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15. Ishvara Pranidhana: Surrounding to the Divine · Lately with Lexi

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  SPEAKER_00: Hello and welcome back to Through the Veil.
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  If you are listening to this on December 22nd or anytime in
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  this final week of
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  SPEAKER_00: December,
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  SPEAKER_00: I am recording this on Sunday, December 21st in the afternoon.
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  So we just wrapped up a winter solstice workshop in Lakewood
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  Ranch,
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  Florida.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm just, I'm feeling I'm in the good vibes.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I hope you can feel that through today's podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: And a quick note,
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  I'll just share if you're curious about the solstice or these
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  different points in
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  SPEAKER_00: the year that are really common to gather in community and in circle,
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  SPEAKER_00: There's some really beautiful opportunities to gather in circle.
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  SPEAKER_00: and the solstices,
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  SPEAKER_00: the equinoxes,
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  these are such pivotal moments for spiritual seekers and
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  meditators to go internal
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  SPEAKER_00: and to spend more time in contemplation and reflection.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's one of my all-time favorite things ever,
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  and I'll kick it off with a couple updates and things that are
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  coming down the
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  SPEAKER_00: So
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  SPEAKER_00: I will be leading a gentle yoga class on Saturday at 11 AM.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this will be again in Southwest Florida,
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  SPEAKER_00: if you're a local and would love to have you,
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  SPEAKER_00: it's going to be sort of a special,
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  SPEAKER_00: uh,
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  SPEAKER_00: Valentine's day,
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  SPEAKER_00: gentle yoga class.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I would love to have you there.
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  SPEAKER_00: We may even do some partner yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: So bring a friend and then, uh, for, uh, actually I'm going to go
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  SPEAKER_00: backwards.
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  SPEAKER_00: So for New Year's Day,
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  I will also be leading a special kundalini class and workshop
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  in the afternoon on
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  SPEAKER_00: New Year's Day.
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  SPEAKER_00: So stay tuned,
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  SPEAKER_00: reach out to me if you want the links to any of my upcoming workshops,
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  SPEAKER_00: retreats,
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  SPEAKER_00: would love to get together in person.
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  That's really where I think we can grow the most spiritually is
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  together and in community.
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  SPEAKER_00: So
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  SPEAKER_00: So all of that being said, let's get into today's episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: I cannot believe it.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are exploring the fifth and final Niyama of the Yoga Sutras.
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  SPEAKER_00: These are a part of the eight limbs of yoga.
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  So this is getting into some of the ethics and practices of
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  yoga outside of our yoga mat.
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  SPEAKER_00: So
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  We're going to be exploring this final niyama,
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  if you can believe it or not.
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  And this niyama is the practice of surrendering to the divine
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  and the peace that
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  SPEAKER_00: comes from releasing our grip on control.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this niyama is called the Ishavara Pradihana niyama.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it invites us to let go and trust something greater than ourselves.
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  And I think there's something really beautiful about that
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  because so often when
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  we're in our ego mind and we're feeling anxious and
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  anticipating the future or
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  SPEAKER_00: we're reminiscing on the past,
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  SPEAKER_00: when our mind wanders into either one of those directions,
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  SPEAKER_00: we're not present.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if we're not present, we likely aren't trusting ourselves
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  SPEAKER_00: path and we're likely holding on or reaching.
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  And so this practice of surrender really helps us to find our
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  own personal God
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  SPEAKER_00: spark and that inner compass that we all have,
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  that divine wisdom that can guide us so that we can lead our
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  lives with more peace,
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  SPEAKER_00: with more joy,
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  SPEAKER_00: with more love,
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  SPEAKER_00: and to feel more compassion both for ourselves and the people around us.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this, um, term ishavara pradihana, it comes from two Sanskrit words.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the first ishavara meaning the supreme being,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: God or universal consciousness,
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  SPEAKER_00: or,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  whatever represents a higher power to you and pradihana meaning
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  to dedicate,
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  SPEAKER_00: to dedicate,
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  SPEAKER_00: to surrender,
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  SPEAKER_00: to fix one's focus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um,
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  So this translates as surrendering to the divine or devotion to
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  a higher power and
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  SPEAKER_00: dedication to something greater than our ego.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in the yoga sutras,
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  SPEAKER_00: Patanjali tells us that through devotion and surrender to the divine,
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  SPEAKER_00: we attain the ultimate state of yoga,
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  SPEAKER_00: which is union with the source of all that is.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's very poetic.
