Karma Yoga is to reach the goal of self-realization

Yoga is a generic term for the physical, mental and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India with a view to attain a state of permanent peace. Generally put, Yoga is a disciplined method utilized for attaining a goal. Astanga Yoga Sutras is a text that covers many aspects of life, beginning with a code of conduct and ending with the goal of yoga, a vision of one ?s true Self. These eight astanga or limbs of yoga are: yamas, niyamas, asanas, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and Samadhi. Samadhi is the ultimate state of self-realization, or union with the source. It is a state of being totally aware of the present moment; a one-pointedness of mind. The word Karma is derived from the Sanskrit Kri, to do; all action is Karma. Technically, this word also means the effects of actions. In connection with metaphysics, it sometimes means the effects, of which our past actions were the causes. But in Karma-Yoga we have simply to do with the word Karma as meaning work. Karma Yoga is an appropriate method of life which will cleanse one of the impurities and enable him to reach the goal of Self Realization.

Vethathiri is the exponent of the system of Simplified Kundalini Yoga which is the sure way to lasting peace and real happiness. He popularized the simplified Kundalini meditation and synthesized Kayakalpa Yoga exercise for modern life. His system has four practical methods besides the simplified exercise and special exercise called Kayakalpa exercise for rejuvenating the life force. These are Meditation, Introspection, Sublimation, Perfection. For which the introspection practice starts. Think of self, Find the drawbacks/Goodness within self,. The introspection also helps to analyze the thoughts, neutralization of anger, moralization of desires, eradication of worries and self-realization. Self Realization is the perfection of the sixth sense and it is the peak of wisdom. Self Realization, actualization of the Universe, realization of Truth are all the same. The entire Universe can be analyzed into four principles; they are (1) Truth; (2) Energy; (3) Mass; and (4) Consciousness. Ramana Maharishi also urged people who came to him to practice self-enquiry. He directed people to look inward rather than seeking outside themselves for Realization.

Teaching of Karma-Yoga into practice. That man is Buddha. He is the one man who ever carried this into perfect practice. He was, in the conduct of his life, absolutely without personal motives; and what man worked more than he? Show me in history one character who has soared so high above all. He is the ideal Karma-Yogi, acting entirely without motive, and the history of humanity shows him to have been the greatest man ever born; beyond compare the greatest combination of heart and brain that ever existed, the greatest soul-power that has ever been manifested. He is the first great reformer the world has seen.