True Surrender ! The Death of EGO

[Guest guest]

Namaste.

 

prem na badi nipje,

prem na hat bikai;

raja parja jis ruche,

sees deyi le jai.

 

Love is not grown in the field, and it is not sold in the market; But

a king or a pauper who likes it, offers his head to obtain it.

 

Commentary :

 

In the region of love there is no difference between king or pauper.

Who wants to get love has to give up his EGO first; all other wealth

has no value in that region. Love is a spiritual and not a material

thing.

 

prem gali ati sankari,

tame dou na samai;

jab mai tha tab hari nahi,

ab hari hai mai nahi.

 

The street of love is very narrow; two cannot pass through it at the

same time; When I was, there was no God; now there is God, but I am

not.

 

Commentary :

 

To attain perfect love, one has to give up his EGO, which is the

biggest obstacle on the path of God's love. When the EGO disappears,

God appears. As long as the EGO is there, God will not show his

presence. The devotee must give up his EGO to realize God.

 

piya chahe prem ras,

rakha chahe man;

dou khadga ek miyan me,

dekha suna na kan.

 

One wants to drink the nectar of God's love and also likes to keep

his own EGO; I have never seen or heard that two swords are kept in

one sheath.

 

Commentary :

 

It is not possible to drink the nectar of God's love and still keep

your EGO, because EGO will not allow you to merge into God's love

and "lose" your identity. Only when you surrender your EGO, you can

enjoy the nectar of God's love.

 

tu tu karata tu bhaya

mujhme rahi na hu;

bari pheri bali gaie,

jit dekhu tit tu.

 

Oh God! By reciting Your Name all the time I merged in You and my EGO

disappeared; My troubles of transmigration disappeared. Now, wherever

I look I see YOU.

 

Commentary :

 

The recitation of God's Name leads the devotee to God. He reaches the

state of union with God, and his cycle of rebirths disappears, just

as a drop of water mixes with the ocean and its separation

disappears.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

 

, "Tatwamasi" <tatwamasi> wrote:

> Thanks Pyari for the post. It is a very nice presentation of the

> Gayatri as surrender.

>

> On a practical level, surrender or sharanagati is a simple concept

> but hard to achieve. Paths may differ on the basis of the

temperament

> of students, but "Surrender" remains the essence of them all.

>

> Sharanagati, surrender, (the primary tool in our hands to break the

> barrier between Truth and the "i"- ego, caught in the karmic cycle)

> according to the dictionary means:

>

> To relinquish possession or control of to another because of demand

> or compulsion.

> To give up in favor of another.

> To give up or give back (something that has been granted):

surrender

> a contractual right.

> To give up or abandon

>

> meaning "letting go" or "giving up" control or possession of

> something.

>

> Our ego is the other essential tool for our journey, which gives us

> an oppportunity in Karma land to burn/work out our karmic debts.

[Guest guest]

Yes, ego has to be surrendered by the actions of the ego. We have to

use the i want/can to destroy the i. Before the Ego can be

dissolved, one has to "love" or "unite with". What one unites with

(Guru, Diety, Nirgun Brahman etc) is the path.

 

This love depends on the ego-centered senses. I love you .. involves

egocentric concepts - Longing yearning wanting desire for unity etc

etc = aspects of separation - i vs you exists only for the little

ego. Once the ego is dissolved there is only "I"! Some call the "I"

Krishna, Shiva Buddha or some choose to call it simply OM. There is

yet a beyond. nameless and unknown beyond the intellectial

capabilities of the limited human mind. It simple IS.

 

_/\_ Tat twam asi

 

Uma

 

 

 

, pyari_h <no_reply> wrote:

> Namaste.

 

> It is not possible to drink the nectar of God's love and still keep

> your EGO, because EGO will not allow you to merge into God's love

> and "lose" your identity. Only when you surrender your EGO, you can

> enjoy the nectar of God's love.

>

 

> c debts.