The Family Of Humanity: Informative Talk

IN ORDER TO LIVE IN HARMONY AS A HUMAN

FAMILY, WE NEED TO APPRECIATE THE VALUE

AND SIGNIFICANCE OF EVERY NATION, RELIGION

AND CULTURE. AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO

NEED TO RECOGNISE THE COMMON FOUNDATION

UNDERLYING THESE EXTERNAL DIFFERENCES.

IN RAJA YOGA, THE SYMBOL USED TO ILLUSTRATE

THESE CONCEPTS IS THAT OF THE SEED AND THE

TREE. AS WITH A PHYSICAL TREE, THE TREE OF THE

HUMAN WORLD ORIGINATES FROM A SINGLE TINY

SEED “ GOD THE SUPREME.

IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS CD, WE LEARN HOW

THE HUMAN POPULATION, AFTER AN INITIAL PERIOD

OF STRENGTH AND UNITY, UNDERGOES A PROCESS OF

EXPANSION, DIVISION, DIVERSIFICATION AND

EVENTUALLY DECAY, LEAVING ONLY THE SEED FROM

WHICH THE NEW SAPLING THEN EMERGES. THE

SECOND PART, EXPLORES ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE

IMAGE OF THE TREE: THE ROLE OF GOD IN WORLD

CREATION, SUSTENANCE AND TRANSFORMATION

AND OUR OWN ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THIS

TASK. EACH PART CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF SHORT,

INTER-RELATED TALKS, CONCLUDING WITH A

MEDITATION EXERCISE.