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”How am I to start upon this process of true self-knowledge?” The answer begins with this: first adopt the right attitude. Believe in the divinity of your deeper self. Stop looking elsewhere for light, stop wandering hither and thither for power... Engrave on your heart the high phrases: ”I possess illimitable power within me; I can create a diviner life and truer vision than I now possess.” Do this and then surrender your body, your heart and mind to the Infinite Power which sustains all. Strive to obey Its inward promptings and then declare your readiness to accept whatsoever lot it assigns you. This is your challenge to the gods and they will surely answer you. Your soul will be slowly or suddenly liberated; your body will be granted a freer pathway through conditions…
2.1.5.1,Who is willing to work upon himself? Who even feels that he has any duty to do so? Yet this simple acknowledgment could lead to the discovery of God.
2.1.5.4Each man should be himself, not represent and copy another man. But he should be his best self, not his worst, his lower, his lesser. This calls for growth, aspiration, effort, on his part. That is to say, it calls for a quest.
2.1.5.6The divine spirit is always there in man, has always been there; but until he cultivates his capacity to become aware of it, it might as well be non-existent for him.
2.1.5.8The Overself is always there; it has never left us, but it has to be ardently, lovingly, and subtly searched for.
2.1.5.9Why is it that despite all the visible and touchable counter-attractions, despite the innumerable failures and long years of fruitlessness, so many men have sought through so many ages in so many lands for God, for what is utterly intangible, unnameable, shapeless, unseen, and unheard? Because the simple but astonishing fact is that the Overself, which is the presence of God in them, is part of their nature as human beings…
2.1.5.11,Because the Overself is already there within him in all its immutable sublimity, man has not to develop it or perfect it. He has only to develop and perfect his ego until it becomes like a polished mirror, held up to and reflecting the sacred attributes of the Overself, and showing openly forth the divine qualities which had hitherto lain hidden behind itself.
2.1.5.12The distinction between his lower self and his higher self will slowly become clear to him through inner experience and reflection thereon.
2.1.5.13That which appears as the spiritual seeker engaged on a Quest is itself the spiritual self that is being sought.
2.1.5.16This identification with the best Self in us is the ideal set for all men, to be realized through long experience and much suffering or through accepting instruction, following revelation, unfolding intuition, practising meditation, and living wisely…
2.1.5.18,Each human being has a specific work to do--to express the uniqueness that is himself. It can be delegated to no one else. In doing it, if he uses the opportunity aright, he may be led to the great Uniqueness which is super-personal, beyond his ego and behind all egos.
2.1.5.19Even while he travels on this quest he should habitually remind himself of an easily forgotten truth--that what he travels to is inside himself, is the very essence of himself.
2.1.5.21Beneath your everyday self lies a giant--an unsuspected self of infinite possibilities.
2.1.5.22Within is mastery, within is colossal power--but you have not yet touched it. However little you have so far accomplished you can still do big things.
2.1.5.23Because there is something of God in me as the Overself, godlike qualities and capacities are in me. I am essentially wise, powerful, loving; but to the extent that I identify myself with the little ego, I obscure these grand qualities…
2.1.5.25,A man who wants to pursue this quest will have to become a different man—different from what he was in the past because the old innate tendencies have to be replaced by new ones, and different from other men because he must refuse to be led unresistingly into the thoughtlessness, the irreverence, and the coarseness which pervade them.
2.1.5.26There is no need to let go of his humanness in order to find his divine essence, but only of its littleness, its satisfaction with trivial aims.
2.1.5.28Where there is no attempt at self-improvement there is inevitable deterioration. Nature does not let us stand still.
2.1.5.31If he wishes to enter the portal of philosophy he will most likely begin with others, with what philosophers have thought and taught; but in the end he must make a second beginning—with himself. He will have to re-examine his own psyche, his own personality, but from a detached position, standing far to one side. He will have to decide each hour of each day how to apply the truth, gathered from books and teachers, to the events, duties, occasions, and thoughts of that day.
