Bhakti is the spiritual path of yoga whose aim and practices are designed to sublimate the energy of the emotions into a unified feeling of love and devotion (bhava). In this state of love, all becomes one, and one experiences an expanded state of Self beyond the personal self. The practices can involve mantra chanting, kirtan singing, puja - a rite where one can manifestly demonstrate the feeling of love toward the higher Self, and homa - a fire purification rite.