{"id":17831,"date":"2017-01-30T19:59:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T02:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=17831"},"modified":"2017-08-27T17:59:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T23:59:01","slug":"the-fifth-niyama-ishvara-pranidhana-surrenderdevotion-to-god-13017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/the-fifth-niyama-ishvara-pranidhana-surrenderdevotion-to-god-13017\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth Teachings from Eastern Wisdom \u2013 1\/30\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fifth Niyama: Ishvara Pranidhana (Surrender\/Devotion to God)<\/p>\n<p>Surrendering requires choosing to listen to the Divine and allowing the higher purpose to direct our lives so that we become one with the flow. 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Other readings: Jason Shulman,\u00a0<i>The Instruction Manual for Receiving God<\/i>, and Richard Miller&#8217;s\u00a0<i>Yoga Nidra.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivehq.com\/file\/df.aspx\/publish\/RAkers\/RDAPublicFolder\/AwakeningTogether\/SanctuaryGroups\/Eastern%20Wisdom\/Helen%20Avery%20-%201-30-17.mp3\">recording<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fifth Niyama: Ishvara Pranidhana (Surrender\/Devotion to God) Surrendering requires choosing to listen to the Divine and allowing the higher purpose to direct our lives so that we become one with the flow. 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