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Yoga Progress Requires Penetration

Becoming more receptive to Spirit

Yoga is a series of penetrations deeper and deeper into Spirit. Discover how yoga penetrations allow us to receive the treasures of life that we’re meant to have. Sense the wonder and joy, the newness of life, which comes from the blessings of penetration.

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Yoga Involves Penetrations

As you practice meditation, as you love God, spiritual energy wells up within you. There comes a day when Spirit penetrates, when It pushes forward. You can’t make it happen. We call these events penetrations. Spirit penetrates through the chakras and through our spiritual ignorance.

  • The ego may cooperate and be receptive but it still can’t make yogis out of us
  • The spiritual energy within can build up and push through blockages
  • To be successful in yoga, we must have breakthroughs
  • The Bhagavad Gita teaches how to penetrate the mystery of life and find its true meaning
  • Bhavas (moods of love) and samadhis (absorptions) are penetrations into Spirit
  • Allow yoga to gather your thoughts, feelings and attention. Yoga will use them to intensify your awareness and guide you naturally into penetrations

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