A SERIES OF LESSONS

IN RAJA YOGA

By YOGI RAMACHARAKA

Author of "Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism"
"Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy, etc."; "Hatha Yoga"; "Psychic
Healing"; "Science of Breath." etc.

1906

"When the soul sees itself as a Center surrounded by itscircumference—when the Sun knows that it is a Sun, surrounded by itswhirling planets-then is it ready for the Wisdom and Power of theMasters."

PUBLISHERS' NOTICE

The lessons which compose this volume, originally appeared in the shapeof monthly lessons, the first of which was issued in October, 1905, andthe twelfth in September, 1906. These lessons met with a hearty andgenerous response from the public, and the present volume is issued inresponse to the demand for the lessons in a permanent and durable form.There have been no changes made in the text.

The publishers take the liberty to call the attention of the reader tothe great amount of information condensed within the space given to eachlesson. Students have told us that they have found it necessary to readand study each lesson carefully, in order to absorb the variedinformation contained within its pages. They have also stated that theyhave found it advisable to re-read the lessons several times, allowing aninterval between each reading and that at each re-reading they woulddiscover information that had escaped them during the course of theprevious study. This has been repeated to us so often that we feeljustified in mentioning it, that other readers might avail themselves ofthe same course and plan of study.

Following his usual custom, the writer of the lessons has declined towrite a preface for this book, claiming that the lessons speak forthemselves, and that those for whom they are intended will receive themessage contained within them, without any prefatory talk.

THE YOGI PUBLICATION SOCIETY.

INDEX

LESSON I. The "I"

LESSON II. The Ego's Mental Tools

LESSON III. The Expansion of the Self

LESSON IV. Mental Control

LESSON V. The Cultivation of Attention

LESSON VI. Cultivation of Perception

LESSON VII. The Unfoldment of Consciousness

LESSON VIII. The Highlands and Lowlands of Mind

LESSON IX. The Mental Planes

LESSON X. Sub-Consciousing

LESSON XI. Sub-Conscious Character Building

LESSON XII. Sub-Conscious Influences

THE FIRST LESSON.

THE "I."

In India, the Candidates for Initiation into the science of "Raja Yoga,"when they apply to the Yogi Masters for instruction, are given a seriesof lessons designed to enlighten them regarding the nature of the RealSelf, and to instruct them in the secret knowledge whereby they maydevelop the consciousness and realization of the real "I" within them.They are shown how they may cast aside the erroneous or imperfectknowledge regarding their real identity.

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