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<blockquote>What is important is the concept of devotion. Devotion to a personal ideal of God brings with it a natural inclination to humility and service. If we set ourselves to serve Ishvara, if we dedicate our actions and surrender our wills to him, we shall find that he draws us to himself. This is the grace of God, which Sri [[Ramakrishna]] compared to an ever-blowing breeze. You have only to raise your sail in order to catch it.<ref>Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, ''How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali'' (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953), pp. 53–54.</ref></blockquote>

What is important is the concept of devotion. Devotion to a personal ideal of God brings with it a natural inclination to humility and service. If we set ourselves to serve Ishvara, if we dedicate our actions and surrender our wills to him, we shall find that he draws us to himself. This is the grace of God, which Sri Ramakrishna compared to an ever-blowing breeze. You have only to raise your sail in order to catch it.^[1]

↑ Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953), pp. 53–54.

[1] Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953), pp. 53–54.

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	<blockquote>What is important is the concept of devotion. Devotion to a personal ideal of God brings with it a natural inclination to humility and service. If we set ourselves to serve Ishvara, if we dedicate our actions and surrender our wills to him, we shall find that he draws us to himself. This is the grace of God, which Sri Ramakrishna compared to an ever-blowing breeze. You have only to raise your sail in order to catch it.<ref>Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, ''How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali'' (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953), pp. 53–54.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>What is important is the concept of devotion. Devotion to a personal ideal of God brings with it a natural inclination to humility and service. If we set ourselves to serve Ishvara, if we dedicate our actions and surrender our wills to him, we shall find that he draws us to himself. This is the grace of God, which Sri [[Ramakrishna]] compared to an ever-blowing breeze. You have only to raise your sail in order to catch it.<ref>Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, ''How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali'' (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953), pp. 53–54.</ref></blockquote>