Paths of Yoga
Raja Yoga
With the path of kriya you are not only seeking realization, you also want to know the mechanics of life-making.
Shakti Yoga (the expression of power and energy)
What we know as kundalini is a combination of Bhakti Yoga (devotion and chanting), Raja Yoga (meditation) and Shakti Yoga (the expression of power and energy)
Jnana Yoga - Yoga of Philosophy
Intellect
“What I know, I know. What I do not know, I do not know.” – Sadhguru
Distinguish between the subject and object of knowledge.
I am not my body i am the knower of my body. I am not my emotions am the knower of the emotions. thoughts. ideals and purposes.
Karma Yoga - The Yoga of Action
If you can joyfully involve yourself in any activity, that is karma yoga. If you do it with great effort, only karma will come, no yoga will happen! – Sadhguru
I am 100% Responsible
All of us are in action and we can practice a yoga of action. Do what you conceive to be your duty without desire or fear for the fruits. either for yourself or for others. this is a horrendous teaching. It manifest ins the orient very differently. A persons duty is dictated to him by his society. thats why Krishna says be a warrior. Self responsible criticism, self responsible judgement. Not the good soldier, the good citizen.
Bhakti Yoga - The Yoga of Devotion
If you use your emotions and try to reach the ultimate, we call this bhakti yoga. That means the path of devotion. Devotion to god.
devotion and chanting
5 Levels:
- Servant to Master: Tell me what to do oh lord
- Friend to Friend: Krishna to Arjuna, Christ to the Apostiles. You have a Higher form of religious readiness. You have to have a more religious consciousness
- Parents to Child: Where god is the child. Bringing child god to life in your own heart. Image of the Christmas Crib. Anecdote: Jospel of Sri Rama Krishna, “Oh master I dont love god…” You know who you love? “I love my little nephew” When you love your nephew you are in service to your deity.
- Husband and Wife: The level of the nunn, who is the lover of christ. Also Husband and Wife who show love to each other.
- Illicit Love: Nothing but love. You lose everything for love. They are the supreme lovers. Krishna and the Gopis. Trubidor Love. Not in terms of the social order but in affection. Madness of the hermit. Bodhi Sattva.