Responsibility is Surrender- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

In surrender the head bends and meets the heart. The head that does not bend has no value, and the head that is stiff will have to bend sooner or later, either in surrender or in shame. The head that bends in surrender will never have to bend in shame. Shame accompanies arrogance. Shyness accompanies love. See how children are endowed with shyness? That is natural. Shyness is inherent. Shame is inflicted by society and is acquired. Shame brings guilt but shyness adds to your beauty. Retain your shyness and drop your shame.

Krishna tells Arjuna, "You are very dear to me" and then he tells Arjuna that he must surrender. Surrender begins with an assumption. You must assume that you are the most beloved of the Divine and then surrender happens.

Surrender is not an action; it is an assumption. Non-surrender is ignorance. Non-surrender is an illusion. Surrender begins as an assumption; then it reveals itself as a reality; and finally, it reveals itself as an illusion because there is no two, no duality.

© "Deccan Chronicle" dated February 6, 2002. Reprinted with permission.

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