How Do You Balance Surrender and Independence?

How Do You Balance Surrender and Independence? Q; How do you balance surrender and independence?

A: Surrender and independence do not need to be balanced because ultimately true surrender and real independence are the same thing. You have to experience profound surrender in order to realize the dynamic independence that is the result of such surrender. To win this independence you have to be willing to sacri¬ fice everything you have been clinging to, including every single idea you have about yourself. You may find that to be quite an excruciating experience. But if you can get through it you will discover anew and different personality manifesting that is free from all the fetters of fixed ideas. True independence comes from the confidence in that discovery. In that discovery there is profound self-reliance. 1 9 8