Surrender To Universe

This short talk will focus on the concept of surrendering to the universe and relinquishing control over God. The importance of giving control over and the impact it will have on our life is highlighted. Listeners will hear about the difficulties of the process of learning complete surrender but also the rewards that can come from it.

After the recording, listeners are encouraged to examine the ways in their lives which they may already be releasing over to God and the areas in which they may wish to focus further on relinquishing control.

Transcript

My name is Ashley Anne-Marie,

And today I wanted to spend a couple minutes reflecting on the importance of surrendering to the universe.

In this talk,

I will use terms like the universe,

God,

Our creator.

Please use terminology that you feel comfortable with.

The universe wants to give you everything that you need.

I found in my experience that the number one obstacle that gets in the way between us and what the universe is trying to bring us is ourselves.

So often,

We become latched onto ideas of what we think we need or what we want.

We become latched into those ideas until we're locked down in them.

And we make the mistake of thinking that we are the rulers of our own universe.

I found that people typically do this for one of two reasons.

One,

They don't trust that the universe knows what's best for them.

They truly believe that they know better.

I have fell into this trap myself.

There was a time in my life where I genuinely thought that I knew best,

And I mistakenly thought I knew better than God.

I thought that I should call the shots in my life,

And I was terrified of losing control.

I wanted control over my life.

I wanted control over my own decisions.

And I did that.

And as it turns out,

It ended horribly.

What I thought I needed,

I didn't.

What I thought I wanted was not good for me.

I added so much emotional pain to my life that could have been avoided if I had only surrendered it to a higher power,

A higher power that knew better than me and could have picked wiser choices.

I could have avoided so much emotional pain that I put myself through.

The second reason I find that people do this is you have a fear that God or the universe is not going to take care of you,

So you feel you have to do it on your own.

The universe is so large,

But God knows each and every single one of us.

The universe listens to each and every single one of us.

Not one of us has been forgotten.

The universe wants to bring into alignment in your life what is yours.

None of us are truly alone in this world.

We are all connected.

All of our energy is connected to source and to the creator who made everything.

Separation between ourselves on this earth and separation between ourselves and the creator is an illusion.

We have always been connected from day one.

The same energy that flows in me flows through you and trees and plants and ties us back to God.

When you learn that we are never abandoned or alone in this world,

You can begin to settle that fear that you would be forgotten.

When you learn through life experiences that you may not truly know best and there may be something out there that's greater than you and knows more than you,

You become a little bit more willing to get out of the driver's seat.

You become a little bit more willing to be less controlling.

I think of it like an analogy of a child holding a rope and the child,

Maybe they're in a tug of war or a game,

I don't know,

Maybe there's a prize at the end of the rope.

This child is so stubborn and is convinced that they have to hold onto this rope at any means necessary.

That they hold onto the rope tighter and tighter and it causes them pain.

It causes a friction burn,

Friction in their hands,

A cut,

A wound.

It is causing the child pain but the more pain it causes you and the more signs you receive that it's time to let go,

The child just grips on tighter and tighter and inflicts more pain.

It's my hope that this reflection reaches anybody that may still be in that process.

To just plant the seed of an idea that maybe,

Just maybe,

It's less painful to let the rope go.

Maybe instead of latching onto an idea or a person or a concept of what we think is best for us,

We should learn to surrender.

What does that mean?

I'm sure we've all heard that before.

Whether in church or a talk,

People always say surrender,

Surrender.

But I found myself not truly understanding what that meant until about a year ago.

In order to surrender,

You have to completely open your heart to God and the universe I have found.

I have found that it does not work if you only have half a heart open.

If you only open the door halfway.

If you think I'll give you some of the control and then I'm going to maintain a certain percent,

No.

Surrender means we acknowledge,

We acknowledge ourselves in connection with a higher power,

The creator.

And we say there is something so much bigger and more beautiful out there that knows more than me.

And I'm going to trust you with everything.

And I mean everything,

The good and the bad.

Our deepest hearts,

Desires,

Our dreams,

Our hopes,

Our heartache,

Our brokenness,

The things that have crushed us.

We surrender that we give it almost like in a package over to God.

And we trust that he'll know what to do with it.

Better than we will.

We hand it over.

And even if we're confused or hesitant while we're handing it over,

That's okay.

We hand that over too.

We can even acknowledge,

God,

I'm hesitant.

Help me to release this.

And he will.

God,

I'm confused.

I don't know what to do.

And we give that over too.

When we slowly begin to do this in our lives,

I promise you it gets easier.

And for those of you who are scared,

I understand that used to be me.

So you start small.

You start to trust these little things to the universe.

Things that you're really comfortable with,

You know,

Okay,

I give this to you.

The outcome of this situation,

The outcome of this decision,

The result,

I give it to you.

And you will wait for an urge from the universe,

An intention to be placed into my heart so I know what to do.

And what you find is the more you practice it,

The easier it gets and the more natural it gets.

And I'm telling you that when you start to notice a change in your life,

And you start to notice things are working out so much better for you,

And you feel so much more in alignment with your values,

And you feel like what is truly for you is being brought to you finally,

You become relieved.

You become relieved that you relinquished that control.

It's almost like an award,

An award for trusting God.

We say,

I did this thing that was so hard,

I trusted you,

I gave it to you.

And we get rewarded in return.

We get these awards,

These rewards,

The fruit of our labor,

So to speak.

We start to learn from our experiences,

Oh,

When I called all the shots,

Didn't really work out the best for me.

But when I gave it over to a higher power,

Things were smoother.

And it doesn't have to mean perfect.

It doesn't mean that we are completely absolved from pain.

But even if we're brought to that pain,

We're not going through it alone.

And we know that we can handle that pain because God does not give us what we can't handle.

And we slowly feel relief that this is what we chose to do.

I'd like to share a quote that I often use whenever I feel that I need to surrender something.

And I use this quote when something is really important to me,

And I'm really focusing,

And I'm truly giving it over,

And it's hard.

It's not easy,

But it's worth it.

I say,

Universe or God,

I surrender my agendas,

Timelines,

And desires to you.

I trust that you are leading me towards solutions of the highest good.

Now when we do that,

Again,

We have to have an open heart.

We have to truly be okay with whatever comes back at us.

We become truly okay with whatever comes back to us because we know it's best for us.

Sometimes,

What's best for us is not always what we thought we wanted.

But in time,

We come to understand it and we come to see,

Oh,

Wow.

I wasn't meant to be with that one person because then I met my real person who I really was meant for,

And I can feel that difference.

Where we learn a job wasn't meant for us because then we found our real calling.

The more you do this,

Opportunities will unfold in your life.

So as you go about your day today,

I want you to remember a couple points.

Surrendering to God in the universe will open doors in your life that you never thought imaginable.

It may even be bigger and grander than what you had in mind.

Learn to trust that we are mere humans and it's not our fault,

But we don't know everything.

We don't know the whys and the hows,

And we don't know all.

We don't know best.

We just don't.

There's something greater than us that knows more than we do.

And we remember that this higher power,

God,

Does not forget about any of us.

Each and every single one of us are welcome to approach Him.

In fact,

We are invited and encouraged to approach Him and give Him this trust.

None of us will be turned away or forgotten.

We do that with an open heart.

We learn from our life experiences that this works out better for us,

And we truly become okay with the outcome of things.

I promise you,

If you start this practice,

You will notice changes in your life.

Thank you for listening to my thoughts today.

Wishing you all love and light.

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