What is Yoga?
What is Yoga? Yoga is the language of God. If we wish to speak to God, we have to learn His language.
What is Yoga? Yoga is that which discloses Gods secret. If we wish to
know Gods secret, we have to launch into the path of Yoga.
What is Yoga? Yoga is the Breath of God. If we wish to see
through Gods Eye and feel through His Heart, if we wish to live in
Gods Dream and know Gods Reality, if we wish to possess the Breath of
God, and finally if we wish to become God Himself, Yoga will beckon us.
Yoga is union. It is the union of the individual soul with the
Supreme Self. Yoga is the spiritual science that teaches us how the
Ultimate Reality can be realised in life itself.
What we have to do is accept life and fulfil the Divine in
ourselves here on earth. This can be effectuated only by transcending
our human limitations.
Yoga tells us how far we have progressed in relation to
God-realisation. It also tells us about our destined role in Gods
cosmic Drama. The final word of Yoga is that each human soul is a
divine representative of God on earth.
Now let us focus our attention on the practical aspect of
Yoga. There are various kinds of Yoga: Karma Yoga, the path of action;
Bhakti Yoga, the path of love and devotion; and Jnana Yoga, the path of
knowledge. These three are considered to be the most important kinds of
Yoga. There are other significant types of Yoga, but they are either
branches of these three or types closely related to them.
These three serve as the three main gates to Gods Palace. If
we want to see and feel God in the sweetest and most intimate way, then
we have to practise Bhakti Yoga. If we want to realise God in humanity
through our selfless service, then we have to practise Karma Yoga. If
we want to realise the wisdom and glories of Gods transcendental Self,
then we have to practise Jnana Yoga.
One thing is certain. These three paths lead us to Self-realisation in God-realisation and God-realisation in Self-realisation. ~ Sri Chinmoy