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SURRENDER – ITS RELEVANCE IN SADHANA
one who has surrendered totally to the Master. In fact the fear of death is something that is totally transcended and we almost have solved the problem of existence.
This state leads to the state of being totally unconcerned with action, the results thereof and the knowledge consequent to these. T otal stoic indifference to adverse circumstances is what others feel our attitudes to be. In fact it is only total resignation or surrender to the Master that is the state. We may then be considered to be a living dead where neither praise nor punishment is felt as such. Master says that the “easiest and surest means to achieve this end is to surrender yourself to the Great Master in the true sense and become a Living Dead yourself. This feeling of surrender if cultivated by forced and mechanical means seldom proves to be genuine. It must develop automatically within you without the least strain or pressure upon the mind.” In this context I may say that one of my associates wrote to me why is it that surrender is so difficult for him to do as was possible for one of our Masters. I was frankly annoyed at the greed of the person who is not prepared to yield to the Master and is talking of surrender. Many lessons are
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