Thought for the Day

The word surrender has been misinterpreted and people promote idleness in the name of surrender. We think that our mind, thought, and body have been surrendered to the Lord. Your mind is not under your own control and under such circumstances, how can you hold it and give it to the Lord? You have no control over your own body. If you have a small cut, blood oozes from your body and you run to a doctor. If this is your body and if you have complete control over it, why is it that you are not able to control the outflow of the blood? That being the case, to say that you have surrendered your mind and body to the Lord is a statement which is untrue. This word ‘surrender’ conveys that there is someone who gives and someone who accepts, and that you are surrendering to someone. There is a feeling of duality implied in this word surrender. The true meaning of surrender is the recognition of the fact that in everyone and everywhere God is present.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba