I have a problem with the word divine, the word God, Lord, or all the other names we give the things we really find ineffable. Ineffable meaning, can not be put into words... The idea of integral yoga, is to devote your life to spiritual practice not for yourself or even for humanity, but for the divine. The term though is to me something of a mystery. What exactly is meant by ”the divine“? Is it some being greater than our minds can concieve of, or is it the entity we are all a part of, the fabric of our universe of which we are made of, which flows through our veins and which stares out through our eyes. Is it the light in our hearts? Or is it some higher principle, a form of instructions leading to some unimaginable heaven, a plan, a map for us to reach this place in our souls?

In any case it remains undisclosed and often is referred to personified and glorified like a hero or a guru. I have a strong distates for these kinds of phrasing because it goes against my inner notion of the world, which I trust more than the translations of translations of interpretations of texts written to convince others of a cause or a teaching. The principles may be good, the teaching may be brilliant, it's just the words they choose in the end-product that frustrate me, when I start reading.

Devoting my life to the divine cannot mean to devote my life to a god with laws and rules. The divine is what stares out of all, stares into the hearts of all, it is the whole, the force and energy of this world itself. The Cosmos. Devoting your life to this, you do not serve the rules of humanity, you serve the consciousness of the world of which you are a part of, and which flows through you in its entirety at all times. It is not however something outside of you, something other. The divine can only be found in your heart, in your innermost insides, beyond the dark vacuum of the emptyness you find, beyond the abyss you may stare into. It is you who stares out in the end (thank you Friedrich N.), your divine Self. And when it calls you to service, there is no higher reward than the service itself, because you are the divine.