Beruflich Dokumente
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93
Aorita Fdti,
I,
PUBLISHER,S NOTE
whtd il925
ll9 Svi Ygd
PulisAed in
I/dlil coplrrgrl
mrit Foundatjon, l. is dcd;ted to ih. risl. hgd reacbinss d mirinss ot Swami (rm) Ysd to rt. individual i wiib G. Thb ed;tion of l 925 FiBt Eaiiion 5gl exaci lit f ilhd Sat-Sanea, LoB gls, irhr' Notc and tr' picturc h inaed.
Initially tbe organizational m and tbe written teacbings i America of Swami (rmhs) Yogananda were known Yo8oda-Sat Sg Society and Yogoda Course, respectively, Swami Yd later enlaed his wTitten rrsd rs d changed tbe m of thm to tbe Praecepta Ls. h iqus.f trtion, Medition and Kriya Yoga as taut in th ri8inal rt Lessons are isd d disseninated Am;ta Foundation, I. Since, thrfr, mit Fdti is dedicated to the original,
hgd writings and teacbings of Swami (rmhs) Ygd, wr tbe word "Yogoda" is used Amrita will use th word "r*" with ateriL to let tbe sfudl kow that these oiginal writing r vital part f th Raecepta study tht set forth precise explanation and of tbe Univeral Principle Yoganandaji
expounded.
(rmhs) Ygd' writings isd in m frm]923 tol932 (i,e., Ygd booldet now retided tbe Praecepta* Boot, Sgs /li SouI,
of th
'it'u^.^,*
d 8080 .
Dallas
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Alfirmatios, Rgciological Circrt, Wiispers Frr Elernilg and Metaphysical Meditotios), tbe word 'Yogoda" is used i gl booet w retitled
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHART
(For YouBeU, Yu F.l&, d
How UsE
hil)
lig tbe Prceceptc* ft, Sitii ||imtis, Ryciologiccl i*, Wfr ispers Frr
Eterity, d Metophgsical Meditalions, expressln h sdent lg th original t Lcssons is gd and gd to use tbese s First Editions, puisbed Amrita as "h Devotee's CoIIection", as continuing rfr d reading material to Blean and absorb tbe Ti,utb contained
ri.
Fr ur own use, tbis fl, if rd and studied dailv r weey, ll serve as reminding mirrr fr ietecting and rmig your psycbological and material sbortcomings, self"analris and constant watcbing of all actions d moods, you will Braduallv lr r true natuTe and hw to express it
fla*iessly. rk out [m week to week -ht rgss you baue md in subduing bad tendency and in cultivating Bood quality. Fd gd qualities
good tis; starve bad s --rli. Friends should belped in'rrgh thinng lovig suggestion, never criticism, cbild shid talrch example, actions, not wonds alone. r twice is u8 to, tell birn wbat quality you wisb bim to cultivate, d tben m-
tally hold tbe th8ht, t giving up until it is acconplisbed fact. Tbink up w and suit mth-
ods tgg his interest and to encoura8e gd qual, ities. bim witb love d rs, r Witb gr r rsss, cbange [ irmt d m should made, if necessary. Let bim dd that you h bis best interest at beart. Use th rt to cbeck up bim at certain stated periods, recording his grss and 8s.
MIRROR NEW
FoREwoRD
Psgcoiogiccl Crlart contains i nutsbell lit of all ths factob wbicb g to mlr up is salient characteristics of ididl. It is us helpful i pointing out th good and bad qualities that gr hm dt. Tbougb we um beings endowed with freedom of ll, yet few of us are 'We ever aware of consciousb using it. guided our inherited r acquired tdis d babiB r frmt. inherited babit is also acquired habit, in tbe sense that it was acquired in past fm of existence. We often say we like tbis r we don't like that, But we fail to giz t i mosl isls we like r dislike those things t of w fr hi, but because our self-crtated babits ml u to do so. If tbe rfrm of ti, 8ood bad, is influenced , r dependent , tbe dictates of habit, th til rl frdm of ll is lacking.
wrr thr is no freedom ofcboice. tbere not exist the wr to freely rfrm tbe righ action. Slaves of habit r to act righly r fteely,
when tbey so desire.
That tby mind. Tbou wilt find his mirr w would also shw all true "InnerYou"' ht's veiled in flsh And d 'r appear. h night consult afresb h mirrr fid and dear away Dust of Day.
