The Disciple asked, "What is unconditional surrender?"
The Master's say, "Surrender means Aatma Samarpan. To attain Aatma Samarpan, we need to first of all our bring mind under the control of Aatma. Immediately a question will come in the mind, what is the connection between Aatma and the mind?
Aatma when it started its journey downward from The True Home, The Lord's abode, was given the company of mind to adapt in the illusionary world. But the mind rather than being the companion has become the master and hence The Aatma is shrouded with impurities. Our Aatma, being a particle of The Purest of The Pure Consciousness, can never get directly.
But like a tube light, which has been in use for a long time and has not been cleaned, the power of light dims. The moment, we clean the tube light and clear of the impurities shrouded around it, it once again beams light in full power. Same is the case with our Aatma.
We need to just purify our Aatma of the impurities and allow it to shine again. When The Aatma shines in its full glow, it means that The Aatma is in awakened state. In its awakened state, the orientation of The Aatma is towards The Lord, no conditions, no ifs, no buts, only total surrender.
When we surrender ourselves there will be no one to ask questions or to be thought of. Either the thoughts are eliminated by holding on to The Aatma, or we surrender unconditionally to the higher power, The Master. These are the only two ways for realization."
The Disciple, "Does not complete surrender require that one should not have left even the desire for The Lord?"
The Master's say, "Complete surrender does require that we have no desire of our own. We must be satisfied with whatever The Lord bestows on us.
Just take the instance of tube light. To begin with, it beams full light. Since it was exposed outward, dirt accumulated on it's outer cover, the power of light beamed, dims. And once the dirt is cleaned away, it beams with full power, once again. It does not seek permission to beam.
Similarly, Our Aatma being in the state of deep slumber has allowed the impurities to shroud around it, but the moment it is cleared of impurities, there is no more role of mind. We are beyond thoughts. We are in The State of Thoughtless. We are beyond Time and Space. We are in The Realm of Unbounded Consciousness, The Supreme Consciousness. We are in The Company of The Lord.
We seek nothing, we just immerse ourselves in The Lord."
The Disciple, "please tell us the steps to be taken, by which we can achieve surrender?"
The Master's say, "There are two ways. One is looking into the source of Aatma and merging into that source. The other is feeling `I am helpless by myself, The Lord alone is all-powerful and True Saviour. There is no other means of safety for me.
By this method we gradually develop the conviction that The Lord alone exists and that the ego does not count. Both methods lead to the same goal. Complete surrender is another name for Moksha."
The Disciple, " I find surrender is easier. I want to adopt that path."
The Master's say, "Whatever be the path that we adopt, we will have to lose ourself in the One. Surrender is complete only when we realise The Lord is All Pervasive, He is The Doer and He gives us The best as We Deserve and not as We Desire. The Lord is waiting for us at our True Home, eagerly with both hands open.
Surrender appears easy because we imagine that, once we say with our lips `I surrender' and put our burdens on The Lord, we can be free and do whatever we like. But the fact is that we can have no likes or dislikes after our surrender. Our Will should become completely non-existent, The Lord's Will should take over.
Thus only when we conquer our mind and become ego free, we can surrender ourselves. Becoming ego free means losing the identity created by the mind and merging into The Lord's identity. We need to attain The Oneness for unconditional Surrender.
Disciple, "Master, can you please show us the easiest way to attain Unconditional Surrender?"
The Master's say, "The Lord has created a path for the seekers to purify and Re Unite with Him. It is The Master's Path. The Lord has sent The Master from SatLok only for our welfare. He has come to show us The Path that will take us back to Our True Home, SatLok.
Naama Bhakti is the path that The Master's suggest us to adopt to fulfill the true purpose of our life. The True Purpose of Life is Re Union with The Lord. The Master Initiates us in the spiritual path by Giving a Naama laced with His Spiritual Energy, at the time of Initiation.
It is The Simran of The Naama that takes us beyond the worldly thoughts, attachments and bondages.
It is The Simran of The Naama which enables us to steer clear of the false identity created by the mind as the doer and merge us in The Lord's identity.
It is The Simran of The Naama that brings our Dhyaan on The Physical Form of The Master.
It is The Simran of The Naama which enables us to collect the consciousness that is scattered downward and lift it up and bring to the eye center. The eye center is also called as Third Eye.
When The Third Eye opens, we are beyond Ignorance, we are in possession of True Knowledge. We are in Unconditional Surrender."
Authored by K. Giri
