Monáe's Musings | Fabulous and Fortunate Podcast

Leaning into surrender for me encompasses being courageous on my healing journey and leaning into all parts – even the ones that scare me! This isn’t easy of course, but nothing that requires our highest evolvement ever really is. Leaning into surrender for me also means embracing every single part of me – even the parts that traditional strict religion tendencies banish. This was so important for me to do because a part of my purpose here is to help others tune into this part of themselves that many of us try to shoo away for fear of being shamed by others.

The wild, the messy, and the in-between. The sensual, the mysterious. The duality of loving matcha lattes and Pilates and getting my nails done but still enjoying being undisturbed in forests, sitting before full moons and singing to them, looking at the astrology for the day to see why that one customer was just extraordinarily arrogant and emotionally impulsive (it was an Aries moon lol) and knowing that this okay, and this is actually a natural way of living. When I think of the way our ancestors lived I imagine they didn’t think twice about being bare before trees and listening to the wisdoms that whisper if we dare to listen. This way of living truly feels like a surrender of the most serendipitous sort. And then I realized I don’t ever want to have to hide parts of who I am to make other people comfortable. In a world where we are constantly being pushed to do more, conform, and disconnect more from earth’s natural rhythms, my decisions to consistently surrender felt even more daunting at times. There are so many parts about this life that I love that I feel should be discussed more often. Such as how menstrual cycles literally sync with Earth’s natural cycles the more disconnected you are from artificial stimulants and unnatural substances and more tuned in to Earth. I really want to be able to talk to more people about the quite literal indescribable things I experience, but that’s the thing about surrender, just because you do doesn’t mean that others around you will or even want to. And sometimes some things are for you and your higher source to figure out together, not meant for anyone else. This part of surrender, that makes you feel disconnected from others for a bit, was absolutely necessary for me however. The things I’ve learned about myself has been priceless, but I don’t think I would’ve learned many things if I wasn’t okay with being temporarily alone in my surrender. And in this I understand that everything isn’t for everyone, but I know what I need at each moment.

As I ground my bare feet to the Earth, I feel the vibration of summer ringing. As this summer solstice season touches us, my hope for you is to lean into the surrender that is calling you. Surrender looks different for many people, but true surrender takes courage and the ability to be able to truly see yourself.

Sometimes we have to go into the depths alone, but whilst knowing we are all connected as an energy on Earth. Yet in reality, none of us are ever truly alone and we are really not that different from each other. This oneness made my battle with surrender a futile one, and then I realized it made no sense to not surrender. I will gleefully fall into surrender each chance I get, because that’s where the magic happens. It gets exhausting trying to keep up with a facade, a version of you who people expect you to be. But looking at things from the lens of how everything is simply a reflection, it was like a lightbulb went off and my life was never the same. It’s freeing to be able to evolve and surrender whenever you feel like you need to. It is my belief that little by little, surrender by surrender, our hearts are filled with the most abundant sources of love, joy, and ultimate freedom.

Happy Surrendering,

Amayah