Synthesis of Yoga Chapter V
This is the first half of Chapter V, The System of the Systems on page 41. The second half will appear next, thus completing the Introduction.
It may appear that a synthesis of all yogas would result in an integral yoga. Sri Aurobindo explains that an undiscriminating combination of the various yogas would not be a synthesis, but a confusion.
He further elucidates on Tantric Yoga, a yoga apart, not a synthesis of other schools.
In the final half of this chapter, that God dwells concealed in humanity, is made clear. And we are reminded of the Idea in the Gita, “whatever is a man’s faith or the sure Idea in him, that he becomes.”.