Mantra and surrender: mantra is easy enough to under - man (soul) and tra (tool or through). Mantra is a tool for the soul or it goes through the soul. But surrender? The act of surrender (not as an act of giving up) had always eluded me until I had no choice. This is when I learnt what surrender really means and how I had to give in to, to become a part of the huge flow of the life force. Life had a completely different plan for me.