Technology Of Surrender (18.13-18.28)🔗

In these verses, Kṛṣṇa gives the exact technology of surrender.

There are three levels of surrender.

The first is intellectual surrender. This means you accept that the Master's intellect is sharper and higher than your intellect. This is intellectual surrender. Next is emotional surrender. This is trusting that the Master's guidance on the emotional plane is more intelligent than your emotions. The third is surrendering the senses, your cognition or the root of your cognition itself.

Surrendering the intellect is easy because it continuously tortures you for years. You want to get rid of it. So you surrender it. Next comes emotional surrender. This happens when you feel deeply connected to the Master after experiencing some meditation or understanding. You respect his emotions more than your own. The Master's emotions mean the way he wants you to live. The Master becomes the number one priority at the emotional level. Emotional surrender is when you feel totally connected at the emotional level.

Next is a deeper level of surrender, surrender of the senses. When intellectual and emotional surrender happen, you are ready to surrender your senses.

The Master stands for the idea that you are the infinite. He shows you various dimensions of your inner self that you have not explored. He stands for your multi-dimensional being. He shows that if it is possible for him, it is possible for you also. When you trust the Master more than your senses, you understand that the Master's words are the Truth and not your senses. When the Master says you are God, you suddenly realize the truth for yourself. When you move away from your senses, you listen to the Guru and experience the Truth that you are Divine.

In the inner world, the first and last tool you need is complete surrender. If Arjuna had trusted only his senses, he would have been at best a good warrior and king. Instead, he trusted Kṛṣṇa more than his senses and became enlightened. He experienced the truth of Kṛṣṇa.

Let me tell you this, surrender itself is Enlightenment. At that moment, you experience the Truth. In surrender, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Surrendering does not mean giving up everything. The moment you surrender, you disappear.

Now, Kṛṣṇa goes much deeper than these thee levels of surrender. He gives Arjuna a glimpse of the greatest surrender.

Kṛṣṇa already gave Arjuna the first experience during Viśvarūpa darśan, His Cosmic form. Even so, Arjuna was unable to establish himself in that experience due to fear. Now, Kṛṣṇa gives Arjuna the experience that will stay with him forever.