Finalist Spirituality by the National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist Spirituality by the NGI Book Awards The wisdom goddesses of yoga who embody Shakti, or sacred energy, continue to gain popularity as we become familiar with the ways they help us break through negativity, trauma, and dysfunction to attain self-love, peace, and abundance. Yet we rarely hear about Sri Radha and her unique position as the primal Shakti because she is hidden deep within the Upanishads, Tantras, and Puranas as their most confidential spiritual subject. Here, for the first time, Sri Radha is revealed. The goddess of divine love not only grants emotional, mental, and physical well-being, but she bestows the spiritual transformation and awakening of divine love, our greatest necessity. Award-winning author and Bhakti pilgrim Pranada Comtois introduces us to charming goddess Radha and through reason and references to the ancient wisdom texts we’re shown that love is the essence of all knowledge - love is the imperative need of the timeless self - only pure love will satisfy us When we learn the process of transforming ordinary love into divine love, our search for peace and happiness is realized, we become free, whole, peaceful, and the highest version of ourselves. Bhakti Shakti helps you explore your own nature as well as your relationship with the primary Shaktis who are embodied as the goddesses Sri Radha and Durga Maa. Understanding the Shakti triad of yourself and these spiritual and material energies removes the veil of illusion. Then you’re able to identify the mysterious at play in your life. You can see yourself, emotions, thoughts, the nature of the world, and your Source with a liberating clarity that reveals your true purpose and brings you inner peace and fulfillment. In the noble pursuit of claiming our true identity through an expansion of consciousness, Sri Radha provides a framework for personal evolution and a methodology that will give you a first-hand experience of your true self and these esoteric, but common sense, spiritual truths. In this practical guide, through clear instruction, authentic Bhakti Vedanta teachings, and meditation and mantra practices, you’ll discover how you can invoke goddess Radha’s divine feminine presence in your life and experience the unbounded joy of the self and your true nature free from limitations. You Will Learn about the world’s oldest goddess traditions - about the two primary wisdom goddesses of yoga, their energies of spiritual growth and enlightenment, and their paths of personal transformation - how and why these goddesses are relevant to us today - about your relationship with the goddess of the material world and the goddess of the spiritual world - how to differentiate between your false material identity and your true spiritual identity - how Radha casts a light on your innate loving self, and beckons you to a spiritual awakening of your true identity - the step-by-step method to claim your spiritual identity - about Radha’s path of transformation through the sure path of mantra meditation - that, as love personified, Sri Radha stands supreme above all forms of divinity - the brilliant metaphysical conclusion that pure love subjugates all including the Supreme - the Supreme Reality is not a he or a she, but they: the feminine and masculine divinities at the zenith of Reality who engage in the dance of divine love - the feminine has conquered the supreme masculine by love, which puts her in the most exalted position at the central topmost pinnacle of a loving reality Radha is the perfect reflection of unconditional love, devotion, contentment, and beauty, and humanity can never tire of listening to her eternal relationship with Krishna, which is the epitome of ecstasy and longing for the Divine. Bhakti Shakti expertly weaves mysticism and practice, devotion (bhakti) and power (shakti) where the reader emerges inspired and deliciously bathed in the sweetness of Radha's glance. A beautiful book! ~Kavitha Chinnaiyan, award-winning author of Shakti Rising, The Heart of Wellness and Glorious Alchemy and founder of Śabda Institute More and more of India's ancient wisdom is being revealed to the West. Now, awareness of the bhakti tradition, and of the Divine Feminine in particular, is rising to complement nondual Vedanta. Bhakti Shakti takes this important trend to another level. With insight and grace, Pranada Comtois brings divine love and divine knowledge together for the benefit of all who seek a transformation of consciousness. ~Philip Goldberg author of American Veda; The Life of Yogananda; and Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times Both philosophical and practical, Bhakti Shakti is a sophisticated revelation of the mysteries and historical primacy of the Goddess in the devotional yoga tradition that illuminates the role of feminist spirituality in a modern contemplative practice and allows us to experience a substantive relationship with the