Enlightenment: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: A New Translation and Commentary

Yoga is the science of joining together the individual lower self with the universal higher Self. Yoga is not a belief system or a religion nor even a philosophy; it is an extremely practical methodology for systematically expanding the conscious mind. Said another way, Yoga is the Science for overcoming the self-destructive and limiting beliefs and internal programs that keep individual life bound to the experiences of the Waking State of Consciousness-the state in which life is alternately happy and sad, loving and hating, healthy and sick. Yoga provides a systematic ladder for climbing beyond the often painful experiences of the Waking State of duality into the state of non-changing Unified Consciousness known as full Enlightenment.

Happily married with three children, MSI's life transformed suddenly in 1998, when he lost his job, house, money, and family to divorce. Taking these changes as a sign that there was another purpose for his life, he set out to search for truth. In the Himalayas he found the ancient order of monks known as the Ishayas (a journey he fictionalized in his book, "First Thunder". From them, he learned the techniques collectively known as "The Ishaya Ascension". They instructed him to bring these techniques to the world in this time of great need. Though his commitment and dedication to the Ishayas' Teaching, a group of qualified teachers is now established in the Tradition of the Ishaya Lineage.