The New Alchemy: To Turn You On

Surrendering to What Is 6 April 1973

Kill ambition, life-attachment and craving for comfort; accept yourself and the present to dissolve time, fear and death — can you surrender and simply be here and now?

The Sense of Separateness 7 April 1973

Kill out all sense of separateness: dissolve the ego into life's ocean, surrender fear and death, and realize an organic unity that makes meditation painless.

The Desire for Sensation 7 April 1973

Kill desire for sensation; cultivate sensitivity and surrender the hunger for growth to the eternal. Drop barriers, become childlike, let the divine enter.

Desiring the Unattainable 8 April 1973

Desire only that which is within you: seek the deathless inner self, not outer possessions that enslave; drop mind and ego to discover what death cannot take.

The Power That Shall Make You Nothing 8 April 1973

Crave the paradoxical power that makes you nobody; desire peace as an end; possess only inner wealth shared by pure souls, not worldly ownership.

Seeking the Way 9 April 1973

Seek your own way; don't accept borrowed paths. Retreat within to test techniques, then live the result outwardly — be a courageous seeker, not a follower.

Fragments with No Coherence 9 April 1973

Use your whole nature; transform rather than suppress energies—especially sex—by mindful observation so their force becomes meditation, unity, and true freedom

The Silence That Follows the Storm 10 April 1973

Suffering is training: allow the inner storm to be fully expressed and pass; authentic silence follows and then the being flowers into ecstasy.

Thou Has Reaped 10 April 1973

Inhale bliss then exhale it: share your inner silence and surrender so the inner Master arises; give away joy and become complete so bliss grows.

Obeying the Warrior Within 11 April 1973

Stand aside and witness inner opposites; choiceless awareness lets opposing energies annihilate each other, freeing you when you obey the inner warrior.

The Song of Life 11 April 1973

Listen for the song of life in your heart; penetrate the noise, break mirrored projections, awaken inner music—faith, hope and love change perception.

The Lesson of Harmony 12 April 1973

Store in your memory the melody you hear: collect moments of bliss, lavish attention on harmony so life becomes a song and you can hear the divine directly.

Penetrating the Hearts of Men 12 April 1973

Revere all life as God's creativity; don't deny sex or love. Learn to look intelligently into the hearts of men with impartiality, vulnerability, receptivity.

To Loosen the Bonds of Personality 13 April 1973

Loosen personality's mask, stand aside from ego to let your heart's light illuminate you; realize yourself fully before serving or guiding others.

The Path is Found 13 April 1973

Develop inner senses, conquer outer desires and ego; lose subject and object to enter reality where elements and holy ones reveal hidden truths.

The Final Secret 14 April 1973

Enter the inmost through thoughtless alertness: truth is found by inner transformation, not thinking; guard the trust—ego, pride or neglect will make you fall.

The Voice That Is Soundless 14 April 1973

Hold fast to that which has neither substance nor existence; listen to the soundless voice, transcend inner and outer senses, and cease to be to attain peace.

Appendix 1 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 9 February 1973

Force out repressions with chaotic breath, mad play, HOO and a sudden stop; this catharsis lets the effort-bound mind drop into nonactivity and meditation.

Appendix 2 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 10 February 1973

Breath is the bridge to the unconscious: observe deep, rhythmic in-and-out as death and rebirth; master breathing to transform emotions and enter meditation.

Appendix #3 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 10 February 1973

Surrender to existence through catharsis and meditation: purge aggression, relax into celebration, and join the cosmic dance to meet the divine.

Appendix #4 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 11 February 1973

Surrender social fictions, return to childlike naturalness, drop past and future, and enter alert non-thinking awareness to tune yourself with the cosmic law.

Appendix #5 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 11 February 1973

Desire for inner transformation is dangerous; face repressed opposites—especially death and sex—surrender in meditation to transcend them and become deathless.

Appendix #6 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 12 February 1973

Reject solemn religiosity; purge by catharsis then celebrate—lose the self in playful dancing and singing so life energy, not the mind, becomes your meditation.

Appendix #7 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 12 February 1973

Sex and death are linked: orgasm and meditation both enact ego-death; fear of death blocks love, ecstasy and spiritual rebirth—embrace death as the door.

Appendix #8 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 13 February 1973

Tratak: unblinking gaze, jumping and the mantra HOO inhale consciousness through the eyes, ignite sex energy that rises through chakras to cleanse and transcend.

Appendix #9 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 13 February 1973

The Zen koan about whether a dog has Buddha-nature forces thought to stop; beyond yes/no lies silent realization of one's own Buddha nature.

Appendix #10 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 14 February 1973

Are mind and consciousness separate? Mind is societal conditioning—many mutable faces; consciousness is one timeless self. Meditation is the state of no-mind.

Appendix #11 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 14 February 1973

You cannot choose a master; only the master chooses you. Seek readiness and availability, and surrender—even to a false master—because surrender transforms.

Appendix #12 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 15 February 1973

Release repressed madness via catharsis and meditation so inner bliss flows; self-release, not family therapy, heals—can going mad voluntarily end madness?

Appendix #13 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 15 February 1973

Belief is blind and divisive; faith is the heart’s trust in a person. Surrender is total yielding to a master so transformation can happen — what differs?

Appendix #14 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 16 February 1973

Renounce accumulated knowledge and doctrines; teaching only clears your head like a thorn to create inner emptiness so awareness can arise and awaken your being.

Appendix #15 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 16 February 1973

Raise hands to lift energy upward, then lower to receive divine descent; full, unconditional surrender (not conditional promises) transforms you.

Appendix #16 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 17 February 1973

Lose fear and let go totally in catharsis: meditation is a medicine to dissolve inner chains; ask 'why meditate?' only if you feel ill inside.

Appendix #17 Catharsis and Meditation: Steps on The Path 17 February 1973

Love abolishes distance; daily meditation in a set place/time and cathartic 'death' of the ego must be welcomed—face fear and ignore others to be whole