This is an edited Satsang conversation between a participant and Tom about 'surrender'. 'When I surrender I am happy and my life seems to go well. When I am not surrendered I am bothered and life does not go smoothly'.

Tom gives a helpful, descriptive response (using the cinema screen as a metaphor for the Self ) that he refers to as a "Drishti-Srishti Vada Teaching", or "a teaching with objects present.

For more on Drishti Srishti Vada and the other levels of teaching, here is the article Tom refers to in this video about the 3 stages of reality: https://tomdas.com/2019/09/12/ramana-maharshi-three-theories-of-reality-shristi-dristi-vada-dristi-shristi-vada-ajata-vada/

Tom's video on Savikalpa & Nirvikalpa teachings: https://youtu.be/s9LgE9u6PhI?si=DsWcHctQK8ggxCJB

Tom's video on 'Partial Nonduality' :https://youtu.be/lsCXOlcZFec?si=JJPkVeRhgKzW_rV6

This video was recorded live during a Satsang meeting with Tom Das on December 5, 2024 and put together by volunteers.

To download full unedited satsang recordings see here: https://payhip.com/tomdas

To attend satsang, see here: https://tomdas.com/events

For guided meditations see the 'guided meditation' playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TomDasNonduality/playlists

For recommended reading for liberation see here: https://tomdas.com/2020/10/19/recommended-reading-books-for-enlightenment-liberation-and-self-realisation/