THE FOUR TYPES OF YOGAS
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❤ KARMA-YOGA
❤ BHAKTI-YOGA
❤ RAJA-YOGA
❤ GNANA-YOGA
👀 KARMA YOGA 👀
KARMA-YOGA IS PURIFYING THE MIND BY MEANS OF WORK. NOW IF ANY WORK IS DONE, GOOD OR BAD, IT MUST PRODUCE AS A RESULT A GOOD OR BAD EFFECT, NO POWER CAN STAY IT, ONCE THE CAUSE IS PRESENT. THEREFORE GOOD ACTION PRODUCING GOOD KARMA, AND BAD ACTION, BAD KARMA, THE SOUL WILL GO ON IN ETERNAL BONDAGE WITHOUT EVER HOPING FOR DELIVERANCE. NOW KARMA BELONGS ONLY TO THE BODY A VEIL BEFORE THE ATMAN. THE VEIL CAST BY BAD KARMA IS IGNORANCE. GOOD KARMA HAS THE POWER TO STRENGTHEN THE MORAL POWERS. AND THUS IT CREATES NON-ATTACHMENT, IT DESTROYS THE TENDENCY TOWARDS BAD KARMA AND THEREBYT PURIFIES THE MIND. BUT IF THE WORK IS DONE WITH THE INTENTION OF ENJOYMENT, IT THEN PRODUCES ONLY THAT VERY ENJOYMENT AND DOES NOT PURIFY THE MIND OR CHITTA.
THEREFORE ALL WORK SHOULD BE DONE WITHOUT ANY DESIRE TO ENJOY THE FRUITS THEREOF. ALL FEAR AND ALL DESIRE TO ENJOY HERE OR HEREAFTER MUST BE BANISHED FOR EVER OF RETURN WILL DESTROY THE SELFISHNESS, WHICH IS THE ROOT OF ALL BONDAGE. THE WATCHWORD OF THE KARMA-YOGIS IS NOT I, BUT THOU", AND NO AMOUNT OF SELF-SACRIFICE IS TOO MUCH FOR HIM. BUT HE DOES THIS WITHOUT ANY DESIRE TO GO TO HEAVEN, OR GAIN NAME OR FAME OR ANY OTHER BENEFIT IN THIS UNSELF WORK IS ONLY IN JNANA-YOGA, YET THE NATURAL DIVINITY OT MAN MAKES HIM LOVE ALL SACRIFICE SIMPLY FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS, WITHOUT ANY ULTERIOR MOTIVE, WHATEVER HIS CREED OR OPINION. AGAIN, WITH MANY THE BONDAGE OF WEALTH IS VERY GREAT, AND KARMA-YOGA IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR THEM BREAKING THE CRYSTALLISATION THAT HAS GATHERED ROUND THEIR LOVE OF MONEY.
👀 BHAKTI-YOGA 👀
BHAKTI OR WORSHIP OR LOVE IN SOME FORM OR OTHERS IN THE EASIEST, PLEASANTEST AND MOST NATURAL WAY OF MAN. THE NATURAL STATE OF THIS UNIVERSE IS ATTRACTION, EVEN SO, LOVE IS THE NATURAL IMPETUS OF UNION IN THE HUMAN HEART, AND THOUGH ITSELF A GREAT CAUSE OF MISERY, PROPERLY DIRECTED TOWARDS THE PROPER OBJECT, IT BRINGS DELIVERANCE. THE OBJECT OF BHAKTI IS GOD. LOVE CANNOT BE WITHOUT A SUBJECT AND AN OBJECT. THE OBJECT OF LOVE AGAIN MUST BE AT FIRST A BEING WHO CAN RECIPROCATE OUR LOVE. THEREFORE THE GOD OF LOVE MUST BE IN SOME SENSE A HUMAN GOD. HE MUST BE A GOD OF LOVE. ASIDE FROM THE QUESTION WHETHER SUCH A GOD EXISTS OR NOT, IT IS A FACT THAT TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOVE IN THEIR HEART THIS ABSOLUTE APPEARS AS A GOD OF LOVE, AS PERSONAL
THE LOWER FORMS OR WORSHIP, WHICH EMBODY THE IDEA OF GOD AS A JUDGE OR PUNISHER OR SOMEONE TO BE OBEYED THROUGH FEAR, DO NOT DESERVE TO BE CALLED LOVE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE FORMS OF WORSHIP GRADUALLY EXPANDING INTO HIGHER FORMS. WE PASS ON TO THE CONSIDERATION OF LOVE ITSELF. WE WILL ILLUSTRATE LOVE BY A TRIANGLE, OF WHICH THE FIRST ANGLE AT THE BASE IS FEARLESSNESS. SO LONG AS THERE IS FEAR, IT IS NOT LOVE. LOVE BANISHES ALL FEAR. A MOTHER WITH HER BABY WILL FACE A TIGER TO SAVE HER CHILD. THE SECOND ANGLE IS THAT LOVE NEVER ASKS, NEVER BEGS. THE THIRD OR THE APEX IS THAT LOVE LOVES FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE ITSELF. EVEN THE IDEA OF OBJECT VANISHES. LOVE IS THE ONLY FORM IN WHICH LOVE IS LOVED. THIS IS THE HIGHEST ABSTRACTION AND THE SAME AS THE ABSOLUTE.
👀 RAJA-YOGA 👀
THIS YOGA FITS IN WITH EVERY ONE OF THESE YOGIS. IT FITS INQUIRERS OF ALL CLASSESS WITH OR WITHOUT ANY BELIEF, AND IT IS THE REAL INSTRUMENT OF RELIGIOUS INQUIRY. AS EACH SCIENCE HAS ITS PARTICULAR METHOD OF INVESTIGATION, SO IS THIS RAJA-YOGA THE METHOD OF RELIGION. THIS SCIENCE ALSO IS VARIOUSLY APPLIED ACCORDING TO VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONS. THE CHIEF PARTS ARE THE PRANAYAMA, CONCENTRATION, AND MEDITATION. FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD, A SYMBOLIC NAME, SUCH AS OM OR OTHER SACRED WORDS RECEIVED FROM A GURU, WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. OM IS THE GREATEST, MEANING THE ABSOLUTE. MEDITATING ON THE MEANING OF THESE HOLY NAMES WHILE REPEATING THEM IS THE CHIEF PRACTICE.
👀 JANA-YOGA 👀
THIS IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. FIRST: HEARING THE TRUTH- THAT THE ATMAN IS THE ONLY REALITY AND THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS MAYA (RELATIVITY). SECOND : REASONING UPON THIS PHILOSOPHY FROM ALL POINTS OF VIEW. THIRD : GIVING UP ALL FURTHER ARGUMENTATION AND REALISING THE TRUTH. THIS REALIZATION COMES FROM (1) BEING CERTAIN THAT BRAHMAN IS REAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS UNREAL,
2. GIVING UP ALL DESIRE FOR ENJOYMENT
3. CONTROLLING THE SENSE AND THE MIND
4. INTENSE DESIRE TO BE FREE. MEDITATING ON THIS REALITY ALWAYS AND REMINDING THE SOUL OF ITS REAL NATURE ARE THE ONLY WAYS IN THIS YOGA. IT IS THE HIGHEST, BUT MOST DIFFICULT. MANY PERSONS GET AN INTELLECTUAL GRASP OF IT, BUT VERY FEW ATTAIN REALISATION.
