The Yoga of Self-perfection Based on Sri Aurobindo's "Synthesis of Yoga"

The "Yoga of Self-Perfection" represents a unique contribution of Sri Aurobindo to the science of yoga, which has generally in the past set its goal as the dissolution of the powers of life and personality into the Transcendent. Whereas the traditional paths of works, knowledge and love all rely on a predominant part of the personality to lead the seeker to the realization of the Divine Consciousness, the Yoga of Self-Perfection by its very aim must take up each aspect of the human personality and bring each to its fulfillment, while integrating their action into an harmonious whole.
Sri Aurobindo's yoga therefore represents an integration of the "other-worldly" aims of the Indian yogas with the stress on perfection in the material world as taught in the West.