What is the greatest obstacle on the path of surrender? How can we overcome it? Bhagawan clearly and lovingly guides us today.

The greatest obstacle on the path of surrender is ahankara (egoism) and mamakara (mineness or possessiveness). It is something that has been inherent in your personality since ages, sending its tentacles deeper and deeper with the experience of every succeeding life. It can be removed only by the twin detergents of discrimination and renunciation. Bhakti is the water to wash away this dirt of ages and the soap of japam, dhyanam, and yoga (repetition of God’s name, meditation, and communion) will help to remove it quicker and more effectively. The slow and the steady will surely win this race; walking is the safest method of travel, though it may be condemned as slow. Quicker means of travel mean disaster; the quicker the means, greater the risk of disaster. You should eat only as much as you feel hunger, for more will cause disorder. So, proceed step by step in Sadhana (spiritual effort), making sure of one step before you take another. Do not slide back two paces, when you go one pace forward. But, even the first step will be unsteady, if you have no faith. So, cultivate faith.