Surrendering to the River

Every energy inside you is meant to go to God...surrender to the energy flow.

Michael A. Singer

I once white watered the Penobscot with some friends (and a guide). In our instructional session before hitting the big water (and it was big...class 5 rapids) the guide instructed, "If by chance you fall in, just lay back with your feet up and let the waters take you. Do not fight or struggle against the current.  The more relaxed you are the less likely you will be to get hurt."

I see that now as a metaphor for Life.  The river is Life...taking us to the ocean.  It is the perfect Shakti flow taking us to Self, God, the Source of everything.  ( I truly do not care what you call it.)The class five rapids we sometimes travel down are what Singer refers to as "the commotion of emotion"...it is a mixed up flow as the energy destined for the Source gets snagged on rocks and other things creating a disturbance in that intended peaceful flow.  It is the effect of samskaras! We get caught up in all our stored stuffed as we naturally proceed to the Ocean. We forget where we are heading and  fall into the drama. We struggle against it; we resist it; we fight the waves and we get pretty beat up as we do. We suffer.  If we learn to relax, however, and do exactly as the guide instructed us to on that day decades ago, we will get to where we are going. The problem isn't the river; it is our resistance to it. Lay back, put your feet up, and surrender to the River of Life.

Hmm! Something to think about. 

Michael A. Singer/ Temple of the Universe ( August 4, 2024) Understanding Supression, Expresson, and Transmutation. https://tou.org/talks/