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There are various paths of Yog that lead toward this goal, each one a specialized branch of one comprehensive system:

Hatha Yog — a system of physical postures, or aasans, whose higher purpose is to purify the body, giving one awareness and control over its internal states and rendering it fit for meditation.

Karma Yog — selfless service to others as part of one›s larger Self, without attachment to the results; and the performance of all actions with the consciousness of God as the Doer.

Mantra Yog — centering the consciousness within through japa, or the repetition of certain universal root-word sounds representing a particular aspect of Spirit.

Bhakti Yog — all-surrendering devotion through which one strives to see and love the divinity in every creature and in everything, thus maintaining an unceasing worship.

Gyana (Jnana) Yog — Is the path of wisdom, which emphasizes the application of discriminative intelligence to achieve spiritual liberation.

Raja Yog — the royal or highest path of Yog, immortalized by Bhagavan Shree Krishna in the Bhagwad Geeta and formally systematized in the second century B.C. by the Indian sage Patanjali, which combines the essence of all the other paths. At the heart of the Raja Yog system, balancing and unifying these various approaches, is the practice of definite, scientific methods of meditation that enable one to perceive, from the very beginning of one’s efforts, glimpses of the ultimate goal — conscious union with the inexhaustibly blissful Spirit.