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  Part 2 CONTRIBUTION FROM SRI.T.K JAYARAMAN IRS (rtd) 1 A LAZY MAN ’ S SURRENDER Ramana Maharsi advocates two paths for liberation. The first one is called Self- Inquiry , a way of probing deeper to get at the source of all thoughts, which means finding out to whom the thoughts occur and when you answer that it is to me/I these thoughts occur , to find out the source of "I " thought. The second method is complete surrender to God. Often one toys with the idea of surrendering oneself completely to God. It is not that easy. We are all thinking animals. Some thought or other is always in our mind. There is no point in deriding thought. In our normal daily life, thought plays an important role. Before taking a decision, one weighs the pros and cons. I am sure spiritual gurus do not disapprove of them. But then we are also assailed by unwanted / inconvenient thoughts synonymous with fear, worry, anxiety, depression, thinking of revenge, harm, greed, desire for power ...

  Teachings of Lord Jesus on Sermon on the Mount and Poem on Lord Jesus by S L Peeran Reflections on Matthew Chapter 4, Verses 12-25 1) Matthew wrote that another prophecy was fulfilled by Jesus when he came to live in Capernaum. The prophet Isaiah predicted the specific region and area where people would be living and would one day see " a great light ." This prophecy was about Jesus who would come to be among those people in that area and teach them about the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus spiritually opened their eyes to a truth which they would not have known before Jesus had visited them. Isaiah used a comparison of people walking in darkness, then having a great light shine upon them to describe Jesus’ teachings. The light was God’s truth that Jesus revealed to them. Here is what is written in the ancient Book of Isaiah, Chapter 9, Verses 1-2" "But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Z...