2.1.5.38If a man is determined to succeed in this enterprise and optimistically believes that he will succeed, his efforts will increase and be strengthened, chances will be taken from which he would otherwise shrink; and even if he falls short of his hopes, the going is likely to be farther. What Ramana Maharshi said to me at our first meeting is apposite: “That is the surest way to handicap oneself,” he exclaimed, “this burdening of one’s mind with the fear of failure and the thought of one’s failings. The greatest error of a man is to think that he is weak by nature. . . . One can and must conquer.”
2.1.5.44… love of one’s neighbour is an excellent virtue but it cannot displace the best of all virtues, love of the divine soul.
2.1.5.48,The man who is discontented with the world as he finds it and sets out to improve it, must begin with himself. There is authority for this statement in the life-giving ideas of Jesus as well as in the light-giving words of Gautama.
2.1.5.49He has enough to do with the discovery and correction of his own deficiencies or weaknesses, not to meddle in criticism of other people’s.
2.1.5.50Few know where really to look for the truth. Most go for it to other men, to books, or to churches. But the few who know the proper direction turn around and look in that place where the truth is not only a living dynamic thing but is their own. And that is deep, deep within themselves.
2.1.5.54The Holy Land, flowing with milk and honey, is within us but the wilderness that we have to cross before reaching it, is within us too.
2.1.5.56Why did Jesus warn men not to look for the Christ-self in the deserts or the mountain caves? It was for the same reasons that he constantly told them to look for it within themselves, and that he counselled them to be in the world but not of it.
2.1.5.61Do not expect to find more truth and meaning in the world outside than you can find inside yourself.
2.1.5.62The only man you need for this great work is yourself. Stop looking outside and look within, for there is not only the material to work upon but also the god within to guide you.
2.1.5.65The truth will be given us: we shall not be left to starve for it. But it will be given according to our capacity to receive it.
2.1.5.74Only when all of the mind--unconsciously evolved through the mineral, plant, animal, and lower human kingdoms--enters on the quest, does it consciously enter upon the development of its own consciousness.
2.1.5.76The egoism which falsifies our true sense of being and the materialism which distorts our true sense of reality are maladies which can hardly be cured by our own efforts. Only by calling, in trust and love, on a higher power, whether it be embodied in another man or in ourself, can their mesmeric spell ultimately be broken. Yet it is our own efforts which first must initiate the cure.
2.1.5.78To make progress inwardly is ultimately all that matters, everything else passes except the fruit of our spiritual efforts.
2.1.5.80The ideal here is not set at becoming a sinless saint but at becoming an enlightened and balanced human being.
2.1.5.82The aspirant's decision to aim for the highest Goal is the governing factor: if he sticks to this decision, he is bound to succeed sooner or later. The question now arises: What is this Goal? It is the fulfilment of the Real Purpose of life, as apart from the lower purposes of earning a livelihood, rearing a family, and so forth. The aspirant will become fully Self-conscious--as aware of the divine Overself as he now is of his earthly body. And this achievement will be perpetual, not just a matter of occasional glimpses or fleeting intuitions...
2.1.5.84,... Because the interrelation of outward karma to inner character is so close, he should understand that these difficulties are linked up with his inner state, and that he begins to solve them by removing the imperfection of that inner state…
2.1.5.85,... Although this goal is not easy to obtain, he must refuse to give up hope. The path is right by itself, and in allying himself with it, he is allying himself with what is, after all, the greatest force in the world.
2.1.5.85,... The divine self is always there within him, it is never absent from him, not even for a second. It is the unfailing witness of all his efforts and aspirations. When he has tried hard enough and long enough it will suddenly shed all its Grace upon him.
