Yoga
Traditional Yoga has nothing to do with emptying your head or sublimating your sense of self. A Bhakti Yogi tends to favour ritual, a Gnani Yogi favors inquiry, a Karma Yogi is sort of a performance artist or sociologist. They focus on cause and effect. In the total philosophy of Yoga they acknowledge multiple valid paths, and each is suited according to the individuals temperament.
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“The meaning of our self is not to be found in its separateness from God and others, but in the ceaseless realization of yoga, of union.” Rabindranath Tagore (Indian Poet, Playwright and Essayist, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, 1861-1941)
“This yoga is not possible, for the one who eats too much, or who does not eat at all; who sleeps too much, or who keeps awake.” Bhagavad Gita
“The state of severance of union with sorrow is known by the name of yoga.” Bhagavad Gita
Yoga Philosophy
You hear a lot about Yoga philosophy in this day and age. It has become quite fashionable; let go, have… Read More
Gnani Path
I do get very emotional about knowledge, does Gnani preclude bliss? No, in fact it acknowledges that some people most… Read More
Questioning Path
Gnani is more about the questions then the answers? Yes. They don’t deny that answers can be arrived at, but… Read More
Karmic Burden
Today we are talking about karma yoga. Yoga roughly translates as union. It's like self-discipline in a way, but focused… Read More
Understand Actions
In Karma yoga, you don't swear off all action, and in fact, there is a reason normally undertaken action has… Read More
Element of Choice
How often have you taken an action that you failed to see turn out the way you like, but would… Read More
Gnani, Bhakti and Karma Yoga
That trio I mentioned earlier, thought, belief, and action, these three form the core of any system of yoga, and… Read More
Reflection on Actions
Karma yoga isn’t just constant action. There is a practice of reflection to gain insight from ones actions. You don’t… Read More
Worth Ship
Whereas karma yoga is the yoga of action, bhakti yoga is the yoga of love, but not necessarily the love… Read More
Devotion to the Divine
Shall I start with personal gods or go into the complicated one first? Personal. Ok. The different traditional paths of… Read More