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  And this is really the culminating practice of the five niyamas
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  that we've been
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  SPEAKER_00: speaking about over the last several weeks.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because after we've cultivated purity,
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  SPEAKER_00: contentment,
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  SPEAKER_00: discipline,
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  SPEAKER_00: and self-study,
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  SPEAKER_00: we arrive at the most liberating realization of all.
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  SPEAKER_00: That we're not in control and that's not a problem.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's freedom.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now,
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm going to be honest,
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  surrender has been one of the more challenging lessons for me
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  to learn and that I'm
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  SPEAKER_00: always learning and relearning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because I'm someone who loves to plan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like I am a planner.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm a strategist.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm a marketing consultant and sales advisor by day.
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  So when it comes to surrendering spiritually,
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  this takes a conscious effort for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  SPEAKER_00: although I've,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: built businesses,
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  SPEAKER_00: traveled across the world,
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  SPEAKER_00: led healing retreats,
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  SPEAKER_00: studied,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: more disciplines than I can count on my hands.
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  SPEAKER_00: They've all been through effort and determination.
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  And the thing that life teaches me and this sutra teaches me
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  over and over again is
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  SPEAKER_00: that there's only so much I can control.
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  SPEAKER_00: And am I really in control even in those moments when I think that I am?
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  SPEAKER_00: Right.
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  SPEAKER_00: And ironically,
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  SPEAKER_00: a lot of times the more I force or aim to control an outcome in my life,
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  SPEAKER_00: the less present I am and the less present we are,
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  SPEAKER_00: the more we suffer.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I've learned this through big moments,
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  like when I moved to France and Italy last year with the
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  intention of relocating
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  SPEAKER_00: permanently,
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  SPEAKER_00: only to realize that the divine definitely had other plans for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've learned it through small moments, like when trying to force, I
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  SPEAKER_00: Not until I surrender.
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  I surrender to what it is that wants to come through me so that
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  I can truly just be
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  SPEAKER_00: a vessel for my creativity.
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  I've also learned this practice of surrender through my Kriya
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  Yoga practice with
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  SPEAKER_00: the Self-Realization Fellowships and the teachings of Yoganandra.
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  where the entire foundation is about attuning yourself to
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  divine will rather than
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  SPEAKER_00: the will of the ego.
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  And the thing that's important to point out,
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  surrender doesn't mean giving up.
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  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't mean being passive or not taking action.
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  SPEAKER_00: Surrender means doing your part with full dedication and devotion and
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  SPEAKER_00: and then releasing your attachment to how it all unfolds.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means trusting that there's a greater intelligence at work,
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  SPEAKER_00: whether you call it God,
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  SPEAKER_00: the universe,
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  SPEAKER_00: divine consciousness,
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  SPEAKER_00: or your higher self.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means recognizing that you are not the doer,
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  SPEAKER_00: but the instrument through which the divine works.
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  SPEAKER_00: So our true peace, something that we all long for,
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  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't come from controlling life, but from surrendering to it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there's a beautiful paradox at the heart of this practice.
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  SPEAKER_00: On one hand,
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  SPEAKER_00: we're called to show up fully,
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  SPEAKER_00: to practice discipline,
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  SPEAKER_00: to do our work,
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  SPEAKER_00: to take action.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then on the other hand,
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  SPEAKER_00: we're called to let go of the outcome,
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  SPEAKER_00: to trust and enjoy the process and
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  And also to release the illusion that we're in control because
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  we're really not.
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  And this is something that Krishna actually teaches Arjana in
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  the Bhavagad Gita,
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  SPEAKER_00: where he says,
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  SPEAKER_00: you have the right to work,
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  SPEAKER_00: but never to the fruit of the work.
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  SPEAKER_00: You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: nor should you long for inaction.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, what does that mean?
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  SPEAKER_00: Do our dharma, do our divine work in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know,
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  SPEAKER_00: show up,
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  SPEAKER_00: help others,
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  SPEAKER_00: give your best effort,
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  SPEAKER_00: and then surrender the outcome to the divine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And from a yogic perspective,
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  SPEAKER_00: the ego believes it's the only one making everything happen,
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  SPEAKER_00: right?
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  SPEAKER_00: It thinks, you know, I built this business.
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  SPEAKER_00: I built this career.
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  SPEAKER_00: I built my home.
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  SPEAKER_00: I healed this thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: I achieved this goal.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the truth is we are all channels.
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  We're all vessels through which divine intelligence flows and
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  expresses itself.
