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problem of life would be solved in the most efficacious way in the shortest possible time. The person in this state is free from all fear and anxiety having resigned himself to the will of the Master and doing his duty with respect to the world as well as the divine. The sense of doing any thing is not there, all actions going on automatically as if it were leaving no impression on him. Further he is also beyond the ethical sense of right or wrong as every action proceeds truly according to the Divine Master’s will, his will held in total subservience to the Master’s.
Eventually only the good will result from the actions, thoughts and feelings of such a person whose heart has been gifted away to his Master, who is the embodiment of selfless and motiveless love interested always in the betterment of all without any discrimination. The Master suggests the simplest way to attain to the state of total surrender i.e., make a gift of the tiny heart to the Master which act, this being an act of will, will naturally bring the aspirant to the state of absorption in Absolute Reality. The lighter and finer the will the more effective shall be its working. The adoption of this easy technique is sure to bring in an attitude of renunciation from the very first day, the heart being absorbed in Reality, the feeling detachment from all else follows and it makes the very beginning to be the end of it.
Characterizing surrender in its full bloom, the Master says that in its perfected state it is complete resignation to the Master’s will with total disregard of self. A permanent stay in this condition leads to the beginning of the state of negation and a person in this state attracts constantly the divine force from the Master. He thinks and does only what the Master’s will ordains. He feels nothing in the world to be his belonging, but everything as a sacred trust from his Master and does everything thinking it to be His bidding. The Master states that the person in whom surrender is perfected surrenders automatically to the entire humanity, as the aspirant sees only His beloved Master everywhere and in all beings.
Mamnamatha and Gurumatha disciples
The Master cautions however that such a state of surrender is not something achieved easily; it begins after complete negation of all senses and faculties for which one follows the elementary rules of devotion. We submit to the Master thinking Him to be a superhuman being, love Him with devotion, faith and reverence trying by all means to attract His attention. The Master talks about two classes of disciples in the context of surrender. The disciples of the first category called Manmatha, approach the Master with some worldly end in view such as relief from misery, desire for wealth and so on. They submit to Him only so long as they are hopeful of satisfaction of their desires and if they meet disappointment in this regard they go away. For them the question