''Sorcerers say that we are inside a bubble. It is a bubble into which we are placed at the moment of our birth. At first, the bubble is open, but then it begins to close until it has sealed us in. That bubble is our perception. We live inside that bubble all our lives. And what we witness on its round walls is our own reflection."
— Carlos Castaneda, Tales of Power

On the plane of duality, the status of Bhakti-yoga remains ambiguous with two views vying for eminence…

“The ways and the means for ultimate realization are stated in the Bhagavad-Gītā, and the doors of this knowledge are open for everyone. No one is barred out.”
— Śrīla Prabhupāda

According to Śrī Madhvācārya’s Tattva-vāda philosophy, the Supreme Being is Viṣṇu or Nārāyaṇa. Every follower of the Madhvā school should have a firm belief in the Pañca-bheda — five real and eternal distinctions…