Dated May/June 2025. 1. A Darshan As we meditated and learned some key concepts of Mahayana Buddhism, the air within the monastery was mildly perfumed with the delicate scent of Tibetan essence. Outside, the bees hummed among the native flowers, intoxicated by their fragrance. On the nearby trees, the monkeys leaped and swung, and the outside air was filled with the chirp of small birds and insects. Deceived by material prosperity and addicted to comforts (I am not against either of these, but against the ever-increasing production of goods or the culture of consumerism to gratify men's insatiable desires; or to hide the unpleasant facts of life), the majority of "modernistic" men have deprived themselves of the opportunity and privileges of leading a truly satisfying life of spiritual freedom as their ancestors once did. As I took a Tibetan Buddhist retreat on the Himalayan heights, I could readily experience that it was immensely easier for the materially “ba...
Dated May/June 2025. 1. But why a Lam rim retreat? As I contemplated on the books "The Mahatma Letters", "Discipleship in the New Age Vol 1&2,", "A treatise on the white magic", "Yogasutras of Patanjali", "Agni Yoga", "Savitri" and "Letters on occult meditations", I intuited substantial parts resonated with 'my inner journey'. Moreover, I saw certain paragraphs literally identical with my own dribbled rough conjectures, especially on the crisis of synthesis. The more I read and contemplated, the more I began to recognize that I read my own (or a disciple's !) Innermost thoughts and feelings, although expressed in different styles and temperaments (which I realized only later were precisely the ray energies, most of these books being on the rays 1,2,3,4,6). Earlier this year, I read the memoir "Living on the inner edge". This book was my first introduction to what I intuited - A 7th ray appr...