The Four Components of IPI-work:

1. Yoga

• one needs to work on oneself
  • to turn one's nature into a better instrument for the study of Psychology
  • to turn one's nature into a better instrument for the application of Psychology
  • for one's own inner development
  • simply out of Love for the Divine and his creation
• one can work on oneself through:
  • a traditional path
  • a new, open path leading to realization as well as transformation
    and based on self-observation, aspiration, rejection, and surrender

2. Study of Indian Psychology related ideas, concepts, fields, entities & the relations between them

• such a study may  lead to:
  • conceptual maps of inner regions, entities, types of consciousness
  • a theoretical foundation for the other three components
  • realization & transformation
• the study can start from:
  • traditional ideas & issues
  • contemporary ideas & issues
  • a vision of the future
• the study can include links with:
  • ideas & issues in other times & cultures
  • original sources
  • the social, historical and philosophical context
  • the other three components (Yoga, Processes & Applications)

3. Study of Indian Psychology related processes, the dynamics

• the study of the dynamics is essential
  • to understand and effect change
    in oneself as well as in others
• what works where, when & how?
  • the forces at work
  • the detailed processes that take place in areas like cognition, affect, volition, agency, change
  • the effect of inner attitudes and gestures
• development of
  • the instrumental nature
  • the soul
• interactions with
  • other individuals
  • groups
  • nature
  • the Divine

4. The application of Indian Psychology in work with others

• on the individual level
  • counselling
  • therapy
  • growth
  • health
• in the field of education of
  • students
  • teachers
  • Indian psychologists
• in groups:
  • communities
  • humanity