Technology Of Surrender
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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
पञ्चैतानि महाबाहो कारणानि निबोध मे ।
साङ्ख्ये कृतान्ते प्रोक्तानि सिद्धये सर्वकर्मणाम्
॥१८-१३॥
pañcai’tāni mahābāho
kāraṇāni nibodha me I
sāṅkhye kṛtānte proktāni
siddhaye sarvakarmaṇām
Learn from Me Arjuna, the five causes that bring about the accomplishment of all action, as described in Sāṅkhya philosophy.
POWERFUL COGNITION
The Master again and again tries to show that you are God.
अधिष्ठानं तथा कर्ता करणं च पृथग्विधम् ।
विविधाश्च पृथक्चेष्टा दैवं चैवात्र पञ्चमम्
॥१८-१४॥
adhiṣṭhānaṁ tathā kartā
karaṇaṁ ca pṛthagvidham
vividhāśca pṛthakceṣṭā daivaṁ
caivātra pañcamam
These are: physical body that is
the seat of action; the
attributes of nature or guṇa,
which is the doer; the eleven
organs of perception and
action by the life forces and
finally the Divine.
POWERFUL COGNITION
The Master stands for the idea that you are the infinite.
शरीरवाङ्मनोभिर्यत्कर्म प्रारभते नरः ।
न्याय्यं वा विपरीतं वा पञ्चैते तस्य हेतवः
॥ १८=१५ ॥
śarīra-vāṅ-manobhir yat karma
prārabhate naraḥ nyāyyaṁ vā
viparītaṁ vā pañcai 'te tasya
hetavaḥ
These five factors are
responsible for whatever right
or wrong actions a man
performs by deed, word and
thought.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Waking up to the Truth is Surrender.
तत्रैवं सति कर्त्तारमात्मानं केवलं तु यः ।
पश्यत्यकृतबुद्धित्वान्न स पश्यति दुर्मतिः ॥ १८-१६ ॥
tatraivam sati kartāram
ātmānaṁ kevalaṁ tu yaḥ
paśyatyakṛtabuddhitvān na sa
paśyati durmatiḥ
Those who think they, their
spirit, are the doers, are
ignorant and do not see things
as they are.
POWERFUL COGNITION
Final Surrender Itself is Enlightenment.
KRISHNA
lists five factors from Sāṅkhya
philosophy responsible for our
activities. These are the body-
mind system, the operator of
the body-mind system (that is
the individual), the senses,
different efforts causing the
activities and finally the
ultimate power of God. All
activities, right or wrong, good
or bad, are caused by these five
factors. If however, the
individual considers himself to
be the doer, his body and
mind, he is not aware.
Kṛṣṇa uses the word ātman
while saying that one who
perceives one's spirit or Self
as the agent, the doer, or
the performer, does not see
and is not aware. Kṛṣṇa
draws a distinction between
the individual Self and the
cosmic energy. He
differentiates between
ātman and Brahman,
mānava and Deva, nara and
Nārāyaṇa, self and Parāśakti.
Kṛṣṇa concludes that while
philosophical discussion mentions five
players in all activities, the ultimate
controller is the Divine. We are
immersed in our body- mind-spirit
system and caught in our sensory
perceptions and believe that we are the
power behind all that we do. So long as
we have this deluded belief, we are
rooted in ignorance.
Many times the idea of dropping our
responsibilities and taking up a
different role is more attractive than
growing in completion so that we can
perform our own responsibilities well
and without attachment. Be very clear,
without the right cognition of
completion, no role that we take up
will work out for us. Instead of taking
up responsibility and expanding you
and your life around you, watching
television, sleeping or daydreaming
seems much more pleasant and easy.
We would rather do that than meditate
or perform pūjā or whatever is our
prescribed duty.
Whatever you may understand as
yourself, your body-mind-spirit system
is the totality of many things. And
individually each is responsible for
something. In spite of this, you think
that 'you' are responsible for the
whole thing. That is where the trouble
starts. Kṛṣṇa gives the technology for
the deeper levels of surrender.
