Theos-Talk Archives (September 1996 Message tl00011)

Alan:
> The spiritual way is not, definitely *not* (IMHE) any kind
>of *war* and language like "surrender" belongs to warfare, as does
>"kill" and "strangle" and all those dreadful expressions which the 19th
>century patriarchal cultures dumped on us.

It's interesting that I never thought of using the word "surrender" that way -
as one would wave a white flag and be led off in chains.  I thought of it more
like standing under a waterfall of light and being swept away in the spiritual
bliss.

-Ann E. Bermingham