Yoga Psychology by Haridas ChaudhuriIn the book Transpersonal Psychologies, edited by Charles T. Tart, Haridas Chaudhury has written one of the parts, "Yoga Psychology", where he draws on old yoga-linked teachings from Hindu philosophy systems, the Yoga Sutras, and in part Aurobindo. "Who comments, invents (Quien comenta, inventa)", the Spanish say. You may see that even though Chaudhury calls his comments and uses of sources psychology, it is a blend of tenets that otherwise may go for faith-lore, parts of religion, where solid evidence that confirms the teachings, is very often missing. For all that, tenets may still be used as working hypotheses.
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Chaudhury, Haridas, "Yoga and Psychology", in Charles Tart, ed. Transpersonal Psychologies. New York: Harper Colophon, 1977. Chidananda, Swami. The Philosophy, Psychology and Practice of Yoga. WWW ed- Shivanandanagar: The Divine Life Society, 1999. Cortright, Brant. Integral Psychology: Yoga, Growth, and Opening the Heart. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2007. ⍽▢⍽ Professor Cortright's book is based on Sri Aurobindo's complex Integral understanding of yoga and much else. He explains how Aurobindo's thinking can be related to psychotherapeutic theory and practice, and in so doing connects Eastern and Western approaches to psychology, and discusses how jnana, karma, and bhakti yoga can be applied in Western psychotherapies. A larger perspective may result from digesting the book. Coward, Harold. Yoga and Psychology: Language, Memory, and Mysticism. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2002. ⍽▢⍽ According to large parts of Western thought, human nature is psychologically, philosophically, and spiritually limited - even flawed, while Patanjali's Yoga and Eastern thought generally maintains the opposite. Professor Coward offers a studied analysis of how two main forms of psychology reflect "the psychology" of yoga. McDermott, Robert A., ed. The Essential Aurobindo: Writings of Sri Aurobindo. Great Barrington, MA: Lindisfarne Books, 2001. ⍽▢⍽ According to Aurobindo, there must be a further, conscious evolution.
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