We do well to approach Transcendental Spirituality in the context of the other aspects of spirituality so that we remain balanced and fully capable of active participation and enjoyment of life. The focus of the Enlightenment Online Consultation is Transcendental Being.

In the history of spirituality Transcendental Being has been keenly dwelt with by the Upanishads of ancient India. References to Transcendental Being are also found in the spiritual teachings of other times and places, for example, the Full Void in Buddhist traditions, and Ain Soph in the Kabalah. And certaintly others.

The Enlightenment Online Consultation is a contemporary expression of such teachings seeking to elucidate Transcendental Being, thus rendering It accessible to our recognition (Self-Realization). A more descriptive term than Transcendental Being is Consciousness-Without-An-Object, a term used by mystic philosopher, and author Franklin Merrell-Wolff. Prospective students of this material are encouraged to read Wolff's book Pathways Through To Space — A personal record of Transformation in Consciousness which may or may not be in print at this time (There have been reprintings since the original printing in the 1970s.).

Transcendental Conciousness understood as Consciousness-Without-An-Object is objectless awareness. This is entirely distinct from the object-consciousness most humans are familiar with which always involves awareness of ever-changing gross objects, i.e. peceived by the physical sensorium, or awareness of subtle objects such as thoughts, feelings, or visions of various kinds. One's life is one massive multidimenional object of great intricacy, depth, and texture.

Many students of spirituality meditate to clear their minds of all thought. What many do not realize is that this is impossible. The best they can hope for is a calming or slowing down of the mind's racing and fickleness, but never absolute quiecense. And that is because the nature of mind in perpetual motion and change. If we seeking absolute quiescence or Peace, then we need to seek it elsewhere -- not in the mind. Transcendental Being, Quiescence, Peace, Nirvana, Samadhi or whatever other term we want to use is discovered. It through an act of Discovery, Recognition, or Realization that one embraces IT. One's Self-Realization is not created by the mind nor is it a condition or state of the mind.

The Enlightenment Online Consultation is a concise set of key points and exercises designed to inescapably bring one as much as possible to the ontological recognition of Transcendental Being. In style, the Enlightenment Online Consultation is eductive (knowing drawn from within) and a modality of Jnana Yoga -- a path with utilizes the intellect as a stepping stone "to go beyond the mind" to Transcendental Being.