In this culture, God is not the highest entity; mukti or liberation is the highest goal. We are willing to use God as a stepping stone, if needed.
Being spiritual is a far more intelligent way to exist. It means being in tune with the intelligence of the Creator.
The first step towards knowing is to see that you do not know.
Yoga means union, that in your experience, everything has become one.
Devotion means your involvement with life is no more conditional.
Negative energies can't touch you if you are in a state of meditativeness.