The Unified Path is a practical methodology of spiritual growth whose objective is to open the practitioner to the Divine through the use of four elements that together engage the whole person: body, mind, heart, and soul. The Unified Path protects against the hypertrophy or deviation of any one of the four levels by opening the practitioner to the Transcendent. The four elements of the Unified Path, which are present in every authentic religious tradition, are ritual for the body; doctrine, philosophy, and theology for the mind; devotion, prayer, and service for the heart; and practice-of-presence, meditation, and inquiry into personal experience for the soul. More about these below. The Unified Path is a practice, not a belief system, and it is intended not to replace any religion or spiritual tradition you may be practicing, but to make it richer, clearer, and more effective. It is not limited to the conceptual but can—and must—be put into action.