Prologue: Viveka's Tale xix Part 1 Discovery of the Royal Secret 1. Waking Up Is Hard to Do 1 2. To the Mountaintop 16 3. Brahman: Ecstatic Union with the One 35 4. Shakti: The Play of the Divine Mother 46 Part 2 Self in Exile 5. You Are Not Who You Appear to Be 61 6. A House on Fire: The Identity Project 74 7. Suffering of the False Self 88 8. From the Unreal to the Real 99 Part 3 Encounters with the Mother and the Seer 9. Twin Pillars of the Reality Project 119 10. Equanimity: On Holding and Being Held 140 11. Awareness: On Seeing and Being Seen 153 12. Awakening the Witness 170 Part 4 Spontaneous Wisdom of the Body 13. Riding the Wave of Breath 193 14. Listening to the Voice of the Body 219 15. Meditation in Motion 247 Part 5 Royal Road Home 16. Rose in the Fire 273 17. Triumph of the Real 290 Appendix Yoga Metaphysics with a Light Touch 307
