mind
INNER ENERGY
Conversely, when you go against the advice of the mind’s
conscience by serving the ego or sense gratification that
conflict with Inner Wisdom in thought, word and deed,
your internal strategic reserves of energy, will power and
creativity are diminished.
The major crisis of our culture today is not one of
IQ––intelligence quotient. Rather, the problem we face
individually and collectively is one of WQ––will quotient. In
twenty-first century America, countless people possess the
intellectual capacity to make brilliant decisions, but because
they are habituated to serving the limited perspective of the
ego, senses and unconscious mind, their reserves of will
power have become bankrupt. Without sufficient will
power to exercise discrimination, their reserves of energy
and creativity are similarly diminished. The more these
reserves are depleted, the more frequent and severe the
tension, stress, anxiety, burnout and pain.
As in banking, our personal balance sheet always reflects
whether deposits or withdrawals have been made. The
choice of solvency or bankruptcy is up to each individual.
In modern life you need plentiful reserves of energy, will
power and creativity to fulfill your many duties and
responsibilities. You have obligations to yourself, your
family, friends, business associates, society, the animal
kingdom and the good earth Herself. Yoga Science teaches
that everything you need for a happy, healthy and secure
life is always available in the form of your thoughts, desires
and emotions. A ready supply of power arises within you
daily in the form of fear, anger and selfish desires. If you do
not expend this power kinetically in the present moment,
you can consciously conserve and transform it for use at
another time. Yoga Science offers a systematic, practical
method for conserving and transforming energy. It’s very
simple, and all it takes is knowing how to direct your
attention appropriately, based on the intuitive wisdom
already within you.
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ABOUT
LEONARD PERLMUTTER
L
eonard Perlmutter, founder of the American
Meditation Institute (AMI), is the author of an
acclaimed book, The Heart and Science of Yoga:
The American Meditation Institute’s Empowering Self-
Care Program for a Happy, Healthy, Joyful Life, an
encyclopedic guide to meditation and the Yoga Science
that supports it. Praised by such international medical
luminaries as Dr. Dean Ornish, Mehmet Oz, Bernie Siegel
and Larry Dossey, this ultimate guidebook not only
explains what to do, BUT WHY TO DO IT. It delves into
Yoga Science, the eight-step method for managing the life
force energy that propels us and connects us to the infinite
power and creativity that is within and without us all.