As we are here for the purposes of applied-practice then as it is a doorway, meaning that the practices affect the outcome and the outcomes affect the practice, we shall not get into scholarly wranglings and let the introduction stand as we see it today and allow for the practices themselves to provide access to the wisdom that surpases all mind knowledge.

I begin here with a summary of each Chapter and highlight the Sanskrit terms and add simple illustrations for modern day interpretations of the Samkhya science (metaphysics) within them.

The 8 Limbs of yoga are placed within Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, very deliberately and precisely as the means to achieve the final three, concentration, meditation and samadhi. The first 5 mentioned in Chapter 2 and the final 3 in Chapter 3. Chapter 1 is for those who are already adept at concentration and or meditation.

The simple question that lies in the heart of every human, ‘who am I?’