SVAMI YGNND (" Miful N" Irc l92' Fit Edi'bi
freeing tbeir
ll
environnental influenees. slavish customs, bad habits, d enBnglemenB, teaching m to understand d develop all tbe possibilities of tir rl nature, d pointing out d eliminating tbeir bad babit-. and tendencies. analysls and lnlrospection student ls to know bimself thg tbis r1, and tbe bowledge ( bow to ir will follow naturll. In rdr to know wbat ght to , must fit acquainted witb wbat is. Qualitatively sidrd, tbis rrt is very m prebensive, inasmucb as it is not one-sided, but mrs qualities of every hs of man's tu. Most mdr sptems trt tbe development of intellect l, sometime at tbe cot of spir
th, d conduct d babib as well as intelIectual faculties r minutely recorded, Tbese slow and comparative rnethods f daily, weekly, morithly and obsevation+ecords of student's life funisb tbe t with sufficient data to tbem to kw wbat tiulr line to follow i regulating tbe lives of thir student in tbe righ way, ius cbanges of envnonment, company, dbcipline, and
training.
itual growth. Methods like the Binett-Simons Intelligence st mhsiz the analysis and develop-
Furtbermore. fir conclusions about man's faculties are not always reached means { intelligence tests, whih often render bim self-conscious r nervous. Tbis g, frologi.al ri i" used i ti with r student in m shl i Rancbi, India, whih hs rllmt of ]00 students, Every student is carefully and lovingly sd or th
wm and cbildren, d intended especially for my studenB in America, wbo sbould keep rrd or at leat mental diary of tbeir gig tendencies, marking out their rgss in the development of good qualities wbich th m tack d wbicb tbey tryin8 to cultivate. r desius of foliowing tbe patb of Tiutb ough to live barmonious material as well as spiritual lit. His m.rerial , riviries connecled h phyical
fr
ll
bodn family life, and noney-making sbould all full and successfully performed. His body sbould
bealtby, bis financial status good, bis rnatrirnonial and social relationsbips ideal, and mental life wellbalanced. His spiritual development sbould bim to barmonize all tbe actities and duties of bis life, so that tbey all tiut to bis lasting and
Ctrort will Breatly hl parents to properly ig up their children, in all-around way, if it is applied during ir rl life. w dlfferent actions
loosen its bold also requires time, Gd d bad habits alike r fed actions d repetition, strong bad hit displaced strong good babit, wbicb can created the repetition of good
actions.
anrj environments bave not left idli bardened babit-impressions tbern. Just as one cannot rmould lump of clay whicb bas been dd fir, so also it is difficult to hg tbe child's tendencies after bave become stubborn babits, But i spite of tbis difficulty, it should clearly rmmd tbat um beings not liLe material tbings, wbose tu cannot cbanged. No matter wht tu tbey migh bave inberited or created thir w actions, it cbanged not mr sig, but acting in tbe righ way repeatedly and patiendy for some lengtb oftime. Human nature, even wben rdd into rocks of babit, still rtis ib inherent plastici wbicb rs under fir of constant discipline. Rople sh to get id of tbe germs of bad habits, but seldom actually adopt suitae measures f eliminating r destroying thm, and few persh in ti use of sucb mtl bygienic measrrres. forget tht tbe powerful 8rip of babit took long time to tighb , gradually and constant repetition. undo it or
using this I, one is fishd witb tbe detaib ofall bis frmd babits, tbose habits in th pro-
wisb and ough to , Tbis little rt will your searchligh i the dark pathways of life. Use it to belp
you on to freedom,
cess f fmti. bis instincts, and the condition of bis d mind and soul faculties. See youTself as tbe mkr of all t you are, possessed of tbe power to malre yourself wbatever you
SwAMl YOANANDA,
1925
coNENTs
".
GeneTal Imti................,...,............,...........
|
Healtb Irmti..................................,..,..,.....2 l Rycho-Phpiological Irmti....................,..,..22 HandwTiting....,..,..................,..........................,..23 Attention........,..,...,...,..,,..,...........,.....................24 mr and Imitation .............,..,......,..,......,.......25 Rss ...........................................,...,......,.....,.26
Imagination ...,..,......,.. ..,..........................-.....-..-..27
SatMa-Raja (Elerating-Activatine)......................3
SatMaJba
PSYCHOLOCICAL CHART
GENERAL INFORMATION
2, 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
l,
s.,
Y and date of
mily religion.
