Franklin Merrell-Wolff continues this series by presenting a brief abstract of the dying process as given in The Tibetan Book of the Dead. He then suggests a possible reconciliation between the eschatology of Theosophical literature with the eschatology presented in The Tibetan Book of the Dead, including a discussion of the nature of the Clear Light. He next turns his attention to an elucidation of the material given in the article “The ‘Elixir of Life’” concerning a discipline that purports to considerably extend the normal life cycle. Wolff offers some general remarks upon the subject of death based upon statements made by Jung and upon his own experience of the distinction between thoughts that think themselves and thoughts that are the result of the most intense, concentrated, directed thinking. He goes on to stress the importance of death to the outer consciousness as the great birth into the Eternal. Wolff then proceeds to a consideration of the tenth postulate; namely, that the creation of an existent out of absolute nothingness is an impossibility; he argues that this implies that law rules the universe and not the arbitrary fiat of a god.
Recording Location
Lone Pine, Calif.
Recording Date
? July 1976
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Recording Duration
69 min
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