The Spiritual Realization explained in Hindu Dharma in the Bhakthi pathway accepts all these four paths according to every individual's needs and knowledge of understanding the Truth. Here we can recognize that the paths of Polytheism, Henotheism, Monotheism and Monism are all the different sides of one and the same belief based on the level of understanding, devotion and realization. The Spiritually Realized person understands that the Supreme Pramathma exists everywhere, in the form of the mass and energy or power around and all over the universe. It has mass like a particle and energy like the electromagnetic force, a magnetism that holds It together and a timing with vibration that makes It movable and unmovable at the same time. For the ordinary unrealized souls of all of us, the Bhakthi path serves as a medium to recognize the Supreme and the powers. Our prayers and recitation of Manthras gives us the proper vibrations of the forces in us very much like iron gets magnetized.

PARA-BHAKTHI is the form of devotion with contemplation on the formless and unmanifested Brahman. It is the highest form of bhakthi suitable only for few learned people, the Jñana Yogis, who have the true knowledge of God. This level is achieved only by True Spiritual Realization of the supreme Divinity in all creations in the universe. At this level, the human and the Supreme merge as in one as Monism or Advaitha Vedantha.

APARA-BHAKTHI or Gauni-bhakthi is the lower level of love and devotion to a manifested Iswara and prayers to one of His forms accepted as Ishta-Devatha or a personal God. There are many levels or many grades in this form of devotion based on an individual's Guna and study leading to Realization and tthe most important ones being - Ekantha-bhakthi, Anyaya-bhakthi and Bhaya-bhakthi. These are the various levels of search for the Supreme Truth as "God".

Ekantha-bhakthi is the purest and Sattvika form of devotion. Here, the devotee loves God for His own sake and not for His gifts. He learns to crave for his personal God alone, in prosperity as well as in adversity. He sees the presence of God, as his Ishta-devatha, in all places, at all times. This is the True Monotheism that most Hindus try to achieve , all inclusive.

Anyaya-bhakthi [meaning "not another"] is the exclusive and passionate, or the Rajasika form of worship of one's Ishta Devatha in the heart. It is an intense form of monotheism and gives a healthy direction to the spirit of devotion. But, it shall not give rise to bigotry and cruelty towards those who have different concept of God and different methods of approach. Among Hindus, it is well recognized that the "gods" whom others worship are only different forms of one's own Ishta-devatha. This is the level with half understanding and exclusive form which denies other forms and feels their form of Monotheism is the Only Truth. In one way it is part of the Henotheism, recognizing only one form or aspect of the Supreme Divinity.

Bhaya-bhakthi is the very external form of worship of a Deity as God. It is the adoration paid to a form of God outside ourselves. It is the most basic form of a faith, based on the unenlightened or Tamasika form of feeling that God is external to us and dwells in a particular locality like the prayer room or Temple. The pilgrimages, worship of several images of God, symbols and sacred books are examples of this. Most popular religions do not rise above this level. This is in a way Polytheism, except that they accept only one of the many forms or deny the other forms because of a "Fear of God". This is the common simple blind faith of "God-fearing" ones.