As we saw earlier, there are
three levels of surrender. The
first is intellectual surrender.
This means you accept that the
Master's intellect is sharper than
your intellect; His intellect is of
a higher order than yours. This
is intellectual surrender. Next is
emotional surrender. This is
trusting that the Master's
guidance on the emotional
plane is more intelligent than
your emotions. The third is
surrendering the senses, your
cognition or the root of
cognition itself.
Deeper Level of Surrender —
Mind or Master? The Master
again and again tries to show
that you are God. I keep saying,
‘I am not here to prove that I
am God. I am here to prove that
you are God.
The Master stands for the idea
that you are the infinite. He
shows you various dimensions of
your inner self that you have not
explored or experienced. He
shows you so many dimensions
of your being. The Master stands
for your multi- dimensional
being. He tries to show you that
it is possible. He shows that if it
is possible for him, it is possible
for you also. But as long as you
believe your senses, you think
that you are the body and mind.
Final Surrender Itself is Enlightenment In the inner world, the first and last tool you need is complete surrender. Only then can you wake up to the Truth. If Arjuna had trusted only his senses, he would have been at best a good warrior and king. Instead he trusted Kṛṣṇa more than his senses and became enlightened. He experienced the truth of Kṛṣṇa. When Kṛṣṇa said that the crow was green, he saw a green crow. Such was his faith.
When you surrender your
senses, the root cognition of
yourself, you lose your
identification with the body
and mind. As long as you
believe your senses, you think
that you are the body and
mind. Only when you believe
the master's words
more than your senses, do you
realize the truth that you are
divine. On one hand, your
senses say you are the body and
mind. On the other hand, the
Master tells you that you are
divine and in eternal bliss. He
tells you that you are the
consciousness beyond body and
mind.
It is up to you to choose. If you believe the senses, you cannot believe the Master. And if you believe the Master, you cannot believe your senses. Your way of life decides whether you surrender to your senses or your Master. It is for you to decide.
Kṛṣṇa says that only when you surrender at all three levels do you have the ultimate experience. Let me tell you this, surrender itself is Enlightenment. Please do not think Enlightenment will be issued to you after surrendering. No! It is not a paycheck you receive by courier. Surrender itself is Enlightenment. At that moment, you experience the Truth.
WAKING UP TO THE TRUTH IS SURRENDER
When I say surrender, I mean wake up to the truth that you are in the ocean. When you are born, when you think you are an individual or when you become enlightened, you are always in the ocean. Just wake up! Waking up to this ultimate Truth is surrender. Surrender these small ideas about yourself and wake up to reality. As a result, surrender automatically happens in your inner space, your inner Consciousness. Otherwise you just play with the word surrender.
Do not worry, because you have nothing to surrender. By understanding that you have nothing to surrender, you have already surrendered. Whether you surrender or not, this is the truth. Whether you surrender or not, Existence takes care. Automatically life continues and you will relax. that relaxation itself is surrender.
Relax into the flow of life and wake up to the truth that you ARE something greater than your body and mind as suggested by your senses. You are led by society to think that you are something. Now wake up to the truth that you are greater than what you can imagine. You are beyond any imagination you can have of yourself. Surrendering will give you a new consciousness. You will not be the same person. One single moment of surrender will transform your whole life. You will be a new being.
Receive this truth of surrender and
work on it. Suddenly you will wake up
and give birth to yourself as an
enlightened being. The moment you
understand you belong to the ocean,
that you are from it, that you are in it
and that you will disappear into it, you
will realize that you will never die,
because you are the ocean.
As long as you identify with the bubble, you feel insecure. The instinct to survive and the instinct to possess torture you. The moment you realize that you are the ocean, the instinct to survive disappears because there is no death for you. There is nothing to fear, nothing to feel insecure about. Death creates fear as long as you think you are the bubble.
The moment you realize that
you are the ocean, there is
nothing to possess because
everything belongs to you.
There is nothing to lose and
nothing to acquire. Hence, the
instinct to possess disappears. I
am not asking you to legally
throw away your possessions.
