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Surrendering to the flow
The essence of the
surrendering path
The paths of the
beloved and the muse
Surrendering versus following our intuitive guidance and body wisdom
Following
the path of surrender
There is a path to understanding
that is of great
creative passion and
enthusiasm and it lies within our own
heart.
It is a way suited exactly to, and for, our uniqueness. If we can
allow ourselves to feel and be true to our feelings we will be
carried to the
truth of our being. We can find a
beloved/Beloved in our heart or that is reflected in an external
muse. If we follow that muse while keeping true to the beloved
and what we feel in our heart we will align with the
fulness of being we will find that we can be lead to the Source
of Being that lies within our being in a most pleasurable way.
There is only one path of
surrender
but can be experienced in one of three ways depending one how we
focus our attention and awareness. They are the path of surrender,
the path of the
muse and the path of the
beloved/Beloved. The path of surrender is where we are totally
focused on the feeling with no interpretation by
mind. The path of the beloved is where mind provides an
interpretation of the feeling where the feeling is seen as arising
from within. If the feeling is interpreted as coming from, or
connected to, the unseen it is often seen as the Beloved. If the
internal feeling is seen to point externally it is seen as the
beloved. If the feeling is seen as being cause by something
external, that external focus is seen as the muse. Rarely are the
muse the beloved seen as one an the same, although they can be. The
reason for these three paths are the result of the focus of mind as
to what mind thinks is causing the feelings to arise.
In any case, whatever interpretation mind gives to the feeling there
is the
need to become a detached witness: We will be unable to see the
truth of our being unless we become a
detached witness and observe our life and what this flow of
energy is communicating to us.
The
essence of the surrendering path (Top)
The path of
surrender
is to allow the feeling of the
fulness of being, of what gives us life or calls us into life to
guide us to the experiences we desire to have. In this path we look
to see what gives us this fulfillment in life, and with life, and
look to do those things in our life. Our
mind does not interpret the feelings. We just follow them. When
we find something no longer fulfilling, we simply move to something
that does give us a strong fulness of being and/or a strong
inner satisfaction
as we can. For those things that do give us fulfillment in life, we
look at what aspects are providing the fulfillment. We look to move
deeper into those aspects. It is to move as deep as possible into
the feelings that we experience and we to continually expanding our
being.
As we move deeper, we begin to see differently and experience life
differently. We find things arising exclusively from our
mind, our enculturation and the experiences we have had in life
no longer appeal to us. We find there is a passion within our being,
our creative passion,
that arises and pulls us forward to guide our life.
Often in
surrendering
to the flow of our
creative life energy we will be driven to do things and
participate in activities that are not necessarily supported by our
family and/or our society. In this case we can end up following the
left hand path. Yet for others, in following the flow of our
creative life energy takes us into a deeper and more intimate
involvement with our society.
Surrendering to the flow of our
creative life energy is probably the hardest and most demanding
path to accessing and releasing our
unlimited creativity.
Yet it is probably the fastest and easiest way. The reason for this
is we are continually forced us to
step out of mind
and follow our
internal compass as opposed to
what
mind wants and/or thinks about what needs to be done. It is the
fastest and easiest because it is the path most aligned with the
intention for our life. The struggle we face is to stay focused
on what we feel without letting
mind and its desires to impose itself.
The
mistake most often made in utilizing the path of
surrender
is there is more than one energy we can simultaneously feel within
our being. In any one moment, there are five primary flows of energy
to which we can surrender that are influencing our life that give an
overall composite. They are (1) the
intention for our life, (2) the
flow of Creation, (3) the
flow of society, (4) the
flow the intention of our
enculturated mind,
(5) the composite or resultant flow of the conscious and
nonconscious desires of our
mind. Of course there are other flows of energy that are
variations of these five or a subpart. From a feeling perspective
and the path of surrender, the choice is actually easy. We choose
that which
serves us
and allows for a feeling of
freedom and continued expansion
into the infinity of our own being. That is a choice in aligning
with the intention for our life.
However, we do need to develop discernment as to what we feel for we
often enter flows of energy that feel good but do not provided for a
feeling of expansions, and more importantly, a feeling of continued
expansion. Depending on how and what
mind thinks as believes it can causes us to align with an energy
other than the flow of energy giving rise to our life.
Surrendering to the flow of our
creative life energy offers the possibility of being the most
pleasant path yet it is the most difficult to achieve because of
mind.
The paths
of the beloved and the muse (Top)
The path of the
muse and the path of the beloved are a result of
mind's interpretation of what we feel. In general, although mind
is involved, neither of these paths pose a problem as long as focus
is maintained on what we feel. The problem arises when we believe
mind’s interpretation and begins to follow mind’s direction. This
will cause us to lose focus on the feeling and become preoccupied by
what mind believes. That, in turn, causes us to step off the path.
The essential understanding of “beloved/Beloved”
and the
muse arises from the
creative tension between
what we incarnated to experience and the desired experience. It
is experienced as the pull to the object, person, or attribute we
seeks to manifest and can be felt and interpreted by the
mind as though we are seeking a beloved. In remembering that our
inner world is reflected externally, the beloved can be, and
most probably will be, manifested in some physical object or person
that represents this beloved. Yet, there will always be the inner
longing for the Beloved if we interpret the feeling arises more from
the unseen world than the seen. How we interpret the Beloved is, of
course, our choice.
