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.

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.