Wow, so well put you will make an excellent teacher Peter. Yes the absolute just pours in to you and for me the path of Bhakti puts all other paths to shame :-) No wonder My Guru is Ammachi, the embodiment of true Bhakti - god I love her so much!!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutphen@...> wrote: > > I was introduced to bhakti by SSRS. For me bhakti is a deep almost > transcendent love that isn't just towards the guru, but towards all of life. > The guru is the starting off point for that love to flow because the guru is > that transcendent Absolute in human form. You start off relating to the human > form of the guru, but it quickly is recognized that what draws you towards > him or her is not the personality but that transcendent value that pulls you > deeply and profoundly. The guru allows you to relate on the level of waking > state to that Absolute. And that Absolute relates back to you. Bhakti is not > a one way street and that is what makes your hair stand on end! The Absolute > knows your name and talks to you. It is a profoundly refined emotional > experience that you drown in. It is Self flowing back into Self. > > --- On Mon, 1/24/11, Ravi Yogi <raviyogi@...> wrote: > > From: Ravi Yogi <raviyogi@...> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 10:21 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Dharmacentral, TWO thumbs up for Bhakti Yoga !!!! > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, dharmacentral <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > The Difference Between Devotion and Emotion > > > > By Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya > > > > "The central message of the Bhagavad Gita, the most important scripture in > > all of Sanatana Dharma, is that bhakti, or devotion to the Absolute, > > constitutes the most effective and highly recommended path in all of the > > Yoga tradition. It is truly unfortunate, however, that despite the almost > > universally held importance of bhakti in the history of Yoga, there seems > > to have always been a good deal of misunderstanding on the part of many > > about what the terms 'bhakti' and 'Bhakti Yoga' actually mean. I've read > > even many supposedly knowledgeable authors mistakenly write that bhakti is > > to be seen as the 'Yoga of emotion', or that it somehow precludes any > > involvement with jnana (knowledge, or intellectualism), philosophy, or > > serious Yogic sadhana (practice). In actuality, nothing could be further > > from the truth...." > > > > > > VISIT HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS INFORMATIVE ARTICLE: > > > > http://www.dharmacentral.com/forum/content.php?12-Devotion-and-Emotion > > > > > > Please forward this information to all sincere spiritual seekers. Feel free > > to publish the entire article on your website, blog, Facebook or social > > site. > > > > > > Aum Tat Sat > > >
