Various techniques have been evolved to help the aspirant to attain freedom from the aberrations and weakness in mind. Psychoanalysis, through synthesis and integrating oneself, involves catharsis and attempts to root out deep lying psychic impressions, conflicts, hurts and trauma of the past while meditative exercises, counselling. Intellectual reasoning, personality development techniques and even particular medications also attempt to cleanse the psyche and thus obtain clarity, harmony and strength within.

The techniques and processes, as above, require as-siduous application and often continual guidance from an expert. These, therefore constitute the jnana marga, the path of knowledge, applicable only to those, who possess the necessary where-withal tread this path.

Recognizing the need for a simpler process, certain spiritual exhortations of both the east and the west, have conceived of the need for total, unqualified and unquestioned faith in a higher force, in the conviction that this divinity is the repository of all solutions and succour. Identical passages in the Bible (Isaiah: 41, 10) and the Bhagavad Gita (18, 66) assure the yearning spirit to cast faith in Him, to obtain full support and deliverance.
This technique of total faith, conceived by certain ancient Indian seers, is the path of devotion, bhakti marga. This involves singing His glory and attributes from the depths within. Known in Indian parlance as namasankeerthanam or namjaap, this path, extolled by even intellectuals as Adi Sankaracharya, is open to all, needing no complex application of prerequisites.

Each can express oneself in his/her own way, depending on the individual personality, inspired by the congregation (satsang) of all those who meet with the common objective of pouring out the yearnings of the human soul (jivatma) to the divine ideal (paramatma).

From a purely rational and practical point of view, the technique essentially involves generation of feelings of joy, conviviality, harmony and acceptance within. These verily neutralize and cleanse the psyche of the accumulated toxins and weaknesses.

Seen thus, even from a pragmatic view, this approach, when applied with inner conviction and a deep yearning, could serve to instill mental toughness, where the apparently sophisticated techniques may merely flounder.