"The very definition of surrender is that you cannot do it. Seeing the point, that nothing is in our hands – to be this way or that, to be egoful or to be egoless – seeing this, surrender happens. What is left then? If you have really seen this, you have understood the very secret.

"Language creates the problem, because language turns everything, twists everything, into something other than it is. The moment I say 'Surrender!' you start thinking 'How to do it?' This is a linguistic fallacy. When I say surrender, this is exactly what I am saying: I am saying nothing is in your hands. In fact, you are not there behind your hands either. All is happening.

"Yes, some days you are sad, and some days you are happy – and there is nothing to do. So some days be sad, and some days be happy – this is surrender. When happy, enjoy it, live it, dance it, sing it. When happy, don't be worried about sadness. There is no point – you cannot do anything about it. When sad, be really sad! Cry tears of sadness, sing sad songs. And don't try to become happy – it is not in your hands.

"A Zen master was asked, 'What do you do when it is hot?'

"He said, 'I perspire.'

"'And what do you do when it is cold?'

"He said, 'I shiver.'

"So, when hot, perspire. When cold, shiver. When alive, live! When dead, die! What is in your hands? Nothing is in your hands. To think that 'Something is in my hands' is the way of the ego. That's what ego is. Ego says, 'You can do this. Why are you sad? You can be happy. It is within your capacity. You can become more perfect, you can become more beautiful, you can become more good. You can become a saint. Why are you not doing something?'

"The ego always prods you, goads you into doing: 'Do something!' It creates the fallacy that it is within your hands to change, that you are the master of your destiny. That is the way of the ego. That is the fallacy!

"Nothing is in your hands."