’The only obstacle to surrender is self-asserting ego –

“The Supreme Lord Kesava remains in the company of persons
who are free from a mundane conception of life; but there appears
to be a great mountain range between the self-asserting egotists and
the Lord.”
(Srila B. R. Sridhar Maharaja, Sri Prapanna Jivanamritam 2.5)

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