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Understanding the Path of Devotion, Bhakti Yoga · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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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.