Some people ask, “Surrender to Krishna
requires abandoning our desires and abiding by his will. Isn’t that
frustrating?”
No, it isn’t frustrating if we just see
beyond our surface desires to what lies below them – the universal longings for
peace and shelter and love – and understand how surrender fulfills these
longings.
The supreme peace coming from surrender
refers not to the short-lived cessation of hostilities in a conflict-filled
world, but the everlasting reconciliation of the human heart with the divine
heart.
The Bhagavad-gita (18.62) declares that
surrender to the indwelling Lord will bestow two results: supreme peace (paraam
shantim) and eternal place (shaashavata sthaana). Actually these were the two
things sought by the Pandavas. They wanted a place, their rightful kingdom that
the Kauravas had unscrupulously stolen. And they also wanted peace – being
virtuous they didn’t want to fight unnecessarily with anyone, leave alone their
relatives. But peace and place seemed mutually exclusive. To get the place,
they needed to fight against the Kauravas. To get peace, they needed to relinquish
their place.
This Gita verse assures that surrender
would bestow the Pandavas both peace and place – not necessarily in the way
they thought, but in the best possible way. The supreme peace coming from
surrender refers not to the short-lived cessation of hostilities in a
conflict-filled world, but the everlasting reconciliation of the human heart
with the divine heart. This reconciliation connects our consciousness with
Krishna, who being the ultimate unchangeable reality provides supreme stability,
irrespective of the presence or absence of outer peace. And the eternal place
attained through surrender is Krishna’s personal abode, the soul’s highest
destination. There, we relish the ultimate fulfillment of an ecstatic life of
eternal love. And we never fall back to this world, where our desires for
happiness are frustrated repeatedly and inevitably.
Therefore, if we can just be enterprising
enough to not let small desires hold us back from Krishna, then surrender will
propel us to life’s supreme fulfillment.
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