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Chargement... Yoga and the Quest for the True Self (édition 1999)par Stephen Cope (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Half as long would be more than twice as good. ( ) 'What a delight to find a book on spiritual practice that's as compelling to read as a good novel. This honest, intelligent, and beautifully written book is required reading for anyone intersted in spiritual practice today.'-Lilias Folan, host of the PVBS series Lilias! Millions of Americans know yoga as a superb form of exercise and as a potent source of calm in our stress-filled lives. Far fewer are aware of the full promise of yoga as a 4,000-year-old practical path of liberation-a path that fits the needs of modern Western seekers wtih startling precison. Now Stephen Cope, a Western-trained psychotherapist who has lived and taught for more than ten years at the largest yoga center in America, offers this marvelously lively and irreverent 'pilgrim's progress' for today's world. He demystifies the philosophy, psychology, and practice of yoga, and shows how it applies to our most human dilemmas: from loss, disappointment, and addiction, to the eternal conflicts around sex and relationship. And he shows us that in yoga, 'liberation' does not require us to leave our everyday lives for some transcendent spiritual plane-life itself is the path. Above all, Cope shows how yoga can heal the suffering of self-estrangement that pervades our society, leading us to a new sense of purpose and to a deeper, more satisying life in the world. 'A tour de force...a book grounded in yoga psychology that will be meaningful and useful to spiritual practitioners in many traditions.'-Sylvia Boorsein, author of It's Easier Tnan You Think and That's Funny, You Don't Look Buddhist Contents Introduction A note to readers Prologue: Viveka's Tale Part One: The discovery of the royal secret 1 Waking up is hard to do 2 To the mountaintop 3 Brahman: Ecstatic union with the one 4 Shakti: The play of the divine mother Part Two: The self in exile 5 Yo are not who you appear to be 6 A house on fire: The identity project 7 The suffering of the false self Part Three: Encounters with the mother and the seer 9 The win pillars of the reality project 10 Equanimity: On holding and being held 11 Awareness: On seeing and being seen 12 Awakening the witness Part Four: The spontaneous wisdom of he body 13 Riding the wave of greath 14 Listening to the voice of the body 15 Meditation in motion Part Five: The royal road home 16 The rose in the fire 17 The triumph of the real Appendix: Yoga metaphysics with a light touch Notes Acknwledgments Permissions Index Published in the mid 1990s after spending over a decade as a yogi at the Kripalu Center in Massachusettes, Cope sets out to write an ambitious text about his journey. I found his own story the most interesting, but unfortunately, there's too much other stuff going on to call this a true memoir. There' a lot here for serious students of yoga, of the Kripalu Center, of yoga's history both in the East and in the West, of it's relationship with Jung, let's say. But, ultimately, left this yogi waiting to exhale. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Millions of Americans know yoga as a superb form of exercise and as a potent source of calm in our stress-filled lives. Far fewer are aware of the full promise of yoga as a 4,000-year-old practical path of liberation--a path that fits the needs of modern Western seekers with startling precision. Now Stephen Cope, a Western-trained psychotherapist who has lived and taught for more than ten years at the largest yoga center in America, offers this marvelously lively and irreverent "pilgrim's progress" for today's world. He demystifies the philosophy, psychology, and practice of yoga, and shows how it applies to our most human dilemmas: from loss, disappointment, and addiction, to the eternal conflicts around sex and relationship. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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