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What does imagining a better Washington, D.C. have to do with bhakti-yoga? More than you might think. Both social movements and spiritual traditions use art, imagination, and a vision of what could be to begin transforming what is.

Can the universe love us back? A photograph of a dear friend becomes the starting point for a meditation on freedom, personhood, and one of bhakti-yoga’s most profound claims: that ultimate reality is personal.

The headlines can leave us feeling discouraged. Yet acts of extraordinary courage are happening all around us. The Bhagavad Gita suggests that courage isn’t something we manufacture—it’s something we learn to recognize and reconnect with.

Feelings can be powerful, persuasive—and profoundly misleading. Yoga philosophy offers a practical framework for testing our conclusions, separating emotional certainty from genuine knowledge.

How do we stay emotionally healthy in a world that keeps breaking our hearts? The Bhagavad Gita offers a third way—one that doesn’t ask us to suppress our feelings or be consumed by them, but to transform them into wise action.

The Declaration of Independence proclaims that “all are created equal.” But what kind of equality can actually support justice? Yoga philosophy offers a surprising answer—one that begins not with politics, but with the nature of the self.

What obligation do we have to someone who comes to us seeking shelter? An ancient story from the Bhāgavatam offers a surprisingly direct answer—and raises important questions about morality, leadership, and asylum.

AI, biotech, and the latest self-improvement trends promise to help us become better versions of ourselves. But before we optimize the self, it may be worth asking a deeper question: Who—or what—is the self we’re trying to improve?

Deep in a Himalayan meditation cave, it’s easy to imagine yoga as a solitary pursuit. But what if self-realization isn’t something we achieve alone? A visit to Vasiṣṭha’s Cave raises an important question about the role of community on the path of yoga.

A bridge that led nowhere taught me something about yoga. Everything has a dharma—a defining purpose—and yoga’s purpose is connection. The question is: what happens if we don’t finish the journey in this lifetime?