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

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Intelligence (cont.)
mind and, 155 -56
mirror of, 125
physical body and, 28-29
postures of yoga and, 162
skillful, 257
universal, 68
will and, 126-27
wisdom and, 164-65
Introspection, 7 3
Introversion, 73
Intuition, 162-65
Invention, 123
Involution, 102, 21 1-14
Inward Journey. See also Yoga
Afflictions and, 199-200
concept of, 173
embarking on, ix, xiv
energy body and, 67--68
freedom and, xxii, 11
learning and, 266
Nature and
elements of, 6-9
living with, 18-1 9
Universal Soul and, 9-10
nature of, 18-1 9
personal experience of, ix-xii, xvi-xx
petals of yoga
breathing technique, 10, 12
concentration, 10, 13-14
meditation, 10, 13-16
postures, 1 0-12
self-purification, 10-1 1
sensory control and withdrawal,
10, 12-13
sheaths of being and, 10
union, 10, 13, 17-1 8
universal moral commandments, 10
role models for, ix
self-knowledge and, xxi-xxii, 3
sheaths of being and, 4-6
!-shape (ahamkara), 111-13, 117-22, 124
Isvara pranidhana, 258, 261, 263


J
Jesus, 170
Jivatman (individual soul), 148, 178,
185, 200


Jnana. See Intellectual body; Wisdom
Joy, 52, 93-94, 95

K
Kaivalya (eternal freedom), 224-25,
228
Kaivalya Pada (the Freedom Chapter),
227-28
Kala (art), 204
Kama (pleasures of love and human
enjoyment), 237
Karma, 136-37,209, 221
Karuna (cultivation of passion), 95
Ki (life energy), 65
Klesa. See Afflictions
Knowledge, 153, 159-60, 161 -62. See
also Self-knowledge
Kosas. See Sheaths of being
Kundalini energy, 89-90, 222-23
Kushalata (skillful intelligence), 257

L
Lao Tzu, 117
Learning, 59, 265--66
Life
Aims of, 237-41
balance and, 44
challenges of, xiii-xiv, 260-61
dilemmas in, 53-54
energy, 65
learning and, 265-66
Soul and, 137-38
Stages of, xiii, 241-46
stress in, 78, 80
wholeness in, xiv, 194
yoga and, xvi, xx-xxii, 22
Light, quality of (sattva), 45, 207
Lightness and physical body, 40-42, 49
Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
(Iyengar), xi
Lila (cosmic game), 206
Loneliness, 184
Love
divine, 85-86
physical body and, 59
sensual desire and, 86-87
sexual, 254-55

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