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SURRENDER TO THE WILL OF GOD
Paramahamsa Niranjanananda
We express gratitude and thanks to His Holiness Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Sri Swami Poonyananda Giriji that he has in such simple language given us simple teachings and messages for practising in our daily life. We are inspired with his blessed words. To know ourself, to examine ourself, and then to trade the jewel within us for a paltry sum is not profitable in spiritual life. If you want to do business, better to do business with God. There is no point trading with another ordinary man. In order to make a transaction with God, we must first say that I surrender all I have to you. I only ask in return that you, at your whim, steer my life in any direction that you wish. I have no selfish motives, no desires for personal gain.
Naham karta harih karta, harih karta hi kevalam.
In order to let the spirit flare up, we first need to purify our personality. Then we must welcome God and offer him a place. Generally, what happens is that the desire for worshipping God is there, but it is riddled with lower mental tendencies, with sensual desires. Within this personality, there is never a place vacant where God can come and go as He wills. If someone wants to join the audience here, he shall have to be offered a place. If we think that without preparation, without effort, we can receive the grace of God, then this is wishful thinking. As a result of selfish motives, under the influence of cravings, this thought arises. Finally, however, all cravings, thoughts, selfishness and desires have to be renounced. ..
This is the teaching of our philosophy. This is what our tradition teaches. Even a parrot can repeat, Ram Ram, but to make our lives Rama maya (overwhelmed with Godliness) is another matter. This is what we need to learn through satsang, and association with the wise, through the teachings of the sages and through elementary self-endeavour. I have spoken
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