Bhakti yoga
El bhakti yoga es el yoga del amor divino. Corresponde a la línea de las seis del Reloj Cósmico, en el cuadrante del deseo. Se lo considera como el más fácil de los yogas porque no nos exige que renunciemos a nuestras pasiones, solo que se las demos a Dios.
Se le pide [al devoto] que sienta un deseo apasionado por comulgar con Dios, que se sienta enojado consigo mismo por no progresar espiritualmente, que sienta avaricia de más experiencias espirituales… El bhakti Yoga no dice: «Renuncia a [ello]»; solo dice: «Ama; ama lo más alto», y todo lo inferior se desprenderá de forma natural[1].
Bhakti yogis practice devotion to God through devotional music, dance and constant repetition of his name. They often worship God in his incarnations. For example, Hindus believe that Vishnu has incarnated nine times as a God-man, an avatar. Worship of his incarnations as Krishna and Rama is very popular in India.
Bhakti yoga allows us to divert our desire for any human relationship into a relationship with God. And even when we have a human relationship, we are loving God through that person. We can choose the form that best suits our psychology and needs. We can worship God as father, mother, master, child, friend or lover.
Padma Sambhava, who in his final embodiment as a Tibetan master taught a form of yoga called guru yoga, says:
You can empower yourself by mirroring God within your soul. Entering into the path of bhakti yoga, the path of personal devotion to the Guru, is one way to do this. As you give your devotions, bow to your Gurus as they appear before you in your mind’s eye.[2]
Bhakti yoga is a way of endearing yourself to God. As you form an attachment to God, God forms an attachment to you. And when he has tried and tested your soul and put you through the Refiner’s fire, he in his good time extends to you his grace.
See also
Sources
Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Masters and the Spiritual Path.
- ↑ Swami Nikhilananda, Hinduism: Its Meaning for the Liberation of the Spirit Spirit (Hinduismo: su significado para la liberación del Espíritu) (London: Allen & Unwin, 1958), pp. 109, 116.
- ↑ Padma Sambhava, “God Is Just: All Will Receive Their Just Reward,” Pearls of Wisdom, vol. 38, no. 36, August 20, 1995.