Surrender of the Mind

Often I hear women say, "I have surrendered my heart, body, soul, and mind to my Master."

When it comes to surrendering one's body, it is fairly simple. It’s a tangible object; therefore it is much easier to comprehend the idea.

Heart - well figuratively the heart is the source of love and affection and most slaves that I know have surrendered that raw and vulnerable love and in essence, the well from which it springs.

The soul is a bit more difficult to comprehend, I believe, because it is not only intangible, but it is not clearly defined. It can mean something entirely different from one person to another. It is believed by many that the soul cannot be surrendered because when a person dies, no human can decide the destination of that soul. Some believe otherwise. I'll leave that one for now, however, as I am trying to focus here on the mind.

Up until recently, I had a different opinion on the matter of the "surrendered mind" but after spending some time in discussion with one of my dearest friends at the feet of two marvelous men,  I came to the conclusion that my thoughts on the matter had been somewhat incorrect - at least to me.  Furthermore, after discussing it with another brilliant man and yet more slaves, my opinion changed even more so.

I do agree that you cannot "physically" hand your entire mind over to another person; however, by surrendering, you are leaving it utterly open to that man. He may, whenever he desires, retrieve whatever information he wishes to have from it because the slave has surrendered it to him.

When a woman gives her body to a man, he is able to control it to a degree. He can tell a girl to jump, to lose weight, to dance, or to please him sexually. He may beat, kiss, touch, whip, or do any of a myriad of things to it. He cannot, however, control those involuntary functions. For example, he cannot change one's heart rate to pump in sync with the latest top 40 hip-hop tunes, cure one's cancer, demand that a girl's freckles disappear or that she permanently cease to urinate, cease to create new cells, get the flu, etc., *chuckles* The body might be surrendered but there are still parts of that body that he cannot control and also, that he may not access.

When a woman gives her heart to a man, he is able to freely enjoy the love that springs from it. He may take that love and nourish it, making it grow and he may also, if he chooses, disregard that love entirely. He cannot, however, control how little or how much she loves him or others. He cannot simply say to her, "Your heart is surrendered to me, therefore, I want you to cease to love your parents (sister, brother, child, etc.) He cannot *control* that heart. He can use it, enjoy it, disregard it, etc., but he cannot control it in its entirety.

I believe the mind is the same way. He is able to control some of the thoughts. His mastery of the slave has molded her mind somewhat so that when he snaps his fingers and points to the floor, her mind immediately tells her body, "I must kneel" and she does. He does, in some small measure, control her thought process. If he has enslaved her, and furthermore is skillful, he is able to use that to his advantage.  As her enslavement deepens, his control of her mind will deepen as well.

He also may, whenever he wishes, require that his slave offer what is on her mind. Similar to how he may require that use of her body. As a citizen of a civilized country, she doesn't necessarily *have* to obey, but as these parts of her are surrendered to him, and as he has enslaved her, she is compelled to obey.  It is a result of *who* she is.

Sure, he can't control what she is thinking but he is given access to that mind 24 hours a day, seven days a week. He now owns every thought, be it ugly or beautiful. He doesn't necessarily hear each one as it occurs or control each thought, however, at his whim, he may demand to know them and if the woman has surrendered to him, then she will do her best to offer those thoughts freely and honestly. It is not for her to decide which thoughts are not good enough, which are too ugly, or which thoughts he doesn't want to hear. She is to strive to give them to him in their entirety and he will then decide how it is he wishes to handle them.  There are times when it may be difficult to discuss what is on your mind.  We are, after all, human and we come up against roadblocks, even landmines sometimes.   What is important, however, is that the slave tries and as she journeys deeper into her surrender, she will find that it will become easier to share even her deepest, innermost thoughts with the man who owns her.

Each man may have a different preference as to the manner in which he wants those thoughts to be delivered.   Some men may prefer them to be unfiltered and raw, demonstratively delivered with all of the emotion and passion she feels.  Some may prefer those thoughts and feelings to be presented in an extremely calm, serene, and unobtrusive manner.  And there are those (like my owner) who prefer something along the middle of the road - In a respectful tone yet with the evidence of the passion and emotions still shining through. 

I believe that while my actual mind is not, the products of my mind are surrendered to my owner. Not because he can control my thoughts but rather that those thoughts are his. He might not see them all at every moment. He may even ignore them if he wishes, however he will NEVER have to guess what I am thinking. He will never have to assume. One word from him and he will know exactly what is happening in my mind. Because I am surrendered to him, I cannot keep even the ugliest or darkest thoughts from him if he asks for them. I can do my best to present them to him in the manner that he prefers, however, honesty is not an option, it is a requirement.

I think, in the end, that the concept of "mind surrender" and "soul surrender" may be subjective, however to me, the above makes good sense and even though it is the end product of the mind that is actually offered, the use of the term "surrender of the mind" could be taken as a  figurative method of explaining the above.