🧘 Seminar: Meditation and Intuition as Spiritual Tools ​

🧘 Seminar: Meditation and Intuition as Spiritual Tools

• Course Code: THEO 5901
• Florida Course Numbering System: REL 5930
• Credits: 2
• Level: Graduate (Seminar/Practicum)
• Program: Master of Theosophy

📘 Seminar Description

This experiential seminar introduces students to meditation and intuition as essential tools for spiritual self-development, higher perception, and inner transformation in the Theosophical tradition. Through guided practices, silent observation, and reflective inquiry, students will explore the psychological structure of attention, development of the inner faculties, and the role of intuition as a gateway to spiritual knowledge (gnosis). The seminar blends theoretical grounding with meditative disciplines drawn from Theosophy, Raja Yoga, Christian mysticism, and Eastern contemplative systems.

🎯 Learning Objectives

By the end of the seminar, students will:

• Understand the role of meditation in Theosophical and esoteric traditions.
• Distinguish between lower mind (manas) and higher intuition (buddhi).
• Develop a consistent personal meditation practice.
• Explore intuition as a faculty of direct spiritual perception.
• Apply techniques for self-observation, inner stillness, and symbolic insight.

🗓️ Seminar Schedule (8 Sessions)

Week	Theme & Practice	Core Practice / Focus
1	Introduction: Why Meditate? Intuition and the Theosophical Path	Journaling, awareness practice
2	Concentration (Dharana): Focusing the Mind	Breath, mantra, candle flame
3	Inner Silence: The Gateway to Intuition	Silent sitting, guided stillness meditation
4	The Vehicles of Consciousness: Observing Thought and Emotion	Witnessing thoughts, observing the astral
5	Meditation in the Heart: Awakening Higher Feeling	Heart-focused meditation, Theosophical exercises
6	Symbol and Archetype: Inner Vision and Spiritual Imagery	Mandala, inner symbolism, guided visualization
7	The Voice of the Silence: Recognizing Intuition	Reflective writing, spontaneous insight
8	Integration: Building a Lifelong Inner Practice	Create personal sadhana (practice schedule)

🧾 Assessment & Participation

• Practice Journal (30%) – Weekly entries on experience and observations
• Reflection Essays (30%) – Two essays on intuition and meditation
• Final Integration Project (30%) – Design a personal or teaching meditation sequence
• Participation (10%) – Attendance, sharing in group dialogues, presence in practice

📚 Recommended Readings

• The Voice of the Silence – H.P. Blavatsky
• Light on the Path – Mabel Collins
• The Inner Life – C.W. Leadbeater
• The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – selected sutras (1.1–1.16)
• Supplementary: Intuition – Rudolf Steiner, The Art of Meditation – Joel S. Goldsmith