Chant:
Asato ma sad gamaya
Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya
Mrtyor mamrtam gamaya

Translation:
Lead me from the unreal to the real
Lead me from darkness to light
Lead me from death to immortality

Covered in 6.1:

-Most of us are living in a state of non-reality (we’re in our heads thinking about the past or projecting into the future)
-Reality only exists in the transient moment of right now
-Our energy is constantly being recycled throughout the universe (part of us is immortal)
-Neurons that fire together, wire together
-A neuron is a type of cell within the nervous system
-Overview of the anatomy of an individual neuron
-You have over a billion neurons in your brain
-Neural pathways are created when we learn new skills (like a how to ride a bicycle or speak a new language)
-These neural pathways are “use it or lose it” (if you don’t speak the foreign language for awhile, you begin to forget it)
-This is relevant in our own inner world and self-talk
-Neural pathways affect your Samskaras (automated “programs” living in your brain)
-How this relates to the use of affirmations and positive thinking
-Yoga helps us recognizes what we’re saying to ourselves; it’s the sharpening of the sword of our discernment