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Advanced course in Yogi philosophy and oriental occultism,
Ramacharaka, Yogi, 1862-1932.
Chicago, Ill., The Yogi publication society, 1905.
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PO S O
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O U R S E
O PH Y
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MA C H A R A K A
nc e o B r e at h " " H a t ha Y o g a "
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L I C A T O N S O C I E T .
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' S N O T C E
rmingthisv olumewereoriginall
m on t hl l e ss o ns k n ow n as ' ' T h e A d a n ce d
ph andOrienta lOccult ism " duringa
nthsbeginningw ithO ctober1904 and
. These lessonswere intendedasacon-
e u e l to " T h e F o u rt e en L e s so n s in Y o g i Ph i l-
ccult ism issuedduringthepre ious
t o pr i nt t h es e " A d a n ce d C o u r se 1 '
andthepresentvo lumeintheresult.
i nc lu si e c on si st o a n an al s is a nd e -
ccultmanualk now nas" L ightonthe
e en h i gh l p r ai s ed b l o e r s o t h at l i tt l e bo o k
dentsinoccult ism. The aresa idtobe
erw rittena longthese lines.
, i n c l us i e t r ea t o t h e s e e r al b r an c he s
indicatedb the irt itles. The contain
ationinasmallspace.
a nd I X , t re at o D ha rm a t he Y o g i ph il os op h
c ti on . Th e h a e b ee n f a o ra bl r ec ei e d
s a n d te a ch e rs o m o ra l it o d i f e r en t s ch o ol s .
mongrounduponwhichthe di f eringschools
, i nc lu si e f o rm a wo nd er u l tr io o l es so ns
etaph sica landscienti icteachings.
ehensi enessisstartling andthe
h sica landscienti icq uestionsarean-
annerb thecenturieso ld Y ogiphil-
modernterms.
d a n ce d C o u r se l e ss o ns m a p r o e
asintheir originalshape.
declinestowriteaPre acef orthe
essons" shouldspeak forthemsel es.
et .
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tswhoha ereturnedtous
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repeatthee lementar e -
dsuchanimportantparto
andw ema beabletogo
esubject f ee lingassuredthat
torece i ethesame. Man
sf romcuriosit — someha ebe-
e w ishtogoon— others
hesensationa lfeaturesf orw hich
d ha e d r op p ed f r o m th e r an k s. I t
e butonl acertainpercentage
to athousandseedssow n
l a h u n dr e d ma n i e s t li e . B u t t h e
athundred andthe w illre -
r h is l a bo r . I n o u r s e ed s o wi n g i t
c to r , f o r e e n t he r e ma i ni n g ni n e
tsometimeinthef uture.
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D C O U R S E .
ubjecto ourf irst lessonthe
n t — ' T h e Pa t h. A n d we k n ow o n o
tngthestudent sstepsa long
tohimthe une ualed
anual" L ightonthePath "
. ( M a be l C o l l in s a n E n g l i sh
st o s o me a d a n ce d m in d ( i n o r
ho inspiredit. I nournotice inthe
F ourteenL essons " w estated
workwhichwouldper-
eceptso " L ightonthe
co n d th o ug h t w e ha e t h ou g ht
uchw rit ingaparto theA d-
steado preparingitasaseparate
butionandsale . I nthisw a
rlength andw ithlessreser e
o thecoursewillunder-
w ouldthegenera lpublic. So
ublished andtheteaching
hese lessons. Wew illq uote
precepta terprecept f o llowing
lanation.
beasw elltostatethat
i s p r ac t ic a ll , a n i ns p ir e d wr i t-
l l w or d ed t h at i t i s c ap a bl e o a
tations— itcarriesamessageadapted
i re m en t s o t h e se e r al p l an e s an d
tudentisabletoe tractmeanings
e lopment. I nthisrespect
tf romordinar w rit ing. One
hebook be oreheisableto
i t . I n " T h e I l l u m in e d W a "
inpart uponthe lineso the
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O N T H E PA T H .3
urinterpretationw illbe
e li eo thestudententering
ginner. I tw il lendea orto
era lpreceptsinthe lighto
a n d wi l l th e n tr t o p oi n t ou t t he
recepts pertainingtothehigher
ontoane planationo thepre-
o ldmento S piritua lC on-
eedthek e -noteo the little
ortomak ea litt lepla inerto
aningso thelittlebook—
E nglish thethoughtssobeau-
n t he p o et i ca l i ma g er o t h e O r i en t .
dictthe interpretationgi en
a " — i t w il l m er e l g o a lo n g si d e
no t he r p la n e o l i e . T o so me i t
ousundertakingtoattemptto
o occultteaching" L ightonthe
tak inghastheappro a lo some
ha erespect— andhas w hat
' t h e ap p ro a l o o u r H i g he r
o u r wo r k ma b e i t m us t b e
e lse itw ouldnotha ebeen
nfora lldisciples. A ttendyou
tenf oralldisciples and
toattendtothem. F orthe
o occultistsha ea lw a sbeen
a sremainthesame— ina ll
andunderw hate ernamethe
rthe arebaseduponthe
ndha ebeentried testedand
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D C O U R S E .
go andha ecomedownto
thecare ulhandlingo the
ssedonbe ore— oure lder
thosewhooncetrodthepath
ntering— thosewhoha e
we shalloneda mount.
ollowerso ThePath— the
andtherearenonebetter. The
w hok now .
s c an s e e t h e m u st b e i nc a pa b le o t e ar s . T
ear itmustha e lostitssensit i eness.
nspeak inthepresenceo theMasters it
ertow ound. B e orethesoulcan
theMasters itsf eetmustbew ashed
t.
an s e e wi t h th e c le a r v i s i on o t h e
a e g r ow n i nc a pa b le o t h e te a rs
nk indcrit icism— unmeritedabuse
k s— slights— sarcasm— theanno -
l i e — t h e f a i l u re s a nd d i sa p po i nt -
e i s te n ce . W e d o n ot m e an t h at
againstthesethings— on
ng f ormsnoparto theoccult
ra lplane one isconstantl a t
nthesameplane andthemore
ne m a b e t h e mo r e ke e nl d o es
e c o mi n g f r o m w it h ou t . A n d i
ack — topa o f theseback bit ings
themoredoeshebecome
materia ll i e . Hisonl chance
gsothathema riseabo e
nceanddw ellintheupperregions
irit . Thisdoesnotmeanthathe
mtheworld— onthecontrar , i
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O N T H E PA T H .5
f romthew orldbe orehehas
w illbethrustback into it aga in
lesdow ntoper ormthetask .
o n e o s p ir i tu a l at t ai n me n t ma s o
inthemidsto thef ighto
y e a m a b e e e n a c ap ta in i n th e st ru g-
s a bo e i t a ll — s e es i t f o r j us t w ha t
ildishgameo child-l ik emen
ughhepla sthegamewell he
ame andnottherea lthing
hebeginsb smiling
enheisk nock eddow ninthe
henheceasestow eepata ll sm iles
tears f or w henthingsareseen
necanscarce l repressasmile
orw ith others. Whenonelooks
pla thingstow hichmenare
b e li e i n g th a t th e se p l a t h in g s ar e
le. A nd w henoneaw akensto
a lit o things hisow nparticular
e lledtopla , muste ok easmile
meredreamsand impracti-
o y o u h a d a n id e a o h o w m a n
t- pl a o w or ld l a f a ir s h a e
ruth itw ouldsurprisey ou.
la the irpartw ell— -w ithenerg
f orthe rea li e thatthere
andthatthe arenecessar
o e o l ut i on . B u t d e ep w i th i n
uls the k now ita llf o rw hatit
stneedsbebra e andmust
ertheemotionalnature. Thispre-
e e r t o ph s i ca l t ea r s — f o r t he
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D C O U R S E .
e s i n o l un t ar i l a n d th o ug h w e
ime. I tre erstothef ee ling
o r u s to r e al l c r o e r . I t i s
etears ratherthanthetears
romtheserulesis that
e incidentso persona lit , and
ndi idua lit . Thatw eshouldde-
M c o ns c io u sn e ss w hi c h is a b o e
ersona lit . Thatw eshouldlearn
hurttheR ealS e l — thatthe
esandso t ime b thew aters
ose itssensiti enesstothe
persona lit , be ore itcanhear
df reef romthejarringnoiseso
emustgrow tobeableto
etsmile secure inthek nowl-
tpow ers anditsdestin . O ne
artheunkindword— the
pite ulremark — w ithoutlett ing
e l . H emustk eepsuchthings
w hichthe be long andne er
tow here itma bea f ected
earntobeabletohearthe
ohim spok eno sneeringl
thosewhodonotunderstand—
f orthe cannotunderstand.
andsco ld andlaugh— itdoes
hurtyouortheTruth. Letthe
e irnature— someda the w ill
e p e ri e nc e d th e g ro wi n g- p ai n s o
andw illbego ingthroughjustw hat
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O N T H E PA T H .7
reonce lik ethem— the w illbe
w theo ldsa ing andletsuch
a n d ou t o t h e ot h er — d o n ot
consciousness.Thenwillthe
dedf orit— itw il la f orda
tranceo theTruth.
e v o i c e c an s p ea k i n th e p re s en c e o
a elostitspowertow ound.
lies abuses complains and
eachthehigherplanesuponw hich
ll igenceso therace. B e ore
eardb thosehighinthe
sp i ri t ua l i nt e ll i ge n ce i t m us t h a e
ow tow oundothersb unk ind
u n wo r th s p ee c h. T h e ad a n ce d
speak thetruthe enw hen
tseemsrighttodoso buthe
o ingbrotherw hodoesnot
a m h ol i er t h an t h ou p o si t io n
other spa in— seeshismistake—
elpinghand. Suchaone
sr e to " t a lk b ac k — t o " c u t a n -
pt e u l r em ar k s — t o " g e t e e n
e ct " Y o u r e an ot he r. T he se t hi ng s
w orn-outcloak — thead anced
nstandinthepresenceo the
stbew ashedinthebloodo the
a r d sa i n g t o m an e n te r in g T he
a f romtherea lmeaningo
nderstandingo thew ord
h in k i t me a ns t h e lo e n a tu r e j B u t
occultismdoesnotteach
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D C O U R S E .
- itteachesthatlo e isoneo the
man andthatashead ances
n ti l f i n al l , i t i nc l ud e s al l l i e .
edtoisthe emotionalnature and
erandmoreanimalmind.These
p ar t o u s b e o r e we d e e l op
w eseemtobelitera ll tearing
w ithf irstonethingandthen
animalnature w ithpa inandsu -
tualf eetbecomelitera ll w ashed
t. A ppetites— cra ingso the
theanimalparto us— o ld
ities— inheritedthought— racialde-
loodandboneo ournature
o n e b o n e w i th m uc h m is g i -
andw ithmuchpainandheart-
positionf romwhichwecan
tonl thedesireso the
n o ut b u t we m u st o n e ce s -
t h in g s W h ic h h a e a l wa s s e em e d
butw hichappearasbutchild-
lightwhichisbeginningto
rSpiritua lMind. B ute en
gsf orw hatthe are sti l l it
e m a n d we c r a l ou d a n d
o tencometoapartingo
herew eareforcedtopartmenta l
hoaredeartous lea ingthem
w hilew etakestepupona
ntriedpatho thought. A llthis
hehorroro mentalandspir-
meso eronesoona terhehas
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O N T H E PA T H .9
tepsonThePath— thatf irst initia -
oulso man w horeadthese
ulf ee lingo be inga lone— withno
ndandappreciatey our
thesenseo see ingthegreat
hileothersdonotrecogni ethe
n so l e d p ro b le m a n d wh o a cc o rd -
d a nc i ng - f i g ht i ng q u a rr e li n g
o spiritua lblindness w hile
standa loneandbeartheaw ul
doesthebloodo y ourheartgush
econsciousnesso thew orld spa in
derstanditsmeaning— y ourf ee l-
n y o u t ri e d to f i n d a re m ed f o r
hearttobleed. A nda llthese
rspiritualaw akening— theman
asfe ltnoneo thesethings—
w henthef eeto thesoul
e bl o od o t h e he a rt t h e e e b e -
ths— theearbeginstohear
nstobe abletospeakthemto
rsew iththosewhoha ead-
. A ndthesoulisabletostand
efaceo otherad ancedsouls
erstandthem sterieso l i e—
hasbeenabletograspsome-
hasbeenableto f ee lthe
w ne istence— hasbeenableto
it h me an in g — h a sf o un d it se l — h as
ngabo eit. Tak ethese
theSilence andletthetruth
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D C O U R S E .
h at i t m a t a ke r o ot g r ow b l os -
l i e .
c o m o r t .
k w hoareambitious. B espeetli e
happ asthosearewholi e f or
hisw ritteninthef ormo
othsideso theshield. Thisisin
splan. A llstatementso
ments— therearetwogood
en t — a n b i t o t r ut h i s bu t a h al -
noughandyouw illf indthe
r t hi ng " i s a nd i t is n t — a n f u ll
to necessit beparado ica l.
point-o - iewenablesustosee
tatatime. F romthepo into
e a llsidesareseenatthesametime
bebeingv isibletothe in initeseer
oughtheglobeaswell as
ourpreceptsareillustrations
o . T h e a r e ge n er a ll d i sm i ss e d
thea eragepersonwhoreads
areq uitereasonableandabso-
siderthem.
ndingo these( andall
todistinguishbetw eenthe
p o in t o v i e w a n d t h e" a b so l ut e
mberthisw ell f o ritw il lhe lp
adark corner— tomak eeas
e t u s ap p l t h e te s t to t h es e
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O N TH E P A TH . I I
outambition. Thea erage
statement andcriesoutthat
r manaspiritlessandworth-
mbitionseemstobeatthebottom
complishments. Then ashethrow s
s inthef ourthprecept: " Work
s — and unlessheseesw ith
ritua lMind hebecomesmorecon-
tthetw othingsarepossible— y es
beasw ellasproper. The" ambi-
emotionwhichurgesaman
or i ou s s e l i s h mo t i e s a n d wh i ch
hispath andtodri etothe
s incontact.S uchambi-
e ito rea lambition andisas
ppetiteswhich counter eit
hungerandthirst— theridic-
atingthepersonswithbarbar-
w hichcounter e itsthenatura lin-
meslightco eringasprotection
heabsurdcustomo burdening
hthemaintenanceo pa latia l
er e itsman snaturaldesire for
thelicentiousanderoticprac-
ndwomen w hicharebutcoun-
ase ua linstinctso normalman
o w h ic h i s p r im a ri l , t h e pr e -
. The" ambitious manbecomes
becausethe instincthasbecomeper-
e imaginesthatthethingsf or
bringhimhappiness buthe
turntoasheslik eDeadS ea
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O U R S E .
arenotthesourceo permanent
se l to thethingshecreates
eratherthanthe irmaster. H e
meanso securingnecessit ies
ta landph sica l f o rhimsel
ingv a luableo itse l — hehas
r h e ma s e ek p o we r f o r s e l -
i y h i s v a n i t — t o s ho w t he w or l d
sf e llow men— tostandabo e
ett , childishambitions un-
n andw hichmustbeoutgrow n
progress— butperhapsthev er
are justtheonesneededforhis
themano theabnormalambi-
o r t h e s ak e o s e l i s h re v a r d
ppo inted f orhe ispinninghis
a ilhim inthehouro need—
d.
eothersideo theshield.
ainsthesewords:" Work as
ous. There it is. O ne
appeartothew orldasthe
buttheresemblance ismere l
us manistheabnormalthing.
work ssake— inobedienceto
e. cra ingtocreate— becausehe
n t o th e c re a ti e p a rt o h i s na t ur e
dthe latterisabletodobetter
rk — thanthef irstmentioned
sides hega inshappinessf romhis
o w hichcomesf romdoing— he
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T N T H E P A TH . 13
tthings— heaccomplishes and
dthroughhisw ork . A ndso
hisidea lshew illbesa eand
dw illbedo ingw ellhisshare
ut ashemountsthe laddero
tedtoterribletemptations and
alambitiontotakepossession
ingthatinhisne tincarnationhe
ssonallo eraga in andaga in
w ork inthew orldtodo andhe
owshow— shoulddoit
do it inte ll igentl . A ndheshould
ssionthatinstinctwhichimpelshim
erthanthe ha ebeendone
ma t r iu m ph o e r o th e rs b u t be -
ngsdonebetter .
achthat manshouldsit
meditating w ithhisga e
il icus asisthecustomw ith
induf ak irsandde otees w ho
ageo theYogiteachers and
s nthecontrar itteaches
andgloriouspri i legetopartici-
k andthathew hoisableto
trthanithase erbeendone
dabene actortotherace. I trec-
getocreate w hichisf oundina ll
be lie esingi ingitthef ullest
s t ha t n o li e i s f u l l r o un d ed o u t
omeuse ulw ork isaparto it .
igentw ork helpstow ardspiritua l
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D C O U R S E .
ne c es s ar t o i t. I t d o es n o t
inte ll igentdrudger — f orthere
w ork — hutitteachesthatin
bef oundinteresttotheone
d th a t su c h a on e a lw a s f i n ds a
thething andthusaddssome-
reo k nowledge. I tteachesthe
e o w or k f o r w or k s s a ke —
chisper ormedf orthe
eward. There orew henthepre-
A m b i ti o n * * * W o r k as
ous y ouw illunderstand
othosew hounderstand
o n e o t h e gr e at b r an c he s o t h e Y o g i
ichitma beourpri i legeto
me. R eado erthesewords un-
he irmeaning— untilyouf ee lthem
isto theseteachingsupon
on m a b e s um me d u p b s a -
eA mbition whichcausesyou
objectsandrewardso y our
dsnothingbutdisappo intmentand
de elopande pressfull the
w hichcausesy outow ork forw ork s
w hichcomestothew ork er— f romthe
ine instincttocreate— and
hethingyouha etodo the
etterthanithase erbeendone
henablesy outow ork inhar-
heDi inew ork whichiscon-
eado inharmon anddiscord.
w or k t hr o ug h y o u a n d e p r es s
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O N T H E PA T H .1
u r wo r k. O p e n y o u rs e l t o i t a n d y o u
h ic h c om es f r o m \ % r p rk o t h is
mbition— theother\ ibuta
w hichretardsthegrowtho the
e " s a s t h e se c on d p re c ep t —
answ ersback : " R espectli eas
isisanothertruthe pressedin
radicatef romthemindthe idea
e r t h in g . S u c h an i d ea p r e e n ts
g th e f u l l e r l i e o t h e so u l a n d
einthebod thew holething
a ino sandontheshoreso the
mustgrow tof ee lthathew ill
he t he r h e is i n t he b o d o r o ut o i t
s i ca l " l i e i s m er e l a
ea lS e l , w hichcannotdie .
esireo li ewhichcausesy ou
hichmakesy ouattachundueim-
il e istence tothe impair-
erli eandconsciousness. Pluck
ideathatw henthebod dies you
o n a s m u c h al i e a s y o u a r e th i s mo -
m or e a li e . S e e p h s i ca l l i e f o r
ece i ed. C easeto look upon
w h et h er i t m a c o me t o y o u o r
thisjustasnaturalasli e ( in
pment andasmuchtobehapp
ri d o t h e ol d h or r or o p h s i -
ehasman hardbattlesbe ore
thew orn-outde lusion w hichhas
itsconstantl soundedbe-
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D C O U R S E .
