¹ Common southern Indian cry of distress.

² The first yogi, one of the many epithets of Shiva.

³ A fierce form of Shiva, where he has mastery over time.

⁴ A powerful energy form consecrated by Sadhguru at the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore.

⁵ The word ‘memory’ in this discussion is used not just in a neurological sense. Any trace of influence from the past that is retained is being referred to as memory.

⁶ The incarnations taken by the Divine, according to Hindu scriptures.

⁷ Referring to life energy that has taken on a certain form, i.e. human or rock.

⁸ A solar cycle in the human system is 4356 days or approximately twelve years. This cycle has a strong bearing upon what happens in one’s life during that time.

⁹ See Chapter 8: Assistance for the Disembodied.

¹⁰ The seven main energy centres in the body, according to the Yogic sciences.