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1649: Overcoming the Fear of a Personal God

1649: Overcoming the Fear of a Personal God

Update: 2025-08-031
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Beneath all our spiritual searching may lie a hidden fear: the fear of the personal Divine. In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha explore how that fear hardens one’s hearts—limiting one to the impersonal paths of liberation that feel safe but ultimately empty.

Through the texts like the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, we uncover how vulnerability isn’t weakness—it’s the doorway to the deepest yoga, where love becomes real and the Supreme reveals His infinitely sweet, personal nature.

Key Highlights:
* “To love is to be vulnerable… and only in risk can we overcome darkness.” – Madeleine L’Engle
* How our fear of surrender creates emotional armor that blocks love.
* Why impersonal liberation can feel peaceful—but cold, distant, and incomplete.
* The Bhāgavatam’s powerful call to soften the heart and trust the sweetness of the Divine.
* Why true spiritual intimacy can feel risky—and why that risk is everything.

Discover how the highest yoga is not about withdrawal, but about opening fully to divine love—and why texts like the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam go to such lengths to show us the beauty, tenderness, and kindness of the personal God.

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1649: Overcoming the Fear of a Personal God

1649: Overcoming the Fear of a Personal God

Raghunath Cappo and Kaustubha Das