Whether it is Christ, a guru, a loved one, or neighbor, RamDev helps us find the object of our devotion in each passing moment.
“One can use grief as an opportunity to deepen devotion. Through the grief, you will probably be getting in touch with parts of your heart that, up until now, have been at least partly abandoned because of earlier losses in your life.” – RamDev
In this episode of Healing at the Edge, RamDev explains:
- The inner and outer guru
- Letting go of identification with suffering
- Seeing the forest versus getting lost in the trees
- The grace within devotion
- How our psychological integration determines what level of intimacy we will have with God
- Inhabiting the body and opening the heart
- Worshiping God in every form
- Conscious grieving and deepening devotion
- Spaciousness and non-grasping as an antidote to fear
“The guru isn’t just something outside that we’re in relationship with. Its everything, it’s the whole universe. And, it’s the practitioner. It’s you, it’s me. It’s not something that’s only there when we’re feeling holy and sacred. Suppose you’re saying a mantra, you’re saying ram ram ram. From the standpoint of tantra, each time you say ram, it is ram. Each time you look in the mirror, it is ram. Each time you look at your partner or your child or your neighbor, it is ram. It is the mother.” – RamDev
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