divine body, where the Universal Soul can be glimpsed. In the next
chapter, we will understand this ancient yogic mapping of the layers of
our being. Before we will look at each layer in its own chapter, we must
first deepen our understanding of this Inward Journey and how it in
corporates the traditional eight limbs or petals of yoga. We must also
come to see the relationship between nature and soul; yoga does not
reject one for the other but sees them as inseparably joined like earth
and sky are joined on the horizon.
Yo u do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists
within your own body, heart, mind, and soul. Illuminated emancipa
tion, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you must
choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it.
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