Ep.3 // Surrender
Surrendering as a bit like being on a train. As a passenger you are being carried along a set path with specific stops along the way. There are lots of ways we find ourselves on these rails; work, politics, religion, culture, society, relationships. I don’t think surrender is inherently a bad thing, but left unexamined I think it can shape our lives in undesired ways.
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In today's episode, I'm here to talk a bit about the idea of "surrender." This important concept gets a bad reputation a lot, and we often like to glorify having passion and fighting despite all odds (ideally winning in the process!) But I am here to make the case that we should see it in a little more nuanced light, and even find opportunities and ways to surrender more deliberately and intentionally.
The main topics in today's episode include
Understanding what surrender is
How might we already be surrendering in our day to day life without even realizing it
Some ways that I use surrender for good
My case for using surrender more intentionally
And finally, a reading of the Daodejing chapter 29, which I think is relevant to our discussion today
