One way of describing ego is as a state of inner resistance. Therefore, surrender is a quick way to let go of resistance and transcend ego and its suffering. If you’re gripping onto something, a belief or emotion, etc. that’s causing you suffering, remember the line from the introduction to A Course in Miracles, which I repeat to myself often:
Nothing real can be threatened. (ACIM, T-in.2:2)
And allow your self to let it go, or at least soften your grip!
My favorite story of true surrender is actually a National Geographic article about a B-52 bomber that crashed in rural North Carolina on January 24, 1961 with two atomic bombs on board. I’m from NC, but had never heard this story until I read this article a couple of years back. Here’s a little snippet…
Of the eight airmen aboard the B-52, six sat in ejection seats. Adam Mattocks, the third pilot, was assigned a regular jump seat in the cockpit. The youngest man on board, 27-year-old Mattocks was also an Air Force rarity: an African-American jet fighter pilot, reassigned to B-52 duty as Operation Chrome Dome got into full swing. At this moment, it looked like that chance assignment would be his death warrant.
“Basically, Mattocks was a dead man,” Dobson says. His only chance was to somehow pull himself through a cockpit window after the other two pilots had ejected.
You can read the full article at the below link. You’ll have to enter your email address to read it, but you won’t need to create an account. It touches me every time I read it:
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