Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom

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Behavioral patterns, altering embedded,
131-38, 141- 42
Bhakti (devotion), 212
Bhogakala (art of appeasing the
pleasure of body and mind), 204
Bhoga yoga (proficient complacency), 58
Bhumis (Five Qualities of Mind),
165-66
Black holes, 213 -14
Bliss. See Divine body
Bondage, 93
Brahmacarya (continence or celibacy),
254-55
Brahmacaryasrama (first stage of life),
24 1-42
Brahman (God), 8, 59, 65-66, 205,
249-50, 263-64
Breathing technique (pranayama)
calming emotions and, 96-97
concentration and, 72, 183-84
consciousness and, 93
contentment and, 262
exhalation, 72, 75-76, 97-98,
184-85
fear and, liberating, 104
Fear of Death and, 104-5
fire element and, 71
inhalation, 72, 74-75
introversion and, 73
lung capacity and, 69-70
meditation and, 183 -84
mind and, 75-77
parts of yogic, 72
in petals of yoga, 10, 12
physical movements of, 74-76
retention of breath after exhalation,
72, 76,93,184-85
retention of breath after inhalation,
72, 75, 77,93,184-85
water element and, 71
Bridge pose (Setu Bandha
Sarvangasana), 81


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Celibacy (brahmacarya), 254-55
Cellular level of memory, 144-45
Challenges of life, xiii-xiv, 260-61
Change, process of, 160-61

Chidra citta (imperfect consciousness),
221
Chi (life energy), 65
Citta. See Consciousness
Clarity. See Mental body
Cleanliness (sauca), 257-65
Cleverness, 230-31, 258
Clinging to Life. See Fear of Death or
Clinging to Life
Cognition, 126-27, 152
Communication, 83, 120
Compassion, 19, 52, 95-96
Conation, 127
Concentration (dharana)
breathing technique and, 72,
183 -84
intellectual body and, 180 -82
intelligence and, 176
in petals of yoga, 10, 13-14
steadiness of mind and, 98
wisdom and, 103
Conscience (antahkarana), 101,
178-80, 250
Consciousness (citta)
awareness and, 145
breathing technique and, 93
cosmic intelligence and, 208
disease and, 24
energy body and, 68, 76-77, 102
Five Modifications of, 153-54
fluctuations in, 131-32, 147
forms of, 153 -54
functions of, 152
Healthy and Healing Qualities of,
94-99, 153 -54
imperfect, 221
inner workings of, 110-1 3
intellectual body and, 151- 52
intelligence and, 68, 145
mental body and, 110 -13, 124
microcosmic level of, 198
mind and, 198
parts of, 111
transformations of, 220
true ethics and, 250
universal, 169
vital energy and, 1 02
yoga and, 109, 111, 220
Contemplation, 98

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