The Four Divine relationships
Namaste! Many of you may have heard that there are four main paths to God and divinity or approach to God, as enumerated by the ancient rishis. These are: Bhakti (The path of devotion, prescribed for those who love God and have an emotional nature) Gyan (The path of knowledge, prescribed for those who possess a good intellect) Karma (The path of action, for those who are energetic and workaholics) Raja (The royal path of meditation, for those who have an introspective soul) While all these paths either singularly or in a collective mix are efficacious in leading the seeker to the Ultimate Goal of meeting God, they too, like any other path, have distinct stages in their journey. These four stages have been very interestingly charted out by the Upanishadic Rishis as under: Saloka: which means, a proximity to God In the same Plane as Him, or living on the same planet ( which can be earth, because God takes avatar here) Samipa : which ...