{"product_id":"2940015739084","title":"An Introduction to Yoga","description":"Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e                                \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLecture I.     The Nature of Yoga\u003cbr\u003e     1.  The Meaning of the Universe\u003cbr\u003e     2.  The Unfolding of Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e     3.  The Oneness of the Self\u003cbr\u003e     4.  The Quickening of the Process of Self-Unfoldment\u003cbr\u003e     5.  Yoga is a Science\u003cbr\u003e     6.  Man a Duality\u003cbr\u003e     7.  States of Mind\u003cbr\u003e     8.  Samadhi\u003cbr\u003e     9.  The Literature of Yoga\u003cbr\u003e     10. Some Definitions\u003cbr\u003e     11. God Without and God Within\u003cbr\u003e     12. Changes of Consciousness and Vibrations of Matter\u003cbr\u003e     13. Mind\u003cbr\u003e     14. Stages of Mind\u003cbr\u003e     15. Inward and Outward-turned Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e     16. The Cloud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLecture II.    Schools of Thought\u003cbr\u003e     1. Its Relation to Indian Philosophies\u003cbr\u003e     2. Mind\u003cbr\u003e     3. The Mental Body\u003cbr\u003e     4. Mind and Self\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLecture III.   Yoga as Science\u003cbr\u003e     1.  Methods of Yoga\u003cbr\u003e     2.  To the Self by the Self\u003cbr\u003e     3.  To the Self through the Not-Self\u003cbr\u003e     4.  Yoga and Morality\u003cbr\u003e     5.  Composition of States of the Mind\u003cbr\u003e     6.  Pleasure and Pain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLecture IV.    Yoga as Practice\u003cbr\u003e     1.  Inhibition of States of Mind\u003cbr\u003e     2.  Meditation with and without Seed\u003cbr\u003e     3.  The Use of Mantras\u003cbr\u003e     4.  Attention\u003cbr\u003e     5.  Obstacles to Yoga\u003cbr\u003e     6.  Capacities for Yoga\u003cbr\u003e     7.  Forthgoing and Returning\u003cbr\u003e     8.  Purification of Bodies\u003cbr\u003e     9.  Dwellers on the Threshold\u003cbr\u003e     10. Preparation for Yoga\u003cbr\u003e     11. The End\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLecture I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE NATURE OF YOGA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this first discourse we shall concern ourselves with the\u003cbr\u003egaining of a general idea of the subject of Yoga, seeking its\u003cbr\u003eplace in nature, its own character, its object in human\u003cbr\u003eevolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Meaning of the Universe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet us, first of all, ask ourselves, looking at the world around\u003cbr\u003eus, what it is that the history of the world signifies. When we\u003cbr\u003eread history, what does the history tell us? It seems to be a\u003cbr\u003emoving panorama of people and events, but it is really only a\u003cbr\u003edance of shadows; the people are shadows, not realities, the\u003cbr\u003ekings and statesmen, the ministers and armies; and the eventsÄ\u003cbr\u003ethe battles and revolutions, the rises and falls of states Äare\u003cbr\u003ethe most shadowlike dance of all. Even if the historian tries to\u003cbr\u003ego deeper, if he deals with economic conditions, with social\u003cbr\u003eorganisations, with the study of the tendencies of the currents\u003cbr\u003eof thought, even then he is in the midst of shadows, the illusory\u003cbr\u003eshadows cast by unseen realities. This world is full of forms\u003cbr\u003ethat are illusory, and the values are all wrong, the proportions\u003cbr\u003eare out of focus. The things which a man of the world thinks\u003cbr\u003evaluable, a spiritual man must cast aside as worthless. The\u003cbr\u003ediamonds of the world, with their glare and glitter in the rays\u003cbr\u003eof the outside sun, are mere fragments of broken glass to the man\u003cbr\u003eof knowledge. The crown of the king, the sceptre of the emperor,\u003cbr\u003ethe triumph of earthly power, are less than nothing to the man\u003cbr\u003ewho has had one glimpse of the majesty of the Self. What is,\u003cbr\u003ethen, real? What is truly valuable? Our answer will be very\u003cbr\u003edifferent from the answer given by the man of the world.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170485911792,"sku":"2940015739084","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015739084","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}