Meditation and Self-Study
ISBN 978-0-979-3205-9-0
by Raghavan Iyer
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Even the better products of contemporary culture scarcely have
even an indirect awareness of secondary and third-order reflections of the seminal ideation of the
vanguard of the Fifth Sub-Race. To break this destructive cycle of degradation, it is necessary to
go beyond the outward ephemera of contemporary culture by developing the power of meditation with a
degree of continuity and skill that is paralleled by the development of a responsible detachment,
rooted in the fact that one had discharged all one's duties. Only when one fulfils all one's familiar
obligations in many spheres can one become truly detached – free to contemplate and free to go beyond
the claims of the world – and also free to give full support to an arduous programme of systematic
and continuous spiritual meditation.
The true aim of this
esoteric practice of self-transformation is to engender the priceless seed of bodhichitta,
which in the bloom of enlightenment becomes the Self-Governed Sage. By meditating upon, by adoring,
by even thinking of oneself in relation to the Self-Governed Sage – intensely, persistently and with
unconditional will, heart and mind – one may gestate the embryonic Bodhisattva in oneself. So it is
that in the Deity Yoga of Tibetan Buddhism, detailed rules for meditation and purification are given
in relation to the meticulous consecration of the field, the mandala, the magnetic sphere and the
central image upon which the rapturous meditation is based. All are integral parts of a systematic
discipline which can only be helpful if used with the assured guidance of an accredited guru, with
an authentic spiritual lineage (Guruparampara).
Professor Iyer earned first-class honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University,
a doctorate in Philosophy, and then was selected to be an Oxford Don in philosophy and politics. He lectured throughout
Europe and also in Africa, and his extensive writings have been published by Oxford University Press and Concord Grove Press.
He also lectured for many years at the United Lodge of Theosophists in Santa Barbara, where he also founded the Institute of
World Culture.
Go to The Origins of Self-Consciousness
in The Secret Doctrine by HP Blavatsky
Go to Wisdom in Action
Go to The Dawning of Wisdom
Go to The Key to Theosophy
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