External Worship and the Practice of Bhakti Yoga

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Many people are abandoning
formalized religions while

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saying that the external rituals
are simply missing any inner

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Spirit or force that they are
simply empty and do not get to

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the heart of the matter.
There is a keen Insight here

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that is useful for those who
wish to practice the yoga of

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devotion.
It is, in fact, similar to the

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way SRI, Krishna explain to
Arjuna.

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That it is not the outer form of
the work that matters for the

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yoga.
Of action at the inner spirit

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with which it is being done.
The same principle applies to

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The Yoga of devotion.
Bhakti yoga should arise from

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the heart.
From the psychic being that

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aspires and yearns for a
connection with the personal

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form of the Divine.
When it is naturally, active, it

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has an intensity and focus that
breaks through the barriers of

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the external Consciousness and
brings about the relation, the

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secret desires.
If done without that inner

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living devotional energy, it
becomes a meaningless ritual,

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devoid of force, or any ability
to bring about a change of

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Consciousness.
That is not to imply that all

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external forms of worship are
useless however to the extent

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that it is expressing through
the outer physical body, and

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vital nature, the Adoration and
love of the Divine by the

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psychic entity.
It can help to bridge the gap.

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From the inner to the outer
nature and then possesses a

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force of realization that goes
beyond the purely subjective

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experience.
SRI, aurobindo observes, quote,

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prayer and meditation count for
so, much in yoga, but the prayer

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must well, up from the heart on
a crest of emotion, or

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aspiration, the Java or
meditation come in a live push

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carrying the Joy or the light of
the thing in it.

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If done mechanically and merely
as a thing that ought to be done

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Stern, Grim Duty.
It must tend towards want of

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interest and dryness, And so be
ineffective, what is meant by

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Bahia Pooja external worship?
If it is purely external, then,

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of course, it is the lowest
form, but if done with the true

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Consciousness, it can bring the
greatest possible, completeness

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to the Adoration by allowing the
body and the most external

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Consciousness to share in the
spirit and act of worship.

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The deeper, the emotion, the
more intense, the buck teeth,

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the greater is the force for
realization and transformation.

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It is often assist through
intensity of emotion that the

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psychic being awakes and there
is an opening of the inner doors

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to the Divine and quote
reference SRI aurobindo, and the

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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.

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Chapter 5 growth of
Consciousness means and methods

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page 102.