BHAKTI YOGA

HELLO ALL, TODAY I START MY OWN THREAD ON A TOPIC DEAR TO MY HEART AND IN MY YOGA POSTS FORGOT TO MENTION THE ABSOLUTE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL THE YOGA DISCIPLINS AND THE ONE PRACTISED DAILY BY HALF A BILLION HINDU WIVES...
BHAKTI YOGA... IF I CAN'T COOK FOR AND FEED SHIVA I CAN COOK FOR AND FEED MY HUSBAND/CHILD/ETC AND EVERY MOMENT OF THE PREPARATION CHOPPING SLICING STIRRING MIXING SERVING IS IN ITSELF A "MEDITATION IN MOTION" BHAKTI IS THE PRACTICE OF "LOVING DEVOTION"... I USE THE STORY ABOUT YOGA AND FOOD PREPARATION OFTEN AND SUGGEST THAT EVEN CHOPPING ONION IS MEDITATION IN MOTION AND A ZEN THING YOU GET INTO THE "ZONE" AND YOU CAN CHOP FASTER AND FINER AND NEVER SLICE YOUR FINGER IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
I ALSO USE THE EXAMPLE OF MY DEAREST DEPARTED DARLING WHO WOULD SAY "DINNER WAS DELICIOUS DARLING" EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY BEANS ON TOAST... BECAUSE THERE WAS LOVE PUT INTO THE PREPARATION AND SERVING AND HE WAS EATING THAT LOVE... IN FACT AS A FOODIE I ALWAYS SAY THAT THE SECRET INGREDIENT IS "THE LOVE" ANOTHER DEFINITION OF YOGA THE UNION IN ACTION AND USE MY HUSBAND AS AN EXAMPLE... WELL THANK YOU TO ALL WHO READ THIS AND REPEATING MYSELF FROM A ZEN POST "THE MESSSAGE NOT THE MESSANGER"
AS A POST SCRIPT OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT JUST HINDU WIVES COOKING FOR SHIVA BUT AS BHAKTI IS PART OF THE SHIVA TRADITION I USE THAT AS AN ILLUSTRATION AND EVERY ITALIAN NONA STIRRING SAUCE FOR HOURS IS ALSO PRACTICING BHAKTI YOGA IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE...
AND OBVIOUSLY THE LOVING DEVOTION IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE AREA OF FOOD IT COULD BE THE LOVING DEVOTION OF A WIFE CARING 24/7 FOR HER DYING HUSBAND IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF BHAKTI YOGA
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