How can we be always surrendered to Krishna?

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Thank you How can we achieve the consciousness of being always surrendered to Krishna Which we may not have So even while we are going through the activities of bhakti externally The Acharyas talk about six limbs of surrender Anukundasya sankalpa, pratikundasya varjanam Except that which is favorable, reject that which is unfavorable Rakshasthi vishwaso, goputweval namdata That Krishna is my protector, Krishna is my maintainer Atmanikshay pakalpani Krishna, I offer myself entirely to you Without you I am nothing Shalvidhashayanamati These are aspects Now if you see, the last four in these are dispositions They are states of emotion Now they are going to take a long time to cultivate Krishna is my protector, I am a long way from that But the first two can be actions Anukundasya sankalpa, pratikundasya varjanam Except that which is favorable, avoid that which is unfavorable So, if we are just doing this, we are surrendering Say, I am reading scripture That time I feel sleepy At that time I just recline on a comfortable chair What am I doing? I am doing that which is unfavorable But on the other hand, if I decide to just stand up And maybe walk and read Or maybe I just read aloud What am I doing? I am doing something which gives me awake So, from the external point of view, that may not seem to be a great activity But that is also surrender Surrender means to accept that which is favorable And avoid that which is unfavorable So, this two-point practical definition of surrender Can help us to stay surrendered at all times And by doing these two activities constantly What is favorable, what is unfavorable Let me do the favorable, let me avoid the unfavorable By doing these two activities, we move onward steadily And eventually the remaining four states will come