. Th e c hu r ch e s te a ch o " t h e li e
t he f a i th u l s ho u ld l o ok f o r wa r d
a i th u l s h i e r a nd s h ud d er a t t he
dclothethemsel esinblack when
do strewingf low ersaroundand
dis" inabetterland (to
hichissoglibl usedonsuch
omf ortethnot . O nemustgrow
e li n g o r c o ns c io u sn e ss o l i e e e r -
a bl e t o ca s t o f t h is o l d f e a r a n d
ed b e li e w i ll s e r e t h e pu r po s e
ciousnessisreached.Tothe
hisconsciousnessthisf acto the
du al it , a nd t he c on ti nu an ce o l i e
d e at h l os e s it s t er r or a n d th e g ra e
e s ir e o l i e ( r e la t i e i s i nd e ed
k now ledgeo li e ( abso lute
e t th e r e e r se s i de o t h e
ourthprecept: " R espectli e
Thisdoesnotmeanalonethe
t ha s r e e r en c e to y o u r ow n ph s i ca l
ourletting-goo theo ldidea
ta n ce o t h e li e i n t he b o d , y o u
othere tremeo neglecto
ebod isy oursinpursuanceo
is i n f a c t th e T em p le o t h e
ot g o od f o r y o u t o h a e a b o d ,
notha e it. I t isneededb
e e l op m en t a n d y o u w ou l d be
o spiritua lun o ldmentw ith-
n ot b e l ed i n to t h e f o l l o d e sp i s-
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T N T H E P A TH . 17
s i ca l l i e a s a t hi n g un w or t h o
wo r th o y o u a t t hi s s ta g e a n d
thingspossiblethroughthem. To
usingtousethe ladderw hich
theheights. Youshould in-
a s t ho s e wh o d es i re i t " a n d y o u
asdothosew hothink thatthe
bo d s h ou l d be r e co g ni e d a s
oulandS pirit andshouldbe
andstrongasma be. A nd
b e u se d t o pr o lo n g th e " l i e i n
engi eny ou. I tshouldbere-
onotsitandpineo ery our
e — y o u w i l l ne e r h a e a n ot h er
thee periencesyouaregetting
i t . Y o u r " l i e i s a g lo r io u s
l i e a l wa s i n t he " N o w s t ag e
the jo w hichshouldcomew ith
t o th e ad a nc ed m an . " L i e l i e
utsomewriter andhew asright.
nt o y o u r li e i n a no rm al h ea lt h ,
k n ow i ng i t f o r w ha t i t is a n d wo r r -
uture. Y ouare ineternit
erw illbe— sow h notmak e
awa s " N o w i n li e — a n d th e
n e e r f a i ls .
a s u m mi n g- u p o t h is i d ea o t h is
anditsoppositesideo respect-
d i d de s ir e i t w e wi l l s a : T h e
re lati edesire w hichsprings
athatph sica ll i e istheonl
o l i e a r is e s f r o m t he k n ow l -
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
e li e o m a n is a n d wh a t th i s
s — t h e r e o r e w h il e t he a d a n ce d
heo ldw a , hedoesnotde-
esiresitbecause itf ormsapart
n d he d o es n o t wi s h to m i ss o r p ar t
h at w h ic h t he D i i n e Pl a n ha s d e-
ancedmanneitherf ears
hefearsne itherdeathnorli e— ■
ati e l ) andyethedesiresboth
se. S uchamanorw omanisin-
e n o r de a th h a e a n t e rr o rs f o r
nsciousnessisoncereached
suchpowerthat itsradiance
nw hichhemo es. R emember
herdeath norli e . Ne ither
k it. Whenyouha eatta inedthis
ouk now w hatli e is— w hat
r e ma n i e s ta t io n s o L I F E .
usto ' ' K illoutdesireo
e f o u r th a d ds : " B e h a pp a s t ho s e
pness. Thisteachingisa lso
o llowsthesamelineastheones
parentcontradictionarisesf rom
. e. there lati eandtheabso-
enttoa llapparentl contradic-
andyouw illbeabletoseparate
a c a re u l l e a m in e i t. L e t
o m o r t. A t f i r st t h is w o ul d
remeasceticism butthisisnot
atis calledasceticism
a f romthingsw hichwema
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T N T H E P A TH . 19
reseemsto beanideain
opleo a llshadeso re ligiousbe-
athingproducespleasure itmust
S omew riterhasmadeoneo
t i s s o sa d — i t s ee m s as i a l l th e
rew icked. Thereseemstobe
dtakespleasurein seeingpeo-
unpleasantthings andaccord-
" r e l ig i ou s p e op l e ha e f r o wn e d
so li e andha eactedas
n si e t o D ei t . T h is i s a ll a m i s-
esaregi entoMantouse-
bea llow edtouseMan. Man
st e r a n d no t t he s l a e i n h is
li e . I ncerta inf ormso
s instructedintheculti a-
d so me o t h e e e r ci s es p r es c ri b ed
edo ingo disagreeableandun-
discipline ismerel to
thestudent andnotbecause
rit inthedisagreeabletask or
these l -denia lattendantuponthe
santaccustomedthings.
he e ercisingo theW ill
andtodothings; contrar to the
o the indi idua l w hichcourse
ariabl result inastrengthening
atesupontheprincipleo e ercis-
t intopla . Thesee ercises
andw ema ha eoccasion
eo ourlessons. Thef ast-
scribedb theC atho licchurch
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D C O U R S E .
erabo eindicated outsideo
signi icance.
ursubject thispreceptis
eticism.O ccultismdoesnot
steach how e er thatone
tobetiedto thepleasures
e t o s uc h a n e t e nt t h at h e w il l
e e lophishighernature . Man
o mu c h lu u r , a n d ma n c a se s
erin luencesatworkunder
romamanthosethingsw hich
ndplacedhiminaposit ionin
o li enormall , andthereb
ult ismpreachesthe" S imple
t h at w h en a m an h a s to o m an t h in g s
ownhim insteado his
comesasla eratherthana
re o c o m o r t d o es n o t me a n
roughboards asaspecial
, o rthatoneshouldeatdr
btainingDi inef a or— ne ither
e a n s u c h e f e c t — De i t m a
specia ll pleasedatthespec-
i ld r en m ak i ng a f o o l o h i ms e l .
ressupon usthatweshould
o com ort andthatw eshould
nesscan-arise f roman
enormalandrationa lpleasureso
a in y o u r ma s te r o e r t he m a n d
n aw a w i th y o u . A n d a l -
rehappinesscomesf romw ithin
sand" com orts arenotneces-
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T N T H E P A TH . 21
andaremere l thingstobe
arew orth. Thesecreaturecom-
m e re l i n ci d en t s o t h e ph s i ca l
c t h e R e a l S e l . T h ea d a n ce d
asinstruments too ls(or
o u n d ne c es s ar t o j oi n i n th e g am e-
b u t he a l wa s k n ow s t he m f o r w h a t
dece i ed. The ideathatthe
happinesswouldseemabsurd
nad ancesspirituall , h istastes
r. H ema lik ew ell-made
t , bestsuitedf orthe irpurpose
man o them andostentation
er f ore igntohistastesandin-
necessaril ha eto" k il lout
the arev er aptto lea e
f indinghismenta lq uartersnot
tion.
hatthefourthpreceptinstructs
a s t ho s e ar e w ho l i e f o r h ap p in e ss .
long- aceanddrear atmos-
b e h ap p " ( n o t " m a ke b e li e e
a s h a pp a s t h o se w h ol i e f o r t he
ngf romthethingso the
hesaneteaching. B e happ — -
obta inahea lth , normalhappiness
y o u r li e . T he o c cu l ti s t is n o t a
e d g l oo m m an c o mm on b e li e s
standing. H isli eandunder-
ethew orriesandf earso the
eo hisdestin ismostinspiring.
t h e s t or m - a n d 5 r i di n g sa e l
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D C O U R S E .
e — - i e ld i ng t o e e r m o ti o n o
eingsubmerged.W henthings
beborneon therelati e
sintothehigherregionso his
andcalm andhegainsa
m whenheagainsinks
denso theda . Theoccult ist
f o r h e ha s c ea s ed t o f e a r — h e
gtobea ra ido . A ndhe
thesuperstit ionso therace
le intorment. Hehasle tH ate
andhasa llow edL o etotak e
ndhemust necessaril , behap-
change. Hehasoutgrow nthe
la ingtrapsinw hichtoenmesh
earnedto smileatthechildish
c lo e n h oo s a n d ho r ns b r ea t h-
andk eepingabottomlesspit
ngedi heshouldhappento
e r s o r i h e s ho u ld h a pp e n to
u l e ar t h s o me f i n e S u n da , i n -
anhourlisteningtosomelong-
mon.He haslearnedthathe
e st i ne d f o r g r e at t h in g s a n d th a t
a t he r ( y e s a n d Mo t he r r a th e r
er. H erea li esthathehas
maturit , andthathisdestin
ponhimsel . Theoccult ist is
heseesthata llthingsare
ood— thatli e isonthepatho
o e i s o e r a b o e a n d in a l l.
earnsas heprogresses—
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T N T H E P A TH . 23
p p i er t h an " t h os e wh o l i e f o r
s o ur c e o e i l a n d e p u ng e i t. I t
t he h e ar t o t h e de o t ed d i sc i pl e a s w el l
mano desire . Onl thestrongcan
w aitf oritsgrowth itsf ruit ion
ntthatli esandincreasesthrough-
ersw henthemanhasaccumulatedunto
e istences. Hew how illenteruponthe
arthisthingouto hisheart. A nd
andthew hole li eo theman
ol ed. Thisordealmustbeendured
rststepo theperilousladderw hich
e itma notcomeuntilthe last.
emberthatithastobeendured _ and
yoursouluponthetask . L i ene ither
uture butintheeterna l. This
w erthere thisblotupone istence is
atmosphereo eterna lthought.
sasummingup o thef irst
p l ai n ed b t h e f o u r th o n e. I t
t inhishearttherelati e idea
r o m hi m . Th i s re l at i e i d ea o
el ishparto ournature—
usesustoregardourse l esas
asseparatef romourf e llow-
c o nn e ct i on w i th a l l o l i e . I t
parto ourmind— ourmere l
osew hoha ecare ull studied
nderstandthatthispart o
o us— thesideo usw hich
tites passions desireso a low
the lowerplane. Thesethings
el e s b u t th e b e lo n g to t h e lo we r
animalstage— thestagef romw hich
renow passing tothestageo
tthesetendenciesw ere long
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D C O U R S E .
daredeepl imbeddedinournature
thero ice f ortstodislodge
w a todislodgethemistoreplace
tates. R ighthere le tusca ll
establishedprincipleo occult
thatisse ldommentionedinteach-
ertothef actthatabad
onismoreeasil eradicatedb
habit— onethatisdirectl
w hichonedesirestogetrid.
theroots re uiresalmost
w ill buttocrowditoutb
place isf armoreeasier
splan. Thegoodhabitw il l
doneuntil itcannote ist and
ug g le f o r l i e i t w il l e p i re . T hi s
k il lout undesirablehabitsand
to there lati eq ua litieso
thatse l ishness; a lltheanimal
ua ldesiresontheph sica lplane
nse thanph sica lplanemani-
s si o ns s u ch a s h at r ed e n y , m a li c e
rre enge sel -glori ication andsel -
parto it . L ow pride isone
angerousmani estations and
andagain a terw ethink w e
eachreturnbeinginamoresubtle
ide be ingsucceededb thepride
e inps chicatta inments— pride in
ndgrow th— pride inmora l
aracter— the" I amholierthan
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O N T H E PA T H .2
on. A ga inandagaindoespride
botherus. Itse istence isbased
parateness w hichleadsusto
connectionwithothermani-
a n d wh i ch c a us e s us t o f e e l a s p ir i t
w or t h r i a l r t o wa r d ou r f e l -
recogni ingthef actthatwe
e L i e — s o me f a r b ac k s tr u gg l in g
stageso theroad— others
estageo the journe asour-
urtherad anced— buta llonthe
t h e sa m e gr e at L i e . B e w ar e
ub t le e n em o a d a n ce m en t —
oughtthatweareall o
ngthesamedestin be oreus—
otra e l— brothersandsisters
o d — a l l l i tt l e sc h ol a rs i n L i e s
tusa lsorea li e thatw hileeach
eheisabletopassthetesto
ea ll interdependent andthepain
a l l — t h e s in o o n e is t h e si n o
tso aracew ork ingtow ard
growth— andthatlo eandthe
d i s th e o nl s a ne v i e w o t h e
withus constantl f orc-
rf ie ldo thought. Occult ists
heselowerinstincts subor-
rmentalideals whichun old
sciousness. Donotbediscouraged
ay o u h a e m u ch o t h e an i ma l
e a l l h a e — t h e on l d i f e r en c e
e learnedtocontrolthebrute
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D C O U R S E .
ndsubordinateandobedient
urnature w hileothersa llow
andthe shi erandturnpa le
notseemingtorea li e that
almmindwill causethebeast
da llow himsel tobek ept
f indconstantmani estationso
strugglingtobef reeandtoas-
otbedisturbed. Thisisno
utisrea ll anindicationthaty our
n. F orw hereasyounow
a n d f e e l a sh a me d y o u f o r m e rl
ence— w erenotaw areo his
u w e re t h e br u te h i ms e l . I t i s o nl
n g to d i o r ce y o u rs e l f r o m hi m
edo hispresence. Y oucannot
t o be " d i f e r en t f r o m hi m .
w i ld b e as t s f o r y o u h a e a
ou. The lion; thetiger; the
h e pi g ; t h e pe a co c k a n d al l t he r e st
showingf orthsomeo the irchar-
them— smileatthemw hen
s — f o r y o u a r e st r on g er t h an t h e ,
bjection— andtheirappear-
i n t he w a o i n st r uc t in g y o u a s
areanamusinglot w hen
estagew hereyouareabletoprac-
seethemper ormtheirtrick s
cs. Y outhenf ee lstrongl
U , b u t so m et h in g a pa r t f r o m y o u
chy ouarebecomingrapidl di-
aboutthebeasts— f ory ouare
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T N T H E P A TH . 27
o ta t io n f r o m " L i g ht o n t he P a th
regoingmani estationso the lowei
e llespeciall uponthatde lusion
hatdreamo separateness— - that
asbeenca lled" thew ork ingf ic-
" w hichcausesusto imagineour-
omtherest— somethingbetter
theresto ourk ind. Thisman-
Pride— thepeacock parto our
eha esa id thisisoneo the
lowerq ua lities because it is
ouwillnotethat thewriter
" f r u it u l l i n t h e he a rt o t h e
e llasinthehearto theman
s e em s t ra n ge t o y o u b u t it i s
e r a d a n ce d o cc u lt i st t h at l o ng
ehadle tP ridebehindhim
ppearingina newphase—
power— theprideo inte llect—
row th. A ndthenhew ould
eraga in. L etusstateright
o pridew hichisnotaman-
er s e l — i t m a b e c al l ed t h e
e i y o u wi l l. W e a l l ud e t o th a t
apridethatthe wholeis
onder ul andthatw eare
hatthe inte llectw emani estis
lmind— thatthespiritualgrow th
to thegreatpossibil it ieso
hmore isaheadfora lltherace.