2.1.5.89,... It is simply a matter of finding the Overself and letting it rule the ego thenceforth. Thus the ego is not killed but put back in its lower place. But first he has to become conscious of the Overself, he has to feel it as a living presence, and he has to do this throughout the day and night, awake or asleep. That is the goal…
2.1.5.89,... The Quest of the divine soul has become his pole star. It was natural for him to feel repelled at first by the idea of overcoming the ego but now he sees its desirability. This will not mean giving it up in practical life however; for while he is in the flesh the ideal is to find a proper balance between egoism and altruism because he needs both…
2.1.5.89,Every man will be forced to realize his own sacredness in the end: then only will his search for happiness find fulfillment.
2.1.5.91... The ultimate goal is to discover that there is but one reality, of which all are but a part, that the separateness of the personal ego is but superficial, and that Truth is evidenced by the consciousness of unity. The first fruit of such discovery is necessarily the dedication of life to the service of all creatures, to incessant service for universal welfare…
2.1.5.92,To forget self but to remember Overself - it is as simple as that, and also as hard as that.
2.1.5.93Not to find the Energy of the Spirit but the Spirit itself is the ultimate goal. Not its powers or effects or qualities or attributes but the actuality of pure being. The aspirant is not to stop short with any of these but to push on.
2.1.5.94He has to seek for the mysterious essence of himself, which is something he touches at rare, blessed, and unforgettable moments. It allures because it is also the Perfect, ever sought but never found in the world outside.
2.1.5.95He comes at last to full consciousness of his inner being, his soul…
2.1.5.97,If the distant goal of this quest is the discovery of true being, this does not exclude and ought not to exclude the fullest growth of the human being, the widest realization of his best capacities, making patent what is latent.
2.1.5.98The lotus, that lovely Oriental flower, is much used as a symbol of the goal we have to gain. It grows in mud but is not even spotted by it. It rests on water but is never even stained by it. Its colour is pure white in striking contrast to the dirty surroundings which are its home. So the disciple's inner life must be undefiled, unstained, and pure even though his outer life is perforce carried on under the most materialistic surroundings or among the most sensual people.
2.1.5.100That which few men value and few men find is nevertheless the most worthwhile thing for which to search. What is it? It is what once found cannot be lost, once seen must be loved, and once felt awakens all that is best in a man.
2.1.5.101The thirst for perfection is certainly present within us. This thirst is a pointer to its eventual slaking. But there is no necessary implication that this will be attained whilst we are in the flesh and on a level of existence where everything is doomed, as Buddha points out, to decay and death. It is more likely to be done on a higher level where such limitations could not exist…
2.1.5.102,The fundamental task of man is first to free himself of animalist and egotist tyrannies, and second, to evolve into awareness of his spiritual self.
2.1.5.103His quest can come to an end only when the unveiled Truth is seen, not in momentary glimpses, but for the rest of his lifetime without a break.
2.1.5.106We have to bring this awareness of the Overself as a permanent and perpetual feature into active life.
2.1.5.107Many are satisfied if they can attain just a glimpse of the Overself. But a few are not. They seek permanent abidance in the Overself, and that in the greatest possible degree.
2.1.5.109But the main object of the quest is, after all, not these secondary betterments in bodily health, nerve, character, self-control--welcome as they are--but the discovery of truth and the living within the presence of the divine.
2.1.5.110What he chooses at the beginning of his quest will predetermine what he will become at its end. And the choice is between self-centered escape and selfless activity. Both paths will give him a great peace. Both will permit him to remain true to his inner call. But the harder one will give something to suffering humanity also. A merely personal salvation will not satisfy the philosophical aspirant.
2.1.5.116Spiritual experiences that occur during adolescence are indications that he has possibilities of travelling on the spiritual quest. But he must decide whether he prefers abnormal occult experiences or the less dramatic, slower growth in the cultivation of his divine soul. A beginner cannot mix the two goals safely. And he can expect to have the help of an advanced mystic only if he seeks the higher goal.
2.1.5.117The illumination is possible for all men because they are incarnate in human and not animal forms. But all men are not willing to pay its price in mental control and emotional subjugation.
2.1.5.131If the reader finds such a task too fatiguing he should remember that the reward is nothing less than enlightenment.
