Parvati Magazine February 2014 - Sobriety | Page 32

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Thank you for reading the February 2014 edition of
PARVATI MAGAZINE.
As we have explored, the true spiritual aspirant is called to
be sober in every area of his life. We even need to cultivate sobriety in the way we approach spirituality. Even after years of immersion in spiritual teachings, we may find
that we are subtly addicted to feeling better than others
because we are “spiritual”. Like a sugar rush, this illusionary
identity does not nourish us, but leaves us ungrounded, out
of touch and disconnected.
As my new book “Confessions of a Former Yoga Junkie” explores, the prevalence of addiction in our spiritual communities and in the world at large calls us to look deeper into
our psyche and touch the ways in which we may masks our
true nature by being falsely identified with an idea, place,
person or thing. The sober realization of the ways we hide
from ourselves through our attachments requires courage
and surrender to a power much greater than our limited
ego.

Parvati Devi
@parvati_devi
Pranada Devi
@pranada
Ella Isakov
@yogini_ella
Sandra O’Brien
@muskokahotyoga

Renia Pruchnicki
@truthbelts
Kristen Ma
@holisticvanity

Love yourself.
Love others.
Love our world.

Rishi Deva
@KupidsPlay

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