The Ultimate Alchemy, Vol 1

The Tradition of the Upanishads and the Secrets of Meditation 15 February 1972

AUM: meditation is constant contemplation of That—drop belief, words and ego; listen with total passive presence (faith) and let duality dissolve into Being.

Dissolution into the Cosmic 16 February 1972

Dissolve the ego into being: egolessness births true individuality-—valleys echo uniquely—and the cosmic AUM arrives as a sourceless sound that comes to you.

Desirelessness: An Opening to the Unknown 17 February 1972

Cessation of the cause of all actions — invocation: inner desirelessness, not outward ritual, is the true invitation to the Divine; purity, childlike openness, allows the unknown.

Desire: The Link with Life 18 February 1972

The dead past creates repetitive grooves of desire; only awareness and non-identification with the mind frees living energy to move into the unknown.

A still Mind: The Door to the Divine 19 February 1972

Non-wavering knowing - not a bodily pose but a still mind - dissolves subconscious conditioning so body becomes still and the Divine is revealed.

Encountering the Unconscious 20 February 1972

Unconscious is 'less conscious' - encounter it by expanding awareness through meditation and methods like whirling or mirror stare, prefer gradual practice.

The upward Flow of the Mind 21 February 1972

Mind is the bridge; only the upward (inward) turn — a death-to-self discipline of gaps, surprise and austerity — is the true water for Divine worship.

The Complementariness of Opposites 22 February 1972

Transform instincts by creating higher outlets instead of suppressing them; playfully train inner energy to flow upward against nature's current and transcend.

What can Man Offer? 23 February 1972

True offering is the mind constantly arrowed to 'That'—the only choice you have; it must be total and nondual, or reverse effect begets the opposite.

The Secret of Totality 24 February 1972

Will and surrender are two opposite beginnings that converge: choose total will or fail into surrender; totality dissolves ego into self-evident realization.

Light, Life and Love 25 February 1972

Inner light is the ground, life a passage and love the peak; bathing in inner illumination and nectar dissolves karma, dissolves ego, preparing for the Divine.

You are responsible 26 February 1972

Mind splits inner light into colours; colours are mental - beyond mind is colourless white light. Become frustrated, own responsibility and meditate inward.

Transcendence Through Being 1 June 1972

That transcends the 'this': cease thinking, abide in no-thought and taste inner fragrance; only by knowing That within does the divine reveal itself everywhere.

Facing the Reality 2 June 1972

Centering dissolves the social ego to reveal the Self: total surrender or absolute will destroys the false center, bringing silence, joy and freedom.

Witnessing: The Base of all Techniques 3 June 1972

Witnessing is the uncorrupted center: act from your center, not reactive periphery; akshat—unpolished rice—symbolizes the untouched, ever-present witnessing nature.

Will or Surrender 6 June 1972

Minding (thinking) obscures witnessing; true knowing arises when thought ceases. Choose either the path of will (awareness) or surrender (ego’s dissolution).

Towards a Total Flowering of Consciousness 6 June 1972

Man must transcend seed-state into a flowering of consciousness; flowers symbolize inner awakening, becoming aware rather than outward worship.

The Light of Awareness 6 June 1972

Unconscious transforms only by awareness; use breath, bodily mindfulness, mantra or radical surrender to rechannel energy inward and expose egoic projections.