F's Name.
account
it.
:
]
8, Rrent's age. 9, m ddrs. 10. place whrt stu{et was r, brough up and educated ( special mti of
climatic condition of th place r places. State School or m (if tAut at m, \r hd ts, prild tuto relative; mention hld made of meod of thig him), 12. How far it ws i to individual and didd attention to him. 13. Wbat Bort of puniBbment, h wm subjected to fr offence (if it ws r at all); chiding, putting to m. bycottin8, beating (frequent
l
tbe fr.
l.
l9
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHART PSYCHOLOGICAL CHART oT,occaslonal), ltig, retusing to give dear l. woundlng Jeelings. d tbe effect ofit shrtJstig r duri.
to lake up in the future. wisbes
20
l5.
l6. An Lrrc is. ot rb. student. conciuded wl rmrks lh 8rI trend and
ooserved l llne
tr of th pu.i lb.." g"n".ution. ( paternal d mtl sides lo 0 repJeented'. wtth specral rfr( to krnd ol gls. d phyical pecullarity r diseas; trlllr or aTquired) marked mtl habits,
"fit
22.
k;J " *i"i. Leisure bour diveBions b"i. * * "'ili;.* - !:_d :f * "."*""i"";i'iiilfli'" interested.
|{ r rs. l
vegeb;an r not
m starch r fat
2.
#*i:j?:J*rjtti"}*.]$ff
HEALTH INFORMATI
'lVeigbt.
"',
1l8 1,J; should noled.) what is required hr is to plck out th oulstanding characteristic ol tbe a:d nole how |hr traits of bis rtr tlow i ot l| In trl succession r ar. rnllrr.nc.d , 8drd lt r counter _ _ to it_ l,Z. Delailed. descriprion f lh m in which md up to th age [ 7 d ftm 7 to l2lh
slit {ture| 9l tt'srr,- special rmrlr rgd_ (rdmilllt Lendencies. babits. etc.,
GrIhlth.
6.
7.
I8. list of lours fi made during bis l lite, ly. ld ol dwllig places twbeLher aditting ruse alr and ligh or t) lived i.
2
8.
"Yl,i'1.1.
j.
j}._|:"l
9, Any .l
stomacb, d and
"..;:
:l .Ji}*"
p.culia.iI
**";;;;.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHART
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHART
l,
I
Sbrill. Loud.
WeaL. Moderate.
5. Possessing sleepy td r not (as effect
PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATlON
1
of
Reaction time to lit. Limit fmslr exertion without fatigue. 8. period of sustained ri work.
7.
Long sight.
id. r peculiarities. 2. lVr mtr or ss type. . Audition Extent of range. lrss. How fr sssig mil r. wr har,d fig r not. 4. Vi rsh. Melodius.
HANDWRITING
(s clrre to tbough and character.)
Neat. itki8.
lg
t'
22
ATTENTION
|. Span
RY AND IMITATION
2,
J,
dlrtli {witboul wdrigl lir, rl.e. Legth ot hm to noted,) Intensi ofatlentton - . tbing does G) Wh.ttdig -
rs i r h miutes-)
ofattention (i.e. How m- things attend to im|_ taneously r in close succession ,ith
Kind
.." ;.
()
5.
t middss _
preslon ol it Inattentbn ro rbe subjecl in d bul dllending to sorne thr object r tuh.
"t
irt hm. 2, Swi[t i menizing but forgetful. _r, )tl ln memorizin8and tiig for lg, 't, 5l ln mmri,,ig ul rlli;fr lon*, wilhoul drstdis ibe
6, \4emorizing
' :}?,",'"*
dllr udrtddlq lh
lypes
specially ttdig lo
ture (hlsli(l. mylbical. lir tales, lireb oI smal m), pbilosophy. abstratt srrbiecb, or.rt, door wk. mhi, grdig.
thr atfairs, 24
Partrcubr. su!ecb: glis, S,t, science, malhFmallcS. histr, ggrfi. game", lirera-
J. mr
*.,ti.
25
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHART
PSYCHOLOCICAL CHART
7.
REAsoN
l.
2.
3. 4.
