O Satyakama, AUM is the Supreme Brahman and the conditioned Brahman. By meditating upon It the wise man may attain either the one or the other. If he meditates upon one letter (matra) alone... Read more
The Sankhya and Yoga Philosophy1 A Lecture read by the Secretary before the Convention of the Theosophical Society, December 1887. The quotations from and references to Sanskrit works have b... Read more
Meditation, Concentration and Will Introduction What is meditation? What role does concentration and will play in meditation? What is the purpose of meditation? And why does Krishna, repre... Read more
Studies in the Secret Doctrine: What Is Man? The ancient occult axiom, “Man, know thyself,” is familiar to all; but very few have apprehended the real meaning of the Delphic Oracle. We think... Read more
भगवद्गीता Bhagavad-Gita Recension By William Quan Judge Chapter II Devotion through Application to the Speculative Doctrines SANJAYA: Krishna, beholding him thus influenced by compunction, h... Read more
Book I 1. OM: Here follows Instruction in Union. Union, here as always in the Scriptures of India, means union of the individual soul with the Oversoul; of the personal consciousness with th... Read more
The Storehouse of Thought From a Talk by Robert Crosbie Theosophy, February, 1920 When we consider the idea of thought we must remember that there cannot be thought without a thinker. There... Read more
Contemplation Theosophist, February, 1884 A general misunderstanding of this term seems to prevail. The popular idea appears to be to confine oneself for half an hour—or at the utmost two ho... Read more
Summons to Meditation Near the beginning of The Voice of the Silence we read, “The Mind is the great Slayer of the Real. Let the Disciple slay the Slayer.” This is a summons to meditation. P... Read more
On Pleasure and Pain From The Republic, Book 9 Socrates: “The third victory [of the just man] now, as at the Olympic games, is sacred to Olympic Jupiter, the saviour; for consider, that the... Read more
