You can know everything that the books have to say, but ultimately it boils down to whether we do the inner work of devotion and surrender, whether we can put aside our own agendas and allow the spirit to move through us.
The slow compromise, or even surrender, of our fondest hopes is a regular feature of normal human life.
The children themselves, before they get access to a car, are captives of their suburb, save for those families where the housewives surrender continuity in their own lives to chauffeur their children to lessons, doctors, and other services that could be reached via public transport in the city.
When you live in surrender, something comes through you into the world of duality that is not of this world.
The word 'Islam' means 'peace. ' The word 'Muslim' means 'one who surrenders to God. ' But the press makes us seem like haters.
Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion.
Don't surrender leadership of your life to your moods
If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go.
Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control.
Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ.
I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
I don't suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?
Don't go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender, even if it be a mere flower.
Surrender is Beautiful. When we surrender Our Soul's beauty is reflected in Life's Stream.
Remember, Team, surrender the me for the we.
Education has to endow you with an eagerness to surrender.
I will surrender to the moment today.
To condemn someone to death is to surrender; it proves that you failed. You are not able to change him, to change her; you have to kill him or her. You surrender. . . . You only demonstrate your lack of capacity, your helplessness. This is failure.
To read is to surrender oneself to an endless displacement of curiosity and desire from one sentence to another
The simple intention to surrender control is all you need to experience miracles.