Submission, is to accept this moment, this body with open arms.
Submission, is to live in harmony with high will by going out from the way of yourself.
Submission, is the wisdom of the heart.
Submission, is not a passive submission.
Submission, is the ability to look at each difficulty as a spiritual development and an expanding awareness.
WHILE WALKING ALONG A RIVER, OR WHILE CROSSING THE BRIDGE, DID YOU EVER PAY ATTENTION HOW SOFT THE WATER FLOWING IS AND AT THE SAME TIME HOW STRONG IT IS?
The strong and the fluid water,as it does not struggle against the gravity, it adjusts wherever it is put. The water teaches us what the smartest and the strongest response is that we can give in any circumstance.
IT IS YOUR RIGHT WHAT KIND OF A RESPONSE IT IS?
Generally in classical theory, they teach us to struggle for the thing we believe and never give up, don’t they? In fact, the thing we have to learn is resignation.
YOU ARE FORCED TO UNDERSTAND, DON’T YOU?
Rule of Resignation does not mean that we have to show tolerance, to behave passively for the the things we do not like though it means to accept whatever there is in our life. It is not to ignore the injustice or to allow to be cotrolled, to be a sacrifice.
The real resignation is to produce creative solutions by taking out a value from your situation in an active, positive, efficient way.
You shouldn’t behave like there is a value in a cold, in a bursting tyre or in other problems.
This rule does not mean that you have said something or denying your real feelings. The rule is related with transforming the problems.
To change your point of view is the way of learning the resignation.
"Look like this, the coach, one day, at the gym lesson, gives you an award. Next day, he tutors you till you get very tired. He accepts this as a piece of training, in fact you know its value. The same thing is also valid for your daily life. The soul is your coach, life is your training.
NOW I AM ASKING: IF YOU COULD SEE THE BURSTING TYRE OR THE COLD AS A NECESSARY PIECE OF YOUR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?
With the most real name, this rule shows you the way for surrendering at this moment..Whatever it is and no matter how you react. It shows you the way of accepting what happens. Not just ups and downs of the life, it means accepting your body, your thoughts, your feelings, in other words, accepting yourself.
When you accept yourself as you are, don’t think that the life will get easier when you show submission for whatever happens.
Life will continue deducting problems and tests that you have to solve. But when you approach life easily,not stressfully, you will be able to find somethings that you enjoy in even difficult situations. Just like enjoying while riddling, playing chess.
Saying all these, may seem you to be easier than doing.
It is easier to say than doing !
Start with little things. Show that you understand the point of view of the other when you face with a little conflict. Look then what is happening. Don’t mind little disappointments. Pay attention to the sayings of students of Greek philosopher Epiktetus. "Learn to know that everything should go as it should go."
This, really, can seem as if it is so hard. In fact, you may feel you have to give up your desires, values, your choices, part of yourself.
The rule of Resignation respects the holiness of each soul’s own originality. You do not have to give this up.
You should just go away from your own way; It is not a frequent behaviour to give little desires up for the sake of big choices. Because you want to do what you want. I understand this.
But life does not always offer us possibilities in accordance with our own wishes. That’s why we become the slaves of our desires. This causes anxiety, despair and hopelessness. Going after little desires can give temporay satisfactions but it does not provide permanent happiness. When you clearly see that life is not made up of achieving your desires, when you comprehend that learning to love and know the value of what you get is the life itself, you accord your life with the Rule of Resignation.
YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN PRACTICE THIS RULE, DON’T YOU?
First of all, start with this question: "What is the best thing that has the benefit of everybody related with this situation?" This sometimes can be praying about rain at a place that has a drought even if the roof of the house will flow. For the real resignation, you should want the desired thing from the heart. ‘’ In the evening, it rained alot, it was good for the fields but the roof flew." While saying this even, while laughing with love and compassion, you can surrender with a feeling of compassion.
You should know that, this requires quite flexibility, effort and extensive thinking. But flexibility is a part of the life. Extensive thinking, is to direct your energy and attention from your little desires to the wisdom of high will.
NOW YOU HESITATE ABOUT ASKING WHETHER YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT GOD WILL OR NOT, DON’T YOU?
This does not require believing in an external God. Just ask this quiestion from your heart: If a loving, wise and an understanding God is showing me the way, what would I do in this situation?
Then, feel your heart, listen to the voice of your high self ; you will know what you should do. In order to do, you will feel the courage and love that you need. Because the Soul, expresses herself through you whether you are aware or not.
You can not be sure of how you will start to practise.
Open yourself to lfe in that point in which level you believe to practise it. During the time, your feeling of resignation will deepen and become intense. At that time, you will come at a state that you will feel pleasure of the rain clouds as you get it from clear sunny day.
Always remember to become comfortable and relaxing. Relaxing is the way of surrendering of the body to ‘’this moment’’. When you give up your certain ideas about what has to be, you can give natural and sincere reactions to each moment far way from a judgement and expectation.
Have you ever paid attention to the cats? How don’t the cats mind a barrier going to the place where they want. But when something prevented them, they sit, relax and they use this as a chance to lick themselves. Very few people can learn resignation as good as cats and Fareast sports.
YOU COULD NOT CONNECT RESIGNATION AS AN ART OF WAR THAT ARE FAREAST SPORTS, COULDN’T YOU?
The real Fareast sport, just like water, is fluent and flexible. It is not rigid or reactive, it is affective.
The Fareast sport says to us to pull when pushed, when pulled, we have to pull. Instead of wasting the energy struggling by reacting with force to force, it teaches us to use the energy right by collabrating with power of life.
At the old Japanese tales, a story of a young ang and poor Samuray who wants to be a swordman is told. In the story, the young Samuray,everyday, for long hours, works on the techniques of using a sword by himself. One day, he finds a master who accepts to teach him to use the sword without cost.
During hard works, the master, does not say anything about the techniques that young Samuray develops, he only insists that technique has an importance of second degree. Instead of this, he stresses the importance of giving up to be addicted to winning, victory, safety or desired results. He says that only a person who has given up addictions,fears and desires of his ego can be relaxed and can have the ability of focusing. In a duel, he repeats surrendering to death means to live and sticking to life is to loose.
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND?
This rule determines the choce of life –death. You are going towards a bigger freedom, as long as you give up your addictions.
Giving up your addictions does not mean one’s distributing house or goods. Resignation is a internal behaviour. Whatever happens, it is to be ready to embrace the thing that happens.
NOW YOU ARE IN CURIOSITY ABOUT WHEN THIS RULE CAN BE PRACTISED IN DAILY LIFE ABSOLUTELY, AREN’T YOU?
Ok, this is the answer: When it doesn’ need to be practised! Think about an event that you normally refuse, escape, or show reaction; surrender yourself at the event absolutely, turn back and do what you can do best. Surrender in your highest motives in order to do positive changes in your life. But don’t waste your energy for the conditions that you can not change or control just like the cat.
I can understand how difficult it is to surrender in the situation of the world at this moment. The world is full of hunger, greediness and injustices but during the time, the moment will come that you will see everything and everyone as the dimension of the soul. In spite of all difficulties seen, you will trust that everything happens as it should be. Resignation is humility. It is to feel that life is a very deep mystery that you can not dream.
Rule of Submission, will open the way that goes to your natural state, provide to increase your belief and realize your basic alliance with all beings. The depth of this realization is so powerful that
Ýt will bring you towards Spiritual reality existing before from material world by increasing the speed in the way of human potential of our evolution.
