The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection by Michael A. Singer

Thought-provoking and moving, The Surrender Experiment will inspire you to seek the calm and freedom that comes from letting go.

Synopsis -

 
In The Surrender Experiment, Michael A. Singer tells the extraordinary story of what happened when, after a deep spiritual awakening, he decided to relinquish his personal fears and desires and simply let life unfold before him. Singer shares how this pivotal decision to embrace the flow of life led him to extraordinary success, sustained him through times of crisis, and allowed him to cultivate profound inner peace—whether as a young man pursuing a life of solitude in the woods, the founder of a thriving spiritual community in Florida, or the CEO of a billion-dollar medical software company.

As he takes you through his grand experiment, Singer demonstrates how surrender is the key to a peaceful and harmonious life. His remarkable and unexpected personal experiences will challenge your deepest assumptions, teaching you how to stop making the outside world conform to your desires, let go of the need to control everything, and place your trust in life’s perfection.

Review -

I love when books drop into my lap at the right time.  If I had read The Surrender Experiment years ago, I wouldn't have been receptive to what the author shared.  I would have labeled it a woo-hoo book.  It has taken several slow steady years of growth with several different mentors to come to a place I was open to the ideas he shares.  And it helps that he shares them paired with his story so you can see how this practice played out in real life.

How did his choice to surrender guide him from a hippy in the woods meditating, to owning a highly successful company?  Singer shares his story simply and clearly.  As I read I could still hear a lovely sense of surprise - a "Go Figure" - at how the universe always provided what was needed at the right time, and led him in new directions he never desired, yet found fulfilling. His deep practice allowed him to move through it all by simply surrendering to the flow.

I am not sure why this book came to me at this moment in my life, but I am so grateful. And I am filled with a sense of curiosity for my future. I am tired of fighting the inner voice, and struggling against the current. It's time embrace the flow towards the unknown.  If I make a practice of daily surrender, where might the universe lead me? Only time will tell. 

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Meet the Author -

Michael A. Singer is the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Untethered Soul and New York Times bestsellers The Surrender Experiment andLiving Untethered, which have been published worldwide. He had a deep inner awakening in 1971 while working on his doctorate in economics and went into seclusion to focus on yoga and meditation. In 1975, he founded Temple of the Universe, a now long-established yoga and meditation center where people of any religion or set of beliefs can come together to experience inner peace. 

He is also the creator of a leading-edge software package that transformed the medical practice management industry, and founding CEO of a billion dollar public company whose achievements are archived in the Smithsonian Institution. Along with his nearly five decades of spiritual teaching, Michael has made major contributions in the areas of business, education, healthcare, and environmental protection.

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