Bhakti Yoga is the path of channeling and transmuting our emotional nature into a higher purpose. Through prayer, worship and ritual we surrender ourselves to a Higher Being. By developing humility, self-surrender, and the feeling of being an instrument in the hands of a Higher Source, we become free from our emotions as we begin to step into the experience of Self.

The practise of Bhakti Yoga

1, Right Attitude

Bhakti is love for love’s sake. The devotee wants Spirit and Spirit alone. There is no selfish expectation, nor is there fear. Bhakti is intense devotion and supreme attachment to a Higher Source. Bhakti is supreme love for the Divine. It is the spontaneous outpouring of Prem, or pure unselfish love, towards the Beloved. There is not a bit of bargaining or expectation of anything here. This higher feeling is indescribable in words. It has to be sincerely experienced by the devotee.

We go from stage to stage. Just as a flower grows in the garden, so the Yogis teach to gradually develop love or Prem in the garden of our heart. The enemy of devotion is egoism and desire. Where there is no Kama or desire, there alone will Rama (the Divine) manifest. The enemies of peace and devotion are lust, anger and greed. Anger destroys our peace and our health as well. When somebody abuses us, keep peaceful. We lose vitality if we become prey to fits of temper. And again, all is practice.