Gnan Yog basic

About writing ज्ञान (Gnan) in English, is also spelled as Gyaan or Jnana …I would like to stick to Gnan 😊

What is Gnan Yog ?

Being focused on soul as the only permanent reality and operating from that as primary reference standpoint in life can be a crude definition of Gnan yog. Characteristics of Soul (previous post) is really enchanting & Gnan yog is possibly the fastest way for spiritual growth… But, for a layman like me, it’s difficult to practice because of following four reasons …

1. We are too rigidly programmed to know experiential/ tangible material reality as ‘the only’ reality.

2. We somehow take body as ‘self’ as we lack awareness and experience to see beyond it. For most, body is the self identity..

3. We have been taught to think that ‘happiness’ is outcome of fulfilled desires and we are programmed to be dejected when rejected…we find it very absurd and illogical to be at ease and be blissful without any material base or any external achievement.

And finally,

4. We are taught ‘knowledge’ is always ‘outside’ and we have to acquire information to gain it . No wonder we are  information hoarders and always look outside to learn ..

These four things I could list as difficulty in we understanding and aligning with Gnan Yog. With so much of wrong conditioning and wrong education of mind, we need real efforts…real sincere efforts…to explore and experience.

After addressing ‘why’ we can’t, will write ‘how’ to align…may be in a different post..