achedwhenwebegintoshut
atuni ersa lpride— themo-
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D C O U R S E .
oneothermani estationo l i e
f r o m ou r u ni e r sa l p ri d e t h en
de. Themomentw eerecta
ntheoutside thenareweindulg-
orthere isnooutside atthe
there isnoplaceoutsideo
eelapridewitha ll l i ingthings
w i t h al l o b e in g — t h e n y o u a re n o t
enty ouplaceyourse l apartin
assbecomposedo butyour-
se l a nd a ll o m an ki nd e c ep t on e
uarey ie ldingtoasubtle f ormo
anmustnotbe le tout— cannot
o ss e ss e d o n o q u a l it o r a tt a in -
rt o therace— something
a ll intime. A llthatyouthink
a litt lemoreage— a litt lemore
eo e istence. Yourpride is
rideo thechildw hohasjust
b b c l as s i n t he p r im a r s c ho o l a n d
ponthenew f lock o l itt leones
classf romwhichhehasjust
those inhigherclasses the
subjectf orak indl , pit ing
e llow doesnotk now that— he
g i e s t he p ea co ck q u a li t f u ll s wa .
a e t h is i l l us t ra t io n l e t us s a t h at
i e d in f e e li n g pr o ud o h a i n g
cement— it isaw orth f ee ling
esinonl w henhelook sdown
hisisthesubstanceo the
i s f e e l in g o s u pe r io r it t o wa r d th o se
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T N T H E P A TH . 29
f ee lingo jo f romw ork
ed— isnotunworth . B utletus
ntf ee lingo superiorit tow ard
thereliesthesting o
g andyourw aspisharmless.
te m pt e d to wa r d se l - g lo r i i c at i on s o me -
hatascomparedtosomeo the
e longsincepassedthroughy our
e lopment y ouarenomorethan
blackbeetleascomparedwith
a t t o t he e e s o s o me o t h e
ul s t he e e r d a l i e o e e n th e
earthto -da isbutasareto
s; f ightsandtumbles; o a
d p up p ie s w ho s e e e s h a e b e en
s — j u st r e me m be r t hi s w e sa ,
erideao justw hatplaceyou
ell igence. B utthisdoesnotmean
ther. Notata ll. A slow compara-
b e w e ar e s ti l l we l l on t h e wa o
reatthingsarebe oreus— w ecan-
glebito l i e— w ecannotbede-
rego ingon andon andon
rhe ights. B ut impressthis
onl areyougo ingthere buta ll
yes e enthatlastman. Donot
aneo theeterna l therecannotbe
pride— understandinghasf ore er
iantw eedcannotf low erthere
isw ipedoutb thev er at-
ught.
- to thene tlessontheremaindero ourcom-
uotation.
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.
.
econsiderationo thene t
nca lly ourattentiontotheq uota-
n t he P a th w h ic h w e ha d b e o r e
astlesson butw hichw ew ere
ertothislesson becauseo lack
otationre erredtoappearsthesen-
erinthepresentnorthefuture
Thissentencehasperple edman
t h e f a c t t ha t t he t e ac h in g s ha e
mportanceo li inginthe
ng f o r wa r d to t h e f u t u r ea s t he f i e ld
pment. A ndthissentenceseemsto
iousteachings. B utit isa ll
ndrelati epo into v iew aga in.
mak eitpla intoyou.
regardingitassomething
e f u t u r e — o r t o l i e ( i n i ma g in a ti o n
sensethatit isconsideredasa
epresent— isanerror spring-
i e w o l i e . I t i s t he o l d mi s -
eparatetimef rometernit .
themattershowsusthattime
thatw eare ineternit right
e e r s ha l l be . I t d o es a wa w i th
sdrawnbetweenthis time
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D C O U R S E .
e ' ' e t er n it " i n to w h ic h w e en t er
d ou t o t h e bo d — i t s ho ws u s t ha t
lesh— w eare ineternit . I t
e isbutanin initesimalpart
hatit ismerel sunrise inthegreat
— a n d th a t to l i e a s i t h is p e tt
l is t h e v e r i es t f o l l o i g no r an t
e donotf a ll intotheerroro
meandignoringanddespising
r d es i re t o " l i e i n t he f u t ur e
aado thatistobefoundina ll
there ersesideo theshield.
eisas ridiculousastoli e
ethere is. Tof o llow thiscourse
o " l i i n g in t h e f u t u r e " a g ai n st
autionsus. Thisli e ( small
hitma beascomparedtothe
mportanttous— it isastage in
neededb us andw emustnot
re justw herew eare be-
stplaceforusatthisstageo
dw ecannota f ordtospendthis
n g o t h e f u t u r e f o r we h a e
ssonsto learn— andw ew illne er
lw emasterourpresentgrade
isnota ll— butit isparto a ll
thedistinctionbetweenthepres-
hw henw eregardthemf romthe
emomentthatwebecomef ull
istheonl rea lthing— and
rnit thatw eareabletograsp
thatit isa lwa sN ow w ith
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T N T H E P A TH . 33
e N o w — w h en w e r ea l i e t h is
rm s " p r e s en t a n d " f u t ur e l o se
tous andtimeandeternit ;
t om or ro w ; a nd f o r e e r an d f o r e e r ;
di f erentmani estationso
inw hichw eli eateachmo-
e. Thisli ingintheeterna l
m om e nt o o u r pr e se n t li e -
rdtothef uturewithoutf ear-
onsciousnesso w hatrea ll i e
the I A mconsciousness— a llows
nthe irrightre lations— inshort
t h at i t o th e rw i se l a ck s a n d
iew stodropf romuslikethe
mtherose. A s thew ritero
s o b ea u ti u l l s a s : " T h is g i an t
ere; thisblotupone istence is
atmosphereo eterna lthought.
separateness.
ensation.
orgrowth.
iso lated becausenothingthatis
t isconsciouso separation nothingthat
na idyou. L earnf romsensation and
nl socany oucommencethescienceo
d pl a nt y o u r f o o t o n th e f i r s t s t ep o t h e
w ergrow s unconsciousl , buteagerl
lto thea ir. Somusty oupressfor-
to theeternal. B utitmustbethe
hyourstrengthandbeaut , notdesire
t he o n e ea s e y o u d e e l o p i n th e l u u r ia n ce
t he r y o u h a r de n b t h e f o r c i bl e p as s io n f o r
rontedw ithaseto para-
f irstthreeo w hichte llustok ill
thefourtho w hichthenpro-
en t l t o d o th e v e r t h in g s
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D C O U R S E .
enad isednottodo. Thisis
heDi ineParado w hichunder-
thetw osideso theshield.
a idonthissubject onpage10
a esa idthereappliestonearl
" L i g ht o n t he P at h .
t w ea r e to l d to " K i l l ou t a ll s e ns e
eeighthpreceptgi esusthe
hield: " Y etstanda loneandiso-
thatisembodied nothingthat
on nothingthatisouto the
H e r e w e h a e t w o v i t al t r ut h s
etthetw oarebutdi f erentsides
usconsiderit .
nessthatcausesustof eelas
i f e r en t m at e ri a l f r o m o ur f e l lo w
mak esusf ee lse l - righteous—
thatw earedi f erentf rom
men— iserror andarisesf rom
iew . Thead ancedoccult ist
s o t h e O n e L i e — v a r i n g
o ldedsoastoa llow thehigher
mani estthroughus. The low l
once andhew illsomeda
nthatw enow do. A ndboth
ounttostil lgreaterhe ights—
sonsbetterthandow e hema
ment. A ndbesidesthis w eare
o e e r o t he r m an a n d wo -
econditionswhichcontribute
ea llow toe istinourci i l i-
n ironmentsw hichcontribute
s er . E v e r m ou t h u l w e ea t —
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T N T H E P A T H . 3
a r — e e r d o ll a r we e a rn — h a s
otherpeople andtheirl i es
wetouchallmankindat
e law o causeande f ect
o personsapparentl asf ar
tw ecallsiniso tenthe
misdirectedenerg — i w e
amepositionasthosew hodo
temperament tra ining en iron-
— w ouldw edosover much
l l l i e i s o n th e P at h — w e a re a l l
o t e n sl i pp i ng b a ck t wo f e e t f o r
ance butsti llregisteringanetad-
. A n d a ll a r e re a ll t r i n g to d o t he
gho tentheappearancesarev er
eo usaresover goodor
shouldw ebesoread tocondemn.
andw hene erw ecan butlet
m ho l ie r t ha n t ho u . L e t u s re m em be r
atMasterw how arnedustocast
henwew eref reef romsinour-
dthesenseo separatenessinthe
it isasnareandadelusion andthe
ror.
esideo theshie ld. L etus
emustlearnthislessonin order
i s o ur o w n — w e mu s t li e i t o ur -
ma l i e i t f o r u s — an d w e ma
o ne e l se . E a c h m us t s ta n d s u a re l
chisaccountable f orhisow n
atw hichhehassown. E ach
accordingtohisow nacts. Man
msel andtheEterna l. Noth-
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D C O U R S E ,
na landhimsel cana idhim.
titsow ndestin , andnoother
another. Eachsoulconta ins
eSpirit w hichw illgi e ita ll
ndeachsoulmustlearnto look
e lessono C ourageandSel -
edb thegrowingsoul. I t
ngf romwithoutcanhelp
ethatnothingf romw ithoutcan
o aga insta llharmandhurt
ct. I t isindestructible andeter-
it— f irecannotburnit— it
i t I S a n d al w a s w i ll b e . I t
standerect— uponitsown
e a ss u ra n ce o t h e pr e se n ce o a n
thatispossessedo unlimited
tit look totheE ternal— a llthat
to" K illoutdesiref or
e ighthte llsusto" L earnf rom
eit becauseonl socany oucom-
e l -k now ledge andplanty our
tepo the ladder. A notherpara-
i n d th e ke .
preceptbidsus toletdrop
rti ication. Thepleasureso the
eplane. We beginb enjo -
thegrossersenses andf rom
k uptheenjo mento thatw hich
ses.W eoutgrowcertain
ication. Wepassf romsensua lit
owerandhigherdegrees.There
nsensegrati icationinman
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T N T H E P A T H , 3 7
esterda , seemcrudeand
n d so i t w il l a lw a s b e a s w e
inthesca leo l i e . We
thegrati icationo thesenses—
esawaitingit. Thepleas-
a llrightinthe irplace— the
o p er o r m in t h e e o l ut i on o t h e
sbew areo a llowingitsel to
progressw illberetardedi it
agemustbecastasideas thesoul
lightmarchingorderisthe
hbind y outosensegrati-
c u t t h at y o u m a g o o n y o u r
i l l ou t d es i re f o r s en s at i on . R e -
oesnotsa thatyoushouldk il l
hedesire f orsensation. Ne ither
naw a f romitasane ilthing.
ount b stud ingit and
ty ouma see itf orw hatit is
usbeabletodropitf romyou.
e llsyou: " L earnf romsensa-
becauseonl socanyoucommence
nowledge andplanty ourf ootupon
adder.
oushouldy ieldtosense-
o learnitslessons— thead anced
be ondthisstage. Sensations
r o m th e o ut s id e a n d it i s n ot
sense inorderto learnthe les-
Therea lmeaningo thislast
indthatwee periencecer-
sensations— weshouldweigh
stthem insteado v iew ingthem
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D C O U R S E .
areaparto us— the come
eMind andareourheritagef rom
at e s o e i s te n ce . Th e a r e no t
u t ar e s im p l u n wo r th o u s i n
e lopment. The aretheshad-
l e s — t h e r e l e c t i on o t h in g s
uralin usinourmore ani-
earenow outgrow ing. You
sb notingthes mptomso
estations andthereb w illbe
a f romyousoonerthani
to f earthemasthemani estations
ts i de o y o u rs e l — t h e t em p ti n gs o
meyouw illoutgrow these
beingf il ledw ithsomethingbetter
inthemeantime v iew themas
edesiretoper ormsometrick
whileoncenatura lisnow unnatu-
grownpersonsha ehad
do theo ldbab trick o
w istinga lock o ha irbetw een
hileconsideredasquite" cute in
erthelessbroughtuponthegrowing
andpunishments andina ter
u i re d t he e e r ci s e o t h e wi l l o t h e
undesirablething.L etus
ms o t h e ba b - d a s o o u r so u l-
do themb understandingthem
a n d me a ni n g i n st e ad o f e a ri n g
t h e De i l . T h er e i s no D e i l
ar.
sus to" K illoutdesiref or
ee ighthad isesustogrow —
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T N T H E P A TH . 39
grow s unconsciousl , buteagerl
lto thea ir. Somusty oupress
soultotheeterna l. B utitmust
sforthy ourstrengthand
grow th. F orintheonecasey ou
n ce o p u ri t ; i n t he o t he r y o u
bepassionf orpersona lstature . '
ewordshasmadesoplain the
o ldstatemento truth thatv er
sameisneeded e enf orthese
.The distinctionbetween
h " andtheun o ldmentthat
soull iesinthemoti e . " De-
ntherelati esense meansdesire
- g lo r i i c at i on — a s u b tl e f o r m o v a n -
o r m o s e l i s h am b it i on . A n d t h is
piritua l tendstow ardwhatoccult-
gic " w hichconsistso adesire
e f o r s el i s h en d s o r e e n f o r
erthatsuchde elopmentbrings.
mcannotbewarnedtooo ten
actices— itisthe darkside
hosew hopursuethedescending
punishmentb reasono the ir
tencompelledto laborf oragesbe-
iw a back tothePathuponw hich
hinesbrightl .
hesoul— thatgrowth which
hef low er— gradua landun-
agerinthesenseo openingup
i c ie n t ra s o t h e gr e at C e n t r al
h e gr o wt h w hi c h co n si s ts i n " l e t t in g
isthegrowthtobedesired. This
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D C O U R S E .
da , i w ebutopenoursel es
o ld andtheS piritw il lgradu-
toy ourconsciousness. Man stud-
s andthe irteachers b the ir
W h a t s ha l l I d o " T h e on l a n -
r o m y o u r la b or e d e f o r ts a n d
. A ndy ouwillgrowin this
w il l ad d to y o u r e p er ie nc e — e e r
urthera longthepath. Youma
kngnoprogress— butjustcom-
s el o a y e a r ag o a n d y o u w il l
t . Go o n l i i n g y o u r l i e t h e
doingthew ork be oreyouin
b s t f o r y o u d a - b - d a — w o r -
u t u r e li e — l i i n g in t h e gr e at
nda llow ingtheS pirittow ork
d en c e an d f a i th a n d lo e . A n d .
ewellw ithy ou. Youare
ptothemiddleo it— enjo the
a long— enjo there reshing
e ni g ht a s w el l a s th e d a — i t i s al l
ak ingprogressw ithoutf ee ling
. Themanw hocountsthe
bouthowmuchf artherhe
w heismo ing mak eshisjour-
a n d lo s es a l l th e b ea u t o t h e
thinkingaboutw hathe issee ing
m i le s m i le s m i le s a n d ma n
histhecourseo w isdom
hisw ithiny ou.
ichisbe ondyou.
chisunattainable.
he lighto thew orld theonl
nthePath. I f y ouareunableto
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T N T H E P A TH . 41
it isuse lessto look forite lsew here.
b e c au s e w he n y o u r e ac h i t y o u h a e l o s t
t ta i na b le b e ca u se i t f o r e e r r ec e de s . Y o u
ouw illne ertouchthef lame.
ormanothero theman para-
wonder ull itt lemanualupon
.Tothosewhoha enot
sef ourpreceptsseemstrangel con-
Tobeto ldtodesireathing
ndyetbe ondyou— andw hich
ridiculoustothea erageman
henonehasthek e , theteach-
andbeauti ul. Thefourpre-
o ldmento SpiritualC onscious-
w hichw eattemptedtofa intl de-
so lessons( TheF ourteenL es-
greatattainmentbe oreus
e er thingtotheoccultistat
f o r i t ta k es h i m f r o m t he
" o r i nt e ll e ct u al a c u i es c en c e o n
w sthatheI S . I tdoesnot
w ithuni ersa lk now ledge but
usnesso rea lspirituale -
w hiche er othere perienceand
hing. I tbringsonef ace-to -
o r a mo m en t w i t h th e R e a l S e l ,
o w h ic h t ha t S e l i s b ut a p a rt .
nessisthegreatpri ewhich
ts o t h e ra c e to f r e e it s el , a n d
l i e s o u n o l dm e nt t o a t-
ic h i s wi t hi n y o u — f o r t he
t , a n d it i s w it h in e a ch o u s .
