Learning to Surrender

The idea of surrendering is not popular. We all admire the person who refuses to give up despite the odds against him or her. History is replete with stories of those who stood up to adversity and persevered. For this reason, surrender is not an idea that attracts people. However, there are many reasons why surrender is and will be a good idea. When Germany and Japan surrendered in 1945, not only did they end a bloody war, but they ushered in an era of growth and prosperity. Had Saddam Hussein had the good sense to surrender to the Post 9/11 pressure brought against him, not only would his country have been spared an invasion, but he might very well have enjoyed a comfortable retirement in some friendly Arab country. One of the most important lessons to be learned by human beings is the art of surrendering to reality. If a person refuses to accept reality, the result can often make that person's situation far worse. Today, we see an example of that in the plight of ancient religion running into an unclimbable fence called modern science. The time has come for people of faith to take a second look at their universe. It is far more intricate and difficult to comprehend then the simple stories of the early civilizations of the middle east found in our religious texts. Our belief system requires not a fine tuning, but a deep modernization based not on fables and half-truths, but on an intricate understanding of our world and how it was constructed. The book I recommend to you for this purpose is "Science and the Akashic Field" by Ervin Laszlo. Laszlo is one those who represent the best for our future, a scientist and a philosopher; a good combination I think. Read his book and you will never look at the cosmos the same way again.