The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker's Guide to Extraordinary Living Book

Introduction     xiii
Prologue: Seekers, Then and Now     xxi
The Problem of Ordinary Unhappiness
Jake: The Quest for the Firebird     3
The Secret Strength of Disillusionment     13
Close Encounters with Mind     21
Quiet Desperation     36
Illumined Mind in Everyday Life
Maggie: The Search for Authentic Self-Expression     55
Tying the Puppy to a Post     61
Explorers of Inner Space     76
Karma and Character: The Bondage to Pattern
Susan: Filling the Hungry Heart     89
The Roots of Suffering     95
The Laws of Cause and Effect     109
The Web of "I"     122
The Freedom in Skillful Action
Kate: The Invisible Suffering of Delusion     143
The Hidden Power of Restraint     148
Practice the Opposite     170
At the Still Point of the Turning World     186
Breath, Trust, and the Transmutation of Hunger     206
Meditative Transformations of Self
Rudi: Living at Ease in the World     227
The Vision of Sameness     231
Shiva's Dance: Insight and Dissolution     245
The End of Striving     263
Yoga and Buddhism     275
The Yoga-Sutra inEnglish   Chip Hartranft     283
Glossary     293
Notes     296
Acknowledgments     305
Index     307