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Personalism
The Heart & Soul of Srila Prabhupada's Legacy
Personalism is the essence of every gift Srila Prabhupada has given. It is the heart and soul of his legacy. As one small person touched by Srila Prabhupada's greatly personal grace, I desire to serve and help preserve that legacy by facilitating healing so that each person can experience the inherent joy of their complete self in relationship with Krishna. That is my goal and hopefully humble contribution.
Embodying Bhakti
Srila Prabhupada embodied his own gift. He still does in every word upon every page of his books, and in his everlasting personal spiritual presence. As deeply and firmly rooted as he is in his own real living loving friendship with Krishna, that highly he lifts us and broadly he extends the tender touch of that friendship to us, like the beauty of a blooming lotus.
Srila Prabhupada embodies grace. Srila Prabhupada embodies bhakti. Srila Prabhupada is the epitome of personalism. Personalism is his passion. His mission. In personal loving service to his gurudeva, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, he came to the West and traveled the world to deliver us from the perils of impersonalism by delivering us the gift of Mahaprabhu's grace and Krishna's friendship.
What does this mean? It means he wants each soul to experience the heart-felt completion and joy of knowing who they truly are and the loving person and relationship to who and which they belong. He wants each and every one of us to be happy. That is his grace.
Srila Prabhupada embodies empathy for our sorrow and compassion for our pain. He gives us the remedy of the holy name and the light of the Bhagavatam. He gives us the Supreme Person, Friend and Physician in the form of sound and the Deity to love. He spares nothing and utilizes everything to revive the individual soul and please Krishna by giving us back our very own personal realization and relationship with Him.
How Do We Make It Personal?
How do we take the complex depths and dimensions of the philosophical teachings of Srimad-Bhagavatam and enter into them personally where our heart can lead and blossom? How do we hold the esoteric touchstone of the holy name and palpably feel our relationship with Krishna in His very personal spiritual sound form? How do we practically apply and personally connect with this relationship at every step and breath of life, through day-to-day and deep internal challenges? How do we experience friendship with Krishna accompanying and guiding us to move through and beyond the debris of trauma and the tribulation of anxiety and anarthas, into the embrace of His own Divine Person?
My Approach: Making Bhakti Tangible
I approach the answer to these questions not as a matter of we but of you - how you personally experience yourself and your relationship with Krishna. I support you to feel how you experience pain, emotion, anxiety, trauma, etc. in your subtle and physical body, and how you release and gain relief from them with Krishna's grace to move more freely forward in your authentic relationship with Him. I facilitate you to heal and take your next step closer to Him, one personal step at a time, as He personally inspires and invites you from within. The philosophy, holy name, and Krishna Himself in any and every form come alive in your heart when you locate and nurture how you personally receive and reciprocate with Him. I assist you to discover, uncover, experience, and express the unique spark of splendor that you already and forever are as Krishna's part and parcel.
Following Srila Prabhupada's yukta-vairagya spirit of utilizing everything in spreading Krishna consciousness, I engage the gifts of bhakti in union with the abilities and resources Krishna has given me in order to assist you in this internal personalization of your transformation and devotion. Drawing from 38 years of cultivation of Krishna consciousness, God-given extrasensory gifts, and professional experience in dance and diverse healing arts, I offer you White Lotus Bhakti.
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It is Krishna's grace that personalizes the ways of White Lotus Bhakti, which are helpful in releasing trauma, calming anxiety, moving through grief, depression, and difficulties, balancing emotions and chakras, overcoming self-doubt, low self-esteem and insecurity, developing inner trust, improving relationships, internalizing devotion, and more. Whether in private sessions, classes, courses, workshops, sanga or support circles, I share an approach that makes bhakti tangible - gently moving it from the head to your heart, where it can fully blossom.