Wisdom from Deepak Chopra’s interpretation of the Kama Sutra

This excerpt is from Kama Sutra by Deepak Chopra (copyright 2006).

“I think surrender is close to saintliness.  In fact I can see no boundary between them.  All the more sorrow that Western spirituality has ripped the two apart, making lovers and saints separate species in the human kingdom.  If you are fortunate enough to follow the path of love until it reaches surrender, this stage will prove to you that this schism is false and damaging to love itself.

Surrender to another person is surrender to spirit, because if you only give yourself as one person to another, the end result is a kind of slavery between two personalities, two egos.  However, if you surrender in intimacy, where all is known and accepted, there is no question of personality.

You are giving yourself to the true core of existence, which has traditionally been called the Self. . . Surrender to another is the most self-centered act you can perform; the secret is that your Self and your lover’s are the same.  In summary, surrender brings love to the experience of the timeless.  It brings the loss of ego.  It brings an entry into the world of mysteries, which unfolds as the home of the beloved, but then is revealed as a place open to everyone who is capable of non-attachment.”