aldompdx
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Surrender is by ongoing free choice from self will. It requires strength, not weakness. The greatest surrender can be accepting what truly resonates with your heart. With that acceptance, every act is in pursuit of inspiring fulfillment in the only place it ever arises -- your very own heart. The question then becomes: how is fulfillment conflicting? Self empowerment and sharing one's self are not mutually exclusive. You are only a "victim" of your preferences when they compel external dependency. Consider the feminine archetypes in Eastern traditions. Manifesting and sharing energy (love) is a feminine aspect. That energy need not be agressive or assertive, but can be empathic. Service is not mere protocol or ritual, but an intimate and empathic "tuning in." Everybody is an object. The potential problem arises when objectification is sought as a mechanism to evade or repress intimacy and self empowerment. If one has no power, how can they share their (absent) energy? If you own your choice and feel fulfillment, how is "degredation" a negative thing? On the other hand, if the goal is to feel unfulfilled, then that is a question of true masochism. As I explain in my profile: emotional feeling, not physical ritual; self acceptance, not self sublimation; self respect, not invited abuse; self honesty, not bargaining or competing; inner caring beauty, not external vanity; innocence, not embarrassment; duty of choice, not victim of trap; generosity, not suffering; humility, not humiliation; released inhibition, not conceptual limitation; transcended consciousness, not pain endurance; conscientious awareness, not mindless obedience; inner love, not external identification.
< Message edited by aldompdx -- 7/4/2010 2:30:53 AM >
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