The
numerous instances to which we allude in former chapters, are at best, but
temporary flights into that state, which is the goal of the soul's
pilgrimage, and the only means of escape from the "ceaseless round of
births and deaths" which so weighed upon the heart of Gautama.
The paths of yoga then, are the methods by which the mind, in the personal
self, is made to perceive the reality of the higher Self, and its relation
to the Supreme Intelligence--The Absolute.
The various methods or paths are pointed out, but no one, nor all of these
paths guarantees illumination as a _reward_ for diligence. That which is in
the _heart_ of the disciple is the key that unlocks the door.
These paths are called:
_Karma Yoga; Raja Yoga; Gnani Yoga; Bhakti Yoga_.
_Karma Yoga_ is the path of cheerful submission to the conditions in which
the disciple finds himself, believing that those conditions are his because
of his needs, and in order that he may fulfill that which he has attracted
to himself. The admonition "whatever thy hand finds to do that doest thou
with all thy heart," sums up the lessons of the path of Karma Yoga.
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