The Science of Self- Realization : A Guide to Spiritual Practice in the Kriya Yoga Traditon (Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutras

Details : 

Publisher : Sri Satguru Publications
Author : Roy Eugene Davis
Language : New Translation, with Commentary)
Pages : 144
Cover : Hardcover
Dimension : 23 cm X 14.5 cm
Weight : 310 gm
Edition : 2007
ISBN : 8170308623

From the Jacket

The first chapter provides a detailed explanation of super conscious states and the various ways by which they may be realized. Kriya yoga lifestyle regimens and meditation practices are explained in the second chapter. In the third chapter, exceptional powers of perception and extraordinary abilities that one can use to nurture spiritual growth are described. The means by which soul capacities are actualized and indications of stages of spiritual awakening are presented in the fourth chapter.Kriya Yoga 
1. “To do.” To perform an action.
2. Intensive spiritual practice that results in uniting (yoga) attention and awareness with supreme Consciousness.
3. Self-discipline, study and analysis of higher realities, and surrender of the illusional sense of self that allows one’s true nature and the reality of God to be realized (experienced and know).
Science The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena and higher realities.
Self-realization Conscious experience with knowledge of one’s true essence of being.
Sutras Concise “threads” of concepts and teachings of a theme to be contemplated until their meanings are intellectually comprehended and intuitively discerned.
Roy Eugene Davis has taught spiritual growth processes for more than 50 years in the U.S., Canada, Japan, West Africa, Europe, and India. He was ordained by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1951.

Back of the Book

Nothing separates us from God. It is only the acquired habit of identifying with modified mental states and objective phenomena that causes and sustains the illusion of independent existence.

When this error in perception is corrected, our awareness is immediately restored to its original, pure wholeness.

In this new translation of Patanjali’s yoga-sutras, the timeless, universal teachings of spiritually enlightened saints and sages are clearly explained.