2.1.5.132… It is at least well to know towards what goal mankind is so slowly and so unconsciously moving.
2.1.5.134,Such a goal may be unappealing to many, held by their attachments as they are; but it is fascinating and alluring to a few, ”old souls,” much experienced after a long series of earthly lives, whose values have been altered, whose glamours and illusions have been eliminated. They feel like wanderers returning home.
2.1.5.138The achievement may seem too hard but it is not impossible. The best guarantee of that is the ever-presence within him of the divine soul itself.
2.1.5.145That the Overself not only is, but is attainable, is the premise and promise of true philosophy.
2.1.5.154That wonderful time when he can look straight into himself, through ego to Overself, awaits his endeavours.
2.1.5.157What if the goal seems too distant or the climb too steep? Do as much or as little as you can to advance. If you lack the strength to go all the way, then go some of the way. Your spiritual longings and labours will influence the nature of your next body and the conditions of your next incarnation. Nothing will be lost. Higher capacities and more favourable circumstances will then be yours if you have deserved them. Every virtue deliberately cultivated leads to a pleasanter rebirth. Every weakness remedied leads to the cancellation of an unpleasant one.
2.1.5.161… the general direction of his thoughts and deeds—rather than those thoughts and deeds themselves—as well as the ideal he most habitually contemplates, is what is most important and most significant in his life.
2.1.5.165,If there were no possibility of finding one's way from this body-prisoned, time-encased condition, then no one would ever have become self-realized, and all preaching of religion and teaching of philosophy would have been futile. But we know from history and biography that such achievement has been experienced in all parts of the world and in all centuries, so that no one should give up hope.
2.1.5.170The man who has seen the light and experienced its warmth will prefer his own way of living if it is the consequence of his awakening.
2.1.5.172The ultimate goal is for us to live from the Overself not from the ego.
2.1.5.172Peace of mind can be enjoyed in this world: there is no need to wait for passage to the next one.
2.1.5.174All of us have to travel in the same broad direction if we would rise from the lower to the higher grades of being. But the way in which we shall travel the Way is essentially a personal one. All of us must obey its general rules, but no two seekers can apply them precisely alike.
2.1.5.188Let him walk forward slowly or quickly, as suits him best, and also in his own way, again as suits his individuality which he has fashioned through the reincarnations to its present image and from which he has to begin and proceed farther.
2.1.5.194Every man's individual life-path is unique. It may not be to his best interests to conform to a technique imposed upon him by another man or to confine his efforts to a pattern which has suited others. What may be right for another man who is at a different stage of development may be wrong for the aspirant.
2.1.5.206Changes of circumstances which bring uncertainty of the future will not frighten him. They will interest him. He will seek to discover if they point the way to an incoming of new forces of experience necessary for his further development.
2.1.5.216The claims that these simpler paths like devotion or repeating a declaration can lead to the goal, are neither true nor untrue. For they lead to the philosophic path which, in its own turn, leads directly to the goal.
2.1.5.225… In short, let him know himself. He may then have a key to better knowledge of other things, especially of the meaning of his own life.
2.1.5.248,… Nobody is asked to undertake more than lies within their strength or circumstances… Let them absorb a few leading tenets which make special appeal to them or which are more easily understandable by them than others. Let them practise a few minutes' meditation only once or twice weekly, if they do not find the time or tendency to practise more…Thus they take the first step to establish right tendencies…
2.1.5.249,Do not let the past hold you down. Do not let dust-laden memories keep you down. Make today a fresh day, a new beginning.
2.1.5.261He should not be discouraged because others have gone ahead on the path more quickly … The fact is that the goal he seeks is already within his grasp. He is the Overself that he seeks to unite with…
2.1.5.267,From a long-range point of view, is anyone really lost? It is sometimes consoling to remember that we have Eternity before us, and we can only do what we are capable of at a given time.
