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The Nature of Bhakti · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The heart of devotion open spontaneously with a deep sense
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  of reverence aspiration and love.
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  It is based on sole contact with the divine.
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  External signs of worship prayers songs.
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  Rituals repeating words of devotion are not indicators of
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  the sole status necessarily and they cannot replace the true
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  opening of the being that can occur at any time when contact
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  from the psychic being comes to the fore It is common for people
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  to show their devotion through external signs in many cases.
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  This is however, quite devoid of the deeper, spiritual force of
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  the psychic. It then can become a vault play
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  for acceptance, attention or status.
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  This is not what the yoga of devotion is all about, however,
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  of course, practices that help an individual contact and open
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  To the psychic influence are beneficial and thus, prayer
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  devotional, singing worship Services.
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  May indeed be of benefit if they spring from this inner need to
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  focus and achieve the necessary contact and receptivity.
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  That is the heart of devotion. SRI aurobindo writes, quote, the
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  nature of bacterias, adoration worship self offering to what is
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  greater than oneself. Bhakti, is not an experience.
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  It is the state of the heart and soul.
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  It is a state, which comes when the psychic being is awake and
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  prominent. End quote.
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  Reference SRI aurobindo in the mother growing within the
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  psychology of inner development. Chapter 5 growth of
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  Consciousness means and methods Pages 101 to 102