Surrender To Joy Meditation | 20 Minutes

Surrender is the first act of allowing joy to reveal itself. It's your natural state of being, your body recognizing itself. Surrender is the bridge between feeling okay, happy, open, optimistic, and eventually to realizing yourself as being free. Sometimes, however, getting across that bridge can be tough. This meditation will help you reach your natural state of joy.

Transcript

Now in the next course of 20 minutes or so,

We will shift gears and I will guide you to transform your fears and disappointment into trust and hope using the art of letting go,

Surrendering.

When we let go of our need to completely control our surroundings and we surrender to the love and that wisdom of the universe,

We attain great joy.

So I thank you for joining me in this process.

Many times we tend to grasp things or events because we know what we want.

Perhaps it's a romantic partner,

A certain job,

A body that looks a certain way.

Understanding what exactly we desire helps direct our attention and action towards a particular goal.

But often we overlook that there are several things outside of our control.

You could be the most charming,

Attractive person in the world and that special someone might not be interested.

You could have the best interview in the history of interviews and you still might not be selected for that job.

You could be an Olympian and not achieve that specific physical goal.

Some things aren't possible and we don't know what they are.

If this is disturbing,

Then all you need to do is to shift your perspective.

On your next breath,

Breathe in compassion for yourself.

Compassion for others.

As you exhale,

Let go of control.

Let go of fear.

If you knew everything that was going to happen or if you got exactly what you wanted all the time,

You wouldn't grow as a person and you wouldn't have as much fun.

Today's terrible first date is tomorrow's bedtime story for your grandchildren.

Losing a job today might pave the way to a career so fulfilling you cannot imagine it right now.

The universe is trying to give what you want but it may not look the way you expect it to.

If you are orchestrating your life to the finest detail,

You are not leaving any room for pleasant surprises and the deep wisdom that comes only with failure.

Would you rather have a life full of planned safe experiences or spend each day in riotous laughter,

Earth-shaking love,

Meaningful relationships and tears that come from seeking and achieving them?

Let go of control.

Allowing your life's careful architecture to shift with the changes you experience and it requires vulnerability.

Like surrender,

Vulnerability is often marked in our contemporary culture.

Yet vulnerability is not a weakness.

It is your willingness to drop the facade and be in integrity with every part of your being.

It is your willingness to trust your intuition,

The universe and the web of the seven something billion people who are seeking the same thing as you.

You are a small ship in a vast and majestic river.

The current will carry you where you need to go if only you stop rowing upstream.

In a day or a week or even in a year,

You will look back at some of the most difficult things that you are going through with fondness no matter what happens.

At this very moment you are learning and changing,

Being carried into a beautiful new awareness by a kind loving presence.

You can only control yourself but you are enough to enact big changes in the world.

Love,

Compassion,

Trust and vulnerability are your tools.

And with them you can change everything.

You can do anything.

I and your fellow companions here on this journey through life know you will not only succeed but you will thrive.

You are a masterpiece in progress.

You are the most important part of it and anything is possible.

Now I want you to take a moment to name whatever has recently shifted in your life.

It could be a happy occurrence such as a new relationship or a birth of a child or something sad like the loss of a family member,

A job or it could be something neutral,

A new goal,

A new change in objective,

Some other twist.

Know that whatever it is,

The outcome is out of your control and that could be very unnerving.

In much of the western world we are taught that control,

Objectives and contingency plans are what keep us safe.

You probably have a plan for any given area of your life,

A backup plan in case the first one doesn't work out and an absolute worst case scenario on how you would cope with when all else fails.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Everything strategically usually reduces anxiety and produces good results.

But what that doesn't teach you is that you can't control everything.

Even if you are centered in the most compassionate being,

This could be somewhat unsettling.

When you look past this fear,

There is a peace inside of you.

A peace that is impossible to disrupt.

Let's journey into that all-encompassing serenity.

As we go through this process you may encounter some painful,

Frightening memories.

I'll ask you to do is as we go through this healing,

You just keep continuing.

You're being guided by angels,

Supported by my voice and all these other people around the world who are meditating with us right now.

They're helping you in this process.

You know that no matter what,

You are safe.

So take a deep breath and allow your muscles to soften.

You are safe.

From the tips of your toes to your ankles to your feet.

Know that they are safe and make them relax.

Your calf muscle is supple and relaxed.

