2013: The Year of Surrender.
To My Dearest Lord!
I write this post to you as a declaration
and a complete consecration of all my assets and liabilities, of all that I own
and all that I ever hope for. I feel as if I am nothing in comparison to this
vast and magnificent universe. More and more, I am starting to feel that
everything is predecided and I am an
actor in this play of which you are the director, the producer in charge of
everything. You are the Kartha and the Kaaran, the doer and the thing to be
done. The past, the present and the future. All that is known and yet to be
known. You are my guide, the best of all friends, my philosopher, my mother, my
father, my sibling, my soulmate, all my well-wishers, relatives, everyone I see
and admire.
My country India is in trouble.
It is surrounded by unfriendly neighbours and is held by asuric forces. Please
protect my motherland. Help it to rise
and open to your golden grace and protection.
Help it to be a leading spiritual torch to the world. Please deliver and
relieve it from all evil. Help the citizens of my country to rise for there is
need for a revolutionary change in the system. I hereby surrender my whole
country, the city in which I live in, the electricity problem, the Kaveri water
issue, all the farmers woes and worries, the food shortage, price rise, the
pain and suffering of the poor, the negligence and lack of concern of the rich
and moneyed, the job market, the economy, terrorism, everyday battle to earn a
living, social media like facebook, twitter, the workings and non working of
the government, businesses, profits, losses, intellectuals, youth, senior
citizens, uneducated, unemployed, deserts, forests, rivers, wildlife, the flora
the fauna, culture, belief and traditions, all celebrations, festivities and
times of despair, the sincere workers as well as the rule breakers and even the
tourists who visit my country. The audacity, vulgarity, perversity, disrespect,
inequality, racist and caste feelings, everything to mention and not to be
mentioned, everything I place them at your feet.
My family-So Supportive,
understanding. How can I ever thank you? Especially my mother who knows me
inside out, my preferences, my likes, my dislikes and who loves me
unconditionally. Without her I wouldn’t be the person I am today. A mother not
only gives birth, but is a person whom one can turn to at all times. My
father!, who is my guide, my teacher, my financier, my guiding Light, who
becomes happy when I am happy and who consoles me when I am in tears and who
takes responsibility for all my actions.
Let this year be the most profitable year for my parents in terms of
health and prosperity. Their happiness is my sole aim and when I serve them I
serve you.
My sister turns ten this year.
Please help her to make the bet use of her childhood years. Let her not waste
time watching meaningless programs on TV. Let that urge and stupidity die with
me. She has got a lot of friends, teachers love her, her speaking and writing
skills are excellent. Please do help her to make full use of her capacity and
capabilities. Let her be surrounded by good companions who are ready to help
her and guide her at every stage. To
start with, I offer all my sisterly feelings that I have got towards her to
you. Please help me change my attitude towards her and set an outstanding
example for her to follow. Let not my failures and mistakes affect her. Help
her to grow tall and reach the highest shelf in the room cupboard. Give her all
your energy, confidence and your protection.
My friends, my well wishers, my
critics, those who think good as well as evil of me, those who misunderstand
me, those showers of praises, that storm of insults, every word-remarks and
comments spoken in front of me, behind me, every good and evil intention and
opinion that people have of me, let that
not go into my head, I place them at your lotus feet.
Those, whom I think about, I care
as well as not care, who occupy my thoughts in sleep as well as in wake, those
whom I fear, dread, detest, those whom I hurt knowingly and unknowingly, those
whom I take for granted, those whom I crave, all those people are forever and
only yours. Let me not possess their lives.
Everything starting from the
smallest drop of water, to the most elephantine of my possessions which you
have placed under my trust, I surrender and offer them to you. Let me neither get attached to them nor ill-treat
them. In the past, I have foolishly vented my frustration and anger on them by
mishandling and throwing them around. Let me treat things with gentle care and
affection for they are yours and a symbol of your omnipresence. Overspending, hoarding and wastage are foreign
to your temper and must be at all costs, completely avoided.
Now comes the most important
part. I hereby surrender each and everything that I do, each step I take, each
word I speak, my errors and so-called achievements, each of my thoughts and
feelings-positive, neutral and negative, especially jealousy, envy, ego,
arrogance, laziness, anger, irritation, intolerance, doubts, fear, suspicion,
opinions, judgement, habits, addiction, obstinacy, stubbornness, passion, lust,
craving, worry, anxiety, inhibitions. I completely open myself to you. All the
openings of my body are open to you. My cells, tissues, organs, organ systems,
hormones, each and every tiny chemical reaction, the workings of my brain, my
stupidity and intelligence, my laughter and tears, take everything and
everything. Leave nothing to me. It belongs to you always and shall work only
as per your will.
Help us all to overcome all our
barriers-hurdles, trials and tribulations. Let this year 2013 be the most
progressive and fruitful of all the years.
The whole of my lifetime shall be and
only be dedicated to your service.
With a heart
full of gratitude,
Your
loving child.
