Your Divine Essence Trailer 1/5/25
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Your Divine Essence is a phrase that summarizes the key teaching of yoga. It is succinctly presented in this sutra: Your own Self is Consciousness-Itself. — Chaitanyam atma. (Shiva Sutras 1.1) A sutra is a short statement, often without a verb or proper sentence structure. This sutra, defining your Essence as Divine, refutes millennia of Western teachings about your inherent sinfulness…
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