“This work seems like the equivalent of reducing Napoleon from a great general to a figure of ambivalence and doubt.”—I must say you have put it very beautifully. But the basic question remains: If the foundational principle of the Integral Yoga is "aspiration-rejection-surrender" and if it is anathematic to the Westerners, rather to the Americans, then are they to be ruled out from it? Perhaps this is the fundamental question to be looked into and tackled in its proper context and depth. ~ RYD