Understanding the Path of Devotion, Bhakti Yoga

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Devotion is not something
measured externally by how an

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individual's sings dances,
praise or manifest, various

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signs such as speaking in
tongues, although any one of

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these activities May indeed be
expressions of a deep in her

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devotion.
The measure of devotion is one

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that reflects the internal state
of the Seeker.

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It may be expressive and
effusive or it may be totally in

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drawn and bring the Seeker into
a state of ecstatic.

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Contemplation, devotion is an
out flowering of the Soul.

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Not an expression of vital
enthusiasm.

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We can find examples of devotion
in virtually, all the spiritual

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and religious, traditions of the
world notable, examples, include

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anandamayi, Ma and Hildegard of
bingen.

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Although many more could be
cited if we review their lives

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and their own Expressions about
their relation to the Divine, we

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can find the thread that leads
us to the experience.

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And eventually the status of
divine Of bhakti, which is the

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Fulfillment of spiritual
surrender to the Divine.

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By the individual, for those
individuals who naturally follow

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the path of devotion, the
process involves coming in

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contact with the psychic being
in the Mystic Heart Center and

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allowing it to come forward and
express the attitudes of

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aspiration adoration gratitude
compassion.

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Passion love and self giving
which are natural to the psychic

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being SRI aurobindo notes.
Quote, the very object of yoga

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is a change of Consciousness.
It Is by getting a new

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Consciousness, or by unveiling
the hidden consciousness of the

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true being within and
progressively manifesting and

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perfecting it.
That one gets, first the

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contact, and then the Union with
the divine.

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Anand and bhakti are part of
that deeper Consciousness and it

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is only when one lives in it and
grows in it, that Ananda and

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bhakti can be permanent till
then one can only get

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experiences of Ananda and
bhakti.

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But not the constant and
permanent state, but the state

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of bhakti and constantly growing
surrender does not come to all

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at an early stage of the sadhna.
Many most indeed have a long

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journey of purification and to
Pasha to go through before it

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opened and experiences of this
kind at first rare and

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interspersed afterwards frequent
are the landmarks of their

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progress.
It depends on certain conditions

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which have nothing to do with
Superior, or inferior yoga

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capacity.
But rather, with a

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predisposition in the heart to
open, as you say to the son of

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the Divine influence, in quote,
reference SRI aurobindo in the

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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.

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Chapter 5 growth of This means
and methods page 103.