In the Bhagavad Gita there are three different ways to liberation, also known as the yogas. There is Karma yoga which is the yoga of action, Jnana yoga which is the yoga of knowledge, and Bhakthi yoga which is the yoga of devotion and. This teaches that in whatever we do in our lives we do it as an offering to God.
             The yoga of selfless action is Karma yoga. This yoga promotes unselfish action and service, Mahatma Ghandhi is one of the most famous practitioners of this. The meaning to Karma yoga is that when we work together with the power that runs the universe we are no longer selfish and self centered. Also, we do not keep our obsessive desires dependent to the future. It removes our compulsive wants and enables us to live in the present while preparing for the future without being pushed to it. The rational desire that we have holds along with it the motive force for its achievement. Meaning; if there is an experience that we desire in this natural world and it is possible to obtain then we are subconsciously drawn toward it or we attract it to ourselves. Some people may read this and think that Yogic philosophy asks us to give up able planning; however this is not the case. It only states to give up our egotistical desires.
             Jnana Yoga focuses on the use of the mind to surpass itself. This yoga works with that part of the human mind that strives persistently to know and understand. It trains discrimination and is eight-limbed. The other seven limbs are detachment, self-discipline, longing for freedom, hearing the truth, reflection upon that truth, and meditation, which is defined as consolidation and transcendence.
             It has always been the tradition of Jnana Yoga to teache that "Liberation is attained, not by works or ceremony, but by knowledge alone." The word knowledge in this context does not mean belief or collected data: it is an understanding as a result of discernment and experience. The select few who are ready for c...