Living in Surrender and Acceptance
Further, our overcondence and pride eventually lead us to our fall.
While we may or may not accept that this vicious cycle rules our life, it does! We can see it happening in our life and all around us. As long as we are alive, we have no choice. The mind thinks, the body senses, feels and together, they desire and crave. And the ego is such that it believes, “I can do anything. I can make the impossible possible!”
Derrick was a hard-working professional. He earned, saved, and started a real estate company for the construction of homes. Whatever he touched seemed to turn into gold. But while his bank account reached the top, his humility sank to the bottom. He became proud and arrogant and eventually his overcondence got the better of him. He nished a dozen successful projects and he thought he had become a magician. Real estate had become an art for him and he believed that he could never fail. Caught in the vicious cycle of craving and the insatiable need for success, he undertook his biggest project. Not only did he put in all his money in it, but also took a loan ve times bigger than his assets. He failed and lost everything. He became zero.
Derrick was not the rst to get caught in this vicious cycle. Man does not stop. The cycle continues. He desires, then puts in his best efforts and demands results that he seeks. Then he becomes unhappy when he doesn’t achieve the