The Path of Bhakti Yoga
Bhakti Yoga is not just a philosophy, there are many beautiful, fulfilling and variegated practices as part of the path of a Bhakti Yogi and Yogini.
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The Six Pillars of
The Bhakti Field
Divine Love
As Defined by The Veda
"The presence of: care / The absence of: neglect"
To love is to serve. We serve what we love by pleasing and assisting the object of our love - just as a parent tends to their child, a gardener to their veggie patch or an artist to their masterpiece. Just as we serve what we love in the material realm, Bhakti Yoga is the acknowledgment of The Source of what we love. What follows is the practice of gratitude and service to Creator, Krishna.
The Path of Bhakti reveals The 6 Loving Exchanges:
1 & 2
Giving and receiving of
Prasadam (blessed food)
3 & 4
Giving and
receiving of gifts
5 & 6
Sharing and hearing
confidentially
Sadhanna
Bhakti Yoga is specifically focused to liberation through sound (mantra, song, chanting) and draws us into a fulfilling lifestyle change to attain enlightenment. There are many enjoyable and dynamic practices, and they all have one purpose; and that is to raise our consciousness, or perception of the surrounding world, awakening the innate purity of the Soul and directly connecting us to the Divine.
Seva/service
Seva is the Sanskrit word for Service.
To love is to serve, to serve is to love.
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Prior to Bhakti we are doing all kinds of service, but in our own self interest. Our service to Radha Krishna, or source energy, is an expression of gratitude to all that is being provided to us while in a contracted and distracted state while in the Material World. Service to Radha Krishna is the Highest Divine
Reciprocation for The Soul. The reward and dynamic result is Divine Ecstasy, Sweetness and an Ever-Eternal Dance with The Higher.
Seva is always voluntary & can never be forced or manipulated.
Association
You take on the qualities of those you associate with and serve. By associating with those who are also pursuing the Loving Absolute Centre, service to Creator, we will be supremely benefitted. So, service to God will connect us with God. Through service we gain connection with God.