Surrender

COMPLETE SURRENDER MEANS GIVING UP ALL THOUGHTS

Ananya saranagati [complete surrender] means to be without any attachment to thoughts, no doubt, but does it mean to discard even thoughts of food and water which are essential for the sustenance of the physical body?
He asks, ‘Should I eat only if I get anything by God’s direction, and without my asking for it? Or should I make a little effort?’ All right. Let us take it that what we have to eat comes of its own accord. But even then, who is to eat? Suppose somebody puts it in our mouth, should we not swallow it at least? Is that not an effort? He asks, ‘If I become sick, should I take medicine or should I keep quiet leaving my health and sickness in the hands of God?’ In the book Sadhana Panchakam written by Sankara, it is stated
that for treatment of the disease called hunger one should eat food received as alms.
But then one must at least go out and beg for it. If all people close their eyes and sit still saying if the food comes we eat, how is the world to get on? Hence one must take things as they come in accordance with one’s traditions, but one must be free from the feeling that one is doing them oneself. The feeling that I am doing it is the bondage.
It is therefore necessary to consider and find out the method whereby such a feeling can be overcome, instead of doubting
as to whether medicine should be administered if one is sick or whether food should be taken if one is hungry.
Such doubts will continue to come up and will never end. Even such doubts as ‘May I groan if there is pain? May I
inhale air after exhaling?’ also occur. Call it Iswara [God] or call it karma [destiny]; some karta [higher power] will carry on everything in this world according to the development of the mind of each individual. If the responsibility is thrown on the higher power things will go on of their own accord. We walk on this ground.
While doing so, do we consider at every step whether we should raise one leg after the other or stop at some stage? Isn’t the walking done automatically? The same is the case with inhaling and exhaling. No special effort is made to inhale or exhale.
The same is the case with this life also. Can we give up anything if we want to, or do anything as we please? Quite a number of things are done automatically without our being conscious of it.
Complete surrender to God means giving up all thoughts and concentrating the mind on him. If we can concentrate on him, other thoughts disappear. If the actions of the mind, speech and body are merged with God, all the burdens of our life will be on him.

BHAGAVAN.

Self

"That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging."  (MG, II.III)

"Of yourself you can say ‘I exist’. That is, yours is not mere existence, it is Existence of which you are conscious. Really, it is Existence identical with Consciousness." (MG, II.III)

"Consciousness is always Self-consciousness." (MG, II.III)

(Bhagavan quotes from 'Maharshi's Gospel': Bk. II, Ch. III)

Life

Remember, life goes on providing.

The child is born; before the child is born the mother’s breasts are swelling with milk.

The child is yet only on the way, the child is not born yet, but the breasts are getting ready.

Before the hunger of the child, the food is ready.

If you look deeply into life you will find it happening everywhere: Life provides.

And once you know it, great trust arises in life.

That trust is religious.
Trust does not mean believing in a book, in a certain ideology.

Trust means SEEING that life provides, FEELING that life cares, that it is not against you, that it is all for you, that it is not indifferent to you, that it loves you, that it protects you, that you need not be worried, too worried about security.

Life is your security.

OshO ❤️
CHAPTER 7. THIRSTY
The Wisdom of the Sands, Vol 2

Quotes

“It is not true that birth as a man (human) is necessarily the highest, and that one must attain realisation only from being a man (human). Even an animal can attain Self-realisation.”

(Bhagavan in 'Day by Day with Bhagavan' 2-9-46)

Buddha

“The Buddha is not going to project you to Buddhahood, as if throwing a stone. He is not going to purify you, as if washing a dirty cloth, nor is he going to cure you of ignorance, like a doctor administering medicine to a passive patient.

Having attained full enlightenment himself, he is showing you the path, and it is up to you to follow it or not. It is up to you now to practise these teachings and experience their results.”

~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Truth

“All this is enveloped by the Supreme Being”
(Isavasyam idam sarvam)
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(Part 1)

In the traditional language of Vedanta a student endowed with the four-fold qualifications of discrimination, dispassion, self-control and so on, along with the intense longing for liberation is considered fit for gaining the Knowledge of the Self. He is called a sadhanachatushtaya sampanna adhikari.

Such seekers who have lived life, gained experiences and understood their limitations, reach a stage where they want to know the greater Truth. They then approach a Teacher established in Self-knowledge and seek to gain such Knowledge, at any cost. That Self-knowledge is indicated by the word Upanishad. Before the teaching begins, when the teacher and the disciple come together, they first recite the peace invocation (shaantipath).

The Ishavasya Upanishad is found in the Yajurveda, based on its very first word, Isha –the Lord. Sometimes it is also called Iso Upanishad.

Some Upanishads begin with a question, but this Upanishad begins with an answer - a direct statement from the teacher. It is implied that there are one or more disciples.

The student has approached the teacher and expressed a desire to live in this world, and live happily.

He says, ‘Sukhaaya karmani karoti lokah – a man performs all actions only for gaining happiness. I too strive to be happy.From the worldly standpoint I have everything, but happiness always eludes me. Why is this so? What is the cause of this sorrow? What should I do?’

The teacher responds, ‘You have performed many actions (karma), now it is time to gain Knowledge (jnana). You have done enough, now must know.’

Osho