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External Worship and the Practice of Bhakti Yoga · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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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.