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This Book is a Must Read for those who seek to Advance Spiritually. This is a book for all ages: a book which sheds Light on the foundation of consciousness itself, and where religion, spirituality, and sex intersect within the human mind.

Where can we go to seek refuge in these troubled times? From its inception thousands of years ago, Yoga has offered a wonderful world within one's self as a retreat from not only everyday cares, but also from the emptiness of material accumulation. Yoga is the bridge over which one's conscious mind can travel to reach and integrate with the unconscious. How can we achieve that fully integrated mind, which is so very close, but the journey to can take so long to accomplish? The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali offer a road map to this destination by instructing each of us to balance himself by using a mental and physical exercise plan. Is it possible to reach the pinnacle of consciousness as portrayed by Patanjali in today's world? With close adherence to the plan laid out by the Sutras, Mahananda, by his own experiences, believes that total re-integration with one's Self can occur. The author has traveled the path and he has seen the wonderful world within which is the endpoint of conscious development. This is the place where one's potential can be fulfilled and where the joy in living can be maximized. This is the ultimate feel-good; one's consciousness residing within that creative energy which spawned its life.

"You have heard it said that you should live life as if there is no tomorrow, but you should really live as if there are an infinite number of tomorrows. Not only are the odds great that you will be around tomorrow, but you will have no regrets later on. This way you can achieve a satisfying and joyful fulfillment of life by doing what is right today.

Chapter One is about achieving the Meditative Trance by laying the proper foundation. Yoga, through the Meditative Trance, is used as the tool to become whole once again. Trance is a word frowned on in the Western world because it connotes a psychotic brain malfunction. In this book it is a term that aptly depicts the end stage of the meditative process where meditation is brought to a point of concentration excluding the outside world in order to be One, once again, with everything."