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  Yogananda taught that the biggest obstacle to spiritual
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  awakening is the ego's
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  SPEAKER_00: insistence that I am the doer.
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  And this creates suffering because it places an impossible
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  burden on us where we
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  SPEAKER_00: think we have to control everything,
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  SPEAKER_00: figure everything out,
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  SPEAKER_00: make it all work,
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  SPEAKER_00: have understanding of the experiences that show up in our lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: But when we practice surrendering to the divine,
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  SPEAKER_00: we start to recognize I am not the doer.
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  SPEAKER_00: The divine is working through me.
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  SPEAKER_00: My only job is to align myself with that higher will,
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  SPEAKER_00: to dedicate my actions as offerings and to trust the unfolding.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this doesn't mean we become passive or complacent.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means we take divinely inspired action and
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  SPEAKER_00: and then release our attachment to specific outcomes.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means we trust that even when things don't go according to our plans,
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  they're unfolding exactly as they need for our highest growth
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  and evolution.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think about the times in my life when I've been most at peace,
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  SPEAKER_00: and maybe you can relate to this.
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  It's never been when I had everything figured out or when
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  everything was going
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  SPEAKER_00: according to plan.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's been in the moments when I surrendered,
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  SPEAKER_00: when I let go,
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  SPEAKER_00: when I said,
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  SPEAKER_00: okay,
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  SPEAKER_00: God,
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know how this is going to work out,
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  SPEAKER_00: but I trust you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Show me the way.
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  That's the point when the miracles happen,
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  when we create space for the miracles.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's when doors open that we didn't even know existed.
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  That's when the path reveals itself in ways more beautiful than
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  anything we could
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  SPEAKER_00: have ever orchestrated on our own.
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  SPEAKER_00: And here's the challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: Surrender requires faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: It requires trust.
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  It requires letting go of the need to know how everything is
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  going to unfold.
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  And in a culture that values order and control and certainty
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  and productivity above
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  SPEAKER_00: all else,
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  SPEAKER_00: that can feel really terrifying.
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  So this week I want to invite you and myself and all of us to
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  reflect on a couple things.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like where in your life are you gripping too tightly?
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  SPEAKER_00: Where are you trying to control outcomes that aren't yours to control?
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  What would it feel like to do your best and then surrender the
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  results to something greater?
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  How would your life change if you truly trusted that the
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  universe is working for
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  SPEAKER_00: your highest good,
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  SPEAKER_00: even when you can't see the bigger picture?
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  SPEAKER_00: What does surrender mean to you?
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  SPEAKER_00: And what's blocking you from fully surrendering?
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, sit with these questions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice where resistance arises.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice where your ego wants to hold on,
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  SPEAKER_00: figure everything out,
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  SPEAKER_00: stay in control,
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  SPEAKER_00: and then tell yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's got this.
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  SPEAKER_00: See if you can soften that grip just a little bit.
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  And I want to share just two really simple practices for you
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  this week that can
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  SPEAKER_00: help support facilitating this cultivation of surrender and devotion.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the first is creating a daily surrender practice.
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  Each morning before you begin your day,
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  it might even be before you get out of bed.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's how I like to do this.
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  You might say to yourself something of a prayer where you are
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  giving an offering,
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  SPEAKER_00: giving your day ahead up to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: You might say something like,
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  SPEAKER_00: Today, I dedicate all of my actions as an offering to the divine.
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  God,
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  please guide me,
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  work through me,
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  help me to see and serve your will,
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  not mine.
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  SPEAKER_00: I surrender all outcomes.
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  SPEAKER_00: I trust the folding.
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  SPEAKER_00: I enjoy and find pleasure in the path, even if the future is unknown.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then at the end of the day, practice releasing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Reflect on what happened,
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  SPEAKER_00: what went according to plan,
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  SPEAKER_00: what didn't,
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  SPEAKER_00: and then consciously let it go.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love visualizing a vacuum.
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  SPEAKER_00: We did this actually in my workshop this morning.
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  When we're bringing to our mind's eye things that we're ready
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  to let go of and
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  SPEAKER_00: release,
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  SPEAKER_00: visualize a vacuum,
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  just energetically sucking up any of those things that you're
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  ready to surrender or
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  SPEAKER_00: you're ready to let go.
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  SPEAKER_00: And maybe before you go to bed, you tell yourself, I release this day.
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  SPEAKER_00: I surrender any attachment to how things should have or could have been.
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  SPEAKER_00: I trust that everything unfolded exactly as it needed to.