Your knees,

Your thighs,

Your hips are relaxed.

Surrender.

Let go of the bottom half of your body.

Surrender.

Your stomach,

Chest,

Back,

Neck,

Supple,

Relaxed and nurtured.

Let it go.

Feel it dissipating.

Release your head and shoulders.

Your arms all the way down to your fingertips,

Relaxed and let go.

Trust the process.

You will feel the freedom.

Release.

Let it go.

Surrender.

Your mind opens and expands.

You are safe.

You are free.

You have let go.

In all of the universe,

In every galaxy,

There exists only one thing that you can control.

That thing that loving being is you.

You cannot control the weather,

You cannot control any other person's action.

At best,

You can offer your support,

Your love or your presence.

At worst,

You can try to manipulate others with psychological tactics or force.

You can only control you.

You are a universe within yourself.

A vast sea of emotional processes.

A garden of biology.

A creature capable of surviving at the bottom of the ocean or on any other planet.

You are totally unique.

A heady cocktail of experiences,

Memories and passions that will never ever be created the same way again.

You have almost infinite choices in every moment.

What to do.

How to react.

When to do it.

They are your choices.

And how you respond is the only thing you can control.

If this realization feels painful or foreign,

Embrace it.

If it feels freeing,

Welcome it.

Something greater than us exists.

It doesn't matter if you follow a specific faith tradition or general spirituality or don't believe in anything at all.

However you understand the greater intelligence and the purpose of the universe,

You know that something created the world around you and some greater order keeps it safe.

Breathe in this love.

Breathe in this safety.

Breathe in this greater intelligence that surrounds you and is within you.

You were born of this universe.

You are treasured by it.

This higher consciousness,

Whether you call it God or something else,

Is caring for you at every moment of every day.

It is responsible for this shift that you are experiencing,

This delicate earthquake that has disrupted your life.

Whether you realize it or not,

This gentle rumbling has happened for a reason.

Take a moment now to let go,

To drift off,

To float free into the stars of the universe,

Knowing all the while that you are 100% safe and nurtured.

Now bring your palms together in prayer position at your heart center.

I want you to please rub your two palms against each other.

The palms are an energy vortex.

And as you ignite the chi or the prana,

The life force,

You are activating this life energy.

And when you feel like you have activated a nice warm mushy gooey ball of prana between your palms,

I want you to go ahead and apply them,

One palm on each eye.

And bless yourself.

Let this energy be a healing for you.

I am safe.

I am free.

I am being nurtured.

I want you to take your palms and now place them facing outwards as if you are sending a blessing to the world.

And I want you to think of somebody,

Some people or a place that could use a blessing right now.

As if there is a beam of light that is emerging from your heart center and it is being cast on that person,

People or place that could use the blessing.

May they feel safe.

May they feel free.

May they know that they are being nurtured but by that higher supreme intelligence of love.

Bring your palms back to pray position at your heart center.

Let's take a bow of gratitude for everything that we have received in this last 40 minutes.

And I want you to notice what has shifted.

How do you feel right now?

And if you had to describe how you feel right now in one word,

What would that be?

I want you to go ahead and please put that word down in the comment section.

Reviews

Soo pleasant

Love

Centered

Thank you for grounding me and bringong me back to peace.

Beautiful meditation that leaves me feeling peaceful and grounded. Thank you 🙏

Thank you Jay, I feel a level of “compassion” for myself that was not present when I first sat down to meditate. I will carry this into my life today, keep creating what you’ve helped me understand as Truth.

Settled

Alleviated

Peaceful, trusting.

This was exactly what I needed to experience this morning. Thank you.

One word: Energized.
Some more words: Your meditation tracks are greatly appreciated. Today this one really helped me turn a bad attitude around, let go of unnecessary negative thoughts, and helped me return to a peaceful state of being. Returning to your analogy of letting my boat float down the river instead of rowing against the current is my mind tool for the things I have no control of today. With palms together and the two kinds of benefit in action, I thank you.

Great meditation. I feel very peaceful.

This was amazing Jay 🙌🙌

As he does in all of his teaching and guidance, here Jay offers something nuanced and expansive that is about more than only joy. This was very restorative. Thank you very much.

💖calm💖

I feel better now.

I feel blessed

Many thanks!
Namasté
💟🙏💟

Thank you for this most affirming practice which brings calm acceptance.