The essential effects of the Yoga of the Spiritual Heart include the development of the Witness Consciousness, spiritual sensitivity to energies, ability to harmonize and sublimate them into the Sacred Tremor of the Heart, the Spanda .

At this point, we are able to understand that the practice of yoga brings enthusiasm and aspiration through the very process of sublimation . (In the context of the Advaita tradition, the term sublimation has a slightly different meaning than in psychology. This is clarified in the chapter on “Sublimation".)

Thus, we learn to celebrate the energies and principles of life as often as possible in the daily life.

Physical Effects

There is scientific evidence that the hatha yoga and meditation have many beneficial physical effects. They are specifically mentioned in our courses, as part of the presentation of each technique. As far as the physical body is concerned, the attitudes proposed in the Yoga of the Spiritual Heart bring physical and spiritual healing. Furthermore, the healing strengthens the confidence in the practices, attitudes and beliefs we follow. The healing effects are a result of the restructuring of our being, of returning to the center of our being, of re-aligning of our physical, psychic and mental structures.

Psychological Effects

The Yoga of the Spiritual Heart helps us to become more centered mentally and emotionally. The development of the Witness Consciousness prevents and even removes emotional disorders. When there is a Heart shiver with the emotion of pure love, the centering occurs naturally here, in the Spiritual Heart. This is a remedy for any form of alienation. Love is truly a universal balm. The alienation is an estrangement from others and from yourself (from the Latin ‘alienare’ - "estrangement"). It creates a sense of isolation.
Centering in the Spiritual Heart cannot create an estrangement from what you are. On the contrary, it offers a much deeper sense of ‘intimacy with yourself’, of faith in your own force and in your divine nature.

Spiritual Effects

The act of centering and immersing into the Heart creates, in its turn, a sense of the consciousness of Oneness with the Wholeness, the advaita. And everything is revealed as being interconnected through the very background of the divine consciousness or reality. A sense of inner connection with others and with the environment emerges now. Furthermore, there is a higher capability for compassion, kindness, friendship, humanity, ethical sense. The intuition of the existence of one Heart only, of the same Spiritual Heart, of the same divine reality becomes more and more clear and it expands. We then understand our intimate interconnection.

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