Surrender to God: What does it mean and why does this matter? Surrender to God is surrender to the Truth. When we use the expression "God," we are talking about something outside the known, outside what the egoic mind appreciates, outside what the egoic mind constantly seeks.
So, when we talk about the Divine, when we talk about God, when we use the expressions "Truth," "Consciousness," "Presence," we are talking about something outside of what the mind knows, of what is interesting for it, what is sought by it – here, I speak of the egoic mind.
So, it's quite clear that a work in this direction is needed, a work of surrender to the Truth, surrender to this "Unknown," Presence, surrender to this Grace, whatever we want to call This.
The whole issue is: what is this surrender? In general, human beings spend their entire lives completely unaware, or unconscious of the Truth they have within themselves, this Divine Truth, because they live totally identified with this movement of this dualistic mind, of this separatist mind, this egoic mind.
Thus, here, we use the expression "surrender" in the sense of welcoming Truth, the Divine Truth. And, of course, if this embracement happens, a natural detachment from ego identity begins to happen. This is something that happens naturally through the Acknowledgment of the Truth about who we are.
So, real surrender to God is based on the investigation of this false center, this false "me," the observation of this egoic mind and its purely mundane interests, purely focused on what is known.
So, what is the importance of this surrender? When your heart is open to the Divine, when this interest for Love, Peace, Happiness, and Freedom arises in you, this interest is in Sanity, in the Divine Truth. This interest of yours is an inclination the own Divine Consciousness in you, for Itself. Then, here begins this whole process of surrender, here begins this whole process of welcoming this Divine Will.
When there is this surrender, when there is this movement – and I want to repeat this: this begins to happen because of this observation of what is false inside – something entirely new begins to rise.
Notice that the egoic mind is busy, most of the time, with what it's interested in. This is the sense of this false center, this is the sense of this ego identity. What is the importance of this surrender to the Divine? So, what is the importance of self-investigation and this surrender?
This is important since this gives you a basis for the Revelation of your own Being, for the Revelation of What is the Divine Truth you have inside Yourself. Then, a space for Grace, a space for Truth opens.
So, this abandonment, this surrender, is important because of this openness, this sensitivity to this Revelation. Thus, true surrender brings a real devotion, which is a real surrender to the Truth. And when it is experienced, there is a natural detachment from the illusory mind, it begins to vanish, this illusion begins to disappear, this mistaken identification with this false center completely loses its meaning. This is totally broken, totally destroyed.
So, the purpose of this surrender is the openness and sensitivity to this Grace which makes possible the Revelation of the Truth of who is God, of Who I am.
Then, the answer to this "who am I?" is in this surrender to the Truth, which is the Truth of God. This is real surrender. I repeat: it's based on self-investigation. So, this brings this surrender, which reveals this Natural State, which is Meditation.
So, I'd say that the basis for Meditation is in this surrender… in this surrender or abandonment, whatever you want to call this… in this surrender or abandonment to the Truth.
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