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The Journey of Self-transformation

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This event finished on 22 June 2019

The Journey of Self-transformation

with Ravi Ravindra

Saturdays, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. CDT [UTC-05] /

India: 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. IST [UTC+05:30]

U.K. : 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Europe: 5:00-6:00 p.m.

June 1, 8, 15, 22, 2019 (4 classes)

 

There is one single lesson that can be gleaned from all the world’s scriptures and sacred texts: unless searchers undergo a radical transformation of the whole of their being, they cannot come to the Truth (or God). Although the demands of transformation vary by source, the process of transformation leads not to freedom for the self but to freedom from the self.

This necessitates an impartial self-inquiry to understand the self of which one needs to be free, and the Self which one needs to understand and follow. The Self is a part of the Highest Reality, and the call is for each of us to act as an instrument of the Divine will, or the Cosmic Intelligence pervading the vast universe, by bringing our own unique talent for service.

Drawing from traditional sacred literature and the teachings of two modern sages, Krishnamurti and Gurdjieff, we will explore the voyage of inner transformation.

As we will find, a searcher soon becomes deeply interested in the long but adventurous journey of self-transformation rather than the destination, which always remains a Mystery.

Registration includes access to recordings of all the classes.

For more information and registration, please go to

https://www.theosophical.org/programs/webinars/4678

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