________________ calmness, it is not complete. We offer so much time and service to the people around us, sometimes willingly and sometimes unwillingly. But when we offer ourselves completely without an iota of ego, it is complete surrender in its true sense (samarpanta). When a disciple is ready to surrender...submit his self, he automatically becomes calm and peaceful. But when one is forced to remain calm he becomes calculative and suppressive. Such a person will never be able to forgive. Real calmness cannot be enforced or practiced. It comes naturally. Such calmness gives us peace and becomes our virtue. They travelled through the night. Again, Acharya hit the disciple's head with a stick. Blood began to ooze out. Yet, the disciple remained calm and told his Guru that he would be more careful in future and will not cause him any trouble. How did he remain so calm? Where did he get the strength to bear the pain with a smile on his lips? The harsh words of the Guru do not hurt when one is totally devoted. He thought that it is not me who is getting hurt. "Nothing belongs to me. It hurts the one to whom the head belongs." "I am HIS...I belong to HIM...I am ready to face all adversities with a smile on my face even the scorching heat of - 12 =
