My perspective is that of one who has been a Tibetan Buddhist monk who eventually presided over a monastery. In that life, I focused on mediation, contemplation, study and simple chores, as well as training and teaching younger monks. The life culminated many others spent in the monasteries of the Orient and in more mundane activities. The contemplative life makes it possible to raise consciousness to higher levels, and it is a testing ground to see how well one has learned the principles one has studied.
The goals of my Tibetan incarnation were to attain my true Buddha nature, demonstrate my compassion for all sentient beings, break free of the bonds of reincarnation and join the noble ones. Thus I am giving you this book as one who has attained these goals and who now dwells in what might be considered a different dimension. Or I might be referred to as a mind without a body! At the time when I transcended to a higher level, I gained insights into a greater realm of knowledge and wisdom than had been available to me as a man incarnated on Earth. So I am not writing from the perspective of a Buddhist, but from that of one of the Spiritual Hierarchy, who guides the life on this planet.
-- Djwhal Khul