Awaken To Your Divine Life
The spiritual teachings of yoga tell us that our ultimate goal in life, our dharma, is to awaken fully to our divine nature and to express it. Yogacharya O’Brian shares how these ancient teachings give us tools to live in a way that brings joy to our heart, peace to others and to the world.
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Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian is an acclaimed teacher, award-winning author, and minister who has served seekers of spiritual enlightenment from all walks of life for over thirty years. She has published several books and audio programs about meditation, mindfulness and spiritual living, offering a refreshing and authentic voice that makes timeless wisdom accessible to the modern mind. As a teacher in the tradition of Kriya Yoga, Yogacharya O’Brian serves people from all faith backgrounds who are seeking what is known as Self- or God-realization or awakening. She is the founder and spiritual director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, a meditation center in San Jose, California as well as the founder of this podcast.
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THE YOGA HOUR TEAM COMMENTS: It was such a pleasure to hear Yogacharya O'Brian speak about dharma on today's podcast. We hear the term more and more in today's world but few know what it truly means. The conversation had so many insights that not only defined dharma but also how we can find our life purpose, such as reflecting on: what are your natural tendencies, duties, talents and inclinations that sum up your unique soul yearnings? Many of us think that we have to get our material needs met first before we are free to complete our life's purpose but Yogacharya emphasized that our purpose is within us already and that if we live in harmony with divine will all of our needs will be met. The timing of this topic couldn't have been better for me as I strive to align my profession with my purpose.
DR. TRUJILLO’S COMMENTS: I appreciated Yogacharya O’Brian’s comment that one of the meanings of the Sanskrit word dharma is "what holds together”, reflecting that when we live in accordance with dharma, we are expressing the fundamental order of life. Our discussion covered the relationship of dharma with many principles of yoga: harmlessness, truthfulness, self-discipline, self-study, and self-surrender. She expressed that living in accordance with both dharma and our individual path (our svadharma, the work that is our own to do in the world) is a way of giving back to life something that we have been given from life