The half-surrender problem | Ananta on Advaita
Saar (Essence)
Ananta challenges the notion of conditional surrender, asking what it means to say 'I surrender to God' while keeping relationships, money, and health off-limits.
Which self are we serving? The me. Exactly.
It's difficult enough when we make that full-hearted surrender and say, 'I belong to you, God.'
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Transcript
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"As God runs everything, he is in charge of my life. I have surrendered." But don't touch my relationship. Don't touch my money. Don't touch the health of my body. Don't touch what I think I understand. Let's not go there.
You see, then what have we actually surrendered to God? Then isn't it just a great convenience self-help method? And which self are we serving? The me. Exactly.
It's difficult enough when we make that full determination with full-hearted surrender and say, "I belong to you, God." It is difficult enough even after that. But when we try to
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