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	<title>Yoga breathing &#187; Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga</title>
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		<title>A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga &#8211; by Yogi Ramacharaka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE &#8220;I.&#8221;
In India, the Candidates for Initiation into the science of &#8220;Raja Yoga,&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Self of Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man, the highest manifestation of the Absolute, as far as this planet is concerned, is a wonderfully organized being&#8211;although the average man understands but little of his real nature. 
He comprises within his physical, mental and spiritual make-up both the highest and the lowest, as we have shown in our previous lessons (the &#8220;Fourteen Lessons&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Candidate becomes an Initiate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Man advances in the scale, he begins to have a somewhat higher conception of the &#8220;I.&#8221; He begins to use his mind and reason, and he passes on to the Mental Plane&#8211;his mind begins to manifest upon the plane of Intellect. He finds that there is something within him that is higher than the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of Meditation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If possible, retire to a quiet place or room, where you do not fear interruption, so that your mind may feel secure and at rest. Of course, the ideal condition cannot always be obtained, in which case you must do the best you can. The idea is that you should be able to abstract yourself, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Realization of the I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Candidate must first acquaint himself with the reality of the &#8220;I,&#8221; before he will be able to learn its real nature. This is the first step. Let the Candidate place himself in the State of Meditation, as heretofore described. Then let him concentrate his entire attention upon his Individual Self, shutting out all thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Knowledge of the Independence of the I from the Body</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of the Candidates find themselves prevented from a full realization of the &#8220;I&#8221; (even after they have begun to grasp it) by the confusing of the reality of the &#8220;I&#8221; with the sense of the physical body. This is a stumbling block that is easily overcome by meditation and concentration, the independence of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Realizing the Immortality and Invincibility of the Ego</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the majority accept on faith the belief in the Immortality of the Soul, yet but few are aware that it may be demonstrated by the soul itself. The Yogi Masters teach the Candidates this lesson, as follows: The Candidate places himself in the State of Meditation, or at least in a thoughtful frame of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ego&#8217;s Mental Tools</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the First Lesson we gave instruction and exercises designed to awaken the consciousness of the Candidate to a realization of the real &#8220;I.&#8221; We confined our instructions to the preliminary teachings of the reality of the &#8220;I,&#8221; and the means whereby the Candidate might be brought to a realization of his real Self, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Examination of mental processes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[feelings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mental conditions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is only by the mind that the teachings we are now giving you may be grasped and understood, and used to your advantage and benefit. We are talking direct to your mind now, and are making appeals to it, that it may be interested and may open itself to what is ready to come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The I as considerer and the thing considered</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After you have satisfied yourself that about everything that you are capable of thinking about is a &#8220;not I&#8221; thing&#8211;a tool and instrument for your use&#8211;you will ask, &#8220;And now, what is there left that should not be thrown in the &#8220;not I&#8221; collection.&#8221; To this question we answer &#8220;THE &#8216;I&#8217; ITSELF.&#8221; And when you [...]]]></description>
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