Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Worn out, I have finally come to my One.
Now that I have come to shelter with you, do with me what you will — save me, or don't; I am yours either way.
This is total surrender, and it has a very particular flavor: exhaustion. The seeker has tried everything else and is simply tired. "Save me or kill me" is not despair; it is the moment of letting go completely — no more bargaining, no more clever plans, no more conditions. This is the deepest form of taking sanctuary (sharan): you place yourself in the One's hands and release the outcome. There is a strange peace in it. As long as you are still negotiating — "I'll surrender if you promise to save me" — you are still in control. Real surrender drops even that.
Is there something you've been gripping so tightly that you're exhausted? What would it feel like to set it down?
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