Devotion Cannot Be Practiced

Q: Can devotion be practiced?

A: Devotion is not something that can be practiced. Devotion is achoiceless response to Self-recognition that is imposed from within. Devotion is imposed from the unknown upon the ego and this cannot be practiced. It can only be experienced. The practice of devotion is an attempt by the ego through effort to impose itself upon t h e u n k n o w n . T h i s c a n n o t b e d o n e . Devotion is an imposition from the unknown upon the ego that is an agonizingly ecstatic and excruciatingly vulnerable spiritual experience. 7 0