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Sirsasana
Chapter 4
CLARITY
The Mental Body (Manas)
ou cannot hope to experience inner peace or freedom without un
derstanding the workings of your mind and of human conscious
ness in general. All behavior, both constructive and destructive, is
dependent on our thoughts. By understanding how our thinking
works, we discover nothing less than the very secrets of human psy
chology. With this right perception and understanding of our minds,
the door opens to our liberation, as we go through the veil of illusion
into the bright day of clarity and wisdom. The study of mind and con
sciousness, therefore, lies at the heart of yoga.
()bviously 1nind and consciousness are involved at· c.-very level of
our hei n�, hut bet· a use of their su btlcty they are con side red 1 o res ide ..