Learning to trust oneself, forgive oneself and others is a fundamental to becoming comfortable with your Self/self. When practicing contemplation learning to allow mental, emotional, visual, physical and auditory distractions to pass without attachment provides a gentle and forgiving release and return to one’s true surrender to God’s prescence within.
I am simply restating the premise of the recoined Centering Prayer method of using one’s “intent to consent” to God’s prescence within you. After trying many of the meditation approaches, where one has to follow a tradition or mantra, or method seems to reinforce duality (the idea that what you want is “over there”), when in fact the truth is, all you have to do is accept what you have, and understand that God is waiting for you to invite him “in”. You already have the power to access this relationship simply by opening your self by using your repeated intent to consent (surrender) (invitation) to allow God in to your space.
You will not be transformed into a bliss-ninny, Jesus Freak, om-chanting, nut case, but will receive a subtle relationship with God, who will lovingly accept all your issues, faults, etc.. It is His allowing that allows US to grow. This is such an elegant thing…
I was always afraid that if I completely surrendered to God, I would lose control of my life. What I have lost is my fear, not my control. I am much more able to flow with the synchronicity of events in my life and love more.
