > > > The Unity of both is 'felt' in a way that the gobality is > greater than the sum of the parts - It is called 'gratitude' > - it can only be felt - not spoken. > > Love, > james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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