2.1.5.283… he is showing quarrelsomeness, or trying to conquer it; he is losing himself in the day’s activity, or saving himself from it in a half-hour retreat. He is letting negative thoughts or feelings stay in his heart, or trying to drive them out of it. He is practising a larger relationship and a kindlier attitude toward those he encounters in his day-to-day business, or he is failing to recognize why they—and not others who are quite different—have been put into his path by the Infinite Intelligence. His environment is really a testing-place and a disciplinary school…
2.1.5.285,… the Cosmic Vision, which revealed the Presence of Infinite Intelligence throughout life, throughout the universe and throughout history, which explained so many of the Higher Laws to me, came incongruously enough while I was sitting in a hotel room in Chicago …
2.1.5.285,… Four hundred years ago Sebastian Franck, a German who had attained the full spiritual realization, wrote: ”We do not need to cross the sea to find Him--the Word is nigh thee, is in thy heart.”
2.1.5.286,… as soon as we settle down in hope and confidence to discover the deeper forces within ourselves they begin to become active.
2.1.5.287,To those who want to travel to India or elsewhere in search of salvation, or of a master who shall lead them to it, the question must be asked, Can you not see that if you take yourself there you will still have to cope with your ego there as here? Look deeper into your own heart, for that is where what you seek really is.”
2.1.5.291One man may go to the Orient and gain nothing. It is not emotional exuberance which produces a high spiritual result, nor visits to many ashrams, but the depth and concentration with which the truth is seen.
2.1.5.295There is an Indian formula covering three progressive stages of the quest: Hearing, Reflection, Enlightenment. It means: Receiving instruction (from guru or text), Thinking constantly over the teachings until they are thoroughly assimilated, Experiencing glimpses of a mystical nature. With the end of this third phase, the aspirant has not only to repeat and prolong the glimpses until his whole life is permeated by the wisdom and peace which is their fruit, but also to receive and apply the highest and final philosophic doctrine. With this, his enlightenment becomes natural, effortless, unbroken. It is unified with his activity, established whether he is busy in the world or seated in meditation.
2.1.5.300In the course of his life the student will pass from one phase of development to another, thus gradually enriching and expanding his whole character.
2.1.5.302The attitude of faith in another person is undoubtedly helpful to beginners, provided the faith is justified. But it is a stage necessarily inferior to the attitude of faith in one's own soul. To turn inwards rather than outwards, to overcome the tendency towards externality, is to ascend to a higher stage.
2.1.5.308Although the movement towards enlightenment goes forward by stages, the actual moment of enlightenment comes abruptly with a sudden transcendence of the darkness in which men ordinarily live.
2.1.5.314The time will come, if he perseveres, when his mind will naturally orient itself toward the spiritual pole of being. And this will happen by itself, without any urging on his part. No outer activity will be able to stop the process, for to make it possible his mind will apparently double its activity. In the foreground, it will attend to the outer world, but in the background it will attend to the Overself.
2.1.5.315The ascending degrees of initiation into higher understanding of truth and large capacity to receive contemplative awareness open themselves to him one by one as he passes each successive test leading to it. These tests consist, in the lower grades, of willingness to submit physical habits, passions, and desires to discipline and, in higher grades, willingness to submit thoughts and feelings to it. In all, they lead to a progressive detachment from the animal and the ego.
2.1.5.317This momentary glimpse of the Overself provides the real beginning of his quest. The uninterrupted realization of it provides the final ending.
2.1.5.320When he begins to sense the inner peace and exaltation which is a perfume, as it were, upon the threshold of the Overself, he may understand how real this inner life is and paradoxically how unintelligible, indescribable, and immaterial from the ordinary standpoint. It is something, and yet not something which can be put into shape or form graspable by the five senses. Anyway it is there and it is the Immortal Soul.
2.1.5.321The personal man needs to grow and develop adequately as man. Only after this does he reach the stage when it is safe, and not premature, to undo the ego, and destroy its rule. For after this point the latter becomes a tyranny when the task now is to make it a subserviency.
