Secrets of the Yamas, The

In this age of technology, mass media, ever-expanding entertainment and sophisticated marketing keep us on the move and perpetually busy, the journey of self-discovery is often lost or relegated to the category of mysticism. Yet, without a firm understanding of ourselves – who we are, how we relate to the world and why we do the things we do – we cannot possibly live life to its fullest. We have explored ever-widening aspects of the outer world: both physically, in terms of the world’s geography and composition, and theoretically, in terms of scientific disciplines. We have plumbed the depths of the oceans, trekked through distant wilderness, climbed every mountain and taken tentative steps into space. We know the workings of distant solar systems and can predict the movements of subatomic particles. We are unraveling the genetic make-up of life.