In my own approach to yoga and to life, I have been interested in bringing together and integrating the Eastern and Western perspectives. What I have come upon to date is a way that has been a continual source of renewal for me, making it possible to live in our highly technological world while incorporating in my life the wisdom of the East. Here, separation, division, and individuation are illusion, or maya . God, soul, or spirit is inside - beyond thought, beyond desire and emotion. This creates a value system which emphasizes ego-loss and subordination of self to the grand design.
Life then takes on a deterministic flavor, which breeds resignation.
You live out your karma, hoping for a better next life, which eventually will bring you to the final reward - getting off the wheel of rebirth and death, out of illusion, into oneness or the void. Truth is eternal and unchanging. You must get out of your own way and participate in the flow of life by not resisting your destiny. For example, if the conflicts of sexuality bind your energy, then renounce sex. If you are mechanically led by pleasure, renounce it.