Becoming vulnerable, and 'giving in.'His illness becomes a spiritual experience, his head-shaving a form of tonsure; a symbolic act signaling an inner shift. In 'giving in' to a higher power, the ego is finally, mercifully, put in perspective. It has taken this illness to remind Romain that there are things bigger than he, things that are out of his control; but from his forced surrender he is able to discover a new way of relating to the world, one not so dominated by the self-aggrandising concerns of his ego.
His illness unites him with his vulnerability, allows him to "grow down" into the earth. He becomes a part of things, connected in a way that he wasn't previously; his ego in its place, no longer pulling at the leash.
From the position of surrender he is able to experience things anew; to smile, to listen, to look.
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