(See the video version below.) Jacob at Embodied Philosophy recently interviewed me. In this episode, you'll learn: The connection of Vedanta teachings with Bhakti teachings. What is Wise Love (Bhakti Vedanta) and the difference between the love with others? The relationships with others as a vehicle to fully express highest love with each other and as a practice for our individual relationship with the Supreme. The acknowledgment of the small self and the creation of a dynamic, magical, spiritual, irrevocable and strong connection with source. How the yoga system provides tools to control the mind and go beyond the … [Read more...]

by Kripamoya Pranada Comtois was kind enough to send me a copy of her book Wise Love: Bhakti and the Search for the Soul of Consciousness. I wanted to do her book justice and set aside some uninterrupted reading time, so while visiting family in Cornwall, south-west England, I read up to chapter 1. I liked the narration of Vyasa in his ashram and was happy to finally put a name to his wife: Vyataki. Let’s hear it for the woman who was the wife of Vyasadeva and the mother of Shuka. Since the author – with the surname of Comtois (probably pronounced com-toys by my American cousins who love hard vowels) no doubt had some French or Belgian … [Read more...]