Questions:
1) What does “surrendering to God” really mean?
2) Why are we unable to surrender to God?
3) Why must we take refuge in God ?
4) What are the signs of one who has surrendered to God ?
Swamiji:
1) What does “surrendering to God” really mean?
Swamiji:
1) What does “surrendering to God” really mean?
Surrendering to God means not taking shelter of anyone else. Only God! Exclusive devotion to only God.
Surrendering is not of the mind or intellect, but of the Self.
Surrendering is not of the mind or intellect, but of the Self.
Surrendering to God is giving up all selfish desires.
When all other means of blessedness (Kalyana) are exhausted, one becomes entitled to surrender to God (seek refuge in God).
2) Why is one unable to surrender to God?
When all other means of blessedness (Kalyana) are exhausted, one becomes entitled to surrender to God (seek refuge in God).
2) Why is one unable to surrender to God?
One is unable to surrender to God, due to one’s dependence on the world.
Also seeing something special in one’s self, is an obstruction to surrendering to God. So long as one is vain of his own powers, till then there can be no surrender to God.
3) Why must one take refuge in God ?
Also seeing something special in one’s self, is an obstruction to surrendering to God. So long as one is vain of his own powers, till then there can be no surrender to God.
3) Why must one take refuge in God ?
Being ‘jeev’ is an ‘ansh’ fragment of God only. By taking shelter of anything other than God one becomes subservient and suffers.
Until one takes refuge in God, till then no assistance whatsoever would sustain him and he will continue to suffer.
By surrendering to God, one attains God, which cannot be attained by mere effort.
The essence of the Gita (Gita being the essence of Vedas and Upanishads) is to surrender to God.
Without taking refuge in God, it is impossible to know Him.
4) What are the signs of one who is surrendered to God ?
He is without suffering
He is without worries
He recognizes a constant relationship with God and hence becomes free from worry, fear, sorrow, and doubt.
Such devotee has no contrary feelings, he does not check or test or doubt.
He is fearless. Fear arises from others, while God is our very own.
He feels total freedom (not subservient to anything or anyone).
From “Drops of Nectar” by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
Ram Ram
Until one takes refuge in God, till then no assistance whatsoever would sustain him and he will continue to suffer.
By surrendering to God, one attains God, which cannot be attained by mere effort.
The essence of the Gita (Gita being the essence of Vedas and Upanishads) is to surrender to God.
Without taking refuge in God, it is impossible to know Him.
4) What are the signs of one who is surrendered to God ?
He is without suffering
He is without worries
He recognizes a constant relationship with God and hence becomes free from worry, fear, sorrow, and doubt.
Such devotee has no contrary feelings, he does not check or test or doubt.
He is fearless. Fear arises from others, while God is our very own.
He feels total freedom (not subservient to anything or anyone).
From “Drops of Nectar” by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
Ram Ram
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