Surrender

SURRENDER- is it a meek person’s retreat? NO. On the contrary, only people with great grit and mettle can do it since it takes a lot of strength to surrender.

Surrender does not mean:

• Succumbing to adversities or failures

• Yielding to negativity of any kind

• Not giving our best

• Giving up and living in a state of inaction

• Running away from situations and or responsibilities

I remember a small but significant incident which happened over a decade and a half back. During our B.com II year exams, I did miserably in the final exam of Cost Accounting (my favourite subject then). Obviously I felt very sad because before the paper I expected almost cent percent and after the paper there was a dearth of passing marks too. A friend of mine came up to me and said golden words that I shall always treasure; she said -You did your best, HE will do the rest. It registered in my mind, and I also passed with decent marks. So, the simple definition of Surrender is- You do your best, let HIM do the rest.

The benefits of Surrender are:      

1. We are free of tensions

2. The ball goes in HIS court;)

3. We get what we deserve, not what we want

4. We have the satisfaction of giving our best shot

5. We start living in a state of bliss

Why are we not able to surrender?

• Attachment with fruits

• Attachment with situations, momentary pleasures/ gains

• False sense of doer-ship, forgetting that we are nothing beyond his instrument

• Lack of faith in God

• Lack of Divine Knowledge

How to surrender?

Lord Krishna has suggested the following different ways of Surrender in Shrimad Bhagvad Gita:

1. Forget the fruits of your actions

2. Leave the fruits of your actions to ME

3. Constantly remember ME and do your work

Always remember that:

• A doctor has to give all kinds of medicines that a patient needs, and not what the patient likes, in order to cure him.

• In order to climb the ladder up, one has to undergo various tests. Take all tests with a steady mind, righteous means and stay focussed on HIM.

• If HE can take you to it, HE can take you through it. Have faith.

• A flute gives beautiful music because it is hollow from within. Let us also try to be a flute in HIS hands and let HIM play lovely music through us.

So now, Let us do our best & let HIM do the rest.

Your comments, suggestions, questions are most welcome:)