F o r w it h in y o u i s th e l ig h t o t h e
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D C O U R S E ,
thatcanbesheduponthePath.
to p e rc e i e i t w it h in y o u i t i s u se l es s
. W h d o n ot t h es e a n i o us
k ethisad iceandlook w ithin
wh i ch t h e s e ek i n st e ad o r u n-
a terteachers prophets seers
stingf irstonestrangeteaching and
use ul— because itteachesus
snottobefoundinthisw a .
i n d wh a t y o u s ee k i n s u ch w a s .
ere orasuggestionthere— but
inyourse l w a it ingpatientl
u w i ll l o ok w i th i n f o r i t c o n i -
, a nd l o i n g l . O h l is te n to t he v o i c e
o r t he l i gh t o t h e S p i r it . Y o u
y o u — w h s e ek f u r th e r f o r t h a t
youf romtheoutside.
c h is b e o n d y o u . " I t i s b e-
se w he n y o u r e ac h i t y o u h a e l o st
awa s j us t be o nd y o u a nd w he n
t h e ol d r el a ti e s e l h a s f a d e d
g r an d er Y O U h a s re p la c ed i t .
t o f i n d H i m se l . I n t h is s e ns e
redisbe ondtheto-da
i t is w i th i n y o u — i t i s r ea l l Y o u r-
e. C anw emakethispla iner The
od — i t i s be o n d hi m a n d y e t
man andthee lementso man-
w ait ingthehouro de e lop-
ildatta insmanhood thechild
msel , anda largerse l hastaken
thingf orw hichthechildlongs
ehis( child se l in itsattain-
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T N T H E P A TH . 43
sw ithinthecaterpil lar— butit
ndw henhegainsithe isno
butter l . Thesearecrude
psthe ma he lpyoutounder-
earl .
chisunatta inable . This
ut w henunderstood itrea ll
. T h e te t g o es o n : " I t i s u n-
ore errecedes. Youma enter
n e e r t ou c h th e f l a me . A s t h e
sciousness itbecomesgreater
a e lingbutthef irststepsin
tthatjourne isbecomingmore
eclimbthe mountainsideo
ew becomesgranderateachstep.
w hichseemedsonearatthe
, seemsconstantl torecedeas
here isnodisappo intment f or
wa i s n ow a cc o mp a ni e d wi t h th e
erso insoul-un o ldment. A s
greaterhe ightsappeartothe
omthecloudsw hichha esurrounded
to he ights. Youma , and
o intnow v isibletoy ou( bey our
atatthismoment butw heny ou
dthatthere isasmuchbe oreyou
e hi n d — f a r m or e i n f a c t . B u t a l l
ou w henyouoncegraspits
uenterthegreatlighty oubecome
nearingthegreatcentero
ouaref a irl bathedintheglo-
o u h a e n o t t o uc h ed t h e f l a m e —
an . B u t w h at o t h at — w h f r e t
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
etheend— i endtherebe. You
methingsomuchgreater and
-da , thatyourw ildestimagin-
t he f a i nt e st i d ea o i t . A n d
thereareotherstates andothers
e jo ice inthe light butsigh
dthatyouw illne ertouchthe
begintorea li ew hatthebright-
sbe ondyourcomprehension.
.
e n tl .
bo ea ll.
nsmustbe longtothepuresoulonl ,
oreb a llpuresoulse ua ll , andthus
o thew holeonl w henunited. Hun-
nsascanbeheldb thepuresoul that
ewealthforthatunitedspirito l i e
ese l . Thepeacey ousha lldesire is
thingcan disturb andinwhichthe
l f low eruponthestil l lagoons.
hediscipleshallco etisthatw hich
snothinginthee eso men.
retreatingwithin.
ancingbo ldl w ithout.
pleo there lati eandtheabso-
a r de n tl . A n d y e t p o we r s e l-
eatestcurseo themanwhopos-
eS pirit w hichis" thepower
o et " ma indeedmak ehim
he e e s o m e n ' w ho a r e st r i -
r. F orit is theconsciouspow er
emank nowsnothing— o w hichhe
nta limage. A ndheisv er apt
manw hopossessesit o rw ho
hepow erw hichisappliedto
prehensibletothea erageman
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T O N T H E P A TH . 4
pow er— andy etthatw orldl
capableo accomplishing w ill
a m e o t i me a s a s he e t o t i ss u e
ndw illbe inashesinthetwink ling
herea lpowero spiritua latta inment
ierastheagesro llb . The
heothertheshadow — andyet
rposit ionbecauseo itsim-
tmakethemistak eo translating
smeaningthatthestudent
asnothinginthee eso men.
thestudentshould a oid
a s a n t h i n g i n th e e e s o m an
bee er thingornothing. L et
e be longtothew orldo shad-
as naughttodowiththem.
tsow n" appearances — let
childishto s andsoapbubbles.
— letthew orldattendtothat
andw illnothurtyou. W esa
translatedthispreceptasi it
sumedhumilit w hichisak into
U r i a h H e e p . A s i t o " a p p e ar
cularv irtue Theprecept
uttheonl pow erw orthseek -
metoshow thestudenthow
oregardsuchpow erascom-
ow er " butw hichw orldl
o the lunaticw ho sitt ing
w ithapasteboardcrow nanda
s t ha t h e is L o r d o A l l . L e t t h e
tconcernsy ounot— seek yethe
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D C O U R S E .
r it n o m at t er h o w y o u " a p p e ar '
e n tl . B u t t h a t pe a ce i s t he
mw ithin andw hichy ouma
oubeinthemidsto thebattleo
ecommander- in-chie o thew orldl
t s ol d ie r ( a l l o n e a t t he l a st .
enedandconscioussoulisin-
ewhichnothingcandisturb
w sasdoestheho l f low er
Thispeacecomesonl toone
onsciousnesso hisrealspir-
eonceattainedenablesa man
snature intow hichhema re-
dstri eo theouterli edis-
mediatel surroundshimw ith
nderstanding because it is
theunderstandingo the intellect.
t he s ou l is a " h a e n o r es t " f o r
inw hichitma seek she lter
rehowlingwithout.W hen
w hatherea ll is andisable
s io n s f o r w h at t h e a r e h e f i n ds
nd a lthough thenecessitieso
minapositioninw hichhemust
i g h t h e r ea l l i s m er e l i n i t
e on e p ar t o h i s na t ur e p la s
m hishigherse l risesabo e
l smilesatita ll. Establishf or
o t h e so u l i n w hi c h S i l e nc e
ourtiredsoulma creepto
tisthispeacetow hichtheY ogis
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T N T H E P A TH . 47
a : " P e ac e b e wi t h Th e e. A n d
l A ndabidew ithyou.
o ea ll. Thissoundslike
pirituall ines butreadon. " B ut
longtothepure soulonl ,
oreb a llpuresoulse ua ll ,
propert o thew holeonl
orsuchpossessionsascanbe
thatyouma accumulatewealth
l i e w h ic h i s y o u r t ru e s el .
iousl , arenotmaterialposses-
onso thesoul. A ndw hatisa
w ledgeonl , f o ra lle lse is
wa , There ore letthesoulde-
ainmento theknowledge
ow ledgeo theSpirit . A nd
bepossessedb thepuresoul
o soulsdonotcaref orit . A nd
oldsuch possessionsin
ulsw hoareabletoaccepta
useo it andnoattemptismade
rightsinsuchpossessions
hepropert o the" united
o" corners inspiritua lk now l-
igorousl somemorta lsma
therecanbenomonopol upon
orthe aref reeasw atertothose
ngtorece i ethem. A lthough
allpossessions the are litera ll
w ithoutprice " andw oeunto
thegi tso theS pirit— f or
tbedeli erede cepttothose
m a n d th o se w h oa r e re a d f o r
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
bu — t h e s i mp l h e lp t h em -
st. Weca lly ourattentiontothe
atyoushoulddesireto" accumu-
iedspirito l i ew hichisyour
nyouatta inspiritualk now ledge
c cu m ul a ti n g f o r y o u rs e l , b u t f o r
rew ork ingfortheraceasw ell
er a ce i s b en e i t ed b i t s in d i i d ua l
alknowledge andy ouare
herso therace— thosenow
ow illcomelater. Youaredo ing
houghto thew orld. A nd as
s om e o t h e tr e as u re s w hi c h ha e
thosew hoha epassedon
lgenerationstocomebebene-
ouareaccumulatingnow. We are
ho le andthegaino one is
ng i s l os t T h er e o r e " D e s ir e
S e e ki t n ot b s t re n uo u s en -
en i ng u p y o u r se l t o t he p r om p ti n gs
r e co g ni i n g th e h un g er o t h e so u l
ethirstf orthedraughtf romthe
kn o wl e dg e b t h e L a w o A t -
ouinobediencetothatlaw .
asking andnothingcank eepit
u f r o m it . A s E m e rs on s a s : " T he
g r a i t at e t o th e e. O h b e li e e
e r s o un d t ha t i s sp o ke n o e r t he
ughtesttohear w il lv ibrate
p ro e rb e e r b o ok e e r b -
e f ora idorcom ort sha ll
ughopenorwindingpassages.
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T N T H E P A TH . 49
testo thetruth: Whena
hatseemstoawakenamemor
entruth thenthattruthisyours—
h at t r ut h b u t as m u ch a s y o u f e e l
restwillcomeintime. Emerson
kedtopro ecerta instatements
a lecture . He isreportedas
" I t ru st t ha t I s ha ll n e e r u t te r a
w hichw illneedtobepro ed.
e -e ident. Whentheaw ak-
ento w hattruthit isread
i t i ns t in c ti e l r e co g ni e s i t
be a b le t o e p l ai n i t to o t he r s o r
tk nows itk now s. Theaw akening
itua lMindperce i estruthb
TheSpiritua lMinddoesnot
butittranscendsI nte llect— it
esthatw hichthe I nte llectcannot
hearing statementso w hatis
acceptonl thatw hichappea ls
ndla aside temporaril , that
to it. I na lecture orina
nl onesentencethatsoappea lsto
ndlettherestgo . I f thatw hichis
itw il lcometoyouw heny ou
tcannotescapey ou. B enotw or-
derstanda lly ouhearorread—
snotawakentheanswering
notew ithinyou. Thisisasa e
ittoa llw ritingsandteachings—
tdisturbedb theapparentl
hichy ouhearandread. Each
ownw a , ande er teacher
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D C O U R S E .
therswillmiss.A llteachers
th — n o n e h a e a l l o i t . Ta k e
ouf indit— andlettherestpass
igotedf o llowero teachers—
— b u t a p pl t h e te s t o y o u r o w n
beablindf o llower. B ean
sasgooda judgeasan other
o u i n f a c t. F o r i t kn o ws w h at i t
reachingoutf orit . Teachers
euse ul— becausethe suggestto
m i ss i ng l i nk s — t h e g i e y o u l oo s e
chyouma unw indaty ourle isure
atw hichisl ingha l -aw ak ened
aidinthebirtho new thought
ourow nsoulmustdo itsow n
o w hatisbestf ory ou— is
hemostskilledteacher.H eed
methingWithin. Trustyourow n
k w it h in c o n i d en t l , t r us t in g l ,
k w ithin— f orthere isthespark
me .
r e tr e at i ng w i th i n. W e h a e j u st
heSomethingWithin. This
sphaseo occultteaching. L earn
ence andlistentothevo iceo
ouman greatthings. I nthe
Mindw illun o ldandpassonto
o thegreattruthsw hichlie
. I tw il lpassontothe I n-
tso truthf romitsow ngreat
nte llectw illa terw ardsaccept
omthepremisesthusobtained.
piritualMindisw armandali e
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T N T H E P A T H .5 1
piritua lMindisthesourceo
piration. Poets pa inters
achers orators andothersha e
nina llt imes anddosoto-da .
whichtheseerobtainshis
isf oresight. B y de e lopmento
sness Manma bringhimsel
contactwiththishigher
ndma thusbecomepossessedo a
I nte llecthasnotdaredto
otrusttheSpirit itresponds
r e u e nt f l a sh e s o i l lu m in a ti o n
neun o ldsinSpiritua lC on-
oreupontheI nnerV o ice and
distinguishitf romtheim-
planeso themind. He learns
o theS pirit andtoa llow it
d. Tobe" ledb theSpirit
t i n t h el i e s o a l l w h o ha e
spiritua lde e lopment.
a d a nc i ng b ol dl w it ho ut . B e
an h a rm y o u . Y o u a re a l i i n g
bebo ld. L ook aroundyou
ntheworld — andlearnles-
ew ork ingso thegreatloomo
te s f l — s e e t h e cl o th o v a r io u s
sbe ingproduced. S ee ita ll
m a e d . L e s s on s a re l i n g al l
g y o u r st u d a n d ma s te r . S e e l i e
oesnotmeanthaty oushould
dtr to li eo eraga inphases
t b e hi n d y o u a nd w i th w h ic h y o u
ssthemallwithouthorror or
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O U R S E .
tf romthelow l phases higher
mthemudo theri erthebeau-
k andf orcingitsw a through
andun o ldsitsbeauti ul
o t h e ph s i ca l t h e pl a nt o
w atero thementa lplane on
a l andthereun o lds. Look
atmenaredo ing— w hatthe are
arethink ing— it isa llright ina ll
e wh o a re i n i t. L i e y o u r ow n
p l an e o d e e l op m en t — b u t s c or n
the lowerplanes. S eeL i e
s andrea li e thatyouarepart
a n d y o u a r e pa r t o t h at o n e.
wa e b e ne a th y o u — y i e ld t o i ts
besubmerged f ory ouarerid-
rneonitsbosom. Donotfear
hiley ouretreatw ithin— bothare
. Lety ourI nnerSanctuar be
butbenota ra idtoventure
annotbecuto f . S eetheouter
omeisa lw a saw aitingy ou.
etweentheeighteenthand
tusrepeatthem thatyouma
osideso thesametruth:
r e tr e at i ng w i th i n — s e e k th e wa b
hout. Doy ounotseethatthe
mthew holestatemento truth?
o n e ro a d. T h is i s a n ec e ss a r
thepreceptssa s: " To
soneroadwhichseems the
there isasubtletemptation
er apttorestcontentwiththat
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T N T H E P A T H .5 3
articulartemperament and
toshuthise estotheother
oted narrow 1, andone-sided.
he lanesw hichseemto leadto
lehereanda litt le there— ho ld-
pealsto hisinnerconscious-
estgo— butcondemningnotthat
ittoaccept. Donotbeaparti-
sectarian. B ecauseyouf a or
e ac h in g d o n ot h a st i l c o nc l ud e t ha t
greewithy oursmustbe
ormso presentationo truth
ndingo certainpeople.
p r es s io n w hi c h at f i r st s i gh t a pp e ar
terwardsseentoha ethesamefun-
o theapparentdi f erence
tobemere l amattero the
w ords. Whenw eunderstandeach
m s w e o t e n f i n d t h at w e h a e
butlitt leapartf romeachother.
oneroad. Toeachtemperament
emsthemostdesirable.B utthe
d e o t io n a lo n e b r e li g io u s co n te mp l a-
t pr o gr e ss b s e l - s ac r i i c in g l ab o r b
li e . Nonea lonecantakethedisciple
rds. A llstepsarenecessar to
iceso menbecomestepsinthe
asthe aresurmounted. Thev irtueso
n e ce s sa r — n o t b a n m e an s t o be
thoughthe createaf a iratmosphere
t h e a r e us e le s s i t h e s t an d a lo n e.
anmustbeusedwisel b theone
w a . E achmanistohimsel ab-
h e tr u th a n d li e . B u t h e i s on l s o
i n di i d ua l it f i r ml , a n d b t h e
edspiritua lw il l recogni esthisindi-
e l , butthatthingw hichhehasw ith
nuse andb meanso w hichhepur-
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D C O U R S E .
ow l de e lopshisinte lligence to
ndindi idualit . Whenhek now sthat
l c om p le , s e pa r at e d li e e i s ts t h en
, h e i s up o n th e w a . S e e ki t b
riousandgloriousdepthso y our
tb testinga lle perience b
nordertounderstandthegrow thand
alit , andthebeaut andobscurit
f ragmentsw hicharestrugglingside
df ormtheracetow hichyoubelong.
t h e la w s o b e i ng t h e la w s o n a t u re
atura l andseek itb mak ingthepro-
hesoultothedimstarthatburns
ouw atchandw orship itsl ightw ill
ma k now y ouha ef oundthebe-
n d w h e n y o u h a e f o u nd t h e en d i t s
omethe in inite light.
uldbereadcare ull b
ws he s t o li e t h e li e o t h e S p i r it
ncea longthePath. I tshould
udied. I tconta insw ithinitmuch
tthef irstreading— northe
dredth.I tsmeaningwillun-
re nc e s re n de r s y o u r e ad t o r ec e i e i t .
urli emustnotbeone-sided— it
mu s t a a i l y o u r se l o t h e ad -
el i e — a n d y e t y o u m u s t no t r un
f o r i t ha s l es s on s f o r y o u . Y o u
thew orld— othersneedyou—
o u r pa r t. Y o u c an n ot r u n aw a ,
o— soacceptthepartthatisa llo tted
rpresentstateasathingupon
nttogreaterthings. Y ouarea
o l i e a n d y o u m us t d o
oenatureo manmustbeused
odesirestoenterthew a . This
nt o y o u r b u si n es s p r o e s si o n or
e t ak e n wi t h y o u e e r w h er e
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T N T H E P A T H .5 5
orw ithyou. Y oumust
u nd e rs t an d y o u r v i e w o l i e .
gy ourv iewsupontheunread
andmeatf ormen remember.
eoplearoundy ouarelikeunborn
a nd b u t a v e r f e w h a e e e n d ra w n
h. Donotmak ethemistak eo
o u r s l ee e f o r t he d a ws t o
u r pa r t in t h e ga m e o l i e i n
dto join. B utthoughyousee itas
n donotmak ey oursel anuis-
i n as i y o u e nj o e d i t— y o u
t.Donot makethemistake
a etogoaroundw earinga
d on t t r t o p os e as o ne o t h e " h o l "
e s o rt o p e op l e. J u s t be n a tu r al
e a r a id t o s mi l e or l a ug h . A
o G o d s b e st g i t s t o ma n a n d
gman f o ll ies. A laughis
er. Don ttak ethingstooseri-
l a o t h e ki n de r ga r te n o G o d
Mu c h o l i e i s r ea l l a j o ke t o
eandv iew itf romthere . I t
aingthechildreno Godf orthe
orustocommentuponthetw en-
h f orthatpreceptissof ulland
atitco ersthegroundf ull .
i t co n ta i ns a r u le o l i e f o r s tu d -
tencesaremagni icent the
e l t o t he u n o l dm en t o y o u r
the lightw hichburnsw ithiny ou
ento itsw ords: " Mak ethe
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D C O U R S E .
thesoultothedimstarthat
asy ouw atchandw orship its
henyouma k now that
e be g in n in g o t h e wa — a n d w h en
end itsl ightwillsuddenl become
teaccompan ingthislastmen-
theseteachingsleaduptothe
a lC onsciousness.
ptbidsy ou" lookf orthe
ilencethatf o llowsthestorm
l then. Thera inbow o S pir-
earsonl a terthef iercestorm
r o m y o u r f e e t : I t i s t he d i i n e
chiscomingtoyou.
ede otedtothesubjecto
ess. I nitw ew illtakeupthe
a n d th a t to w h ic h i t re e r s. I t i s
teaching. Theothersideo the
butthek e stonemustbestud-
ssecondlessonw ellduringthe
understandtheonetof o llow it.
