Self-Transformation and the Spiritual Life

Recommended for theosophists to have practical tools for application in one's life and for the work in Lodges and Sections.

The course covers an approach to self-transformation that serves as a foundation for an integrated and effective life, as well as an essential preparation for living the spiritual life. It includes exercises in self-awareness and a detailed study of meditation. Other facets of the course are, approaches to daily awareness, the exploration of transcendence, nurturing essential life-skills, probing into the nature of intuition, and the integration of impersonal values into our lives.

Recommended reading

The Process of Self-Transformation by Vincente Hao Chin Jr.
The First and Last Freedom by J. Krishnamurti
The Key to Theosophy by H.P.Blavatsky
Mysticism by William James (The chapter on Varieties of Religious Experience)
Understanding Mysticism by Richard Woods
The Science of Yoga by I. K. Taimini

Director

Mr Vicente Hao Chin Jr is a former president of the TS in the Philippines, and a former president of the Indo-Pacific Federation of the TS. He is the author of The Process of Self-Transformation, Why Meditate?, On Education, and other works. He compiled and edited the chronological edition of The Mahatma Letters to A.P.Sinnet, and is the Associate Editor of the Theosophical Encyclopedia.