DISCOVER YOGA THROUGH MYTHOLOGYOutline of Part - 2Section 3 - Shri Ram in Action• Begin with the Aranya Kand, where Shri Ram enters into the Dandaka forest and the main action of the story begins.• See battle with demon Khar as a reference to the Vishudha Chakra.• See Ravan as the ego/Ahamkar of a normal person as opposed to an evil demon king.• See Kishkindha as the Anahat Chakra, and review the several hundred references to it.• See the event where Lord Hanuman meets mother Sita as the first contact of pran with the energy locked up in the Muladhar by the ego/Ahamkar.Section 4 - Invasion of Lanka• Begin with the invasion of Lanka, and interpret events of the war with respect to the body.• Review the real nature of Shri Ram and mother Sita as mentioned in several verses by sage Valmiki.• Interpret the crowning ceremony of Shri Ram as Samadhi, and review reverences to the Sahastrar in the ceremony.• See the Uttar Kand as a sequel to Valmiki Ramayan, and understand the event of Shri Ram executing Shambuka with respect to our body.• Review other stories of Lord Hanuman, and interpret them as an additional source of information on the pran.• Interpret the concept of Yugs or ages as told by Lord Hanuman in Mahabharat, and see that we are in Dwapar Yug currently.• See the tragic ending of Ramayan as a sequence of events at the end of the life of a great Yogi.
