{"product_id":"9780998187938","title":"Yogachara: The Purity of Direct Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYogachara, The Purity of Direct Experience, \u003c\/em\u003eby Dr. Lee Embrey, is a modern interpretation of an ancient yogic method long since neglected, yet particularly relevant today. Focused on the ultimate goal of yoga—realization in the divine bliss of Love-Light-Consciousness—this book reinterprets the meaning and practice of the four main types of yoga: \u003cem\u003eRaja \u003c\/em\u003e(yoga through mind control), \u003cem\u003eHatha\u003c\/em\u003e (yoga through bodily postures), \u003cem\u003eJnana\u003c\/em\u003e (using thought to transcend thought), and \u003cem\u003eBhakti\u003c\/em\u003e (rites, rituals, scriptural recitations, worship and devotional exercises). Taken together, these four are called the school of \u003cem\u003eYogachara.\u003c\/em\u003e All four types need to be developed together to produce harmony within the personality. To that end, the author integrates\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethem with Jungian personality-typology: \u003cem\u003eRaja Yoga\u003c\/em\u003e links to the Intuitive Type; \u003cem\u003eJnana \u003c\/em\u003eYoga, to\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethe Thinking Type; \u003cem\u003eBhakti Yoga,\u003c\/em\u003e to the Feeling Type; and \u003cem\u003eHatha Yoga, \u003c\/em\u003eto the Sensation Type.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYogachara\u003c\/em\u003e introduces a wider, deeper menu of ways of thinking than you ordinarily may be familiar with: Associative, Focused, Conceptual and Pre-Conceptual, Cognitive, Reflective, Concrete vs. Symbolic, Contemplative, Creative Thinking and Thinking in “O,” and Spirit Thought (the “Great Thoughts,” big ideas of an epoch). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExperiential as well as discursive, this book offers readers specific, evocative meditations and exercises to experience all four levels comprising Yogachara, addressing: relaxation; breath; extroverted and introverted visions of the universe; opening the heart; sound; connecting with Oneness; light; giving love to your partner; projecting love and gratitude to the world; the yoga of sleep; intuition; and hatha yoga poses).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy combining the best elements of yogic spirituality into a harmonious, easy-to-follow everyday practice, the author seeks to bring this action of revitalization and redefinition to the reader in the form of \u003cem\u003eYogachara\u003c\/em\u003e as a “new” yogic system of spiritual practice. And in the end, the book leads us closer to where we most want to be: “Becoming Real.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"leArtsinc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49815966908656,"sku":"9780998187938","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780998187938","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}