Surrender means giving up of oneself in the hands of the Divine. It does not mean that we shall not put in our efforts. We will do what we are called upon to do or should do in a given situation or circumstance but let the Divine completely determine the result regardless of whether it is apparently success or failure, pleasant or painful according to our immediate idea of things. The logic behind it, if one wants to understand logically is that the Divine Wisdom knows better than us as to what is really good for us in the long run as our soul journeys across lives. It implies faith in the Divine Grace and Her Ways
Inactivity is not surrender to the Divine because it means that our will is refusing to collaborate with the Divine.
Giving up may mean that one has arrived at the extreme limit of one’s personal effort. Thence one abandons oneself entirely in the hands of the Divine to do with oneself as He pleases, as She Wills. Though outwardly the person may be in a helpless state, he is inwardly peaceful and quiet if the self abandon is true and complete.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
