Most of us think of yoga as the integration of poses, or asanas, breath, pranayama, and intention, or prayer. In reality, the physical practice is only the tip of the iceberg that draws us into an ancient recognition of our soul’s true nature, the nature of love. Bhakti Yoga is the path of devotion, love and prayer. Love naturally strips away the ego and allows us to focus on someone or something else. It is love that creates an environment conducive to spiritual growth and transformation.
Master Eckhart Tolle says “love is the recognition of one’s Self in another.” Because the life force that breaths through you is the same force that breaths through all living things, to love is to see that connection, to see your Self in another living thing. This force that breaths through us is called many things in many traditions; God, Allah, Holy Spirit, Universal life force, Reality, the One, etc. Whatever you choose to call it love is formless. Love goes beyond fear, beyond our limited perceptions of what it should look like or what it can give us. It is this love that has the capability to transform darkness into light, the unreal into the real. Love conquers all and seeks nothing in return.
Jimi Hendrix so adequately produced a powerful statement on the transformative nature of love when he said “the moment the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.” Imagine a world full of ruled by love and how transformative that would be for humanity. For today, tomorrow and always recognize love in all that you see.
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