Only the innocent can surrender effectively

February 19, 1993

Like Shri Shiva left everything to Shakti, you all can also leave things to Shakti, but for that you need to be of a certain level. You need to have that innocence in you. This innocence means that no negativity can come into you. You needn’t worry. If a snake is wrapped around you, let it be; if you need to have poison, so be it. What can happen, the one who is pure, on whom nothing can impact, one who is capable, the one whose powers protect him – that person needn’t worry. This power comes to us from the Shiva Tattva. But to get this Self-realization is a must. Kundalini is a Shakti and the chakras are the ladder that need to be used to achieve this Shiva Tattva. All Gods and Goddesses have this duty of assisting you to reach your Shiva tattva. These Gods and Goddesses are there to help human beings. It is their nature to help us. They do not think like humans like, “What is in it for me? What is my position? where will I be?” They are for Shri Shiva. They do their jobs. They are tied to it. Their work is in ‘akarm’ (inaction). They do this and yet they do not think they are working. Like this light comes and it being inanimate never thinks it is working. All the Devtas (God/Goddesses) do their work and do not think about it. They are in thoughtlessness and do not even know what powers they have. Like sugar gives sweetness to food but never thinks that it is giving sweetness. Similarly, Sahaja Yogis need to do their work but never feel that they are working. In Sahaja Yoga people come into ‘akarm’. Sahaja Yogis have this shakti. If Sahaja Yogis feel that they have done this or that, “I have become a leader”, then they are not Sahaja Yogis. He keeps performing his tasks but does not feel it. Sahaja Yogis love everyone but he does not know that. People can feel it. This is how we need to understand Self-realization.