Guest guest Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Sai Baba Gita Reading for Today November 4, 2003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Surrender fully to God The basic lesson of this story is that man should not have any desires separate from the one desire to fully surrender to God. Everything belongs to God, and only to God. Surrender means implicitly following the commands given to you by the Lord, whose directions will be clearly heard when he is enshrined in your heart. Surrender is the basis of the declaration, "Come and sit in my train and I will look after you. Let go of your ego-sense and desire. Don't carry your baggage on your head and suffer." In this context, Krishna taught surrender as the highest and most important stage of devotion. Once you have surrendered yourself fully to the Lord, you will gain his grace. "Wherever you are, be it in a town, in a village, in a forest or in the sky, I will be your refuge. Come and surrender to me!" That is the command of the Lord, and that is also his promise. Once you are his, he will shelter you and protect you from all harm. But, surrender does not mean giving up your discriminating faculty. You must discern what are desires and what is truly divine, and surrender all your worldly desires, offering them to the divine. Make every effort to discover the right way to surrender yourself, and thereby sanctify your life and reach the goal. Sri Sathya Sai Baba Source: http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/saigita036.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sai Baba Gita Compiled and edited by Al Drucker - Published by Atma Press http://www.atmapress.com - ISBN: 0963844903 Online Edition: http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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