Another popular Yoga type is the Jnana Yoga. Jnana
Yoga emphasizes the use of the mind to surpass the mind i.e. to discern
the mind. The aim of Jnana Yoga is to endeavor ceaselessly to explore
knowledge and to know and understand. Jnana Yoga is eight-limbed, and
its other seven limbs are detachment, self-discipline, longing for
freedom, hearing the truth, reflection upon that truth, and meditation.
Jnana Yoga aims at attaining liberation through knowledge and not by
rituals and ceremonies. Knowledge attained by Jnana Yoga is through
understanding of judgment and experience.
It is not that everyone is knowledgeable. Knowledge is only for the
special few who are prepared for sound examination and clear discernment
of the nature of Consciousness. The individual who chooses the path Of
Jnana Yoga to discern knowledge goes through conclusions accumulated
through millions of years. Afterwards the individual examines them in
the light of his own intelligence and then comes to his own realization.
In deep meditation, the knowledge seeker reflects the distinctiveness of
Consciousness in manifestation. After going through this rigorous
process of Jnana Yoga the knowledge seeker gains insight and perfect
realization.