In many ways, the physical manifestation of this beloved is the
muse. It only needs to be remembered that the
beloved and the muse will
not necessarily exactly look like each other. Although they are
related, the muse will not necessarily look like the beloved because
of
mind characterizes what it feels. The beloved and what the
feeling looks like when the feeling is interpreted as arising from
within. The beloved is the best characterization of what is felt by
the mind. The beloved is our mind’s best interpretation of what the
energy looks like that needs to be experienced to manifest the
desired creation. Hence, the beloved is the interpretation provided
by the mind projected into the external world or rather what in the
external world matches what the mind sees.
The interpretation by our
mind of the feeling when the feeling is seen to arise from
within and to be non physical is seen and experienced as the
Beloved. In reality it is the longing for the
truth and free expression of our own being. It is the free and
true expression of the source/Source of our being/Being which is the
source/Source of creation/Creation. However, many interpret the
non physical aspects of this inner longing for the beloved as the
Beloved, God or some spiritual entity separate from us. Looking
externally for that which is arising from within, only deepens the
separation one feels from the source/Source of their being/Being.
Only in finding and experiencing the truth of our own being and
becoming that truth in the world do we find the
beloved/Beloved.
The
muse is closer to reality as it is because the mind is not
providing and interpretation. The muse is what externally catalyzes
or stimulates us to act. It exists and is real. The muse is what
externally will guide us to the Source of our being. Here the
feeling is seen to arise from an external cause. All we need to do
to ensure we have manifested the correct muse and remain true to the
feelings about the beloved. We then nee to see what appears in our
life calling us forth to live deeper in our own
truth. It is to move and to discover and explore that truth of
our own being in spontaneity and innocence of
childlike play.
The muse is the manifestation in the physical world of what we need
to experience to manifest what we desire to create.
Surrendering versus
following our intuitive guidance and body wisdom
(Top)
One question that does arise is
how does
surrendering
to the flow of our
creative life energy relate to simply following our
intuitive guidance and/or
body wisdom. There is a subtle difference in surrendering to the
flow of our creative life energy and the
fulness of being as compared to following our body wisdom and
intuitive guidance. If we wish to align with our creative life
energy, we only need to act in the direction that allows us to feel
an
inner satisfaction
of joy or bliss or we only need to move in the direction to allow
ourselves to experience an inner satisfaction.
To allow the
body wisdom and
intuitive guidance to lead. We need to ask ourselves something
to the equivalent, “What do I feel? Is there any part of my body
talking to me?” Or we ask, “What does my intuitive guidance say?”
Then clear the
mind of its thinking and go inside to see what our intuitive
guidance has to say or what direction it leads. On this note, it is
recommended we filter everything through our
heart
by first asking our heart the previous questions such as, “Heart,
what does my intuitive guidance advise regarding....?”
Following the feeling of the flow of our
creative life energy is a
feminine approach to living in that we
surrender
to the feelings of inner joy and bliss and to what nourishes us
without involving the
mind. It is much like the innocent and spontaneous
childlike play
of discovery and exploration. Following the
body wisdom and
intuitive guidance is more
masculine
in that we thrust forward by asking what we need to do and our
asking creates the direction we will need to go.
It must be remembered how we ask the question determines the
direction for one is a
feminine path and the other is a
masculine
path. We can ask in a masculine thrusting way causing the masculine
path or in and ask in
surrendering
way creating the feminine path. Following the
creative life energy is more useful for aligning with the
intention for our life and what we came here to do. Following
the
body wisdom and
intuitive guidance is more used for manifesting an intention.
Of course, we can set the intention and hold the intention to align
with, and to follow, the flow of our
creative life energy. In this case, both our creative life
energy and the
body wisdom and
intuitive guidance will then direct us to achieve that same end
only the paths will be slightly different - one with a
masculine
and mental flavor and the other a
feminine and feeling flavor.
Following the path of surrender (Top)
To successfully follow the path of
surrender
is to stay focused on the feeling of the
fulness of being as a
single point focus for our life. However, we cannot deny the
mind. We need to learn how to use it to keep us on our path. It
needs to be realized that our creative power lies in what we feel
and our creative ability lies in how mind to choose what we do an
don’t will feel. To optimize our creative power, we need to be open
to what we feel.
The easiest way to do this is to
navigate from the heart. It is to have what we feel and what is
symbolized in the heart
to set the direction for our life and allow
mind to attend to the details to make it happen. We need to set
and hold a clear intention to
surrender
to, and follow, the
heart
as felt in the fullness of being
In
surrendering
to the feeling of the
fullness of being, we will find we need to let go of all of life
that does not support what lies in our
heart.
This will include how and were we set our priorities and give rise
to readjusting all the relationships we have. Additionally, all the
issues that thwarted our creative play arise to be faced and
addressed.
The distraction on the path of
surrender
are all that
mind
wants and desires. It is an incessant battle between
mind and
heart
until we condition ourselves and create the habits to
fullness of being of being. In any case, we cannot deny what we
feel. We need to go wherever the feeling lead. Otherwise we will be
moving off the path.
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