Practical Yoga Psychology

by Rishi Vivekananda

The great mysteries in our lives are the understanding of our personality,how we relate with other people and the world around us,and our place,if any,in the vast scheme of things.The other question... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8186336397
• ISBN13: 9788186336397
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Yoga Publications Trust
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Must For the Evolving Human Being

I have read only the first seven chapters as of yet and I recommend this book wholeheartedly to every human being. This is the most true of psychology books on the entire being of we humans. I have taken psychology and sociology and philosophy in college but those classes and all of those psychology books, etc., pale in comparison with this more complete text on the human self. Not only does this book derive from a spiritual source but a scientific one. A more pure science than that of any western doctors or philosphers. Vivekananda writes about the Human from all aspects, The Good, The Bad and The Inbetween, noting that although humans do bad things or are of a lower vibrational standing, this does not make them inhuman or lost. We are creatures of adaptation and evolution. We can take steps via this wonderful and life giving world of yoga, but first we must look at ourselves, write down the wrong and move toward the light (not meaning what I think, you think this means) We can reach Yoga while still here and enjoy it. To get to the point, the book is superb. With this book, one can more fully understand the whole self ie. physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, etc., whether it is one self or the community at large. This is one of Bihar Scool of Yoga's pwerhouse books necessary for every ones library. Without the knowledge of change, how can we? At the rate we are going without it, world suffering can only be prolonged.... The book is well written and although it may be tough in a few spots since we must adapt out brains to this language, if you take your time, like I, you will get a grasp on it. Enjoy...

Accessible and Practical Treatise that Maps the Extraordinary Maturation Possible for the sentient S

Over a couple of days and nights I had absorbed and soaked the principles laid in this treatise from cover to cover. In short, the book felt "un-put-downable". What makes the read luminous, is the clarity with which Vivekananda describes ancient terms from Yoga, Samkhya and Tantra, that are being regurgitated constantly and (mis)appropriated incessantly by the new age gurus, rushing out their latest offering that hams together many of these ideas to suit the palate of the recently minted fans of "everything to do with yoga". He doesn't take much of our time, with short practical statements he makes subtle distinctions, to help the reader recognize the complex variations that birth the chakra-guna-kosha-antahkarana complex of each individual self. And then, he proceeds to elaborate on the possibility of maturing our particular state of self to the next "better" possibility...again using non-mystical vocabulary, very precisely as though laying out the most easy to access set of things the 21rst C. self can do"! A pure and wondrous book that would luminate the library of those who already have a remarkable collections of the texts from the Satyananda Yoga School. In short I would recommend it as a must read for the serious practitioner of classical Yoga, interesting in getting to the essence of Yoga's promise for divinizing our human potential.