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spirituallyineveryaspectofyourlife.Duringthecourseofthedayyoumayfindyourselfdoingvari-
ousactivities.Sometimesyouwillbequiet,atothertimesyouwillbebusyatwork,atothertimes
youmightbeinteractingwithpeople,etc.ThefourYogadisciplinesgiveyoutheopportunitytoprac-
ticeYogaatalltimes.Whenyouhavequiettimeyoucanpracticemeditation.Whenatworkyoucan
practicerighteousactionandpromotetheattitudeofselflessservice.Whenyouhaveleisuretimeyou
canstudyandreflectontheteachings,andwhenyoufeelthesentimentofloveforapersonorobject
youlike,youcanpracticerememberingtheDivineSelfwhomadeitpossibleforyoutoexperience
thecompanyofthosepersonalitiesortheopportunitytoacquirethoseobjects,andwhoistheessence
andsourceoftheloveyouareexperiencing.Fromahigherperspective,youcanpracticereflectingon
howthepeopleandobjectsincreationareexpressionsoftheDivine,andthismovementwilleventu-
allyleadyoutoaspontaneousandperpetualstateofecstasy,peaceandblisswhicharethehallmarks
ofspiritualenlightenment.ThepurposeofthedisciplinesofYogatherefore,istopromoteintegration
ofthewholepersonalityofahumanbeing,whichwillleadtocompletespiritualenlightenment.Thus,
IntegralpracticeofYogashouldbeunderstoodasthemosteffectiveandholisticmethodtopractice
mystical spirituality.

TheimportantpointtorememberisthatallaspectsofYogacanandshouldbeused

inanintegralfashiontogenerateanefficientandharmonizedspiritualmovementin

thepractitioner.Therefore,whiletheremaybeanareaofspecialemphasis,other

elementsareboundtobecomepartoftheYogaprogramasneeded.Forexample,

whileayoginmayplaceemphasisontheYogaofWisdom,theymayalsopractice

DevotionalYogaandMeditationYogaalongwiththewisdomstudies.Further,it

mustbeunderstoodthatasyoupracticeonepathofyoga,otherswillalsodevelop

automatically.Forexample,asyoupracticetheYogaofWisdom,yourfaithwillin-

crease,orasyoupracticetheYogaofDevotion,yourwisdomwillincreaseasyou

willdesiretoseekmoreinformationaboutthatwhichyoulove.Ifthismovement

doesnotoccur,yourwisdomalonewillbydryintellectualismoryourfaithalone

willbeblindfaith.Sowhenwespeakofwisdomhere,wearereferringtowisdom

gainedthroughexperienceorintuitionalwisdomandnotintellectualwisdomwhich

isspeculative.IfyoudonotpracticetheteachingsthroughtheYogaofAction,your

wisdomandfaithwillbeshallow,becauseyouhavenotexperiencedthetruthofthe

teachingsandallowedyourselftheopportunitytotestyourknowledgeandfaith.If

youdonothaveintrospectionandfaith,yourwisdomandactionswillbeexternal-

ized,agitatedanddistracted.Yourspiritualrealizationwillbeinsubstantial,weak

andlackingstability.Youwillnotbeabletomeetthechallengesoflifenorwillyou

beabletodiscovertruespiritualrealizationinthislifetimeorevenafterdeath.