Surrender to the Self!

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There was once a young girl who was brought up in a house of prostitution. This

was her destiny at the time. She couldn't get away from it. But she used to

pray to Ramana Maharshi, "Oh Lord, if I must go this route, be with me. I'm

not praying to change my life, if this is my destiny. But I'm praying that your

strength and your love will always be with me."

 

Now across the street was a so-called Jnani. And he used to stand in front of

the market place telling everybody they're Consciousness, Absolute Reality,

preaching, screaming. This went on for years. Finally the time came when they

both died and they went before God. God told the girl, "You have to go back to

the Earth, and you have to be a Jnani." And he told the so-called aspiring

Jnani, "You have to go back to the Earth as a snake."

 

The man said, "How come, Lord? I extolled your virtues to everyone. I told all

the people they were Consciousness and they were Asbolute Reality, and you send

me back as s snake! What did I do?"

 

And God said, "You have no heart. You come from the talking school. All you did

with your life was to talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. But this girl gave me her

heart. She surrendered to me. She didn't bemoan her fate. She just wanted me

to be with her during her trials and tribulations. And I gave her the strength

to carry on, so now she is free. But you still have a lot to learn. So you

have to go back as a snake."

Silence of the Heart, by Robert Adams

Chapter on Surrender, pg. 128-29

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