Open Your Heart To God Through Bhakti Yoga

This is a comprehensive text on Bhakti Yoga (Yoga of Devotion). It covers all aspects of Bhakti Yoga with detailed guidelines for its practice. It is one of the four major paths for attaining the life’s goal of Self-realization or God-realization. Compared with the other paths, the practice of Bhakti Yoga is far simpler, less austere and more natural. Everyone may not have exceptional energy to practice Karma Yoga, or keen intellect for practicing Jnana Yoga, or one-pointed concentration for practicing Raja Yoga, but all have love in their hearts for practicing Bhakti. Therefore as the Divine Sage Narada states, Bhakti is the easiest of the spiritual paths. Though all the paths of Yoga lead to the same goal, Bhakti is considered to be superior to the other paths in some respects. In all other paths, there is the fear of a fall, but in Bhakti there is no such fear. The other paths are methods of practice and are needed as long as one has not realized the supreme. They only help the aspirants on their way to the goal. But supreme devotion (Para Bhakti) is, on the other hand, the goal in itself. Bhakti is both the means and the end. Supreme Devotion and God realization are identical. Bhakti is a living force in the spiritual life of the world. Throughout the ages many devotees have realized God by deep devotion and self Surrender.

In Living a Bhakti Life, author A. R. Pashayan recounts experiencing a “spiritual download” in 2004 during meditation that literally changed her life. She was tormented with repetitive dreams of death, night after night, brought on in part by a death in the family, stress from work, and no alone time. She, along with a friend, tried analyzing the dreams. Nothing was clear until she took a month-long break in a place that looked like Heaven—Telluride, Colorado, where she finally left her old self behind. Her dreams made sense now. Her spiritual download paved the way for a new level of understanding life, illness, stress, and practical spirituality. She started practicing Bhakti yoga and meditation, and she finally found calm. Bhakti yoga is defined as a spiritual path described in Hindu philosophy used for fostering love, utter faith, and surrender to God. There is only one path to God: the path to grace, or Bhakti. Through yoga and quiet contemplation on top of the mountain, she soon discovered that it was possible to literally “be” unconditional love. In Living a Bhakti Life, Pashayan opens a pathway to enlightenment and God’s love through Bhakti yoga through divine power and divine love.

In the realm of spiritual exploration, Swami Vivekananda's profound insights into Bhakti-Yoga unveiled the celestial dance of devotion, revealing a path paved with love, surrender, and unbreakable bonds with the Divine. Through his eloquent addresses, he unraveled the essence of this ancient practice, igniting hearts with a fervor that transcended the boundaries of time. With the grace of a mystic poet, Swami Vivekananda painted a vibrant portrait of Bhakti-Yoga as a divine romance, a sacred union between the seeker and the Divine Beloved. He urged souls to abandon the shackles of formalities and embrace a pure, heartfelt connection, where every breath and every heartbeat became an offering of love. His words flowed like honeyed melodies, captivating listeners with tales of saints and devotees who danced with divinity, their hearts ablaze with fervent adoration. In the realm of Bhakti-Yoga, Swami Vivekananda's words become a luminous beacon, guiding seekers toward a profound and intimate communion with the Divine.

Open Your Heart to Nature and Beyond maintains there is one problem—separation from the Divine— and one solution—applying some form of forgiveness. It details the holding relationships that actually separate us from the Divine and how to use the Law of Forgiveness to let them go and open our hearts to God’s presence. Like a computer delete key, the activity of forgiveness allows us to let go physically, emotionally, and mentally until we join Universal Being. This Divine encounter is divided into 7 distinct stages with descriptions based on experiences of the author as well as poets and individuals from other major religions. This book also suggests that a religious experience is simply having an experience of the Zero Energy Field as defined in quantum physics. The Zero Energy Field is defined as the activity of subatomic particles such as photons, electrons, and other quantum particles in space at temperatures of absolute zero. Research indicates that humans can affect this field with pray which is the mental activity of calling these energy particles to organize and outpicture as manifestations in nature. We also have the ability to apply the Law of Forgiveness that Jesus introduced and release the electrons, neutrons, and protons forming something in the world and in our minds and thereby causing them to disorganize them and return to the Zero Energy Field. The human activity of forgiving or letting things, thoughts, and emotions go shows that we have the mental ability to apply the Law of Entropy and disorganized manifested things and release them back into subatomic particles in the Zero Energy Field.

Dr. Nibodhi Haas, Naturopath And Ayurvedic Practitioner, Explores How These Two Ancient Healing Systems Of Ayurveda And Yoga Can Be Applied In Modern Life To Restore Wellness And Harmony. Through A Vast Network Of Charitable Activities And With Her Boundless Love, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Amma, Has Transformed Millions Of Lives Around The World. This Book Gives Beautiful Examples From Amma’s Universal Teachings To Help The Reader Better Understand The Foundational Principles Of Ayurveda And Yoga. Ayurveda Emphasizes That It Is Extremely Important To Adapt Healing Methods To Meet Individual Needs. Detailed Information Is Given About How To Apply Various Therapies For Each Body Type Through Lifestyle, Daily Routine, Diet, Yoga Asana, Use Of Herbs, Detoxification, Gemstones, Astrology, Color Therapy And Aromatherapy. Additionally, This Book Takes An In-Depth Look At The Importance Of Living In Harmony With Nature. It Suggests That, Unless We Live With Awareness Of Mother Earth, We Will Fall Short Of The Ultimate Goals Of Ayurveda And Yoga. Discover How Ayurveda And Yoga Can Help To Manifest One’s Highest Aspirations While Creating A Peaceful, Balanced Life. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.

Bhakti-Yoga is a real, genuine search after the Lord, a search beginning, continuing, and ending in love. One single moment of the madness of extreme love to God brings us eternal freedom. This love cannot be reduced to any earthly benefit, because so long as worldly desires last, that kind of love does not come. Bhakti is greater than karma, greater than Yoga, because these are intended for an object in view, while Bhakti is its own fruition, its own means and its own end. This edition includes the Swami's ten lectures on Bhakti Yoga, plus ten more on the Supreme Devotion called Para-Bhakti.