The Mind : it's Projections and Multiple Facets

by Yogi Bhajan

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Scholars can use this book as a unique source for meditations. Therapists and healers can use it to increase their personal sensitivity, making their practice more effective. Leaders and teachers can apply these ancient techniques to contemporary problems. All spiritual seekers can use it to bring clarity to their own projection. Everyone can use this book as a personal guide to live each day more authentically and effectively.

Genres: Philosophy, Spirituality

206 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Cees Onderwater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Verhandeling vanuit het gezichtspunt van de kundalini yoga traditie zoals geleerd door Yogi Bhajan over het moeilijk te vertalen begrip ‘the mind’ (de geest?). Kundalini yoga is een eeuwenoude traditie die in 1969 door Yogi Bhajan naar het Westen is gebracht. Sommigen kennen het misschien van de muziekfilm Woodstock, over het fameuze muziekfestival in datzelfde jaar, met beelden van kundalini yoga oefeningen ( vuurademhaling). Zo oud als yoga in het algemeen en ook kundalini yoga zijn, zo oud is de kennis van lichaam en geest die erin ligt. Deze oude Oosterse kennis, wijsheid, is een welkome aanvulling op het Westerse denken over en de kennis van de geest, hersenen, en de werking ervan. Hoewel gebaseerd op eeuwenoude kennis is de beschrijving vlot en in hedendaagse termen.

[Dee · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book fails to deliver on its promise. While it uses some Indian terminology, it lacks any real foundation in Kundalini yoga, filling the pages instead with made-up, "god-related" nonsense. It is an ego-driven project that offers no actual instruction.

​The only part worth looking at is the meditation section at the end, though those don't really connect to the rest of the text. When you consider the author’s history of sexual abuse, grooming, and manipulation, the whole thing feels hollow and predatory. I honestly regret spending money on this.



If you're looking for an honest, intellectually sound, or practically useful guide to mental training, you will not find it in this book.

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this nearly 10 years ago but did not "get it" seemed wordy and hard to understand. I lost that cooy - left it in Mexico and it was out of print for awhile when I returned. Just got a copy last week reading again - it now is very understandable and I am learning something new from Yogiji every day! I guess it just wasn't time. Excellent information.

[Jopa_Pe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un gran libro que te permite entender que tu mente se encuentra a tu disposición y no para jugar en contra de uno.

Después de terminar el libro adquieres herramientas para detectar que mente esta activa (positiva, negativa o neutral) complementando con meditaciones para trabajar las 81 facetas que componen la maravillosa mente humana.

[Marcus · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great, no nonsense look at the workings of your mind & meditations to get in touch with it.

"either you control your mind or your mind will control you..."