The foundation of all major religions of the world is in fact the Yogic experience of the founder or the prophet of each religion. Yoga differs from the traditional religions in that Yoga does not accept any external authority but relies solely on one's own experiences. Yoga, like science, being free from dogmas, has been an ever-growing discipline. It is the only discipline that harmoniously unites the physical, mental and spiritual development of man, while other disciplines concern themselves with only one of these, to the neglect of the other two. In the last few decades we have been looking far out into the cosmos, to the utter neglect of the world within us.
Yogic practice has a balanced approach.
It looks within to explore the immense wealth of our psyche and establishes harmony between the internal and external worlds of man. The balanced approach offers the right attitude to life and a world view that enables man to pass through the trials and tribulations of life with as much ease and equanimity as through joys and happiness. There is One Real, One without a second, Self-luminous, without beginning or end, without attribute, without change, beyond the highest. He is the Sachchidananda . The human birth is the the most important for it is then that one becomes awake, aware of one's state of bondage and the necessity of release and is in a position to take steps towards one's liberation from its hold.