Gsig faculty
l.
8. wr [ u reasonin8.
2. Maematics (m d fir). 3, I gttig theorieg. 4. mm (worling out practical thlngr r 88tig tbe practical couBe of action).
l.
-. Planning.
IGlNttt
QuicL.
l.
st
5.
of slow assimilation
l. gi.
tr
of generalization.
Modeling. Playing on instrumenb. (6) rqiti6. .6 6..rtv. indications of th. 2. 'I],pe*- (|) About concTete subiects. (2) t abshact s. (3) t m and fir. (4) ofimagining situation. (5) ofimagining fact.
27
(l) Music.
D.g.
Painting.
26
PSYCHOLOCICAL CHART
PSYCHOLOG|CAL CHART
OBEDIENCE
Quality of it |. Willig and 2, ii.
tr suddenly trig diobdlent throu8b rssrc of wrk r continued rcmtrs r flllt. l0. Obedient tr turig tmrri disobedlent cause tbe feelings f the hrt wdd. Superficial obedience ofa r.& .,_ l2. Wihig to obdient but ticular t ofmind failinc to so.' ",.13. Obedient if r i stid. Obedient ifsentiment is appeatcd to, Ocdient if pedigTee r rlr i appealed
9. Obdient
ll.
to.
Obedient if lf_rstt
iB appealed to.
dlit.
3. 4.
GENEML NUR sw
(la
fi's
Qii!)
6.
8. g
Z. 3, 4, 5.
l.
rhmh (self-discipline).
28
PSYCHOLOCICAL CFiART
PSYCHOLOCICAL CHART
6. Love fr gTeat m. 7. Ractical sm fr otbe. 8. Benevolent tendency towards tbe needy. 9. Tiuthfulness 8ts (i.e., habitual)
spirit.
g pbilanthropic tendency. 32. Inpial. 33. Gatitude towards bnefactorr. 34. Reverence fr di subjects.i
d hil deanliness,
3l.
SW-RI
G boalkg. lig QIilb )
|.
l9, Patient. 20, Fig. 21, Acting i rd with the suBgestionB of 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.
srir minds. 22. Outspoken.
is it babitual r
28. Contented.
2. Love for rt. . Love fr rtlations. 4. Love fr friends. 5. Active smth. 6. Dutifulness in relation to lf r ones' I_ ti only. (SepaTation {iom whole) 7. Dutifrrlness out of of rwrd, (Fruits of action.) 8. Sti to rti. () [f intellect is appealed to. ) If beling is appealed to. () If pedigree. rk one's poBition is
appealed to.
Loyal
30
.)
PSYCHOLOCICAL CHART
PSYCHOLOdCAL CHART
9. itkig tr or wh imts
() If affection is sbown.
state of misfoftune.
SW-
Gti,ig_rt, Qfu)
i|.
l0. is,
Resolute-
rqtr.
17. Social. 18. tllig and guiding otbe. 19. ofvindicating himsell 20. Ambitios. 2l. s. (GoBBip) 22. of initiative. 23. g fortitude.
13. FI.
2. l r g s o} "ought," but - th force going tr t of previoui babit. . Sh but sby. 4, Over_Benstive. 5. id-hrtd but dulI d simole. 6, Rompt in forming resolutiois at tbe sIighteBt rgmt, bUt not peristent in rrig m out.
7. Idiffrt to bouBebold
l. Li-sm t
deep fli.
afijii.
RA"IA
(fihs l , occasional 2. .
QUliI)
to circumtances.
g faculty
of :rrssi.
trutbfulness
lfish rnotive.
Ig it.
6.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHART
PSYCHOLOCICAL CHART
l0.
d display.
12. Lir.cly.
Rls-
(lihg,ltli Quaiitig)
2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1. EgotiBtic.
DutifuI for
Fidgety.
feaT
ofpuniBhment.
2l. rd. 22. Thoughlessly accepting principle and easily gig it up rt long. 2. Tiying to please s i auority halfiecieb ful, hm gestures. 24. Shg partialig. 25. Utrful out of impulse -7out of fun out of
exaggerating tendency.
|. Easily despondent.
Crafty.
Imitative.
Selfisb.
(huIig
Iili
l.
. Moral s
undeveloped sense of
"t"'
PSYCHOLOCiCAL CHART
PsYcHoLoGIcAL }l,R
Wt of self_rcspect.
