Ishvara Pranidhana

Surrender to the Divine. 

The invitation to surrender to the divine is asking us to release the need for control. To some degree if you are human you have an instinctive drive to seek safety.
Some of us believe that safety comes through control. We think that if we can drive circumstances, have a large bank account or manage the people in our lives that we can ensure our safety.
But in reality, all thoughts of control are nothing but illusions. Wisdom and experience show us that we are always subject to the movement of others and the winds of change.  The only thing we really have any control over is our own behavior. 
Through surrender to something greater, we are mentally and spiritually allowing ourselves freedom. The only freedom we can truly ever have, which is to have faith that we are cared for and held by something greater than ourselves, that we are as safe as we can ever be within this construct. Releasing the need for control and the anxiety about the unknown and trusting in the divine is the ultimate act of surrender. 
In love, Namaste
Lisa