During times of meditation or journaling questions that I ask are often answered in the
most profound ways. During my two months at Mt. Madonna Retreat Center I continued
to struggle and question the path of letting go. Letting go of identifying with self, the
story of me, and letting go of my attachment to people and places. One of my greatest
challenges has been fully trusting that I am being taken care of as I face the unknown
allowing Spirit to lead me to new places and new experiences.  As I once again questioned
how I was to truly let go and trust, the following came through:

    Rest in deep surrender, without fear, in the Truth of your Beingness. Know you are
    fully and completely loved and supported. So that which is to manifest, move
    through you, live you, may do so with joy and ease.  

    Know and accept this Truth: all that you are and all you have ever been has always
    been supported, loved and cared for by creation. Even when everything is striped
    away you are cradled in the arms of this Love.

    So, do not fear for there are no mistakes, no loses, only movement, the play of
    form. For even if you lose your life you have only moved form one form to another.
    Though you wish to trust and surrender I know the challenge you face for I know
    your heart. Be truly free – live in Divine innocence and Love, meet me in the silent
    surrender where the wings of your soul lift you from confusion to clarity, from worry
    to faith and from your mind to your heart, the heart of Truth (God/Consciousness).

As I struggled with this process I realized the truth of that last line. I went from confusion
to clarity, from worry to faith and from the spinning of my mind to my heart and the
Truth of Spirit when I let go, surrendered to what was, and accepted without resistance.  
From this place of clarity I could then move forward with more ease and joy. I could move
through the changes in my life more openly.

Though it continues to be a challenge at times to accept my ever changing life it helps to
remind myself of the truths that have presented themselves: I am loved and supported
and it is easier when I surrender and say "okay" to what is present. Then, whatever is to
manifest can do so more easily.
Deep Surrender
by Kaycie
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