When we don’t feel like surrendering what should we do?

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when we don’t feel inspired to surrender to Krishna, what to do? surrender is not a digital process like one or zero it is an analog process we are on the way to surrender all the time and the six elements of surrender that I talked about in the Puranas Bhakti the first two are actions the remaining four are dispositions choose the favorable, avoid the unfavorable these two are choices, actions and the remaining is depend on Krishna, feel that I am helpless without Krishna, have faith that Krishna will always protect me, Krishna is my maintainer these are dispositions which will take a long time to come but the first two are something that we can do in all situations and these two are themselves surrender so for example if I wake up in the morning and then I feel sleepy again if I lie down on the bed, I will sleep but if I just get up, I wash my face I will feel fresher, I can work out just doing that small thing is surrender so don’t put surrender on such a high pedestal that we think it is unrealistic this verse brings surrender down to a very practical level just what is favorable, doing that what is unfavorable, avoiding that just by doing this, gradually our surrender will increase and then the disposition that is there feeling dependent on Krishna, feeling that I am nothing without Krishna feeling that Krishna alone is my lord all those dispositions will come gradually just focus right now on the actions