Yoga and the quest for the true self

Prologue: Viveka's Tale xix

Part 1 Discovery of the Royal Secret

1. Waking Up Is Hard to Do 1

2. To the Mountaintop 16

3. Brahman: Ecstatic Union with the One 35

4. Shakti: The Play of the Divine Mother 46

Part 2 Self in Exile

5. You Are Not Who You Appear to Be 61

6. A House on Fire: The Identity Project 74

7. Suffering of the False Self 88

8. From the Unreal to the Real 99

Part 3 Encounters with the Mother and the Seer

9. Twin Pillars of the Reality Project 119

10. Equanimity: On Holding and Being Held 140

11. Awareness: On Seeing and Being Seen 153

12. Awakening the Witness 170

Part 4 Spontaneous Wisdom of the Body

13. Riding the Wave of Breath 193

14. Listening to the Voice of the Body 219

15. Meditation in Motion 247

Part 5 Royal Road Home

16. Rose in the Fire 273

17. Triumph of the Real 290

Appendix Yoga Metaphysics with a Light Touch 307.