Gems From Bhagavan: 'Surrender'

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A Maharani told Bhagavan, 'I am blessed with everything that a human being

would like to have.' Her Highnesses voice choked. Controlling herself she

continued slowly, ' I have all that I want, a human being may want...

but... I do not have peace of mind. Something prevents it. Probably my

destiny.' There was silence for a while. Then Bhagavan spoke in his usual

sweet manner. 'All right, you have said what you wished to say. Well, what

is destiny? There is no destiny. Surrender and all will be well. Throw

all responsibility on God and do not bear the burden yourself. What can

destiny do then?

 

(Gems from Bhagavan, selected by A. Devaraja Mudaliar)

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Talk 208.

 

Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being.

Do not delude yourself by imagining such source to be some God outside

you. One's source is within yourself. Give yourself up to it. That

means that you should seek the source and merge in it. Because you

imagine yourself to be out of it, you raise the question "Where is the

source?" Some contend that the sugar cannot taste its own sweetness

and that a taster must taste and enjoy it. Similarly, an individual

cannot be the Supreme and enjoy the Bliss of that state; therefore the

individuality must be maintained on the one hand and God-head on the

other so that enjoyment may result! Is God insentient like sugar? How

can one surrender oneself and yet retain one's individuality for

supreme enjoyment? Furthermore they say also that the soul, reaching

the divine region and remaining there, serves the Supreme Being. Can

the sound of the word "service" deceive the Lord? Does He not know? Is

He waiting for these people's service? Would not He - the Pure

Consciousness - ask in turn: "Who are you apart from Me that presume

to serve Me?"