I’ve just come from the waves. Here at Kovalam, in Kerala, India, the waves roll into the beach and break with tremendous force. I like to play in them, dive under them, jump into them, or best of all, abandon myself to them completely. Surrendering to a wave in this way is exhilarating of course. I feel that the wave is taking me. I am completely at its mercy. For a short while, I am not in control at all.
This surrender to the waves is reminiscent of the surrender on the spiritual journey. At some point, we must simply abandon ourself to life. We are completely at the mercy of existence, or God if you prefer. We are no longer feeling ourself to be in control.
Having survived the waves, the remarkable thing is that my whole being feels refreshed, revitalised. In that surrender, it feels like I have let go of all tension in my body and in my mind. And so it is with spiritual surrender, too…
