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The six types of abandonment mentioned so far constituted the practice of Karma Yoga.
However, if a person seeks to realize God through Samkhya Yoga, which is the path of knowledge, then they should first practice these six renunciations and then proceed along the seventh stage as described below.
The seventh stage is to completely abandon potential desires and self-identification regarding the world, one's own body, and all actions.
All things in this world are products of Maya, and they are entirely temporary. And only God, who is Truth, Consciousness, and Bliss itself, exists equally everywhere.
Based on this conviction, people are said to eliminate all thoughts about worldly objects, including the body, and even every form of activity that remains as an impression from their minds.
And, completely abandoning self-identification with the body, one denies any authorial awareness of "myself doing" regarding all actions performed through mind, words, and body.
Furthermore, it is considered that a firm and constant sense of unity with God should be established within oneself.
This is the seventh stage of abandonment.
Through practices like these, a seeker is said to easily and quickly realize God.
However, it is said that those who attempt to practice Samkhya Yoga from the beginning without undergoing the training of Karma Yoga will face difficulties in reaching God.
In this section, the path of knowledge is not being denied directly.
However, it is considered that sufficiently maturing the concept of renunciation as Karma Yoga serves as a practical preparation for fundamentally detaching from the body, the world, actions, and the feeling of "doing something."