So many people are taking yoga classes today which is exciting because it is bringing a real shift in consciousness. In our Atma yoga teacher training, we study yoga throughout history till today so our students fully understand the purpose of yoga. This presentation is on Sankya yoga which describes the nature of reality as described in the ancient yogic texts - it's an illusory matrix or dream and we need to wake up from it. Why? Because dreams are just a pale comparison to the real thing. See our website for more resources on yoga (yoga sets, videos, audio lectures, meditations and music) that you can download for free and to take our teacher training: www.atmayoga.net

1. Sankya Yoga

3. Sankya Yoga

5. Material Universe Lord Brahma’s Planet Roots = Subtle Trunk & Branches = Gross

6. Spiritual Realm Lord Brahma’s Planet Spiritual Realm

13. Pradhana with 24 Elements Tan Matras Subtle Elements 5 Objects of The Senses Smell/Odor Taste Form/ Color Touch Sound Antah Karana (Inner Instrument) False Ego (Ahankara) Intelligence (Buddhi) Mind (Manas) Citta (conditioned consciousness) Pancha Maha Bhuta Five Great Elements Earth Water Fire Air Ether Buddhi Indryas 5 Knowledge Senses Karma Indryas 5 Working Senses Goodness Passion Ignorance Sight Hearing Smelling Touching Tasting Speech Movement Grasping Eliminating Reproducing

14. Mahat-Tattva: shadow of pure consciousness– it is the germinating place of all creation False Ego Goodness Passion Ignorance Modes of Nature go out of balance Simultaneous with Sudda Sattva

15. Manifestation Mixer = Time Time (Kala) False Ego Death Awareness (Mrtyu) Fear Time is the internal spiritual potency; the mixing element throwing the modes out of balance Soul is overwhelmed when it comes in contact with material world and “conditioned” consciousness begins The self becomes aware of its temporary nature and death The “reality “ of death instills the new concept of FEAR

16. Evolution Process – Mahat Tattva, cont’d. Goodness (serenity) Passion (activity) Ignorance (dullness) Capacity to think and reflect, gives rise to desire. Origin of duality: acceptance and rejection. Subtle element of sound is one of the first buliding blocks. Discernment, discrimination, making things meaningful to the senses (master of the senses). Intuition comes from the mind. Five characteristics: doubt, misapprehension, correct apprehension, memory and sleep. 5 Knowledge and 5 Working Senses not activated. (The enrergy or power to experience material reality.) Sound Intelligence (Buddhi) Mind (Manas) Under influence of False Ego Sight Hearing Smelling Touching Tasting Speech Movement Grasping Eliminating Reproducing

17. Gradual Evolution of Our Senses Activities & characteristics of the ethereal element can be observed as accommodation (room) for the external and internal existences of all living entities, mainly the field of activities of the vital air, the senses and the mind. Ignorance (under influence of False Ego) Air Ether Touching Fire Sight Taste Water Tasting Smell/Odor Earth Smelling Form/ Color Hearing Touch Sound Prana Life Force (allows the knowledge senses to operate)

18. Overview of Gradual Evolution Tan Matran Subtle Elements 5 Objects of The Senses Smell/Odor Taste Form/ Color Touch Sound Antah Karana (Inner Instrument) False Ego (Ahankara) Intelligence (Buddhi) Mind (Manas) Citta (conditioned consciousness) Pancha Maha Bhuta Five Great Elements Earth Water Fire Air Ether Buddhi Indryas 5 Knowledge Senses Sight Hearing Smelling Touching Tasting Karma Indryas 5 Working Senses Speech Movement Grasping Eliminating Reproducing Goodness Passion Ignorance