臣服與自立自主 Surrender and Self-Reliance
#081 1996/12/25 瑞士 盧森湖畔
自立自主需要極大的勇氣。
臣服則需較少的勇氣。
一個不能臣服的人同樣也無法自立自主。如果你沒有足夠的勇氣臣服時，那就根本談不上自立自主；你只在欺騙自己而已。因為即使些許的恐懼也會妨害到自立自主。
如果你連一百元都沒有，遑論擁有一千元了。自立自主包含著臣服。五十元中含有十元。
問：為什麼自立自主需要這麼多的勇氣？
古儒吉：當你凡事想要仰賴自己，又沒有任何其他人時，那麼你需要極大的勇氣。
經常人們誤認臣服是逃避自身的責任，結果他們把自身遭遇的問題全都歸罪上帝。實際上，真正的臣服是對每一件事負起完全的責任。
蘇珊娜：我們如何才能做到這點呢？
古儒吉：你負起責任並祈求協助。
臣服終將你引達到自立自主，因除了大我外別無其他。
081 SURRENDER AND SELF-RELIANCE
Weekly Knowledge #81 Lake Lucerne 25 Dec 1996 Switzerland
Self-reliance needs enormous courage.
Surrender needs less courage.
A person who cannot surrender cannot be self-reliant either.
If you don't have enough courage to surrender, then it is impossible for you to be self-reliant. You simply fool yourself. People who are afraid to surrender fool themselves. Because even a little fear is detrimental to self-reliance.
If you don't have a hundred dollars, you cannot have a thousand dollars.
Self-reliance contains surrender. Fifty dollars contains ten dollars.
Question: Why does self-reliance need so much courage?
When you want to depend on yourself for everything, there is nobody else, then it needs a lot of courage.
Often people think that surrender is a way to escape from responsibility and they end up blaming the Divine for all their problems. In fact, the true surrender is taking total responsibility for everything.
Susannah: How can we do that?
You take responsibility and you pray for help.
Surrender eventually leads you to self-reliance. Because there is nothing other than the Big Self.
NEWS FLASH
A Madras satsang of 3500 people served as a farewell party for Guruji on the eve of his departure from India. It was held in a gigantic marble hall; and a choir of seventy school girls serenaded Guruji with well-rehearsed and enthusiastic bhajans. An entourage of forty-five devotees traveled from Bangalore to Madras for the occasion.
India's warm December weather, bougainvillea and coconut palms have now been replaced by Switzerland's mist-shrouded Alpine peaks, snow-covered palms, and the swans on Lake Lucerne.
Today is Christmas, and appropriately all the course participants have gone into silence this morning to celebrate in a deep and authentic way.
Guruji's message for Christmas: BE A FOUNTAIN OF LOVE
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