Re: Layers of understanding, levels of surrender.
Interesting point of view.
To me, the concept of surrender does have the sense of giving in or giving way to something or someone; like surrendering your body to a wave in the ocean or current in a river instead of diving beneath it or swimming against it.
I tend, for this reason, to think of defending as a contrast to surrendering.
To me, saying you don't have to [struggle against or] surrender to [either] what never really was [or what always was] isn't a lazy way out; its more of a description of mindfulness as a practice.
Then again, so too may be Bjorn's concept of surrender for him, as reflecting his own exploration.
I wondered when I read it whether it may be a somewhat different take/angle on his "break the will of the ego" idea, using an image of a more gentle nature to describe a process of personal growth.
I guess it also has the sense of self-ablation attached to it for me; maybe I'm mistaken.
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