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title	:	The Light of Consciousness : Explorations in Transpersonal Psychology
author	:	Mann, Richard D.
publisher	:	State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin	:	087395906X
print isbn13	:	9780873959063
ebook isbn13	:	9780585075174
language	:	English
subject	Psychology, Religious, Myth, Muktananda,--Swami,--1908- --Citsakti vilasa, Spiritual life--Hinduism.
publication date	:	1984
lcc	:	BL53.M3678 1984eb
ddc	:	150.19
subject	:	Psychology, Religious, Myth, Muktananda,--Swami,--1908- --Citsakti vilasa, Spiritual life--Hinduism.

The Light of Consciousness Explorations in Transpersonal Psychology Richard D. Mann STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1984 State University of New York Quotes from Play of Consciousness copyright 1978 Gurudev Siddha Peeth, Ganeshpuri, India Letter forms for the cover title by Arthur Baker 1974 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y. 12246 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Mann, Richard D. (Richard Dewey), 1933 The light of consciousness Bibliography: p. 1. Psychology, Religious. 2. Myth. 3. Muktananda, Swami, 1908-1982. Citsakti* Vilas*. 4. Spiritual life (Hinduism). I. Title. II. Title: Transpersonal psychology. III. Series. BL53.M36781984150.1983-18088 ISBN 0-87395-905-1 ISBN 0-87395-906-X (pbk.)

Contents Preface vii Acknowledgments xi Chapter One Many Voices, One Voice 1 Chapter Two Images of Power and Purification 9 Chapter Three Images of Devotion 61 Chapter Four Images of Understanding 85 Chapter Five Transpersonal Psychology 119 Glossary 149 Bibliography 159 Notes 165 Index 175

Page vii Preface We create, and we are created by, our myths. It is through our personal and collective myths that we explore our own identity, the nature of the world around us, and our connection with past and future. Transpersonal psychology is a myth in the makinga myth that captures the central meaning of the many lives being transformed through self-discovery. The bond I now feel with those who write in transpersonal psychology is formed by a sense of our moving along convergent routes toward a common goal. It wasn't long ago, however, that I felt compelled to take issue with someone who was talking about her life, first as a psychologist in France and later as a devotee of an Indian spiritual teacher. I interrupted in order to put on record one of the central assertions of my own world view: "Well, I don't believe in God or anything like that." I expected some sort of controversy to ensue, but she just laughed and said, "Oh, I understand, but what I mean by God is just whatever one spends the greatest amount of time thinking about. So, really, everyone has some god or other, don't you think?" I had to agree, and later, when I pondered what my own god might be, I saw how intensely I had concentrated upon and indeed deified certain "factors" in group process. I had worked for twenty years at Harvard and Michigan, studying and interpreting the latent causes of what was happening in T-groups, classrooms, and self-analytic groups. The "cause" for which I was always probing, beneath

Page viii the surface layer of denials and avoidance, was anger. Only when anger or resentment had been identified as a major cause of what was happening could I conclude that the group and I had arrived at the object of our inquiry. Anger, it appeared, was certainly pervasive and powerful enough to be the god of my interpersonal reality. As I pondered this, the mists cleared, revealing an Olympian hierarchy of gods. How puny my godangerseemed to be, how dwarfed by other gods far more fundamental and worthy of the constant focus of my attention. Love, freedom, truth, and peace were among the higher gods overshadowing this minor god of anger to which I had devoted so much of my adult life. The myth that had served me so well seemed suddenly unnecessary and ready to be discarded. But how? The process of reshaping my personal myth was greatly affected by a series of encounters with a great Indian saint, Swami Muktananda of Ganeshpuri. This book is an effort to portray the interaction of two world views, his and mine. To present his, I have chosen a series of events that document his spiritual evolution and transformation. These events are drawn from his autobiography, Play of Consciousness.

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