Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18: Technology Of Surrender

WAKING UP TO THE TRUTH IS SURRENDER

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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.

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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?

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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 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.

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