Iswara
Pranidanam ( surrender to God) is looking upon every experience in our
lives, favorable or unfavorable, as God's will because every experience we
undergo is the result of our past actions. This is called karma-phalam
and can be pleasure or pain. Behind every karma-phalam is the law of karma
and behind the law of karma is the Lord. The Lord is invisible, the law of
karma is invisible but when the Lord and the law of karma function, the
result is a tangible experience. So we accept every experience without
resistance. And the mind is free of negative emotions and thoughts. This
acceptance is called Iswara Pranidhanam or saranagati. An inability
or unwillingness to do so will produce unhealthy thoughts in the mind and
lead to bitterness, anger, frustration, hatred etc. |