Fwd: Surrender Yourself at the Feet of God and Become Silent

August 4, 2008

Hare KrsnaThose miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest

among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake

of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me. GITA 7:15

Like in union and disunion, disunion is constant. Like between

action and inaction - inaction is constant. All actions start and

end. In all three yogas, while performing actions, a sadhak becomes

indifferent (dispassionate) to actions. You will reach inaction by

doing action.

Surrender yourself at the feet of God and then become silent and

think of nothing (Gita 6:25), it will lead to salvation. Only one

support - that of God. Be indifferent to all thoughts.

This is the end of all spiritual practices - become Silent. Become

Still. Be firmly situate at the feet of God. If any thought comes -

be indifferent - do not think of it as good or bad - we have no

relation with the thought. Now, where are God's feet?

Everywhere! Lord Rama asks Sage Valmiki where should I reside in the

forest; to which Sage Valmiki replies - You tell me a place where

you are not present and then I shall tell you where to reside. God

is everywhere. His eyes, nose, mouth, hands, feet are everywhere.

Like ink contains all languages, gold contains all ornaments, God is

in everything and everywhere. For Draupadi He came in the form of a

cloth, for Prahlada He came from a pillar. He is closest to us - He

is even closer than the 'I-ness' that we feel.

Surrender the 'I' and 'I-ness' at God's feet. When there is no 'I',

there is no 'mine' left. See His Grace and be situate in Him.

Thereafter, experience eternal peace. Offer what belongs to God back

to Him and be free. Like a mother gets pleased when her child picks

up her key chain and gives it to her, similarly God is pleased when

we give His things back to Him. Everything was God's - we had put

our false stamp on it - it was our mistake. Return His things to Him

and make Him happy.

If you are unfair and dishonest (by accepting things that belong to

Him as yours), then you are bound - else you are liberated. Take

refuge in God alone. Like the Chaatak bird. His only dependence is

rain drops at a particular time. He will die of thirst but not take

anything else to drink. Similarly, depend only on God. Surrender

everything to God.

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