The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga [antikvár]

PREFACE TO THE 1988 EDITION om sri ganeshaya nam ah om saravanabhavaya namah om aim saraswatyai namah om namo bhagavate sivanandaya om hamah sivaya om namo narayanaya As I write this preface to the new edition of The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga, humanity is plunging deeper and deeper into crisis, yet a bright future awaits. The transition between the 20th and 21st centuries may bring us to an unprecedented technological paradise. The door is opening to an age of supercomputers to help organize our complicated society and modified ecology; superconductors to minimize energy waste; and robots to perform work not fit for humans, thereby increasing our leisure time and life spans. New medical solutions will possibly arise to control AIDS and eliminate other terrible diseases. A time may come soon when we will be growing vegetables in space stations as well as in our houses, or we may find ourselves migrating to other planets, as the ancients migrated to new worlds. Yet, we are still unable to deal with our minds. The world crisis is but a reflection of the chaotic state of the collective consciousness. The most positive action we can perform to