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The Yoga of Abandonment to the Divine

God wants proof that you are totally surrendering yourself. Tests will come. If you fail the tests, then your surrender is not complete. If your surrender is complete, no matter what test comes, you will pass it. Once you pass the tests, you don’t have to worry...

The Breath of Bhakti

Ancient sages inform us that breath is the mirror of our ever flowing emotions. It reflects the way we each perceive and process external stimuli, and how we position our consciousness in relation to it. Because breathing is so intimately interwoven with our mental...

Ishvara Pranidhana: The Bhakti Yoga of the Sutras

Our whole experience of life is based on the stories we tell ourselves about what unfolds. Swami Vivekananda describes it like an oyster making a pearl. A parasite gets inside the shell, and then the oyster reacts to the irritation by producing enamel around it, which...

Bhakti Yoga: Sincerity in Seeking

The sincerity in seeking comes only when you know that you have a limited capacity. It’s only when you say, “I can’t do it anymore, please help me,” that the help comes. You then link yourself with an unlimited capacity. Sometimes God acts like a...

Bhakti Yoga: Cultivating Faith

The differences in views and opinions in matters like politics and economics are understandable. But, such differences of opinion and approach exist in the spiritual field also, even though the seekers have one common end as their aim, the realization of the Supreme...