2.1.5.322It is good as a beginning to believe in God. It is admirable as the next step to try to come closer to God by worship--but it is not enough. It is a fulfilment of a still higher duty to try to know that in us which is the link with God, which in contrast to man is of a godlike nature.
2.1.5.326The order of progress is from belief to knowledge, and thence to love of that which is known.
2.1.5.327If a man comes to this quest by thought or by suffering or by fate, he will end by love if he remains with it, love of that which shines forth during his first glimpse, love of the Overself. It is like the child losing, then finding, its parent.
2.1.5.328First, he has a vague feeling of being attracted towards the Overself. Then he bestows more attention upon it, thinks of it frequently; at length attention grows into concentration and this, in turn, culminates in absorption. In the end, he can say, with al Hallaj: “I live not in myself, only in Thee. Last night I loved. This morning I am Love.”
2.1.5.329The stages in philosophic training usually begin with gaining a theoretical knowledge of the teachings. When this is well established, it grows in time into an aspiration for self-improvement and into an effort to mold character and conduct in conformity with the philosophic ideal. Such a maturation period is often a long and difficult one. In the third stage the “glimpse” of enlightenment begins to be experienced. The first glimpse has a far-reaching effect and is likely to be associated with the first contact with an inspired spiritual guide, or with the writings of such a man. In the case of some persons there is a different series of steps. The glimpse comes first, the theoretical study next, striving to express through living comes last.
2.1.5.330That a higher existence is possible for mankind may be a strong intuitive feeling or a strong religious belief. It can develop through experience of a mystical glimpse into personal realization or more lastingly, more truthfully, through experience of philosophic insight.
2.1.5.332If he comes to the quest with his whole being, turning every side of it to the quest's light and discipline, he may confidently expect the full insight, the full transformation…
2.1.5.353,The first reward is truth realized in every part of his being, the lower self becoming the instrument of the Soul. The second reward is peace, intensely satisfying and joyous. A keen and constant longing after the Soul’s consciousness, a willingness to surrender all to it inwardly, are however necessary prerequisites.
2.1.5.354With every year of growing experience and continued application, he will find more and more the truth of these teachings. He will in consequence be unable not to love them more and more.
2.1.5.359He whose resort is solely the personal ego is constantly subject to its limitations and narrowness and, consequently, is afflicted with strains and anxieties. He who lets it go and opens himself up, whose resort is to his Higher Self, finds it infinite and boundless and, consequently, is filled with inward peace.
2.1.5.364The quest often begins with a great sadness but always ends with a great happiness …
2.1.5.365,When he has brought the host of conflicting emotions to rest, when he has trained the thoughts to obedience, when he has fought and beaten the ego itself, he comes to a state of peace.
2.1.5.368To enter into the presence of a high inspiration, feel its ennoblement, and understand its message, brings a deeply satisfying joy.
2.1.5.369Nobody can earnestly work through a course in the higher philosophy without finding himself a better and wiser man at the end than he was at the beginning. And this result will come to him almost unconsciously, little by little, through the creative power of right thinking.
2.1.5.376Here on the quest, it is not only possible for him to meet the profoundest thoughts of the human mind but also its highest experiences.
2.1.5.378He who finds the Overself, loses the burdens, the miseries, and the fears of the ego.
2.1.5.379How does the quest remove his fears? By providing him sooner or later with firm assurance that the Overself's gracious power is not only illuminative but also protective.
2.1.5.380Slowly, as he strives onward with this inner work, his faults and frailties will fall away and this ever-shining better self hidden behind them will begin to be revealed.
2.1.5.381His meditations tend to make him sensitive and his studies sympathetic; the two qualities combine well so that others notice how kindly he is in personal relations.
2.1.5.384The time will come when values will change, when ambitions, powers, possessions, and acquisitions will all be put back into their proper places, when their tyranny over the will and the feelings will be put to an end.
