Bhagavad Gita 6.46

Krishna places the yogi—the one who unites individual consciousness with universal consciousness through steady practice—above all other spiritual paths. The ascetic renounces the world, the scholar accumulates knowledge, the ritualist performs duties, but the yogi integrates all three into a living, breathing communion with the Divine.

This is not superiority of ego, but the natural flowering of a practice that dissolves the boundaries between knower and known. In your modern life, this means that sustained inner discipline—meditation, mindfulness, conscious presence—transforms every action into an offering and every moment into enlightenment.