Comments on: What Is Spiritual Surrender?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 May 2022 00:29:12 +0000

Hahaha yes thank you, an old lady told me “It’s better to laugh than cry.” This re reminded me of that (:

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 15:26:36 +0000

"Oh, hey Tom. How's it hanging? I've been working with these people starving in Rwanda. What have you been doing?"

Thank you. I laughed my ass off at this.

By: Jim Tolles

Jim Tolles — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:07:28 +0000

You're welcome, David. Thanks for the comment.

By: David

David — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 15:58:54 +0000

Thank you Jim – great article. Been wrestling with surrendering to God vs the ego's desired way.

By: Jim Tolles

Jim Tolles — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 22:45:54 +0000

If you are acting out your old bad habits, that isn't surrender. Observing the ego and the impulses to behave poorly is surrender. When you observe, you now have a choice to act differently than you once did.

However, you will also have to learn to do inner work. In doing inner work, you learn to observe your old thought patterns and habits and get to the root experiences that caused you to learn to act and think that way. In the process, you'll learn how to let go of those initial experiences. In so doing, the habits start to dissolve, and you feel less inclination to act them out.

There's plenty more for me to say, and I have said it. Be sure to check out my Starting Out section to find more tools to use to work on your ego.

Thanks for your comment!