Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:12:23 -0000
To: AM-GLOBAL
From: "Jawaharlal Deva"
Subject: Baba Story: I Don't Know How to Surrender
Baba
Note: The following story has been recounted by our margii brother, Shrii Nishikant Laghate.
Namaskar,
When I came in contact with Baba in 1966, I went to Jamalpur and He graced me by giving me personal contact (PC). In that personal encounter, Baba pointed out my mistakes and punished me.
Then He ordered me to surrender.
But I had no idea how to surrender. I was totally unaware about what to do.
Mentally I was asking Baba, "How do I surrender? What should I do?"
I was in a quandary as to what to do, i.e. how to surrender. Mentally I was pleading with Him to show me the way.
Then Baba said, "Just become like a very small infant."
Hearing this I understood what to do and I fell at His lotus feet, giving everything of myself, by His grace, and losing myself in Him.
And Baba blessed me.
Namaskar,
Jawaharlal
To: AM-GLOBAL
From: "Jawaharlal Deva"
Subject: Baba Story: I Don't Know How to Surrender
Baba
== BABA STORY: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SURRENDER ==
Note: The following story has been recounted by our margii brother, Shrii Nishikant Laghate.
Namaskar,
When I came in contact with Baba in 1966, I went to Jamalpur and He graced me by giving me personal contact (PC). In that personal encounter, Baba pointed out my mistakes and punished me.
Then He ordered me to surrender.
But I had no idea how to surrender. I was totally unaware about what to do.
Mentally I was asking Baba, "How do I surrender? What should I do?"
I was in a quandary as to what to do, i.e. how to surrender. Mentally I was pleading with Him to show me the way.
Then Baba said, "Just become like a very small infant."
Hearing this I understood what to do and I fell at His lotus feet, giving everything of myself, by His grace, and losing myself in Him.
And Baba blessed me.
REFLECTION
Shrii Nishikant Laghate's above story brings an important point to light...
Many people think that simply lying in sastaunga pranam is surrender or mentally thinking, "I surrendered" is actually surrendering to Guru. But that does not work; that is not the operative factor. Because when one keeps something for oneself, one's ego or I-feeling is still active, and that type of "surrender" is meaningless.
Then there are still others who think that surrendering is like a military or police arrest where you just surrender physically, and hold onto your ego, pride, vanity and other mental baggage. This also is a point of confusion. In spirituality there must be cent per cent surrender in the psycho-spiritual realm.
So Baba's teaching of being like an infant is ideal.
One must think that, "I have nothing - nothing belongs to me - everything is of Parama Purusa." Then the true feeling of surrender comes.
The infant does not have anything of its own. A small baby does not fall prey to ego, vanity, intellect, or fortune etc, whereas grown-ups often think that they have something (career, house, car, name, fame etc) and then after doing some type of show or drama of surrender, they cannot get success. It does not work.
In the case of an infant, that baby literally has nothing - it surrenders unconditionally to mother, whereby the mother is forced to come to the baby's rescue. When a sadhaka surrenders with that same psychology (i.e. unconditionally) then Guru is sure to accept.
So that is what a sadhak must emulate in their spiritual life when surrendering to Guru. A sadhaka must give everything of themselves, without holding back anything. Then that will be surrender in the real sense of the term.
Baba says, "Prańipáta means complete surrender to the Eternal Entity, Parama Puruśa. The mental attitude that “whatever is, is from Parama Puruśa and nothing is mine” is prańipáta. One who has ego, one who thinks that one’s intellect, wealth and other things are one’s own, is the greatest fool. A person boasts of learning, intellect and fortune. But nothing is eternal. Therefore one who boasts of anything of this world is a fool. The worst psychic knot is the false vanity of intellect. Whatever is, is of Parama Puruśa; nothing is yours. Hence there should be complete surrender to Parama Puruśa. This is the first indispensable factor for mental development. If you really want to serve the world, complete surrender at the feet of Parama Puruśa is a must." (Ananda Vacanamrtam-1, The Three Factors for Spiritual Elevation)
Baba says, 'If you want to attain the bliss of Brahma, you must offer your own self. If you want to have the Great “I”, you must give away your own little “I”. You have to give the full sixteen annas, (the full rupee). Giving fifteen annas and holding back one anna will not do. You must completely surrender." (Subhasita Samgraha-3, Vibration, Form and Colour)
Baba says, "If human beings cannot surrender themselves at the altar of Parama Puruśa they can never attain spiritual progress in life. Without total surrender, Macrocosmic grace is not attained, and without Macrocosmic grace nothing is attained. Besides this there is no other way, (Nányah Panthá Vidyateyanáya)." (Tattva Kaomudi -3, Bhakti and Krpá)
Many people think that simply lying in sastaunga pranam is surrender or mentally thinking, "I surrendered" is actually surrendering to Guru. But that does not work; that is not the operative factor. Because when one keeps something for oneself, one's ego or I-feeling is still active, and that type of "surrender" is meaningless.
Then there are still others who think that surrendering is like a military or police arrest where you just surrender physically, and hold onto your ego, pride, vanity and other mental baggage. This also is a point of confusion. In spirituality there must be cent per cent surrender in the psycho-spiritual realm.
So Baba's teaching of being like an infant is ideal.
One must think that, "I have nothing - nothing belongs to me - everything is of Parama Purusa." Then the true feeling of surrender comes.
The infant does not have anything of its own. A small baby does not fall prey to ego, vanity, intellect, or fortune etc, whereas grown-ups often think that they have something (career, house, car, name, fame etc) and then after doing some type of show or drama of surrender, they cannot get success. It does not work.
In the case of an infant, that baby literally has nothing - it surrenders unconditionally to mother, whereby the mother is forced to come to the baby's rescue. When a sadhaka surrenders with that same psychology (i.e. unconditionally) then Guru is sure to accept.
BABA'S BLESSING
So that is what a sadhak must emulate in their spiritual life when surrendering to Guru. A sadhaka must give everything of themselves, without holding back anything. Then that will be surrender in the real sense of the term.
Baba says, "Prańipáta means complete surrender to the Eternal Entity, Parama Puruśa. The mental attitude that “whatever is, is from Parama Puruśa and nothing is mine” is prańipáta. One who has ego, one who thinks that one’s intellect, wealth and other things are one’s own, is the greatest fool. A person boasts of learning, intellect and fortune. But nothing is eternal. Therefore one who boasts of anything of this world is a fool. The worst psychic knot is the false vanity of intellect. Whatever is, is of Parama Puruśa; nothing is yours. Hence there should be complete surrender to Parama Puruśa. This is the first indispensable factor for mental development. If you really want to serve the world, complete surrender at the feet of Parama Puruśa is a must." (Ananda Vacanamrtam-1, The Three Factors for Spiritual Elevation)
Baba says, 'If you want to attain the bliss of Brahma, you must offer your own self. If you want to have the Great “I”, you must give away your own little “I”. You have to give the full sixteen annas, (the full rupee). Giving fifteen annas and holding back one anna will not do. You must completely surrender." (Subhasita Samgraha-3, Vibration, Form and Colour)
Baba says, "If human beings cannot surrender themselves at the altar of Parama Puruśa they can never attain spiritual progress in life. Without total surrender, Macrocosmic grace is not attained, and without Macrocosmic grace nothing is attained. Besides this there is no other way, (Nányah Panthá Vidyateyanáya)." (Tattva Kaomudi -3, Bhakti and Krpá)
Namaskar,
Jawaharlal
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