As a subject, the divine describes humanity's relationship with what we understand our source of life to be. What we call "the divine" is our (admittedly often feeble) attempt to describe our own nature. How we should lead our lives. How we should treat one another, treat ourselves.
Where our destiny lies.
This is it, really, isn't it? After all, would we have conceived religion if we weren't afraid of the unknown? We've been trying to figure out what it's all about--because it's only when we picture an end, a destination we're aiming to reach (a goal, if you will) that we can begin to take steps toward it.
What is our goal in yoga? It's a place of self-fulfillment, of radical transformation. A glorious abode where peace and justice reign. A kingdom of understanding.
It's where we burst the confines of our skin, slough off our shadowy cloaks of pain and isolation and reveal our true hearts, as vast as the universe itself. Where, in a zone of transcendent love, we recognize at last our connection to the rest of life. We identify our inner divinity, and our inner and outer worlds merge.
When we are facing the right direction, all we have to do is keep walking. And breathing.
