The best yoga for emotional personality is bhakti-yoga. Ishwara pranidhana is the attitide of complete surrender and trust ,every second of a bhakti 's daily life. The word pranidhana means placing completely, absolutely,thoroughly. It is the complete placing of one's awareness ,mind ,thoughts and consciousness into Ishwara . Whatever it may be,Shraddha is the word in Sansrit that is much more than faith or belief . It consists of two parts. shral meaning truth and ddha to hold. Shraddha means that which holds the truth ,Shraddha arises from true experience,'i know that I can fully trust you.' Having true shraddha equals surrender. We adopt the attitude of surrender: 'Let your will be done ',and whatever we do ,think ,or plan is done with trust that someone will take care of us . With Ishwara pranidhana we develop such shraddha that we accept everything that cornes on our path, in our life ,knowing that, Everything that comes is only for my own good '. That is the practice ,the attitude,the life of a some people . Surrender to the will of God is one of the quickest ways to self realization . It is the practice of annihilating ego, of letting go of 'I me. mine', Iswara pranidhana shifts our perspective away from the abession with T', with our narrow individual concern and perspective and which creates a sense of separation from our source. This is the surest way to lose one's individuality, ego ,Since Ishwara pranidhana focuses not on the ego but on the higher source, it reunites us with our true Self . Ishwara pranidhana procides a pathway through the obsstacles of our ego towards our divine nature and gives us freedom .
Shraddha can be practised developing the attitude of dedication, saying, "wherever I go, whatever I do, You are next to me . you are nearer to me than anyone else . You are my own breath.I give every moment of my life to you .I dedicate all my actions to you ,I dedicate my every thought to you." When you have the attitude that someone higher than you is always with you,always caring for you ,looking after you and you develop the feeling of presence,you eventually tune in with that higher reality. In that way you become your own guide ,your own guru.it is greed but when you attach your mind to God ,it is bhaktu."
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