13 October 2014 - QA 6

Is true surrender god given? How can human beings try to achieve it?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

For god’s sake, don’t try to surrender. I think this word surrender has been misused so many times that it is scary. So I would say keep that word away somewhere; put it in the lake if you want. Just be natural, simple and don’t try to surrender. If you have the confidence that there is a higher power that is helping you are looking over you that is good enough.
Whatever you cannot handle something, you say, ‘I give up’, and when you give up, you’ve surrendered. You can do that with frustration or with total relaxation.