A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga
by William Walker Atkinson
Publication date 2014-08-12
Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain
Topics librivox, audiobooks, philosophy, mind, Ego, William Walker Atkinson, Yoga, yogi ramacharaka, yoga sutras
LibriVox recording of A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga, by William Walker Atkinson.
Read in English by Uday Sagar, Lee Smalley, E. K. Lemons, Ranjith, Leni, sid, rookieblue, Jacki Horn, Marian Cervassi, and Arabella Grayson.
The Book talks on the internal world of the self. The real nature of the subconscious mind, the way to control it, how ego comes into play and most frequently asked questions like "Who am I" are attempted to answer. (Summary by Uday Sagar)
Note: William Walker Atkinson wrote this book using the pseudonym Yogi Ramacharaka.
chapter 1 of a series of lessons in raja yoga this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by uday sagar a series of lessons in raja yoga by yogi ramacharaka chapter 1 the first lesson the i in india the candidates for initiation into the signs of raja yoga when they apply to the yogi masters for instruction are given a series of lessons designed to enlighten them regarding the nature of the real self and to instruct them in the secret knowledge whereby they may develop the consciousness and realization of the real eye within them they are shown how they may cast aside the erroneous or imperfect knowledge regarding their real identity until the candidate masters this instruction or at least until the truth becomes fixed in his consciousness further instruction is denied him for it is hell that until he has awakened to a conscious realization of his actual identity he is not able to understand the source of his power and moreover is not able to feel within him the power of the will which power underlies the entire teachings of raja yoga the yogi masters are not satisfied if the candidate forms merely a clear intellectual conception of this actual identity but they insist that he must feel the truth of the same must become aware of the real self must enter into a consciousness in which the realization becomes a part of his everyday self in which the realizing consciousness becomes the prevailing idea in his mind around which his entire thoughts and actions revolve to some candidates this realization comes like a lightning flash the moment the attention is directed toward it while in other cases the candidates find it necessary to follow a rigorous course of training before they acquire the realization in consciousness the yogi masters teach that there are two degrees of this awakening consciousness of the real self the first which they call the consciousness of the eye is the full consciousness of real existence that comes to the candidate and which causes him to know what he is a real entry having a life not depending upon the body life that will go on in spite of the destruction of the body real life in fact the second degree which they call the consciousness of the i am is the consciousness of one's identity with the universal life and his relationship to and in touchness with our life expressed and unexpressed these two degrees of consciousness come in time to all who seek the path to some it comes suddenly to others it dawns gradually too many it comes assisted by the exercises and practical work of raja yoga the first lesson of the yogi masters to the candidates leading up to the first degree abu mentioned is as follows the supreme intelligence of the universe the absolute has manifested the being that we call man the highest manifestation on this planet the absolute has manifested an infinitude of forms of life in the universe including distant worlds suns planets etc many of these forms being unknown to us on this planet and being impossible of conception by...