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I .
ess.
epto thef irstparto " L ight
eceptthatre ersdirectl to the
ptob theprecedingpre-
ow ertobloominthesilencethatf o l-
lthen.
shootup itw il lmak ebranchesand
ds w hilethestormcontinues w hilethe
thew holepersona lit o theman
— notuntil it ishe ldb thedi inef rag-
t asameresubjectf orgra ee peri-
notuntilthew holenaturehasy ie lded
itshighersel canthebloomopen.
hascomesin atropicalcountr
in w he n n at u re w or k s so s w i t l t h at o n e
chaca lmw illcometotheharassed
epsilence them steriouse entw illoc-
tthewa hasbeenf ound. C a ll itb
tisav o icethatspeaksw herethere is
essengerthatcomes— amessenger
nce— orit isthef low ero thesoulthat
edescribedb an metaphor. B utit
o ok e d f o r a n d de s ir e d e e n a mi d t he r a g-
iencema lastamomento t ime orit
ears. B utitw il lend. Yety ouw ill
ou. A ga inandagainthebattlemust
t i s o nl f o r a n in t er a l t ha t n at u re c a n
nthesilence thatf ollows
henandthere isthef low ero
ess f ortheproductiono w hich
asbeenstri ing— thatw hichcaused
ed— theputtingf ortho roots—
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D C O U R S E .
tthroughtheso ilo thema-
abo e— theun o ldingo
t h e di s ca r di n g o s h ea t h a t e r sh e at h
tn b u d o t h e S p i r it w a s v i s i bl e
tbegan.
budo S piritualC onscious-
so I l lumination— mark amostcrit-
t iono thesoul. A nd asthe
ccursonl a terthestorm—
ssucceededand replacedthe
eroarandcrasho thethunder
cidentso thetempest. I ntheca lm
llowsthestorm greatthings
me mb e r th i s O s o ul w h en y o u
m i ds t o t h e gr e at s t or m o s p ir -
weepingaw a a lltheo ldland-
gaw a a llthaty ouha ebeen
tyourse l — w hichcauses
sbe ingsweptaw a f romyou
houtcom ort orsupport. F or
ualdistresswhenallis being
o u t h er e i s co mi n g to y o u t ha t
derstanding whichwill
andw hichisw ellw orththestress
Thetimeo mereblindbelie
thetimeo k now ingisathand.
e ak o t h e hi g he r s pi r it u al e p e ri -
he lowerplane. E merson w ho
nsciousnesso w hichwespeak
r m an s w or ds w ho s pe ak s f r o mt ha t
ntothosew hodonotdw ellinthe
part.I darenotspeak
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O N S C I O U S N E S S 5 9
o t ca r r i t s au g us t s en s e t h e
l itse l caninspirew hom
d es ir e e e n b p ro a ne w or ds
t us e t o i nd i ca t e th e h ea e n o t h is
wh a t hi n ts I h a e c o ll e ct e d o t h e
andenerg o theHighest
to b e f e l t r a t he r t ha n t o be i n -
andy etthe I nte llectma par-
he il luminationo theSpirithas
t tohigherplanes.
ore it thehandthatw rites
eritswork.Toattemptto
ee perienceso theHigher
an d f o o l i sh — a n d y e t w e se e mc a ll e d
o r t. W e l l s o b e it — t h e ta s k is
mustnotshrink f romit.
e s so n s w e h a e t o ld o t h e th r ee -
thethreementa lprinciples— the
h e I n t e l le c t ; t h e S p i r it u al M i nd .
e- readthe lessonsbearingupon
particularattentiontow hatw e
i thPrinciple— theS piritua l
thisf low erthatbloomsin
thestorm— comesf romthat
c o ns i de r w ha t i s me a nt b " t h e
theblossomingo thef low er.
higherstageso the I n-
eplaneo the I nte llect. The
eP lane( e eninitshigherstages
owerplaneso the I nte llect
w iththeproblemso L i e—
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D C O U R S E .
s te n ce . H e d o es n o t re c og n i e e e n
orriddlee ists. Hehasa
t i me a s h is c a re s a re c h ie l t h os e
sica lplane. So longashis
s ied therestmatterslitt le to
dstageo therace. A f ter
periencetroublesonanother
nte llectre usestoa llow him
orgranted. New q ues-
rudingthemsel es ca ll ingf or
epesteredb theeterna l
so u l. A s T ol s to i s o f o r c i bl p u ts i t :
ta lparto apersontak escontro l
anddesiresaremultiplieda
becomeasnumerousastheradii
mi n d w i th c a re a n d an i e t , s e ts
ateandthengrati y thesedesires
tobef oundinthatw a .
pinessistobef oundinthis
thesoulw ithagrow ingunrest
tohigherf l ights. B utthe
b le t o c on c ei e o a n t h in g h ig h er
theseurgingsassomethingun-
f ormersuperstit ionsandcre-
saroundandaroundinitse f orts
ems— stri ingf orthatpeaceand
eelsisawait ingit. I t l itt le
ssiblere lease liesintheun-
nghigherthanitse l , w hichw ; l l
inerinstrument.
nesw illrecogni ethisstage
t— o spiritua ltra a il— w hen
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . 61
esitse l unabletoso l ethegreat
itf o ranswers. Webeat
menta lcages— orlik ethes uir-
apidl aroundandaround and
w ew ereatthebeginning. We
mentalstorm.Thetempest
thewindstearourcloaks
us a t t he m e rc o t h e te m pe s t. W e
moursighta llthathasseemed
permanent anduponw hichw e
m ortinleaning. A llseemslost
aceandcom ortisdenied
ushitherandthither andw e
allbe . Ouronl hopeis
theUnseenHandw hich
ritethosebeauti ulw ords
sf arremo edf romhimin
uth butw hoare ne ertheless
t andw hothere orerecogni e
gh t a m id t h e en c ir c li n g gl o om
amf arf romhome
t I d o n ot a s k to s e e
stepenoughf orme
s— andita lw a scomesin
mo lightpiercingthroughthe
hef eeto thestorm-beaten
atime— anew path upon
teps. H esoonf indshimsel in
riterhassa id:
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D C O U R S E .
onsciousthathehasentered
nd— hascrossedtheborders
f i n ds h i ms e l i n a s tr a ng e l an d
rlandmark s— hedoesnotrecog-
a li esthegreatdistancebetween
ds h e h as l e t a t t he f o o t o t h e
themtof o llow him butthe
a n d se e m to f e a r f o r h i s s a e t .
andbeckonwiththeirhands
f e a r to f o l lo w h im a n d
. B u t h e s e em s p os s es s ed o a
angeimpulsewithinhimurges
ointheis tra eling he
rce jo tak espossessiono him
romtheS piritualC on-
ra e lera longthePatho A tta in-
couragetofo llow it. The lighto
a e g ui de b ut v e r f e w o u s
andtrustwhichw illa llow us
uak ersk new o thisinner
butthe irdescendantsha ebut
onceabrightlight. I tsra s
a l l wh o a re r e ad f o r i t a n d w h o
idencetotheda w henthe ir
o r k n ow y o u t h at t h is i n ne r l ig h t
o theOrienta ls— farf romit.
a epaidmoreattentionto the
eo theWest— butthisI l lumi-
pert o therace andisbe-
m an a n d wo ma n . I n s t a nc e s o i t
ga llpeoples— ina llt imes. A nd
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . 63
emain althoughtheinter-
.
thecomingo S piritualC on-
ingperceptiono therealit o
esso therea le istenceo the
s to f e e l th a t he h i ms e l i s h is
epossessaw onder ulsome-
o w hichherea ll k now snoth-
h e f e e l s t ha t h e is a s o ul r a th e r
a easoul— thenthatone is
so S piritua lC onsciousness i
withinitsouterborders.
eso thisblossomingo
the genera ll blendintoeach
u l l pe r ce p ti o n o t h e " I A m
condtheC osmicK now ing. We
andcrudel togi eanidea
a lthoughtothosew hoha ee -
dsma appearmeaningless.
I A m consciousnessma
thef low er— thef low eritse l
w ing. Man , w hoha enotas
" I A m c o ns c io u sn e ss m a t h in k
electua lconceptiono these l ,
belie intherea lit o thesoul
sessb reasono the irreligious
rdi f erentthing. I t ismorethan
tion oramereblind belie
t o another— more indeed
ntheDi inepromiseo immor-
sness— ak now ing— thatone is
ssthatone isaspiritualbe ing—
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D C O U R S E .
earf riends w earecompelled
w ordsade uatetodescribethe
ha inghadnosuche peri-
now ordsforit . TheS anscritcon-
beeninjectedintothe language
andw hichma beatleastinte l-
db theeducatedHindu but
nta innow ordsw hereb w e
ea ni ng . W e ca n on l t r t o gi e
e illustration. Noonecande-
m p at h , o r a n o t h er e m ot i on t o a
periencedthesensation. The
elt. A ndso it isw iththe
sness. I tcomestoasoulw hichhas
tl t o a dm i t o t h e r a s o k n ow l ed g e
d andthenthatsoulsimpl
thastheactua lspiritua lk now l-
immorta l— butitcannote -
ca n i t a s a r ul e e e n i nt e ll e c-
se l . I t s i mp l k n ow s . A n d t ha t
opinion orreasoning or
b li n d be l ie . I t i s a c on s ci o us n es s —
rmo consciousness it ismost
t o on e w ho h a s ne e r e p e ri e nc e d
ldbetoe pla inlighttoa
oonew hohadne ertasteda
ewhodweltin atropicalcoun-
re periencedthesensation. We
ntothosew hoha enote peri-
periences— af actthatis
ha eatsometimeinthe ir
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . 6
er a ll k n ow n a s " r e l ig i ou s e -
w hichthisconsciousnesscame
communit inw hichthere
oneina lik estageo de e l-
essmano nomeanabilit ,
beena longentirel di f erent
oodo lightbeatingintohismind
isspiritua le istence impressed
andhebecamever muchdis-
houghtitmust beasign
, andhehopeditw ouldpass
a ehimthegreatesthappiness. B ut
a n d he w en t s o f a r a s t o ma k e
erhisbusinessinterests f ear-
gmenta ll unba lanced f or
a s i mi l ar c a se . H o w e e r o n e
k inw hichthewriterga e
hcouldcomeonl f romone
erience. Themanrecogni ed
althoughanotherwouldnot
bo ehishead hecrieda loud:
s a n ot h er c r a y m a n.
I A m hascometoman -
rall imagined butthosew ho
s asarule sa nothingabout
e ir f r i en d s r e la t i e s a nd n e ig h bo r s
rmalandmentall unsound.
no t a lw a s w i se t o r el a te t h es e e -
orthosewhoha enotreached
erstand andseeinginan-
the canha enocomprehen-
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D C O U R S E .
erhim irrationa l. I t isastrange
ng— thatinaw orldmadeup
belie ethateachmanis( or
es animmortalsoul onew ho
hstobeaf actisregardedas
therace isonl sk in-deep—
ra ido death ormoreso
esthatdeathendsa ll. The
o t he r p la n es o e i s te n ce c o n-
o andbelie e inthemasbe-
atics. The li eandact
erea ll inspiteo a llthe ircla ims
s . T he h a l - b el i e e c e rt a in
orea lk now ledge andden that
essthatwhichthe themsel es
sef ie ldo consciousness
o t h e tr u th f r o m th e S p i r i tu a l
no longermerebelie s— the
ughsuchaonema apparentl
s o t h e wo r ld a r ou n d hi m h e
tbeing. Othersnoticeasomething
k e ep h e e e r s o q u i e t. T h e c a n-
i s b u t th e f e e l so m et h in g .
dthatthisbuddingconscious-
ntoaman smindatonce. I t
s it istrue butinthema-
itisa mattero slowgrowth but
hesamea terthegrow thcom-
ma losehisfullconscious-
t itw il lcomeback tohimagainand
it isw ork inggradua ll tomak e
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . 67
ure andhischangedmenta latt i-
inhisactions. Hebecomesmore
Thingsthatw orr hisne ighbors
e f e c t up o n hi m . H e f i n ds i t
pectableamounto regretand
tbearhea il uponthosearound
ardedasun eelingandheart-
hs h ea r t ma b e f u l l o L o e
nta lattitude ischanged— his
d. Hef indshimsel ceasingto
undhimareapttoconsiderhim
mehaslessmeaningto
eternit hascometohim. Distance
orisnota llspacehis S uch
uiet orhew illbesuretobe
i s h a n d pe o pl e m a t a p th e ir
tl w henspeakingo him( behind
aboutthisphaseo S pir-
andthatisthatonew hohasit
ge inthew rit ingso others.
orkso someo theancient
eo themodernones andw here
ullanguage hew ill l istentoa
hisbrother-in-thought.S ome
slightdegreeo spiritua linsight
inw hichtheSpiritua lMind
w ordstothe lowermentalprin-
hatthespiritualmeaningis
os e r ea d f o r i t e e n t ho u gh
ll understandwhathehaswrit-
k s S pirithears.
