Union via Universal Love ( Bhakthi Yoga ) The noblest Union is Union via Love. Love is an outpouring of the heart and Love is Loves reward. Love is a glory from Eternitys spheres He is still the Godhead that can make all change Love should never cease to be upon the earth Love is the bright link betwixt earth and heaven Love is the far Transcendents angel here Love is mans lien on the Absolute ( Aurobindo ) All other yogas are difficult to practice. Raja Yoga ( Union via psychic control ) is difficult because we have to keep up Brahmacharya ( continence ), Jnana Yoga is difficult because of the philosophic subtlety of the concepts & Karma Yoga is difficult because its end is far, far away. On the other hand Bhakti Yoga or Union via Love is simple to practise because there are no restrictions in this noblest and blest Union via Love. Having a Tutelary Deity is the first step. This Deity should be worshipped in thought, word and deed. By giving thyself up in heart and soul to Me, thou shalt overcome all difficulties by My Grace says He in the Geetha. Only Universal Love can redeem the world. The salvation of the world is in love and through love. Take away Love and the whole world becomes a tomb said Byron Man is endowed with many positive qualities. Truth, Ethics, Peace, the Discriminative intellect & Love are the major five positive qualities in man. Of these, Love is the greatest positive quality. If we incorporate love, we can see that our lives become peaceful & spiritually resplendent. We are asked to incorporate this supreme quality, which is a prerequisite for Liberation or Self-Realisation. Freud identified Thanatos ( Death Instinct ) as the destructive element in Man. Contray to Thanatos is Eros or the Life Instinct. It is true that Thanatos ( Death Instinct ) or the Vedantic Thamas is the villain of the piece as far as this sin-sick world is concerned. The Mr Hyde in man is very powerful. In Man there is an eternal fight going on between Conscience and Expedience. between Eros and Thanatos! We have not yet defined the Life instinct. This anti-Thanatos principle is Love ! More at eastrovedica/html/fourfold_yoga4.htm
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