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What is the Importance of Surrender?
Surrender is the main approach of the Yoga of Devotion (Bhakti Yoga). It consists in
surrendering oneself completely to God or Truth. This requires
offering all our thoughts and feelings, wishes and desires to the
Divine to work with as is the Divine Will.
Surrender is the main
capacity of the soul. It comes to us naturally when we give up
personal seeking. By surrendering into the Divine presence in all
things, we win the Divine grace inherent in everything. Surrender
then is an acknowledgement of the Universal Truth and a perception
of the Universal Being in all beings.
We suffer in life from an
unwillingness to surrender. We as human beings try to do everything
ourselves. We try to impose our limited personal will upon the
unlimited universe, which leads to frustration. We even think that
the burdens of the world belong to us and that we must try to save
everyone.
Surrender, which is
recognizing the Divine rulership over all, is letting go of this
personal will in which there is peace and happiness. We cannot
change life, nor do we need to try to. The Divine power is ever at
work and creating all that is necessary. If we look within and
surrender we will find that all the imperfections of the world lose
their significance.
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