Quiet (inactive).
Spid.
Dull d sh.
lms to rs. Callous. Ddt r want of capaci Rstitry. rs. Dig. Carcless, Negliget. Gettig strg feeling of obstinacy d anger wh chastised faulB, but rls wben not cbBstiscd d simply asLd to rd bulB. Coked fidig out dsi meaning in ings. Showing duplicity. Itellccally t but beartless. Lustfull.
of lf-fid).
|7.
2l.
Covetous.
,PSYHoLoGIAL CHART"
SWAMI
COMMENTS ON
YOGANANDA
wTites:
mir Mitra, .., Senior Rfsr of hils d Fellow of tbe Calcutta Universitn
" 'Aycirologicol rl' carcfuIly prcpared.
gr
N. N. SenGupta, h.D., (Harvard), Ltrr-irg of rimtl Rycbologr Dept. of tbe Univenity of Calcutta, wites:
"I re perurcd tbc 'syc/roloeical C}ort.' t for better dtdig f our childrcn's trc, wbicb the t bemlds, of great ]u and i{ rI Buidcd nay lead to
witb
.li d tI inquiry. h
br."
rer otcd_lib d
rere fd.'
In tbe third
bn,ral Meeting
{ tbe rhm
rsd Shst, ,., C.I.E., Baid: "h 'syciologicol lrrt' *hich m recordcd th minute s of ' mind ;n it3 veious
vi8
fffg imrml a]on Il sg8gled i ii ,! qulte l tig, I bave come rs s sd srTtem dtd for tbe dd of boys. dti in iK physical, intell.ctual, noral and rfigis aspccb lI only si if h ylematic follcd. All conflicb and difrculties i th rm ot ti lI disappea if is i rrl r(Translabd.) ned orrt."
SWI (ms) YNND. It ml, id r meclranil aid, it l Wili RECHARGE BODY_BATTERY R COSMIC LIFE CUR_ RENT d d FATIGUELESS srate.
ANY TIME i
fat,
Pra.cepta*
jmt
restores i Etcrnal Heritag. f dm d givca bim ReaEation of bim*lf thc IMMoRTAL LIFE ENERGY,
b.tore God_Coniact i rsi. rt* QUICKENS MAN,S EVoLUTtoN RU AN INTELLI_ ENT - oPERTIoN WITH CosMlc LAw. h
bbgical metbodr raugh tbe sri S.it! bda, * to .. . vid Frc. d hee . mi r. How ! Attain Perfd Fuifillm.nt t CONTACTINC COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS. The Spirirrral La ot Praeccpla* mst lnorrrn and followed
d Sag, t
.r-
i r* system l idd!
. Highe,t hiq.
NNRlN AND
DllN
Qrr**rr",*
40
4l
FoUNDATIoN,
oliskol, ugj igs (sU' dm 8d
&{uILANS YGNND uthr of "The Sd mig of h" .1 "The Srm lh ut" (Ilerp.elatios '
ul (Itres
r* k (l 92 FiBt Editio) srJ / soul (' 92 Frt li,i) Siti li Afimotions (1924 FiBI i) h Sci Religio (1924 FiBl .@ dili) swhIil h'l (1925 Fil dili) \hisls F.m E&.il! (l 929 FiBl Edilion) Mclahgsical Mctitalions (l92 Fbst di)
Dioin. P.rcp'ion
{r hrm_
fr sisl fit6s.
1t tt!s
Reoelation d Bhogoaot-Cib
/i,
a LeM lo . us... d.dro} d.siD. dl vil r, go to l t wiu. . hw to co@ciom. snb_con.cious d uI_ru.i m.. a Lem r r tt rhs God. a Lm hw to rgi. . with God. - ifrti mite l: Fof fI
L-'
ugd,
u)
Frc s (
Brlg 1900\
wrd
m_,t, FcllNDATloN
8( 88
42
, Dal]as s 7105
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHART
SWMI YOGANANDA, .,
FuU
.. Pei,r.n} sadu .s.lri., IJ Dcbgole lllil to Itmli.l .gl ./R.]s, sl, '
Tlre Sd mig of $t.
1920
(Jr,,unt ) 5.
l8o,t [l0h?.li2)
tr
AMRI,IA }OUNDATION, INc,