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D C O U R S E .
s e wo r ds i t h e h a e h a d
ater orlesserdegree take
onelinessoppressordepressy ou.
rey ourbrothersandsis-
nding andtheirthoughtwill
lbebene ited. Keepq uietto
y o u s e e f i t b u t op e n up y o u rs e l
e lpthatw illsure l cometoyou
hethoughtcurrents. Your
uthesim ilarthoughto others
ness andtheirsw illa ttractyours.
p i ct u re s y o u wi l l f i n d w o rd s w hi c h
ndyourk ind. R eado ertheo ld
f e r en t t he a p pe a r to y o u n o w
eadtheB ible readS hak e-
andthephilosophers andsee
ni ethatthewritersarey our
andhardsa ingswillbe-
ouneednotbea lone— y ou
grow ingf amil .
d a o i d be i ng p o ss e ss e d o a n
u r ow n d e e l o p me n t. Y o u a re b u t
hegreatha llo theOccult is
nthatha llthereareman degrees
metandpassedbe orey ou
n e t s t ag e o t h e gr o wt h o
beinterestingtoourreadersto
apeculiare periencere lated
ri t er R u d a r d K i p l in g — h e
orethanhetells hisE nglish
i n h is s t or o E a s t I n d ia n
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . 69
m : M a n r e ad w h at h e h as s a id a n d
" butthosew hoha ehad
ualC onsciousnessw illreadil
:
e — a l l a lo n e/ h e t ho u gh t . ' I n a l l
al o ne a s I I f I d i e to - da , w h o
n d to w h om I f I l i e a n d
b e a pr i ce u p on m h e ad f o r
h ar m— I , K i m .
wh it e pe op le b ut m an A s i a ti cs c an
a ma e m en t a s i t we r e b r e -
erando eraga intothem-
indgof reeuponspeculationas
dentit . * * *
i m— K i m? '
ornero theclangingw aiting
otherthoughts handsf o ldedin
tedtopinpo ints. I namoment
ond— hef e ltthathewouldar-
t h e tr e me n do u s pu z l e ; b u t he r e
isminddroppedaw a f romthose
aw oundedbird andpassing
es heshook hishead.
d u ba i ra g i ( h o l m an w h o ha d
tedbe orehimatthatmo-
.
os t it ' h e sa id s ad l . ' I t i s on e o
, buttomeithasbeenshutman
k ? ' s ai d K i m a ba sh ed .
i ng t h er e i n th s p ir i t w ha t
s o ul m i gh t b e * * * /
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D C O U R S E .
bu t I ? ' " { K i m b R u d a rd
6D o ub l ed a , P a ge & C o . N e w
accordingtothetestimon o
attimesproducedanecstaticmood
piritua li l luminationb asim ilar
eb " K i m . H e w o u l d re p ea t
r a nd o e r m e di t at i ng o n h is r e al
aedthatatsuchtimeshew ould
areo immorta lit andtherea lit
l i i n g so u l i n de p en d en t o t h e
a orthismethodo " break ing
b u t pr e e r t ha t t he u n o l di n g S p i r -
throwitslightinto the
ss. Thisw econsiderthebetterw a ,
eachersthink otherw ise andin-
ercisescalculatedtocause
o l d. I t i s s im p l a d i f e r en c e
ds andw eha enodesiretourge
nts i the pre ertheother
ona landreasonableo these
a id i ng t h e un o l dm e nt i s g i e n i n
graphs.
la ed recliningposit ion.
a n d me d it a te u p on t h e R e a l S e l ,
asanentit independento the
bit ingitandbeingableto lea e
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . - \
u rs e l , n o t as t h e bo d , b u t as
r bo d a s b ut a s h el l u s e u l a nd
ere l aninstrumentf orthecon-
Y o u . Th i nk o y o u r s el a s a n in -
gthebod f ree l andtothebest
i n g f u l l c o nt r ol a n d ma s te r o e r i t.
o rethebod entire l , andy ou
o tenbecomealmostuncon-
e e n e p e ri e nc e t he s e ns a ti o n
bo d , a n d o r e tu r ni n g to i t w he n
se. ( R y thmicbreathingisde-
" S c i e n c e o B r e a t h. )
ab o e Y o g i e e r ci s e t h e st u -
es i re u s e th e f o l l o wi n g Ma n tr a m an d
th e re al i t o m e i st en ce — n o t
l e i s te n ce w h ic h i s bu t t em p or a l
r e al e i s te n ce i n t he S p i ri t w hi c h
asserttherea lit o theEgo
s el . T h e re a l T is t h e S p i r it p r in -
estinginbod andmind thehigh-
chI amconsciousbe ingM sel
nnotdienorbecomeannihi-
e th e f o r m o i t s e p r es s io n o r t he
e s ta t io n b u t it i s a lw a s t h e sa m e
ersalS pirit— a dropf romthe
— aspiritua latommani estingin
ss w orkingtowardper ectun-
S o u l — m S o u l is I — a l l th e r es t
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D C O U R S E .
a ng e ab l e. I A r n — I A m — I
o rd s " I A m a n u mb e r o t i m es .
ortogi eaf ewminutes
iation f indingasq uietaplace
ingorsittinginaneas position
sc l e o t h e bo d a n d ca l mi n g th e
erconditionsareob-
eriencethatpeculiarsensationo
chindicatetheconditionknown
ce. Thenheshouldrepeatthe
omesimilarone( there isnospe-
w ords , andshouldmeditate
TheMantram" I A M " i
impresseduponthemind w ill
a iro q uietdignit andca lm
w er w hichwillbeapparentto
esincontact. I tw il lsur-
ura o strengthandpower.
to f " f earandto look thew orld
ml inthee es k now ingthat
ndthatnaughtcanrea ll harm
mplestageso thisconsciousness
e pe t t c a re s w or r ie s h a te s f e a rs
wermenta lstates andw ill
r wo m an " o t h e S p i r it " i n
e a h e lp u l e f e c t up o n th o se
ncontact asthere isanun-
ingthemwhichcausesothers
a r e wo r th o c o n i d en c e an d
erciseswillo tenaidone
opingaconsciousnesso therea lit
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . 73
immorta lit w il lcomegrad-
essun o lds. B utthestudent
o li e toomuchin" theupper
isehisbod orthew orldandpeo-
ownas" spiritua lpride "
a ll. Youarehere inthew orld
mustgetthee periencesnecessar
u t. Y o u a r e i n e a c tl t h e be s t
riencesyouneed— andyouw ill
mentlongerthanisnecessar
od . L i e g ro w a nd u n o l d — l i -
d o in g t he b e st y o u c an . " A n d b e
sciousness whileagreatad ance
scommontotherace issti l lbut
smicK now ingw hichaw aitsthe
utthebudw hichw ill intime
eper ectf low er. I f ithas
pla ininsimplew ordsthee periences
a beimaginedhowwef eel
herphase.B utwewilltr
ho necessit ourw ordsmust
e. Tothosenotread f orthe
tseemlik etheveriestnonsense
willrememberw hatw esa , and
bepartia ll preparedf orit .
tmanhassa id: " M w ordswill
ouunderstandthem.
sthef ullf lowerwhichwill
a tf o llowsthestorm " asthe
o " L i g ht o n t he P a th h a s so
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D C O U R S E .
sedit. I t isthatw hichcomesas
mination.
timesha espokeno this
beenpartia ll describedb people
o r m s o r e li g io u s be l ie . M a n
ecomeastheresulto the
ularconceptiono Deit , o ras
rticularf ormo creed. B utit
creedsorparticularconceptions
t i s a pa r t o t h e Di i n e he r it a ge o
eOrienta lw ritersha edescribed
rds— man o theo ldQuak -
a n d ha e g i e n i t th e ir o w n na m es
intsdescribe it inthe irwrit ings
egreatP rotestantleadersand
bewilderedaccountso thegreat
m. E ach asarule how e er
ularthing intheirf aith.
t itsin luence andtestimon a long
omestousf romman di f er-
ehaditgradua ll daw nupon
a n d th e n f a d e a wa , l e a i n g th e m
n g a t e rw a rd s i n ho p e o a g ai n e -
. Othersha ehaditburst
w ithanimpressionthatthe w ere
ght( f romw hencecomesthe
, w h ic h a ls o p as s ed a w a , l e a -
Thee perienceseemsto
a c tl t h e sa m e wa a n d
pointo resemblancebetw een
Westernw riter( now passed
n e Dr . R i c h ar d M au r ic e B u c k e o
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O N S C I O U S N E S S 7
C a n a d a h a i n g e p e ri e nc e d th i s
ngf oundthathisf riendWalt
endshadhadsimilare peri-
etestimon o anumbero peo-
oha eundergonethesameun-
edtheresulto hisresearchin
ok entit led" C osmicC onsciousness:
l u ti on o t he H u m an M in d ( I n ne s
a P en na . U . S . A . , w hi ch b oo k
o a l i mi t ed e d it i on o f i e
n o w w e be l ie e o u t o p r in t .
f o u n d i n so me o t h e gr e at l i br a ri e s
ndisw ellw orthacare ulread-
saref ullo thissubject
sbeginningtoshow signso its
s te r n wr i ti n gs h o we e r w h at
ca lincidentso spontaneous
consciousness. Occult istso great
mentareabletoproducethisstate
sthighl ad ancedsoulsinthe
e orethepublicasteachersor
dtodw ellinthisconsciousnessa l-
e irwork f orthew orldbe ingdone
g hl d e e l op e d , w h om t h e i n -
the irgreatw isdom.
t h e e p e r i en c e ma b e d es c ri b ed
o t h e O n e ne s s o a l l a n d o
hatOne. Theatomo light
a , reali esf oraninstantits
ntra lSun— thedropintheocean
titsre lationtotheOceano Spirit .
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D C O U R S E .
eno themoreintenseman esta-
nupontheconsciousnesso the
a lMind asthe" B rahmicS plen-
duringthise perienceisa
— s o m et h in g f a r a bo e a n o t he r
nf elt— asensationo A bsolute
m ma b e p er m it t ed . A n d t h e me m or o
e re l e ct i on f r o m it s l ig h t — l i ng e rs
a t e r. T h os e wh o h a e o n ce e -
r e e e r a t e r mo r e ch e er u l a n d
ha eahiddenandsecretfounto
ma drinkwiththesoulthirsts.
sawa graduall , butsomething
ortandcheer. Thisf ee lingo
i t ca n e e r a t e r be t h ou g ht o
itsv er reco llectionw illcause
ehearttothrobw hene erthe
perience.
edanintellectualillumina-
" k n ow i ng " i m po s si b le t o d e-
onsciousthatit possessin
dge— k nowledgeo a llthings—
o re o e e r t hi ng i s re co gn i e d
tsel .Thesensationcannot
a i nt l . I t i s so f a r ab o e a n t h i ng
e ere periencedthatthere
w hichtote llthatw hichhas
v er thingseemsmadepla in—
creasedabil it to reason de-
rdetermine— thesoulsimpl k now s.
butaf ractiono asecondo time
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . 77
timeandspaceduringthee -
se uentintensefee lingo regret
athasslippedaw a f romthecon-
be imaginedb onew hohasnot
thingthatenablesthemindto
nt thatsometime— some
cew illberepeated andthatcer-
ce " w or t h wh i le . I t i s a f o r et a st e
esoul.
thingsinde libl impressedupon
eo thehigherconsciousness
e rt a in t — t h at L i e p e r a d es
t e U n i e r se i s f i l l e d wi t h li e a n d i s
andI nte lligence isseentof il l
L i e i s se ns ed . I n i ni t i s
s " E t er na l a nd " I n i ni te e e r
drea lmeaningsw henthoughto ,
notbee plainedtoothers.
a t o p e r e c t L o e f o r a ll
e e li n g al s o tr a ns c en d s an f e e li n g o l o e
e nc e d. T h e f e e l in g o F e a rl e ss n es s
e perience— perhapsitw ould
ne isnotconsciouso F ear—
sonforit anditslipsaw a f rom
n t hi n k o F e a r du r in g t he e -
e al i e s t ha t h e wa s e nt i re l f r e e
rw ardsrecallssomeo hissensa-
k nowledge certaint , trustand
sesone lea esnoroomforF ear.
tthatsomethingwhichwe
sciousnesso S in hasslipped
iono " Goodness o theentire
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D C O U R S E .
ac e . B y " g o od n es s w e do n o t
onethingascomparedtoan-
absoluteGoodness.
h is e p e ri e nc e w he n i t ha s o nc e
esitasachangedentit . The
mana terward. A lthoughthe
f , gradua ll , thereremains
a terwardpro esasourceo
him especia ll w henhef ee ls
a into heart— w henheisshak en
o con lict ingopinionsand
t e l le c t. T h e me m or o t h e e -
renewedstrength— aha eno
ea r s o ul f l i es f o r s he l te r f r o m
chunderstandsitnot.
ebleattempttodescribethat
ibed b repeatingourow n
uintheThirdo theF ourteen
theancientphilosopherso a ll
gso thegreatpoetso a llpeoples;
theprophetso a llre ligionsand
ertraceso thisil luminationw hich
un o ldmento theSpiritua l
sto ldo it inonew a , theother
buta llte llpractica ll thesamestor .
re nc e d th i s il l um i na t io n e e n i n a
i ethe lik ee perience intheta le
go another thoughcenturies
thesongo theS oul w hich
orgotten. Thoughitbesounded
mento thesemi-barbarousraces
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . 79
strumento theta lentedmusician
n s ar e p la i nl r e co g ni e d . F r o m ol d
g — f r o m I n d i a i n al l a ge s — f r o m
ome— f romtheearl C hristian
ak erF riend— f romtheC atho lic
heMohammedanmos ue— f rom
r— f romthelegendso the
o-prophet— it isa lw a sthesame
glouderandlouder asman
addingtheirv oicesorthe
entstothegrandchorus.
I l l um i na t io n b e y o u rs d e ar
oursw henthepropertime
benotdisma ed— w henit
t itsloss f oritw il lcomeagain.
e e r u pw a rd t o wa r d y o u r R e a l S e l
to itsin luence. B e a lw a s
o iceo theSilence— w ill ing
etoucho theU nseenHand.
o u h a e w i th i n y o u a lw a s t h e R e a l
a rk f r o m th e D i i n e F l a me — i t w i l l
e e t t o p oi n t ou t t he w a .
tiono thestudenttow hat
h sa sabouttheblossomingo
sthatw hilethestormcontinues
theplantw illgrow ; shoot
andlea es; w il lf o rmbuds
a idaboutthebuddingstagew hich
, butthatthebloomcannot
ersona lit o themanisdis-
otuntil it ishe ldb thedi ine
eatedit asameresubjectfor
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D C O U R S E .
de perience— notuntilthew hole
andbecomesubjectunto itshigher
' ' re erredtoisthe lower
ow erprinciples. N otuntilthe
nderthemaster o thehigh-
one canthislongedf ore ent
ow erparto one snature is
erhim heshutsoutthedi ine
ssertsthereal" I " doeshebe-
r th e r un o l dm en t . W e h a e t o ld
b u d is — t h e " I A m c o ns c io u s-
e f u l l g r a s pe d t hi s a n d re a li e
e m a de t h at h i gh e st ( a s y e t c o n-
y ourlow erprinciples then
hebloomtoopen.
u l w or d s f r o m th e t e t : " T h e n
omesina tropicalcountr
in w he n n at u re w or k s so s w i t l t h at
. Suchaca lmw illcometothe
inthedeepsilence them s-
w hichw illpro ethatthew a
e h a e t r ie d t o te l l y o u w ha t i s
t. Wetrustthatweha eatleast
nceptiono itony ourpart.
anuale identl sharedthe
r o nt s e e r o n e wh o a tt e mp t s to d e -
ence. Shegoesontosa : " C a ll
y o u w i ll i t i s a v o i c e th a t sp e ak s
eak ; it isamessengerthat
w ithoutf ormorsubstance— or
esoulthathasopened. I tcannot
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . 81
m e ta p ho r . B u t i t ca n b e f e l t a t e r
e d e e n a mi d t he r a gi n g o t h e
eak o thedurationo " the
storm " inw hichoccursthe
t S h e s a s : " T h e s i le n ce m a l a st
r i t ma l a st a t h ou s an d y e a r s .J B u t
llcarr itsstrengthw ithy ou.
hebattlebef oughtandw on.
n in t er a l t ha t n at u re c a n be s t il l .
t h e t e t e i d en t l r e e r s to
I l luminationtow hichw eha e
Thetimew hentheS piritua l
mepermanent— whenthe
mainsw iththesoulcontinuousl ,
thosew hoenjo thatstatearenow
sinthespiritua lsca le. A ndy et
w e— w esha llsomeda beas
lasheso I l luminationcometo
sheprogressesalongthe Path.
ehim hecarriesthe irstrength
ttentiono thestudenttothe
ngthislastprecept asitcontains
hintheshapeo apromise.
housandsalongThePath —
u r th e r e f o r ts — h as g i e n t he m
e. Listento it: " K now O
oha epassedthroughthesilence
ndretaineditsstrength the long
throughita lso . There ore inthe
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D C O U R S E .
w henheiscapableo enteringthere
indhismaster.
tI , o " L ightonthePath
sthatparto the litt lemanual ,
b thestudent asitconta ins
Wethink itbetterto insertit
o e r lo o ke d . W e t ru s t th a t we h a e
andita litt lemoreclearl than
thek e he isabletoopenthe
l o L e a rn i ng a n d ga e u p on i t s
e e n t ho u gh h e m a n o t as y e t b e
re e r re d t o :
sk sha llha e. B ut thoughtheordinar
hisv o ice isnotheard. F orheask sw ith
evo iceo themindiaonl heardonthat
acts. There ore notuntilthef irst
ast do I sa thosethatask sha llha e.
e istoreadwith thee eso the
e lthehungerw ithin— they earningo
abletoread meansha ingob-
lldegreeo grati y ingthathunger.
d to learn thenheisaccepted ack -
e d . I t m u s t be s o f o r h e ha s l it h i s
hidden. B utto learnisimpossibleun-
hasbeen. w on. Themindma recogni e
nnotrecei e it. Onceha ingpassed
datta inedthepeace it isthena lwa s
nthoughthedisciplew a er hesitateand
thesilenceremainsw ithinhim and
thutterl , y etoneda itw il lresound
andseparatehispassionsf romhis
n w ithpa inanddesperatecriesf rom
hew illreturn.