You do not need to throw
away whatever you have done
for your 'I' and 'mine'. You do
not need to throw away
whatever you have. Just do not
internalize them. Within
yourself be aware and be
complete that you are
something greater than
anything you can possibly
possess.
Kṛṣṇa goes much deeper than these
three levels of surrender: surrender of
the intellect, surrender of the emotions
and surrender of the senses. He gives
Arjuna a glimpse of the greatest
surrender. He gives Arjuna a glimpse of
the ultimate experience itself. Kṛṣṇa
already gave Arjuna the experience
during Viśvarūpa darśan, the vision of
His Cosmic form. Even so, Arjuna was
unable to establish himself in that
experience due to fear.
Kṛṣṇa is waking Arjuna up from the long slumber called saṃsāra sāgara. This can also be called unconsciousness or tamas. Kṛṣṇa gives him a good shake by giving him the ultimate experience and puts him in that state forever. I was telling you about the three levels of surrender. Kṛṣṇa puts Arjuna into that final level or highest level of surrender.
GOALS:
Helping the students
understand ultimate
surrender.
ASSESSMENTS
- What is the deluded belief that Krishna speaks about here?
- What are the three levels of surrender?
- What does the Master stand for?
- What happens when you surrender your senses?
- What stopped Arjuna from establishing himself into the ultimate experience of surrender?
- What is final surrender?
ART OF THE DAY
ART OF THE DAY:
THE COSMIC FORM
MATERIALS NEEDED:
Pen, Pencil, Markers, Eraser, Glue Paint, Sparkles, Paper, Scissors, etc.
PROCEDURE
Start by engaging a brief discussion, asking the children how they understand surrender. Then, ask them to close their eyes and to bring their awareness to their third eye. Ask them to connect to Swamiji and to surrender in whatever way they understand. Then, ask them to draw the Viśvarūpa Darśan in their own unique way.
INFERENCE
Krishna gives Arjuna a glimpse of the greatest surrender during Viśvarūpa darśan, the vision of His Cosmic form.
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
MIND OR MASTER?
PROCEDURE:
Read the following story to the students: Once a disciple asked his Master, ‘Why should I Surrender?’ The Master asked, ‘How do you know whatever you think you know about yourself?’ The disciple replied, ‘I know myself through my senses. ’The Master asked, ‘Who do you think you are according to to your senses?’ The disciple said, ‘As far as I know, I am the body and mind.’ His Master responded, ‘You are God, not just body and mind.’
The Master said, ‘Only when you surrender your senses, will you realize the truth of what I am saying. The moment you trust me more than your senses, you experience that you are God. You then understand the meaning of Tat Tvam Asi (literally ‘You Are That’, meaning ‘you are divine’)
ACTIVITY OF THE DAY:
MIND OR MASTER?
PROCEDURE:
Remind the students that the Master shows you various dimensions of your inner self that you have not explored or experienced. Then ask each student to stand in a row/chain. Tell one student to stand in front of the 'first one in the row, to connect to the Master and to reveal one dimension of themselves. Then tell them to move on to the second person in the row and ask them to reveal another dimension of themselves while connecting to the Master and so on until they reach the last student in row. Ask each student to do the same. At the end, ask students to share whether they were able to cognize themselves beyond what their senses perceive, beyond body and mind.
INFERENCE
The Master stands for your multi-dimensional being. As you believe your senses, you think that you are the body and mind.
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
I AM HERE TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE GOD
PROCEDURE
Engage a discussion about the truth that the Master is not here to prove that He is God, but that He is here to prove that you are God.'
Then ask the students to write a short essay about how they have personally experienced it in their own life, whether it is by manifesting powers, feeling inspired by Guru's words, doing something that they never thought they would be capable of doing...
WORKSHOP OF THE DAY:
I AM HERE TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE GOD"
CONCLUSION
The Master stands for the idea that you are the infinite. He shows you various dimensions of your inner self that you have not explored or experienced. He shows you so many dimensions of your being. The Master stands for your multi- dimensional being. He tries to show you that it is possible. He shows that if it is possible for him, it is possible for you also.