Yaugika Manas A Study of the Mind

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Yaugika Manas – “Know and Realise the Yogic Mind”.
Yaugika Manas meaning the Yogic Mind, is a fascinating articulation of his thoughts—informed by his reading of PatanjaliR ;s Yoga Sutras—about the workings of the mind as it relates to yoga. The mind is a more mysterious subject than the physical body (Guruji calls it a “subject of wonder”), and the book is an excellent and much-needed primer on the various aspects of the yogic mind. One of the most extraordinary and useful sections of the book is the list of 15 different facets of the mind, in which Guruji provides a complete dissection of the different ways of understanding the mind.

Guruji compares the mind to a diamond with several facets, each of which throws light in a different direction. Similarly, the “mind-body composite” has a number of different facets, each of which can make or mar our intellectual and spiritual development.

In the fourth and fifth chap...