There are 3 paths to spiritual enlightenment- gyan yoga, karma yoga, and bhakti yoga.

Gyan yoga is enlightenment through knowledge. Knowledge of what is real and what is not, what is true and what is untrue. It’s not as complicated because everything is unreal and untrue except awareness which you already are. But the trick is in not knowing this conceptually but actually, palpably, first-hand instead of “kind of getting it” second-hand or third-hand knowledge. And this awareness stays with you- this is not a transient awareness that happens only when you are high on LSD. Gyan yoga involves lots of study, lots of research, lots of meditation, lots of contemplation, until it suddenly clicks. Gyan yoga is the path I chose, but that is not the only path. Karma yoga is….