Synopsis The first chapter provides a detailed explanation of superconscious states and the various ways by which they may be realized.  Kriya yoga lifestyle regimens and meditation practices are explained in the second chapters.  In the third chapters, exceptional powers of perception and extraordinary abilities that one can use to nurture spiritual growth are described.  The means by which soul capacities are actualized and indications of stages of spiritual awakening are presented in the fourth chapter. Kriya Yoga1. "To do." To perform an action. 2. Intensive spiritual practice that results in uniting (yoga) attention and awareness with supreme Consciousness. 3. Self-discipline, study and analysis of higher realities, and surrender of the illusional sense of self that allows one's true nature and the reality of God to be realized (experienced and known).  Science The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena and higher realities.  Self-realization Conscious experience with knowledge of one's true essence of being.  Sutras Concise "threads" of concepts and teachings of a theme to be contemplated until their meanings are intellectually comprehended and intuitively discerned.