Sri Ramana Maharshi
1-3-1946 morning
Dr. Syed asked Bhagavan, "Does not total or complete surrender require that one should not have left in him the desire even for liberation or God?"
B: Complete surrender does require that you have no desire of your own, that God's desire alone is your desire and that you have no desire of your own.
Dr. Syed: Now that I am satisfied on that point, I want to know what are the steps by which I could achieve surrender.
B: There are two ways; one is looking into the source of 'I' and merging into that source. The other is feeling 'I am helpless by myself, God alone is all-powerful and except throwing myself completely on him, there is no other means of safety for me' and thus gradually developing the conviction that God alone exists and the ego does not count. Both methods lead to the same goal. Complete surrender is another name for jnana or liberation.
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