That is why you are what you are..True Surrender.

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Dear Bettina:

 

> It's what we all know deep inside but

> have to be reminded of from time to time.

 

Very nice!!.

 

Some more thoughts...

 

What does anyone really lose through surrender, except his

negativities and impurities? We are afraid of surrender because we

do not understand its secret. Most people confuse surrender with

slavery, and that is why they are afraid of it. Surrender is not

slavery. In fact surrender frees us from slavery and brings total

freedom. True surrender is having the awareness of God in

everything, in every feeling, action and vision. Wherever we look we

should see the pulsation of consciousness. We should experience the

inspiration of Consciousness.

 

That is True Surrender.

 

Om Tat Sat.

 

--Sanjay Aggarwal

jyotish_tat_sat

 

 

 

 

 

 

, " Bettina " <chiria@n...>

wrote:

> Sanjay, I like what you had to say. It's what we all know deep

inside but

> have to be reminded of from time to time.

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> ... Bettina

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> saggarwal_4 [saggarwal_4]

> Friday, May 28, 2004 9:54 PM

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> That is why you are what you are.

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> All:

>

> On Friday night here in southern california, I have some motivation

> in me to write this. To me, this has great significance. It comes

> from within. I hope you find some significance in this small essay.

> I hope it helps all of us to feel the infinite power of the Self.

>

> In Indian scriptures this world of ours is called " karmabhumi " , the

> land of action, because this is the plane where we perform actions,

> good or bad, for which we receive good or bad fruits. No matter

what

> actions we perform in this world, we receive their fruits. For this

> reason, we should always keep an account of ourselves. We should

not

> try to keep track of others, of how many sins others have

committed,

> how many mistakes they have made, or how much more advanced they

are

> than we are. Instead, we should always remember what we have done

> and what we have to do in the future. We should check to see how

> much self-control we have developed, ho wmuch equanimity there is

in

> our minds, how much steadfastness we have achieved. We should check

> to see how much we have been able to rid ourselves of our desires,

> our anger, our jealousy, and our tendency to hate other people, to

> rejoice at their misfortune, to feel sad when we see them advance.

> We should see how much compassion we have acquiired, ho wmuch we

> have learned to love honesty and truthfulness, how loving we have

> become. We should always be aware of our faults and always try to

> increase our virtuous qualities. Above all, we should check our

> attitude. It is our inner attitude and feelings that determine our

> behavior. Not only that, it is these that determine our experience

> of the world.

>

> There is a great and mysterious statement: " The world is as you see

> it " . Whatever feeling you have within you is the feeling you will

> project onto the world. Therefore, according to our own vision, the

> world becomes good or bad, pleasurable or painful, a storehouse of

> happiness or a mine of sorrow. It is your own attitude that bears

> fruit for you and makes you who you are.

>

> If a person insults that God who lives within other human beings

and

> then goes to a temple and prays to an idol of God, will God be

> pleased with him? Tell me, will he?

>

> In every heart. God dwells perfectly,in His fullness, Therefore do

> not use harsh words, do not speak bitterly to others, because your

> beloved is sitting within.

>

> I conclude with great emphasis:

>

> The greatest virtue, the highest action and the best form of

worship

> is to look upon other people with the awareness that the Self is in

> all.

>

> Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.

>

> Om Tat Sat.

>

> --Sanjay Aggarwal

> jyotish_tat_sat

> Email: saggarwal_4

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