An extract from the book
“Glimpses of the Divine Vision” by Swami Ramdas – Section “Self-Surrender”
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To always keep the name of God on the lips
or in the mind is not the whole thing in the matter of God-remembrance.
Constant repetition of the name ultimately takes you to the consciousness of
God wherein remembrance of Him as such ceases. Thereafter you maintain a steady
consciousness of the indwelling Reality. Self-surrender denotes this supreme
state.
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The end of all Sadhanas is total
self-surrender which means giving over your individual life into the complete
control and guidance of the supreme Lord and thus remain ever in a state of
perfect oneness with Him. It is He alone, within you and without you, that
makes you act every part in this world-game. Realize this and be free from all
bondages, and enjoy the ecstasy and peace of immortality.
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Complete surrender to God denotes the
divinisation of life. In this life there is neither acceptance nor rejection.
Life must flow spontaneously like a river. Whatever act you do will, in this
condition, be utterly divine. Don’t have any misgivings or doubts. Push on
until the great Truth within you reveals itself in all its glory through every
part of your being. This is the attainment and this is the goal.
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The perfection in spiritual attainment lies
ultimately in the total dedication and surrender of yourself to the supreme
Beloved who eternally dwells within you and pervades the entire universe. This
surrender grants you a vision of your eternal Beloved in all beings, creatures
and things, nay the universe itself as the visible image of the Beloved. When
you have experienced the ineffable delight and ecstasy of this exalted state, you
will have reached the end of your Sadhana. Thereafter, you are utterly in His
hands, and your whole life is filled at all times with the light and power of
the Beloved. The Asana, Dhyana, and even Smaran, performed as Sadhana, ceases,
because you now attain to a consciousness which is ever surcharged with divine
bliss, and all your actions will be done in a state of Samadhi, which is called
“Sahaja Samadhi”. Achieve this perfection, and be ever free, cheerful,
contented and active. See the Lord in all, love the Lord in all and serve the
Lord in all. Be such a Mahatma who, Gita says, is very rare to be found.
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Identify yourself with the immortal
Purusha-the witness-beyond the Gunas and Dwandwas-on one hand; surrender all
your actions to the divine Shakti whose manifestation is the universe of name,
form and movement-on the other. Lastly, realize that the inactive Purusha-the
witness, and the active Shakti or Prakriti-the witnessed, are the eternal
aspects co-existing in the ultimate Godhead-the Purushottama, who is at once
Purusha and Prakriti and beyond both. The first two processes effectually
eradicate the ego-sense, take you to the Impersonal, and then lead on to the
still higher Impersonal Person-Nirguna-Saguna. This is the complete,
all-comprehensive Truth. This glorious realization makes it natural with you to
love all alike and to enjoy the bliss of universal love. You love yourself, in
all, and as all.
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Surrender to God’s will denotes the
assertion of your higher will which is one with the will of God. God resides in
you. When your individual will ceases to exist, the divine will starts to work
in you, or you become conscious of a divine possession, and thereafter in all
your actions, great and small, you are controlled and guided by your own omnipotent
will. Here there is no conflict, but a transmutation of the human into the
Divine Will.
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