Peacebewithy ou.' ' M peaceI gi eunto
ai d b t h e Ma s te r t o th e b el o e d d is -
. Therearesome e enamongthose
eEasternw isdom tow homthiscanbe
andail besa idwithmorecompleteness.
rationo thef irstpart o
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C O N S C I O U S N E S S . 83
Thesecondpartliesbe oreus.
othatthesecondpartre erstothe
dent a terhehaspassedthrough
wedthestorm andthatitcon-
as notasy etreachedthat
thatthee perienceso the
ev er closecorrespondencesin
estudentw hohasnoty etat-
a l anda lthoughthetra e ler
ntshigher y ethegoesaround
rno thespira labo etheplace
ileback. There orethese
respondencesonthehigherand
ira l. Wef ee limpressedtocon-
thisw onder ull itt lemanual
udentonthe low erle e lsma
t bene itandunderstandingf rom
o themanualcontains
a p r o i t u s al l . L e t u s f a c e
h a e a s ke d t he m f o r s o m e o
o r d e e l op i ng t h is S p i ri t ua l I l l um i -
w esa thatthebestYogiau-
eman o thepracticesin-
l ightenedo the irbrethren.
practicesare moreorlessab-
producingtherea li l lumination
tobringonaps chiccondit ion
no thedesiredstate— amoon
ndsuchps chicstatesdonot
ment a lthoughthe undoubtedl
ndit ion pleasingf orthemo-
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D C O U R S E .
i c at i on i w e ar e p er m it t ed t o
o thoughttouchedupon
rw ritings iso courseo bene-
g i s t ud e nt s a cc o mp a n t h is w i th r h t h -
a t ra n u i li i n g e f e c t. B u t a t
mere l preparethegroundf orthe
romw hichtheblossomsprings.
whenitstimeis ripe andcannot
etuspreparethebestcondit ions
are . Gi e itw elcomew henit
t imeletusli euptothehighest
tyou( thestudent areat-
ects isasignthatyouareun-
therwisethe w ouldnotattract
s f i n d a r e sp o ns e i n y o u r s ou l b e
scomingtoy ou andthaty on
ook f orthe light f oritw il l
itscoming.
tothesew ordso E dw ardC ar-
a me d i e ou t C h e r i sh e d ag e a t e r
initsho l templescherished.
s o l o e — l e t n o t th e f l a m e d ie
P u b
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.
ence.
g ht o n t he P a th o p en s w it h t he f o l -
a tispeace aresonantvo icesha ll
wi l l s a : I t i s n ot w e ll t h ou h a s
tsow. A nd k nowingthisvo iceto
thouw iltobe .
proceedsf rom" outo the
thev o iceo S piritf o rcingits
consciousness. Thev o ice isnot
themomento i l lumina-
i l le d w it h t he v i b ra t io n s o t h e
otsensesoclearl thehighv i-
mtheupperregionso the
sinsistent andi l istened
d. I tw il lnotbecon used
w ithw hichtheetherisf i l led
thespiritua lplaneheisli ted
ndthe low erv ibrationscannot
esoonlearnstodistinguish
S piritf romthegrosserthought-
uponhim. Thevo iceo
u p wa r d t e nd e nc , a n d it s i n-
w ardhigherthings.
l s a : I t i s n ot w el l ; t h ou h a st
tsow. Thispassagepictures
esthetrue occultist who
herconsciousness andw hich
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D C O U R S E .
inactua ll i e thetruthwhich
ani estinactionandassocia -
hethoughtw hichhascometo
tudeuntilthe truthcomes
w henoncerece i edandgi ena
il lsthesoulw ithadi ine
ogof orthintothew orldand
S p i r it a m on g a nd w i th m e n i n -
a f romthem. Themanto
onhascome— e eninits
angedbeing. Heradiates
rentcharacterf romthatemanat-
thosearoundhim. Hehas
co n se u e nt l d i f e r en t t ho u gh t s.
s h a e a n e f e c t up o n th e g re a t
e s o t h e wo r ld . T he l e a e n
ikethestreamo purew ater
pond w hichpurestream
tirepond. Histhoughtsand
hew orld sw ork andsothe
manimpulsetogoforthand
e i t a mo n g me n a nd w om e n a n d
t s a s t o h im : " T h ou h a st
tsow. " A ndk nowingthis
ts e l , " h e o be s .
esin thespiritualand
c e a n d as t h e ba b e be o r e bi r th
sica lchanges shapesand
passedthroughduringlong
sodoesthegrow ingmangothrough
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .87
a landspirituale o lutiono the
a lgoesthroughonl such
stageo e o lutionhehas
. H e m a r e ac h o nl S t a g e
ge I i n d i i d u al . I f h e is a S t a ge I I
roughStageI andthenonto
e is a S t a ge I I I s ou l h e pa ss es t hr ou gh
S t ag e I I ( a s ra pi dl a s ma b e a nd
t a ge I I c o ns c io u sn e ss . L e t
ges.
o l i e i n w hi c h th e I n s ti n c-
t h e I n t e l le c t no t b ei n g su -
d to a s se r t it s el f u l l a n d th e S p i r i t-
recogni ed. I nthisstage
es— andtheyoungchild. Those
ttleconcernforaughtbut
eph sica ll i e . The irthoughts
ngtofood she lter andthe
ph sica lsenses. Theree ists
rta inf reedom democrac , and
m h ol i er t h an t h ou ' o r " b e t t er t h an
chrenderstheirl i e f reerandeasier
o those inthene thighest
ornothingabout" sin " and
rdesiresw ithoutquestion. The
t i e b e li e i n a h ig h er p o we r
e l esmuchaboutit nordothe
moniesorobser ancesare
dthatf a iluretoper ormareapt
donotw orr muchabout
l a t io n " a n d a r e di s po s ed i n st i nc -
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E D C O U R S E .
tthePow erthattak escareo them
o themThere.
ceswhentheI nte llectbeginstoas-
ginsto awakentoasense
H e r e co g ni e s a m s t er i ou s s om e-
illh igherparto hismind
ashamedo do ingcerta insel ish
seshimtoe perienceaf ee ling
ctionw henhehasdonecerta in
u n se l i s h th i ng s . B u t t he I n t el l ec t
tbeginsto in ent" good
things. P riestsandprophetsarise
in g s ( u s u al l t h e gi i n g o a
t o th e t em p le a r e " g o od a n d
dthatcerta inotherthings( f or
ltoattendthetemple ortocon-
re" bad andcerta intobepun-
epriestsandprophetsin ent
esireso the irf o llowers and
cularthings thattheirpeople
atedinto" good and" bad "
gtobethe larger. Mosto the
e a r e pl a ce d i n th e " b a d l i st f o r
tthe arepleasant. I nthe
l ist includesthemajorit o
pre a il ingideabeingthat
is childrendoingthingsun-
w a esw rothi the chanceto
reedsandsectsarede-
hmentismetedtothosew hodo
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .89
ndjointhelatter.The idea
hodonotagreew ithone s
Deit are" aga instGod " or
andmustandw illbepunishedb
e r t o re l ie e G o d o t h e ta s k
elie ers andproceedtodo it
piritua lde e lopmentare
s. The declarecerta inda s
i a l l d a s w e re n o t so a n d i n si s t
er thanothers.The claim
racesare" chosen andf a ored
db Deit . The insistthat
m en a re t ob e " s a e d " a nd t ha t
schildrenaredestinedtoe er-
nishment. H e ll isv er hot
e w po i nt o S t a g e I I . H a t e
ngo se l - righteousness isa
thisstage— sectsaref ormed
remani estedbetw eenthem.
D i i n e L o e i s a lm os t l os t s ig h t
Manisbutanameinthis
f ee lingthatistobeseenis
elongingto someparticular
ot" brothers " but" heathen "
el ie e rs " " d is se nt er s " " h er et ic s " e tc .
nesso A ll whichisinstincti el
nd b ot h se en a nd f e lt i n S t ag e I I I ) ,
e en o r f e l t i n S t a g e I I . I n t h is
stobethek e note . A sthe
a longinthisstage andI n-
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D C O U R S E .
ds thereasoningf acultiescause
estit ionsandf oo lishnotions
medsacredandthetruthitse l .
sdiscardedasoutw ornandno
usua ll a periodo disbelie and
hings ha ebeenthrown
mstoha ecometotak ethe ir
phase theS piritua lMindseems
o r t to f o r ce i n to t h e f i e l d o c o n-
idenceo thetruth— o rea l
hingso S pirit. A ndMangrad-
ge I I I .
e se e g oo d i n e e r o n e — i n al l t hi n gs
omethingsareseentobemore
nothers buta lla reseentoform
. Thede elopedsoulparts
mlack o desire castingthem
sorclo thing. B utitseesthat
ngsarethebestthe ha e
omeotherthings whichthese
dpartedcompan w ithstil l
t h at a l l o l i e i s o n th e P at h —
ancedthanothers buta ll
direction.I tseesalllearn-
it ingb the irmistakes. I t
b o t h ' " g o od a n d " b a d ( r e la -
m an a n d wo m an b u t pr e e r s to
i n t he s i nn e r r a th e r th a n f o r
t . I t s e e s i n " s i n p r in c ip a ll
nerg , andunde elopedmind.
ulseesgoodinall f ormso re-
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .91
titf indsithardto f o llow the
particularone. I tseesthe
recogni edina lltheconcep-
ee eroriginatedinthehuman
eidoltothehighestconception
o " t he c hu rc he s " t he d i f e r-
spiritua lgrow tho thedi -
mangrow s hisconceptiono
m a n s i d ea o G o d is m er e l h i m-
Godo thead ancedmandoesnot
an morethandoestheGodo
ad ancedman. Eachisdo ing
ssettingupaconceptioncorre-
stageo growth. A w riter
histhoughtinthesew ords: " A
a t h is b e st a n d hi s d e i l i s
B u t d e i l s pa s s aw a f r o m
Deit enlarges.
hingthoughto theStage
sc i ou s ne s s o t h e O n e ne s s o A l l .
s t h at a l l th e wo r ld i s a li e a n d f u l l
ingdegreeso mani estation.
a r t o t h at g r ea t l i e . H e f e e ls
L i e . H e f e e ls i n t ou c h wi t h
ts f o r ms . I n a l l f o r m s o l i e
imsel , andrecogni esthat
li ehasitscorrespendence in
.Thisdoesnot meanthat
hetiger v a inlik ethepea-
etheserpent. B ut st i l lhef ee ls
theseanimalsarewithin
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D C O U R S E .
ndgo ernedb hishigherse l —
s e u e nt l h e c an f e e l f o r
rthoseo hisrace inwhichthe
still ine idence. He pit ies
tehisbrotherhow e ermuch
seemundesirableandhurt ul
w ithinhimsel a lltheattributes
w el l a s th e l ow e r a n d he r e al i e s
dgrowingintothesehigher
eda hew illbe lik ethem.
robbingli eo whichheisa
ttobehisli e . Thesenseo sep-
mhim. He f ee lsthesecurit
nsciousnesso hisidentit w ith
c on s e u e nt l h e c a nn o t F e a r .H e
morrow w ithoutf ear andmarches
i n e A d e n tu r e wi t h jo i n
h om e f o r i s no t t he U n i e r se
amonghisow n
d e s ts o n e o F e a r a n d H a t e
teachesonetobek ind. I t
a therhoodo Godandthe
I tsubstitutesak now ingf ora
s m an o e r a n d st a rt s h im o n
re , achangedbeing.
hisS tageI I I ism isunder-
p e op l e. N o w o n de r t ha t t he o t e n
geI manbecausehefa ils
tseemssotothem. Now onder
ssee ing" good inthingsthat
Heis lik eastrangerina
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .93
snotcompla ini hebemisjudged
therearemoreand moreo
ear— the arecomingingreat
the reachasu f icientnumber
oapeace ulre o lution. I n
w illbecontenttoenjo lu -
ar es— hew illnotbeable
hisow nk ind— hew illnotbe
to-da ispassedo erw ith-
b themajorit o people .
eabletodothesethings ma
mpl becausethemanw hohas
nsciousnesshasbrokendown
parateness andhisbrother spa in
b r ot h er s j o i s e p e ri e nc e d b
hothers.
suneasinessthatcausesmen
othercharitableinstitutions—
sf ee lingo discom ortatthe
F r o m th e S p i r i tu a l Mi n d th a t is
nearnesstoa llo l i e toaw aken
andthusrendersitmoreand
mtoseeandbeaw areo the
a us e t he b e gi n t o f e e l i t a n d it
rtable andthe mak eatleast
e it. Thew orldisgrowingk inder
wningconsciousness a lthoughit
eascomparedto itsf uture
I I becomesmorecommon. The
sgreatchanges— thethousand
thea irshow f romw hichdi-
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D C O U R S E .
g andwhitheritis blowing.
ningtobef elt— soonitwill
nthegalewill comewhich
uchthatmanhasthoughttobe
terthestormmanw illbuild
atw illendure . Ha ey ou
h a e y o u n ot f e l t th e b re e e
s— thef ina lchangew illcomenot
e ng e o r ot he r un wo rt h m ot i e s — i t
agreatandgrow ingL o e
on incementhatthe areak in;
h e hu r t o a l l ; t h a t t he J o o
thata lla reO ne. Thusw ill
Go ldenA ge.
a re d t o ha e w an d er e d f r o m o ur
a esa idhasadirectbearingupon
n g a t e r th e r ea p in g — o g i i n g
o w o rk i ng a t e r th e a c u i r i n g
o iceouto thesilencew ill in-
: G o f o r t h an d l ab o r in m v i n e -
s t re n uo u s e f o r t o r b a n a tt e mp t
l i i n g th i ng s — t h w or k i s
y o u a re n e ed e d as l e a e n t o
tcommandf romthelitt le
e abletostand abletohear
ak w hohastcon uereddesire and
dge w hohastseenth soulinits
edit andheardthevo iceo thesilence
o L earning andreadwhatisw ritten
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .9
tef o llowingthiscommand
st a nd i s t o ha e c o n i d en c e t o b e
e o p en e d th e d oo r s o t h e so u l t o
eobta inedperception tobeableto
a inedthepowero he lpingothers to
re istoha e learnedhow touseand
a e a t ta i ne d t o se l - k no w le d ge i s , t o
nnerf ortressf romw hencethepersonal
t impartia lit ; toha eseenth soul
eobta inedamomentar glimpse in
ns i g ur a ti o n wh i ch s h al l e e n tu a ll m a ke
recogni e istoachie ethegreat
hebla inglightw ithoutdroppingthe
ngback interrorasthoughbe oresome
appenstosome andso w henthe
it islost. Tohearthevo iceo silence
omw ithincomestheonl trueguid-
lo L earning istoenterthestate in
ossible.Thenwillman wordsbe
andw ritteninf ier le ttersf orthee
w henthedisciple isread , theMaster
asoneableto stand; able
abletospeak . Theconscious^
l e n ab l es o n e to s t an d f i r ml u p on
m to f e e l th e M aj e st o S e l . I t
ruthpouringintohimf rom
li e a llcla im ingk inship
ndan iousto imparttohim
enableshimtosee li eas
orms— toseehisre lationto
sparts andtorecogni ethe
el be orehim— itgi eshim
eS pirit . It enableshimtospeak
chothers e enw henheis
act-— he ispossessedo thatpeace
ing andhisinwardstate
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D C O U R S E .
e e r d a s p ee c h a n d he a d ds a
edgeo theworld.
ntwhohas con uered
hasrecogni eddesire f orw hatit
thek now ledgeo theS el ;
tsbloom andrecogni edit
thesilence; toproceedtothe
andreadw hatisw rittentheref or
additionallight onthe
ws. I tsdescriptiono thesight
bloom isparticularl interestingin
esa idinourlastlesson— itre -
orthedawno spiritua lcon-
w erthatbloomsinthesilence
e lldoesitsw ritersa that
damomentar glimpse inth -
urationw hichsha lle entuall
n torecogni e istoachie e
nguponthebla inglightw ith-
andnotfa ll ingback interror
ghastl phantom. Wellhas
Thishappenstosome and
s a ll b u t wo n i t i s lo s t. B u t
thatit isonl temporaril lost
emain andthesoulw illne er
ga insthatw hichit lost. Some
heirsouls shrink back inf right
de lusion orsome" w ick ed
on e s p r ec o nc e i e d a nd c o n e n -
gree insomeinstances
gitbegintobea ra idthatthe
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .97
ndgoodness becausethe
t e " e i l a s o y o r e— t h e
row ing" bad " andretreat
ssof arasthe areable. The
a lthoughonema hatethe" bad
the" good thingsmorethan
gsw hicharek now ntobegood
notthemanu acturedand
ingsthatpasscurrentastherea l
o people .
ull tellsusthat" Tohear
ce istounderstandthatf rom
rueguidance. R ememberthese
en: " U nderstandthatf rom
ueguidance. I f y oucan
hesewords— andha ethecour-
them y ouarew ellstarted
o u w il l a lw a s l i e t r ue t o t ha t l it t le
wllbebutlitt leneedo teachers
u. A ndi w ew illbuttrustthat
w illbecomepla inerandstronger
occasions. B uti w e
dre usetoheeditsw arning
aduall grow f a interand
ice isno longerdistinguishable
o thematerialworld.
gisthestateo consciousness
piritualMindisallowedto
consciousmind. L itt leb l itt le
w iththetruth sogradua ll ,
l r e al i e s t ha t i t is a d a n ci n g — ■
ogressingandun o lding
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D C O U R S E .
tsarev er important.A l-
uitead ancedstudents mucho
raspedb thosewhoha enot
w illtr tomakea litt leplainer
ges.
mingbattle and thoughthou
ew arrior.
or andlethimf ightinthee.
att le andobe them.
thoughhewereagenera l butas
, andhisspok enw ordsw eretheut-
d e si r es f o r h e is t h s e l , y e t i n i n it e l
h s e l . L o o kf o r h im e l se i n
o t h e f i g h t t h o u ma e s t pa s s hi m
unlessthouk now esthim. I th
ar thenw illhef ightinthee and
n. A n d i t h is i s s o t h en c a ns t t ho u
olandunw earied standingaside and
ee. Thenitw illbe impossible f or
miss. B uti thoulook notf orhim
t h en t h er e i s no s a e g ua r d f o r t h ee .
