SURRENDER_THE ULTIMATE RELAXATION
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Utmost integrity and authenticity is enough for surrender.
Nothing else is needed. Surrender has
a tremendous power, a tremendous
energy.
Whether you surrender to an idol or to
a person or to your Guru, or even a
rock, is not important.
What is important is surrender itself.
UNDERSTAND, EXISTENCE LOVES YOU AND UNDERSTANDS YOU BETTER THAN YOU UNDERSTAND YOURSELF
See the example of Arjuna; Kṛṣṇa knew Arjuna better than Arjuna knew himself.
The very trust, the very connection enabled Arjuna to relate with Kṛṣṇa, who took him to the Ultimate Consciousness.
Have simple trust in Existence, in the intelligence of the life force. This is the very life force, the energy that is keeping you alive.
It is the energy behind the marvelous functioning of your brain, of your digestive system, of your nervous system.
It is the energy that runs our solar system, all the galaxies and the entire Universe so smoothly.
ENRICH OTHERS BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF YOU
We very conveniently forget an important fact, and take life happening for us with others for granted. Anything you receive without enriching, is stolen!
When we enrich others what we can afford to give, it is no sacrifice. When we enrich others by denying ourselves, then it is a sacrifice. That is why most of the charitable work done by people, even with good intentions, does not fit into the essence of what Kṛṣṇa says here. Of course, it is better to enrich others rather than foolishly stuff yourself. Enrich others for the sake of enriching.
When you enrich others at your own expense, by denying yourself, you function at the level of the Universal energy; you function as part of the principle of Vasudaiva kuṭumbakaṁ meaning ‘The whole world is my family’ as said by Kṛṣṇa; you operate out of compassion.