2.1.5.386Those who will take the trouble to comprehend what all this means, and who will do what they can to practise the requisite exercises, will find with increasing joy that new life opening up to them.
2.1.5.388When this inner work is sufficiently advanced, certain traits of character will either advance in strength or appear for the first time. Among them are patience, goodwill, stability, self-control, peacefulness, and equableness.
2.1.5.389Any man may detect the presence of divinity within himself, if he will patiently work through the course prescribed by authoritative books or a competent guide. It is not the prerogative of spiritual genius alone to detect it.
2.1.5.399.... Instead of having to beg some woman or some man for crumbs of affection from their table, he will find a veritable fountain of everflowing love deep within his heart, and therefore ever available to him in the fullest measure. This is the one beloved who can never desert him, the unique soul-mate who will forever remain with him, the only twin soul he can seek with the absolute certainty that it is truly his own.
2.1.5.406,From the first momentary glimpse of the soul till the final rest in it, he is being led to accept the truth that the love which he wants and hopes to find outside himself must be found within himself. The true beloved is not a person but a presence…
2.1.5.406,He who is sufficiently ready to recognize the Higher Purpose of Life, and who has the courage to change and improve his way of thinking, thereby replacing negative thoughts by positive ones, will certainly be rewarded by improved circumstances and greater happiness than he may already enjoy.
2.1.5.415...Even a few years' study of philosophy will bring definite benefit into the life of a student. It will help him in all sorts of ways, unconsciously, here on earth and it will help him very definitely after death during his life in the next world of being.
2.1.5.416,Although its promises and experiences may not appear glamorous in a worldly sense, the Quest reveals itself to be the best of all possible ways of living.
2.1.5.417The aspirant may have already discovered for himself some of the inner benefits of the Quest. Once the Overself has been experienced as a felt, living presence in the heart, it loosens the grip of egoistic desires--together with their emotional changes of mood--on one's consciousness and lifts it to a higher level, where he will soon become aware of a wonderful inner satisfaction which remains calm and unruffled despite outward circumstances to the contrary...
2.1.5.419,... He has first to establish the connection with the Overself so that its strength and understanding will then rule him effortlessly. The moment this connection is established, the aspirant will become aware of results from the descent of Divine Grace upon his personality. Such a moment is unpredictable, but, for the individual who sticks to the Quest, its arrival is sure.
2.1.5.419,... Despite the tragedy and horror of our times, those who have eyes to see can still see the divine arms enfolding us. Despite the presence of monstrosities in the world, there is also the presence of the Overself--beautiful, radiant, benign, and indestructible.
2.1.5.421,… First devote your energies to the foundational work of learning philosophy, improving character, disciplining emotion, and cultivating calmness …
2.1.5.432,… the deepest spiritual experience goes beneath thought and emotion and especially beneath the personal ego. Only then does one come in contact with the Infinite life-power which is behind everything and which is the true goal of this Quest.
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2 6 2020
8 2 2025
15 3 2015
11 2 2025
14 4 2019
6 5 2016
4 8 2020
5 7 2018
9 7 2019
16 3 2020
12 7 2019
31 8 2018
8 12 2020
19 6 2021
27 10 2021
16 1 2020
8 7 2024
3 9 2018
10 3 2024
18 6 2020
11 10 2020
16 5 2020
27 12 2015
27 9 2012
18 7 2016
8 7 2014
23 12 2016
7 8 2022
1 10 2016
16 11 2021
26 8 2012
1 3 2024
12 8 2022
22 8 2011
29 4 2018
3 9 2022
22 11 2010
17 2 2011
24 7 2023
22 4 2019
9 4 2024
30 5 2023
14 2 2012
4 7 2014
22 1 2012
31 3 2011
28 9 2022
8 2 2024
28 4 2012
17 6 2018
30 7 2023
23 4 2016
7 5 2017
3 3 2019
7 6 2011
23 6 2021
15 4 2011
16 4 2011
10 9 2015
7 9 2022
26 9 2022
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