Surrender to the Guru

Give the guru your mind, as you would entrust gold to the goldsmith. The guru may need to melt, mold, or beat your mind, but do not worry, as He will return to you a precious jewel. Do not say Swami give me peace, but don’t give me pain, as Swami may need to inflict pain before the process of purification is completed.

Digest II, p. 134

Do not postpone this duty to yourself especially now when you have the chance of contacting Me. I do not find you offering Me the thing I look for, you always bring things which are unworthy or impure. I feel very sad when I find you so agitated and troubled when the cure is so near at hand.

Digest, p. 87

Unless you give up, you cannot acquire—that is the rule of life. Even trivial things cannot be won without parting with something. One has to pay to secure the most precious of all gifts; the gift of the awareness of the atma [soul]! To earn this, one has to give up sensual pleasures, but is this too big a price? In fact, what is renounced is not pleasure at all. It is fraught with pain too. Can you not give up grief to earn joy, evil to earn good, diversity to earn unity, many to earn one? One must strive for victory in the struggle against the whims and wiles of the senses. One must focus all one’s physical and mental resources to earn success; one must fill oneself with divine grace by offering his strength and skill to divine purposes.

Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. XI, p. 162

Give up the idea that you are the doer and that you are the beneficiary. You can do this by dedicating both deed and fruit to the Lord. Then no sin can affect you, for you are not the doer, and the deed must perforce be holy. Like the oil on the tongue, the collyrium on the eye, or the lotus leaf on water, the deed is with you, but not for you.

Know the Brahma, take up all the tasks but renounce the consequences; giving up the fruit of activity is far superior to the giving up of activity itself.

Geetha Vahini, p. 98

Place your entire trust in God and not in self-seeking Gurus. Before performing any act utter a prayer offering it to God. Try to understand the sacred teachings in all the Vedic and other scriptures.

Sanathana Sarathi, August 1997