Page 116 - Dawn of Reality an Exposition of REALITY AT DAWN of Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj

themselves to the Master. This is an unfortunate situation, where the psyche is playing a big joke on the person. This is mainly because that people do not perform their Sadhana in the correct spirit and understanding.
Self-surrender is nothing but a state of Complete Resignation to the Will of the Master with total disregard of the self. A permanent stay in this condition leads to the beginning of the state of Negation. When we surrender ourselves to the Great Master, we begin to attract a constant flow of highest Divine Force from Him. In this state, a man thinks or does only that which his Master’s Will ordains. He feels nothing in the world to be his belonging, but feels everything as a sacred trust from the Master, and he does everything thinking it to be his Master’s bidding. His will becomes completely subservient to the Will of the Master. Surrender is not an ordinary thing to be achieved easily. It begins after complete Negation of all senses and faculties for which we proceed by elementary rules of devotion. We submit to our Master, thinking Him to be a Super-Human Being. We love Him with devotion and faith and Reverence, trying by all means to attract His attention and favour.
The spiritual progress is in accordance with one’s love for and faith in the Master and further stages too are directly dependent on and proportional to the intensity of such love, devotion and Shraddha. The best method is “Leave everything to the Master”. Faith and love, all may get lost in Him and the seeker has no knowledge as to what he may be doing. This means his perfect dependence - to be wholly under the Master’s care. This may be called Complete Surrender. In such a state, there is good will to all; absence of ill will towards everybody; absolute faith that the Master will protect and above all totally resort to Him only as the Saviour. In such a condition, neither there is awareness of oneself nor is there any bondage in our actions as they are reflections of Master’s Will only. The mind becomes purified and shares Divinity in all its facets. A man is altogether free from egoistic feelings, desires and worldly entanglements and devoted wholly to his ‘Own Self’ which is a very high state of spirituality. This is the real surrender.