05/02/2025
Defenselessness is Strength
A recent lesson in A Course of Miracles stated: “defenselessness is strength”, and it is what we should strive for in our lives to find peace and freedom.
This one really made me think, as it an idea that is opposite of what I learned in my life. How can being defenseless be a strength? Am I not supposed to defend myself? If I am defenseless, then I am weak. That is what came to me right after I read the line.
I went into meditation to explore times when I was defending myself. I asked, what was I defending? The answer was always something that was an illusion of the ego, a made-up idea of being right or important, or a false narrative I created. A phrase came to me, “if I defend, then I pretend”. To me that meant, if I feel the need to defend myself then I am moving away from surrender and living in the energy of love and kindness, and I’m trying to hold onto something that the ego created. It has been an interesting exploration of living my life in a way that I don’t have to defend it, because there is nothing to defend when you live a life focused on love.
Getting into the deeper meaning of what “defenselessness” meant in the Course, it made sense to me. If I am living in truth, kindness and love, then what do I have to defend? If I am truly living in and surrendering to love, the universe and the divine, that is living in my strength and power. So, total surrender and knowing I am living my life with nothing to defend or hide, because I live in love, that is strength. Defenselessness is my strength.
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Peace and Love – Trevor
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