The bhakti develops an all-encompassing love which surrenders to divine will. The practice of bhakti may include seeing the divine in all beings, events and circumstances. It brings calm and contentment and purifies the feelings and the emotions. Bhakti is often associated with the fine arts. Jnana yoga is the path of yoga which actively uses the mind to get beyond the mind.
Some people recognize traces of jnana yoga philosophy in humanistic psychology and psychosynthesis.
Jnana means wisdom. By focusing the mind on the nature of the mind, the nature of nature, and the nature of reality, one can achieve highest knowledge. Viveka means distinguishing what is real, permanent, and everlasting from what is temporary, transitory and changing. The body and mind are continually changing and are, in fact, only names of series of changeful phenomena, like rivers whose waters are in a constant state of flux, yet presenting the appearance of unbroken streams. It is the Spirit beyond, which alone can live forever.