The Bhakti path is motivated by the power of love. 

 

Yogis chant in Sanskrit mantras as a way to create a vital life force (prana).

We receive prana through fresh air, fresh food, clear mountain springs, intellectually stimulating conversations, and participating in musical practices.

Chanting can be thought of as fostering a sense of "cosmological communitas."

Music is an expression of social and cosmological action.

Music is transformative and affective, and leads to a sense of universal belonging through the very act of coming together to listen or participate in its creation.

 Belief in a given ontology is secondary to the value of the somatic transformation which results from the social energy exchanged through the act of coming together as a community.

Bhakti yoga harnesses the power of love as a mechanism for removing the illusion of separateness.

Devotional love allows the intuition of the heart to be trusted and matured.

 

 

Heuristics

 

 

 

Create your own writing ritual.

Who is your favorite author? What is your favorite text? Who is your academic spirit animal?

Read your favorite writing out loud. Copy your favorite paragraph down in your notebook.

What do you like about it? What is it about the writing that inspires you?

Sing your favorite song out loud. Copy down the lyrics.

What resonates with you? Why can you relate?

Get in the practice of spending time understanding your capacity to love.