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#15 — A Journey of Letting Destiny Lead: “The Surrender Experiment” by Michael A. Singer
My wife persuaded me to read ‘The Surrender Experiment’ by Michael A. Singer. It was during one of our breakfast table discussions back in June of 2023 that I decided to spend the weekend reading this fantastic book. The author talks about how one thing in his life led to another, and that chain reaction leads to much bigger and better things in life. He gives examples about this approach of letting the destiny decide, which leads to not just thinking about the short term goals but about how the challenges of today will lead towards much bigger and better things. The approach broadly leads to looking back at challenges and navigating through them, which helps one become a better person and to be ready for bigger things in the future.
The Early Days and the beginning of the Temple
In the early days, back in the 1970s, Michael’s inner voices led him to a life of solitude in the woods. It was here that Michael began experimenting with surrendering to life’s flow, this really helped him commit to the spirtiual life he was about to start. This helped in establishing a small run down home as the Temple where he and a couple of his colleagues started to meditate. With no end goals in mind, Michael and his friends established a communal that…
