Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism [Hardcover]

Yogi Ramacharaka (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 286 pages
• Publisher: Yoga Publication Society (June 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0911662014
• ISBN-13: 978-0911662016
• Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #844,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An introduction to understanding the wonder of life, December 13, 2001

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This review is from: Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism (Hardcover)

For readers who want to start exploring the philosophies of the hindu yogis, this is the perfect book. More than a book, it is a treatise that both enlightens and inspires. It starts with an explanation of the seven principles of what man is made of, paying special attention to what we don't see ( a.k.a. the auras). Ramacharaka not only affirms but confirms the power of human thought, and how a life can be trascended by it. We are what we think, our thoughts feed our actions. This particular philisophy starts with the principle that man is a spirit within a body, a mass of energy, and not the other way around; a common idea of the western philosophies. The book goes on to explain various techniques used in ocultism, good ones as well as bad ones.

The lesson I found the most fascinating was the one about life after death, that is death as we know it; because after reading about the different stages our spirit goes through once it leaves our body, you will never see - or at least think - of death in the same way. The only thing I can say on my behalf is that I expect to be fully awake to experience at least half of what is being described here.

If the reader is searching for answers to profound questions regarding the yogi philosphy he will probably have to go elsewhere. This is a book for begginners. It was written to wet one's appetite, to spark the willingfull search of knowledge, and many readers will be taken aback by the simplicity of it all. Ramacharaka shows us that life, when lived according to nature, is quite a simple business, and therein lies the wonder of it. It is both quick and majestic and, true to his philosphy, guides us to see death as we know it as a form of preparation to be better each time we choose to come back and experince new lives.

Even if we don't agree with the idea of re-encarnation, it will pay to have a look at it as an outsider, and consider the principles (such as the one for cause and effect), that we can see take place in our world once and again.

Read it, and welcome the peace and the wonder in your own life.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Each step is the beginning of a thousand different paths, May 18, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism (Hardcover)

This book is one of the first in a series of books that presents all areas of Yoga philosophy. To fully appreciate this book you must finish it as the last few chapters tie everything together. To fully appreciate the author, you must read the whole series of his books, which covers Hatha, Raja, Gnani etc. I believe the author would be the first to admit that in the volumes of books (eight, I believe) he has written, he has just scratched the surface. This is not a meditation book, but the beginning series of a foundation course in yoga philosophy that can make a difference in your life and make further study of yoga more meaningful.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Indispensible Guide, April 17, 2000

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This review is from: Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism (Hardcover)

If you follow the guidelines in this book for absorption of the knowledge within and give it time to seed and germinate, you will find deeper and deeper meanings each time you go back and re-read a lesson. This the author promises, and delivers. It deserves all five stars on the merits of having solved, for me, more mysteries than any other, and offering tools that are indispensible to future discovery and growth. The pages are finite, but the possibilities are endless.