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[ sloja own real and eternal nature, unalloyed with Karmic ore. It unfolds the supreme consciousness.
Yoga is a practical science based upon psychological laws. Its object is to evolve the pure Atman out of the Jiva, hedged in by the jungle of Karmic forces. Every thing in the Universe is regulated by certain laws and the spiritual evolution has its own laws. Yoga is the systematised knowledge of laws. This is the general meaning of Yoga. The word is used in another sense also as in Jnānayoga and Karmayoga. Here it means ' application,' for instance Jnānayoga means applying oneself to the study of real knowledge. But here also, the original idea is present because in all these latter Yogas the ideal aimed at, is identical-Realisation of the true nature of Self. They only indicate a difference in procedure; the end is the same.
Realisation of the Self involves two things. Knowledge of the true nature of Self and the removal of matter ( Karma ) which screens it; these two form the subject matter of Jnānayoga and Kriyāyoga respectively. But we should note that these two do not stand independent of each other. Because, as it is plain to see, the real nature of Atma will not be unfolded unless the karmic fetters are removed, in other words, the ideal of Jnānayoga will not be achieved unless the Kriyāyoga is practised to the end. Similarly the uninterrupted practice of Kriyāyoga as it gradually removes one layer of Karma after another, will also unfold proportionately the nature of Atman,
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