Quotes About Surrender

I feel the animal within me emerging, Princess. It's raw and uncontained, but it wants to please you. If we wait . . ." His chin dropped, his voice too. "I cannot hurt you, do you understand?

Father, I leave them in your hands, for mine are far too small and weak. You are God, and I thank you.

Was she like the prairie, only slowly yielding to God's plow in her life? She needed busting, then backsetting, and finally after snow and sun and rain, the seeds could be planted that would sprout into living wheat.

On any given morning, I might not be able to list for you the facts I know about God. But I can tell you what I wish to commit myself to, what I want for the foundation of my life, how I want to see. When I stand with the faithful at Holy Comforter and declare that we believe in one God . . . I am saying, Let this be my scaffolding. Let this be the place I work, struggle, play, rest. I commit myself to this.

I know I deserve nothing, but if you want me I'm yours.

crew, without anyone to give them orders and fearing for their lives, gave up their arms to the mutineers.

They replied that their only advice was that they were willing to do as he commanded. Magellan .

If you want to make something in your own image, you must sacrifice a part of yourself.

The magickian lets go of his or her anticipation of the realization of his or her intention, so that he or she can get out of magick's way, and let his or her Future Reality do the Work.

As the All Pervading Life Principle manifests as both the blossom and the decaying leaf in a person's life, it is imperative for the Murid to say 'Alhamdulillah' (Praise God) whether fortune or afflictions befall him or her.

The Murid, to reach Proximity, must pass through the mystical desert of the Abyss.

To have—to hold—and—in time—let go!

This is it, Marilyn told herself. Let it go. This is what you have. Accept it.

Ac?, hassasiyetini kabukla?t?r?yor insan?n. Ölmek galiba bu. Ayr?l??a al??m?? gibiyim. Tevekkül, teslimiyet. Ve heyecanlar?n gün geçtikçe kararan p?r?lt?s?. Al??kanl?klar?n insan? pestile çeviren çark?. Art?k yanarak de?il tüterek ya??yorum. Nemli bir tomar gibi. Kanatlar?m her gün bir parça daha a??rla??yor. Galiba ihtiyarl?yorum.

By now I've grown used to my destiny and I let the days pass, like the man already wet who lets the rain pummel him.

Self-evaluation and self-criticism are, basically, neurotic tendencies which derive from our not having enough confidence in ourselves, confidence in the sense of seeing what we are, knowing what we are, knowing that we can afford to open. We can afford to surrender that raw and rugged neurotic quality of self and step out of fascination, step out of preconceived ideas.

In order to establish a real teacher-student relationship it is necessary for us to give up all our preconceptions regarding that relationship and the condition of opening and surrender. Surrender means opening oneself completely, trying to get beyond fascination and expectation.

One of the problems of spiritual searching is that we tend to feel that we can help ourselves purely by reading a lot and practicing by ourselves, not associating ourselves with a particular lineage. Without a teacher to surrender to, without an object of devotion, we cannot free ourselves from spiritual materialism.

The basic act of surrender does not involve the worship of an external power. Rather it means working together with inspiration, so that one becomes an open vessel into which knowledge can be poured.

However, the desire to be enlightened can be a problem. It is when it is not all that important to you that you will attain enlightenment.

AT THIS POINT we may have come to the conclusion that we should drop the whole game of spiritual materialism; that is, we should give up trying to defend and improve ourselves. We may have glimpsed that our struggle is futile and may wish to surrender, to completely abandon our efforts to defend ourselves. But how many of us could actually do this? It is not as simple and easy as we might think. To what degree could we really let go and be open? At what point would we become defensive?

I would like to devote myself to the dharma completely and fully.

That is one definition of the setting-sun mentality: trying to conquer the earth so that you can ward off reality

The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there's no ground."