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Surrender
Complete surrender makes you an instrument for the divine master to act through.
True spiritual life begins with total surrender of self-will, intellect, and possessions. When this happens, the divine master takes over and you become merely the instrument. You must let this inner master speak. Feeling this presence brings immense joy and allows beautiful wisdom to flow from your own heart. However, the moment you believe you are the master who will teach, your condition deteriorates. This is like a healthy tree being consumed by termites. The ego, selfishness, and jealousy act as these destructive forces, slowly ruining you from within. Surrender prevents this decay by removing the illusion of personal authorship.
"Surrender: Īśvara, prāṇa, dhana—complete surrender. Then He will take over; you are only an instrument."
"The termites of ego, the termites of selfishness, the termites of jealousy, and many different things can destroy us."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4