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  SPEAKER_00: So this bookend practice of starting your morning,
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  SPEAKER_00: surrendering to God,
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  SPEAKER_00: and then ending your day,
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  SPEAKER_00: releasing anything that maybe you want to hold on to is
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  SPEAKER_00: This bookend practice,
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  SPEAKER_00: it trains your subconscious mind to hold your life with an open hand,
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  SPEAKER_00: to have a loose grip on the things that you are striving for.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then the second practice is to dedicate your actions as offerings.
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  SPEAKER_00: So choose one area of your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's work,
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  SPEAKER_00: maybe it's relationships,
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  SPEAKER_00: your creative pursuits,
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  SPEAKER_00: your personal healing,
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  SPEAKER_00: your family,
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  and just choose one of those areas of your life and consciously
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  dedicate it as an
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  SPEAKER_00: offering to the divine.
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  SPEAKER_00: So
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  SPEAKER_00: So instead of,
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  SPEAKER_00: you know,
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  SPEAKER_00: pursuing growth in one of these areas for recognition,
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  SPEAKER_00: achievement,
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  SPEAKER_00: or validation,
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  SPEAKER_00: practice this as an act of devotion.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let your effort, your actions, your work be a living prayer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let your actions be this offering.
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  Allow your life to be an expression of something greater moving
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  through you.
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  And this really invites this beautiful practice of
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  non-attachment,
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  of letting go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yogananda called this actionless action,
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  SPEAKER_00: where you're fully engaged in the doing,
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  SPEAKER_00: but you're not attached to being the doer.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you're holding what we call in yoga second attention.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are the witness, you are the observer of your human self, right?
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  So you give your best effort and then you surrender the fruits
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  of your labor.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember what Patanjali taught.
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  Through devotion and surrender to the divine,
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  we attain union with the source of all that is.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the art and practice of yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: The peace that you've been seeking isn't found in controlling.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's found in surrendering.
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  And there's a freedom that comes from knowing that you don't
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  have to have it all figured out.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to have all the answers.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to have everything perfectly curated in your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to control every outcome.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't have to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like who put it there anyway?
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  SPEAKER_00: Ourselves, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or a story that we've created about someone else.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's time to unlearn that.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's time to let it go.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's time to let that weight just drift away off our shoulders.
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  SPEAKER_00: Grab that vacuum and energetically suck that up.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you just have to show up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do your part, give your best effort, and then trust.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trust and surrender.
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  SPEAKER_00: Turn everything up and over to God.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trust that the universe is conspiring in your favor.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trust that even the detours and the disappointments,
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  SPEAKER_00: they're a part of your path and you will find gratitude in them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trust that you're being guided,
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  SPEAKER_00: supported,
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  and held by something greater than your limited human
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  perspective could ever even
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  SPEAKER_00: comprehend.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is really the gift of Ishavara Pradhyana.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the peace that comes from surrender.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is what it means to live in alignment with the divine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as you move through this week, practice letting go.
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  Practice trusting,
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  practice saying prayer,
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  practice giving it up to God or your higher power.
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  SPEAKER_00: Practice offering your actions as devotion rather than obligation.
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  And notice what happens when you stop trying to force life to
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  bend to your will and
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  instead allow yourself to flow with a greater current that's
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  already carrying you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And just remember, you are not alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are not in control.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that is the most liberating truth of all.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the sacred practice of surrendering to the divine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is how we find peace in the unknown.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much for listening to Through the Veil.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have now completed our journey through all five of the niyamas,
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  the personal observances that guide us towards inner
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  transformation and spiritual
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  SPEAKER_00: awakening.
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  SPEAKER_00: Make sure you subscribe on Substack.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you want to book an energy healing session or consult with me,
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  SPEAKER_00: all of the links to work with me are in the show notes below.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have a beautiful week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have a beautiful holiday season.
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  SPEAKER_00: I will see you next week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, I won't see you, but you'll hear me and I'm going to feel you.
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  So next week,
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  we're going to continue moving through the remainder of the
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  eight limbs of yoga.
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll dive into, uh, asana.
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  SPEAKER_00: which is the third of the eight limbs of yoga.
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  So we're making our progress through the yoga sutras,
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  the yoga off the mat.
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  SPEAKER_00: Super excited to share more with you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have a lot to say about our asana practice.
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  SPEAKER_00: So get ready, have a beautiful week.
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  Drop your comments on Substack,
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  reach out,
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  email me anytime with reflections or questions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much for tuning in.
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  SPEAKER_00: Om, peace, amen.