surrender does not refer to some kind of submission to the cosmos

 

surrender does not refer to some kind of submission to the cosmos, but rather, the active giving of permission to oneself to be present in the universe; to be aware of, and part of a greater whole. It is the acceptance that there is a higher power

Higher Power

 

helped ... by an early faith which with the passing of the years has ripened with him into a demonstrable conviction that there is a Spirit of Infinite Life back of all, working in love in and through the lives of all, and that in the degree that we realise it as the one Supreme Source of our lives, and when through desire and will, which is through the channel of our thoughts, we open our lives so that this Higher Power can work definitely in and through us, and then go about and do our daily work without fears or forebodings, the passing of the years sees only the highest good entering into our lives.

Higher Power

 

The terms 'Higher Power' and 'power greater than ourselves' appear in the "Big Book", on three occasions: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.[7] The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power.[8] Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances![9]