By Dr Charles Leyman Kachitsa
If you pay attention and observe people as they walk about, you would notice that some people walk with a very stern appearance of being angry. Most often when such people encounter others, the smallest of fuss would trigger them into throwing out an avalanche of expressions to indicate their displeasure about the unfairness in life where others according to them walk the earth to cause distress to the people they encounter.
Similar to the above, there are some people who seem to be walking around with a laggard expression to express the unfairness in his world which does not seem to provide solutions to their burdens. Such people would most often, if this is a habit out of settlement, be looking for others who would care to ask them so that they can share all their problems and let the earth decide. Who does not care to listen to problems that needs solving as politicians does, everyone wants to.
The other group again if one was very observant, would seem to be those who do not care about life yet they would appear to walking with a purpose. There is as has always been known, wisdom in walking in faith with hope, the hope of the unseen tomorrow. Such brevity sometimes called confidence is what all require for a life of joy. Not that there won’t be challenges but acknowledging that without humanity such challenges would be non-existent.
The quotes this week are a continuation extraction of inspired words of wisdom from a book that gives the meaning of surrender to its core. I am sure that the few selected quotations from this book listed below will enlighten you to one or two life lessons. Read and enjoy:
LETTING GO – THE PATHWAY OF SURRENDER by David R. Hawkins. M.D., Ph.D.
“Everyone has the opportunity to contribute to the beauty and harmony of the world by showing kindness to all living things and, thereby, supporting the human spirit. That which we freely give to life flows back to us because we are equally part of that life. Like ripples on the water, every gift returns to the giver. What we affirm in others, we actually affirm in ourselves. —— Once we become willing to give love, the discovery quickly follows that we are surrounded by love and merely didn’t know how to access it. Love is actually present everywhere; its presence only needs to be realized.”
“In acceptance, we enjoy the experience of harmony. We feel as though events are flowing. We feel secure. We can be of service to others without a feeling of self-sacrifice. There is the feeling of belonging, connectedness, fullness, loving, understanding, and the feeling of being understood. It is a feeling of caring, warmth, and self-worth. Because of the security of this state, we can allow ourselves to be soft, mellow, and natural. There is joy, and we feel ‘in tune’ and relaxed. There is the feeling that it’s all right just to be ourselves.”
“……….. In courage, there is a lot of energy, action, letting go, capacity to ‘be there,’ to be spontaneous, resilient, resourceful, and cheerful. In this state, we can be very effective in the world.”
“The prideful person is constantly on the defensive because of the vulnerability of inflation and denial. Conversely, the humble person cannot be humiliated for they are immune to vulnerability, having let go of pride. In its place, they have an inner security and self-esteem. Many people try to substitute pride for genuine self-esteem; however, genuine self-esteem does not actually arise until pride is relinquished. That which inflates the ego does not result in inner strength. On the contrary, it increases our vulnerability and overall level of fear. When we are in a state of pride, our energy is dissipated by the constant preoccupation with defending our lifestyle, vocation, neighbourhood, clothes, year and make of car, ancestry, country, and political and religious belief systems. There is tireless preoccupation with appearance and what other people will think, so there is a constant vulnerability to the opinions of others.”
