The Synthesis of Yoga

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The Synthesis of Yoga

(Mother:) “But the last part [“The Yoga of Self-Perfection”] is the longest, and it's difficult, too.
         He didn't complete it.
         He never completed the last chapter, he even told me, “You will complete it when I have completed my yoga,” and then he went, left everything.
         Afterwards, several times, he told me that I should be the one to complete it – I answered him that I didn't have the brain for it. Or else I would have to write it in a mediumistic way, but I am not a good medium, I am too conscious – the consciousness is immediately awake in the background and watches the phenomenon, so it stops working.

But your Agenda is the end of the “Yoga of Self-Perfection”!

Well, it'll be a long end! (Mother laughs)”

(Mother's Agenda, 31 December 1963)

INTRODUCTION: THE CONDITIONS OF THE SYNTHESIS

Chapter I	Life and Yoga	5
Chapter II	The Three Steps of Nature	9
Chapter III	The Threefold Life	20
Chapter IV	The Systems of Yoga	31
Chapter V	The Synthesis of the Systems	41

PART I: THE YOGA OF DIVINE WORKS

Chapter I	The Four Aids	53
Chapter II	Self-Consecration	69
Chapter III	Self-Surrender in Works — The Way of the Gita	89
Chapter IV	The Sacrifice, the Triune Path and the Lord of the Sacrifice	106
Chapter V	The Ascent of the Sacrifice – 1: The Works of Knowledge — The Psychic Being	134
Chapter VI	The Ascent of the Sacrifice – 2: The Works of Love — The Works of Life	158
Chapter VII	Standards of Conduct and Spiritual Freedom	188
Chapter VIII	The Supreme Will	208
Chapter IX	Equality and the Annihilation of Ego	221
Chapter X	The Three Modes of Nature	232
Chapter XI	The Master of the Work	243
Chapter XII	The Divine Work	264
Appendix to Pt. I: Chapter XIII	The Supermind and the Yoga of Works	279

PART II: THE YOGA OF INTEGRAL KNOWLEDGE

Chapter I	The Object of Knowledge	287
Chapter II	The Status of Knowledge	300
Chapter III	The Purified Understanding	308
Chapter IV	Concentration	317
Chapter V	Renunciation	326
Chapter VI	The Synthesis of the Disciplines of Knowledge	335
Chapter VII	The Release from Subjection to the Body	343
Chapter VIII	The Release from the Heart and the Mind	350
Chapter IX	The Release from the Ego	356
Chapter X	The Realisation of the Cosmic Self	368
Chapter XI	The Modes of the Self	374
Chapter XII	The Realisation of Sachchidananda	383
Chapter XIII	The Difficulties of the Mental Being	391
Chapter XIV	The Passive and the Active Brahman	400
Chapter XV	The Cosmic Consciousness	409
Chapter XVI	Oneness	419
Chapter XVII	The Soul and Nature	426
Chapter XVIII	The Soul and Its Liberation	436
Chapter XIX	The Planes of Our Existence	446
Chapter XX	The Lower Triple Purusha	457
Chapter XXI	The Ladder of Self-Transcendence	465
Chapter XXII	Vijnana or Gnosis	475
Chapter XXIII	The Conditions of Attainment to the Gnosis	488
Chapter XXIV	Gnosis and Ananda	498
Chapter XXV	The Higher and the Lower Knowledge	511
Chapter XXVI	Samadhi	519
Chapter XXVII	Hathayoga	528
Chapter XXVIII	Rajayoga	536

PART III: THE YOGA OF DIVINE LOVE

Chapter I	Love and the Triple Path	545
Chapter II	The Motives of Devotion	552
Chapter III	The Godward Emotions	561
Chapter IV	The Way of Devotion	571
Chapter V	The Divine Personality	577
Chapter VI	The Delight of the Divine	587
Chapter VII	The Ananda Brahman	593
Chapter VIII	The Mystery of Love	599

PART IV: THE YOGA OF SELF-PERFECTION

Chapter I	The Principle of the Integral Yoga	609
Chapter II	The Integral Perfection	616
Chapter III	The Psychology of Self-Perfection	623
Chapter IV	The Perfection of the Mental Being	632
Chapter V	The Instruments of the Spirit	643
Chapter VI	Purification — The Lower Mentality	654
Chapter VII	Purification — Intelligence and Will	663
Chapter VIII	The Liberation of the Spirit	674
Chapter IX	The Liberation of the Nature	682
Chapter X	The Elements of Perfection	691
Chapter XI	The Perfection of Equality	698
Chapter XII	The Way of Equality	709
Chapter XIII	The Action of Equality	721
Chapter XIV	The Power of the Instruments	729
Chapter XV	Soul-Force and the Fourfold Personality	740
Chapter XVI	The Divine Shakti	752
Chapter XVII	The Action of the Divine Shakti	762
Chapter XVIII	Faith and Shakti	771
Chapter XIX	The Nature of the Supermind	783
Chapter XX	The Intuitive Mind	799
Chapter XXI	The Gradations of the Supermind	811
Chapter XXII	The Supramental Thought and Knowledge	825
Chapter XXIII	The Supramental Instruments — Thought-Process	841
Chapter XXIV	The Supramental Sense	862
Chapter XXV	Towards the Supramental Time Vision	885
Appendix to Pt. IV: Chapter XXVI	The Supramental Time Consciousness	907

Notes are paraphrased from the “Publisher's Note” and “Note on the Texts”.

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