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Yog is a rigorous sadhna – it is a constant practice, nirantar abhyas, and if your sankalp breaks, that is, there is a break in your practice, you have to start all over again. There are many things that one needs to be careful of – the ego needs to be kept in check, detachment has to be maintained from the physical attractions, one-pointed focus on ek tattva, stillness of thoughts, etc. The various kinds of yog cater to different kinds of people with different kinds of desires. A beginner comes with lots of desires, and for him there is Gyan Yog. Other forms of yog like Hath Yog and practices like Sanatan Kriya are for those who can make a Guru and also have desires. Within the various forms of yog, the most difficult is Bhakti Yog. There is no yog above Bhakti Yog because it is nishkam and poorna, and this is the yog for adept. There was only one Meera, who was completely immersed in the bhakti of her Guru, her isht, Krishna. In Bhakti Yog, there is complete surrender to th...

Yog is a rigorous sadhana. It is constantpractice and if there is a break, you have to start all over again. Keep the ego in check, maintain detachment from the physical, and practice single-pointed focus on stilling the mind. Different kinds of yog cater to different sorts of people with all kinds of desires. For the beginner who comes with lots of desires is Gyan Yog. Other forms of yog like Hath Yog and practices like Sanatan Kriya are for those who can take a guru but also have desires. Within yog’s various forms, the most difficult is Bhakti Yog. There is none above it because it is nishkam and poorna—the yog meant for the adept. In Bhakti Yog is complete surrender to the guru; no scope of ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ exists. A guru could be a book or a stone or a human being in which you have 100 per cent confidence and through which energy is channelised into you. If the guru is human, and has a human body, is something lacking? The problem in Bhakti Yog is that w...