heartgrowuncertain and inthe
ld t h s i gh t a nd s e ns e s wi l l f a i l a n d
riendsf romth enemies.
t t h o u ar e b ut f i n it e a n d li a bl e t o er r or .
sure. H e iseternaltruth. Whenonce
ndbecometh w arrior hew illne er
n d a t t he d a o t h e gr e at p e ac e h e
ertotherecognitiono the
ri t — w h i c h is w i th i n ea c h so u l a n d
gglingtocastf romitsel ( w hen
ncumberingsheatho the lower
andcon iningit. Theprecepts
f ortherealsourceo
b it— toa llow ittomani est
l — t o b e le d b S p i r i t . W h en o n e
r e ed o n es e l f r o m th e r es t ri c ti o ns a n d
elow ersel , andisabletoa llow
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .99
a n d ma n i e s t wi t h a mi n im u m
thenw illS piritactthroughhim
dguidehim. A nde enthe less
bta inthegreatestbene itf rom
n low o thedi ineprinciple
ugh it.Themanwho
o r ec o gn i e s t he e i s te n ce o t h e
u st s i t — m a l i e i n a g re a t me a su r e
ndstri eo theouterw orld.
draw f romthew orld( f orthat
buthe isabletotakehisplace
i e a n d to d o h is w o rk t h er e
f ee lcerta inthatwhilehe isin
ablepracticall tostandaside
piritw il lguidehimthrough
ethathe isnourishedand
w a sactf orhisult imategood.
w hichisbestforhim andw ill
heneeds. F earandun aith
thisf reew ork ingo S pirit
asideSpirit ishamperedand
w henthe arethrow n
eetodo itsw ork .
tandasideinthe comingbattle;
bethounotthew arrior "
. N otethatthepreceptdoes
f romthebattle ortohide
e k se c lu s io n .O n t h e c o nt r ar i t
youw illf ight. B utitte llsyou
h at i s f o r y o u i n y o u r p r es e nt c o n-
andlettherea lse l f ight
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D C O U R S E .
ou. Thatis toa llow Spiritto
outobecontentw ithitsleading.
tothef irst.I ttells
t he w ar r io r a n d le t h im f i g ht i n
m ; b e l i e e i n h im ; t r us t i n hi m ;
ethimf ightthebattle fory ou.
b at t le a n d ob e t h e m " s a s
heplacesyouinacerta ine -
heenem ' sf ire isconcentrated
retreatseemstobeutterl cut
ut o b e o r d er s i mp l ic i tl , f o r t he r e is
andyouw ill intheend
eorders northeirresult f o r
h i gh e r f o r m o i n te l li g en c e th a n
ness andha eadistinct( and
wS p i ri t i s mo i n g f o r y o u r ad -
ghitbringsy outemporar pa in
u w i l l be a g a in e r in t h e en d . A n d
e me a ni n g o i t a ll y o u w il l n ot
a nd t h e pa i n as d o o th e rs f o r t he
emporar andf leeting and
osesenseo theminyourk now l-
gcomingtoy outhroughand
ouf urtherto" O be him
eneral butasthoughhe
hisspok enw ordsw eretheutter-
e si r es ; f o r h e is t h s e l , y e t i n-
n ge r t ha n t h s e l . T h is a d -
nuso themistak eo con-
sideentit -— athingapart
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .101
toremindusthatit isourrealse l
dstrongerthanourpresentcon-
sso se l , isS pirit andw e
l se i n th e f e e r an d hu rr o t he
tpasshim andhew illnotk now
him continuesthepre-
sw orth o note . In themidst
ostaptto forgetthattheR eal
h u s a n d b e in g e c i te d a nd
w e ma i m ag i ne t h at w e ( t h e c o n-
ga llthework andma cease
andthusclosethechannelo
hew illnotk now thee unless
nlessyourecogni eS pirit
beabletowork throughyouas
rw isebethecase. Unlessyou
n ce o S p i r i t y o u c an n ot e p e ct
guidance isf orthosewhode-
ac h h is l i st e ni n g ea r t h en w i ll h e
l l t h e du l l v o i d wi t hi n . N o t e
statementthatS pirit isl istening
o r y o u r c a ll f o r h el p . W h en y o u
discouraged— tiredandworn
oundedandbleedingf romthestrug-
iritf o rhe lp andthe listeningear
ightintheeandf il lthedull
oopenshimsel uptoS piritno
he" dullvo idw ithin w hich
so long
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D C O U R S E .
thencanstthougothrough
d standingaside andletting
Youw illga inthatf ee lingo
thatth w arrio risin incible
beyoursintheend. He
piritw ork ingthroughhimhas
peacew hichpassethunderstand-
ble fortheetostrik eone
de e d f o r t he n e e r a c t an d
o e me n t o S p i ri t a n d ca n no t
atterhowmeaninglessor
ema seemtotheconscious
teronitwil lberecogni edas
bestthingunderthecircum-
o t f o r h i m i t h ou p a ss h i m b ,
ardf orthee. Th bra inwill
un c er t ai n a n d i n t he d u st o t h e
gh t a nd s e ns e s wi l l f a i l a n d th o u
en d s f r o m t h e n em i es . I s n o t
a l l o u s b e o r e we r e co g ni e
a nc e H a e w e n ot g o ne
ndsu f eredandgrie edbe-
ht; nohope? Longha ew e
gtoknow thereasono ita ll—
wastruth ; whatwasright;
answerhascometo us
econ iningbondso the low er
e pu r e ra s o S p i ri t t o po u r in t o
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .103
e t t ho u a re b u t f i n i te a n d l i ab l e
andissure. H e iseternal
betweenthe low er tempo-
s e l , a n d th e r ea l it , i s H e r e
o t h e se l a n d th e S e l i s
Think w ello erit andthe
chyou— andha ingreached
departf romy ou nomatterhow
mes.
nteredthee andbecometh
r u tt e rl d e se r t th e e. W o t i
sciousnesso thee istence
o u o n ce o b ta i ne d i s n e e r e n-
uma learntodoubtit asnot
ourordinar senses y etw ill
you— andw henit ismost
torecallthee perienceand
o t he i n l o w o t h e di i n e wi s -
o t h e gr e at p e ac e h e w il l b e-
nthetimewhensheatha ter
a n d th e f l o w e r o S p i ri t
w henmansha llbecomemore
econsciousnesso the indi-
k n ow i ng o S p i ri t a n d th e s ou l
estprinciple.Thiswill not
idua lit — but onthecontrar
ento indi idua lit andcon-
be imaginedb thegreatest
enthegreatk now ing pow er
w e ha e g a in e d a f a i n t gl i mp s e du r -
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D C O U R S E .
mnation w illbecomeaperma-
s.Thenwillwe passf rom
eintotheregionso theab-
rgroupo f ourprecepts.
o l i e .
or t h e me l od y o u h ea r .
e ss o n o h a rm o n .
htnow f irmasarock amidthe
wa r ri o r wh o i s th s e l a n d th k i ng .
t lesa etodohisbidding ha ingno
heresulto thebattle— f oronething
tthew arriorsha llw in andy ouk now
eat— standingthus coo landawak ened
e a c u i re d b p a in a n d b t h e de -
f ragmentso thegreatsongcome
y o u a r e b ut m a n. B u t i y o u l i s t en
th ull , sothatnonew hichhasreached
ea orto learnf romitthemeaningo
urroundsy ou. I ntimeyouw illneedno
idua lhasv o ice sohasthatinw hich
i e i t se l h a s sp e ec h a nd i s n e e r
e isnot asy outhataredea ma
s a so n g. L e a rn f r o m it t h at y o u a re
; l e ar n f r o m it t o o be t h e la w s o t h e
l i e .
tothispreceptis sobeau-
t r ut h — s o i n st r uc t i e — t h a t w e ca n
t andw einsertit inthisplace
lanationo thepreceptto
t a n d li s te n t o it f i r st i n y o u r o wn
m a s a i t i s no t t he r e w he n I s e ar c h
. L o o k d ee p er . I f a g ai n y o u a r e d is -
ndlook deeperaga in. There isanat-
ur e f o u nt i n e e r h u ma n h ea r t. I t
ndutterl concea ledandsilenced— <
e r b a se o y o u r na t ur e y o u w i l l
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .10
n d lo e . H e t h a t ch o os e s e i l r e u s es t o
hutshisearstothemelod o his
e estothe lighto hissoul. He
ndsiteasierto li e indesires. B ut
strongcurrentthatcannotbe checked;
e inrea lit . F indthem andy ouw ill
o tthemostw retchedo creatures but
e r h e bl i nd h i ms e l t o t he f a c t a n d
phantasmalouterf ormo horror. I n
toy ou: A llthosebeingsamong
ref ragmentso theDi ine . A ndso
inw hichy onli e thatit ishard
irstdetectthesw eetv o ice inthe
now thatit iscerta inl w ithiny our-
e re a n d o n ce h a i n g he a rd i t y o u wi l l
e itaroundy ou.
toreiny ourmemor themel-
n d t he s e e n th p r ec e pt : " L e a rn f r o m
n , " r e la t e to t h e f i t h p re c ep t
planation.
llo in ormation.I tstarts
ou( now beingopentothe
c a n st a nd u p ri g ht f i r m as a r o ck
i n g t h e wa r ri o r ( S p i ri t , w h o
t h s e l a n d t h k i n g ( a g ai n
eandtheabso luterelation .
edb S piritasbeinguncon-
e t o d o hi s ( S p i ri t s b i dd i ng
ran careastotheresultc
caringnothingabouttheapparent
d e e a ts p a in s a n d tr i n g ci r -
onl onethingisimportantand
dw in andw initmust f orit
apableo de eat. Thesoulis
ngthus coo landawak ened " and
thasac uiredb pa inand
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D C O U R S E .
p a in . T hi s p ar a do o " p a in
pa in isinteresting. Onenec-
rompain— man lessonsma
— andy eta terthetrue
dandf ull impressedupon
ongerispa in— pa inisde-
rlessonislearned. A ndsothe
t h e s on g o l i e — c o m es t o t he
akenedbothb painand
pain.
s o t h e gr e at s o ng c o me t o y o u r
man. " F orw henyoureachthe
istentothegrandvo lumeo
nyouareno longerman butare
thesca leo spiritua le o lu-
meref ragmentso thesong
otherhumane periencethatthe
ga li e tohear. Weare
y o u l is t en t o i t r e me m be r i t f a i t h -
w hichhasreachedyouislost and
mitthemeaningo them ster
t h e v o i c e o S p i ri t w il l b ea t
at inspiteo themateria linter-
romtimetotimeha eborne inupon
o k nowledgewhichw illseem
world. Lightw illbethrow n
atproblemso e istence and
bewithdraw n.
ustheglad tidingsthat:
eednoteacher. F orasthe indi-
ohasthatinw hichthe indi idua l
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .107
e ec h a nd i s n e e r s il e nt . A n d i t
e de a m a s u pp o se a c r ; i t i s
tthaty ouareaparto thehar-
m it t o o be t h e la w s o t h e h a rm o n .
e p a ss e d be o n d th e n ee d o a
he lighto S piritw il l i l luminate
i ch y o u g a e a n d th e e ar s o pe n ed
elessonscomingf rome er
stone intheplant inthe
st inthesunshine inthe
horlow ; w il lyouperce i ethat
nli eo w hichyouareapart
youhearnoteso thegreat
l is O n e ; A l l is O n e . A s t he p re -
f romnatureandnature s
a s ma n h a e s u pp o se d b u t a
asongre jo icinginthef low
r a n d v i b r at i ng i n u ni s on w i th t h e
romthesongthatyouareapart
e ar n f r o m it t o o be t h e la w o t h e
ourpreceptsarealongthesame
the li e thatsurroundsyou.
gentl intotheheartso men.
stl y ourow nheart.
w nheartcomestheonelight
e andmakeitcleartoyoure es. ^
m e n t h at y o u ma k n ow w h at i s
l i e a n d o w hi c h y o u w i ll t o b e
tantl changingandmo ingli e
f o r i t is f o r me d b t h e he a rt s o m e n
understandtheirconstitutionandmean-
greesbeabletoreadthe largerw ordo
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D C O U R S E .
egardearnestl alltheli e
re erstothatparto thesubject
precedingparagraph— the
oneb v iew ingnatureb the
outo" L earntolookintelli-
m e n t h at y o u m a u n de r -
thatf ormsaparto thegreat
enyouw illbeabletohelp
rnman lessonsthatw illa id
a longthepath. B uttak eno-
ccompan ingnotesa sregard-
n. H e r e i t i s:
so lute l impersona lpo into v iew oth-
ored. There ore impersona lit must
nomanisy ourenem , noman
lik earey ourteachers. Yourenem
h at m u st b e s ol e d e e n t ho u gh i t t ak e
beunderstood. Y ourf riendbecomesa
a n e t e ns i on o y o u rs e l , a r i d d le h a rd t o
smoredi f iculttok now — y ourow n
dso persona lit a re loosed can
o s e l b e gi n t o be s e en . N o t u n ti l
m it w i ll j t i n an w a r e e a l it s el t o
en andnotti llthen canyougrasp
notti llthen cany ouusea ll its
th e m to a w or t h s e r i c e.
lsy outo" R egardmost
eart. A ndthetw el thprecept
orthroughy ourow nheartcomes
uminate li e andmakeit
I n y o u r o w n na t ur e y o u w i l l f i n d
othermen— highandlow
t i s al l t he r e t h e f o u l o ut l i e d p e r-
obe li ed perhaps— buta llthere .
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .109
nderstandmen andthe irmoti es
he irthoughts look w ithin
dothermenbetter. B utdo
e w itha llthethoughtsyouma
ew themasw ouldanoutsider
ulduponobjectsinacase in
ostud butnottomak eapart
r e me m be r t hi s t h at n o ne o t h e
od enoughtouseormaster
o t h em m a b e u s e d b y o u t o
rethemaster andnotthemas-
u a re a d e li e r ed s o ul .
sthat:" S peechcomes
tta intok nowledge andyou
helittleaccompan ingnote
p ar t o t h is p r ec e pt . W e h e re -
sbletohelpothersti l ly ouha eobta ined
o u r ow n. W h e n y o u h a e l e ar n ed t h e
s a n d ha e e n te r ed t h e H a l l o L e a rn i ng
e lopedandsenseunchained thenyou
untw ithinyouf romw hichspeech
ouanticipatebe ingca lledupon
m ortandk now ledgetoothers.
oursel . Thepersonw illdraw
t h ro u gh S p i ri t s g u id a nc e j u st w h at
e a r no t — h a e f a i th .
d. We ha etriedtoe pla in
ulteachingso thislittle -man-
ath " sothatthebeginner per-
graspthe looseendo the
duall unw indtheba llathis.
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D C O U R S E .
nhea ier andthew ork
asthepreceptspassedbe oreus.
ruthisin inite— andit ishardto
a inin initetruthinf initewords.
e lastonethatwema
nesmustbereadalone b
ghto theSpirit . The areonl
tta inedspiritua lsight andtosuch
or lessplain accordingto
mentw hichhascometothe in-
h as b e en p o or l e e c ut e d a l -
rittenusthatthese lessonsha e
es andthatman thingshere-
a r e no w s ee n p la i nl . W e t r u st
dthatman morema ob-
romourw ords a lthoughto
ew rittennothing. A ndy et
wordshadnotsometask as-
he w erenotintendedtof orma
t h e n e e r w ou l d ha e b e en
mf orthtogow herethe
nowledgeonourparto the ir
eintowhosehandsthe
erstandbetterthandow ew h
entf orth. The w erepro-
S pirit— letS pirita ttendto
herethe areca lledf or.
snsw ew illtak eupother
hchma beo interestand
utbe ore lea ingthebeau-
hingso " L ightonthePath/
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O F TH E S I L E N C E .in
ntstheimportanceo that
swithinitspages thegreat-
tualteachinge ercombined
etnotthestudentimaginethat
causeheseemstounderstandits
mreadit againalittlelater
w beautiesinit. We ha ene er
terhow highl de e loped— w ho
f romthelitt lemanual. I ts
beinginterpretedinman
o r it p or tr a s t he e p er ie nc es o t he
gthepath. Youw illremem-
ntisa longthespira lpath and
round bute ermounting
k hegraspsthemeaningo the
itt lemanual butasheagain
justoneroundhigher hema
preceptsandf indinthemnew
snewl disco eredneeds. A nd
onl istherespiritualprogres-
tendingo erages butin
aspira lpathtobemounted
usw how illstoptoconsider
has notf oundtheen-
mstogoaroundandaroundin
erthesameground andmak ing
ce itdisco ersthe litt lepath
oneo itspo ints andtakes
dsthatw hile itst il lgoesaround
tra e lingthespira l andis
rwitheachturn. A ndwe
sohelp ulonthe journe as
ightonthePath "
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D C O U R S E .
bepardonedf orinsertingin
gw ordsf romourintroduc-
nquestion. The areasap-
thislessonasatthebegin-
tonthePath " isaclassic among
estguideknow nforthosew hoha e
hePatho A tta inment. I tsw riter
o therulesinthew a a lw a scus-
sothattotheonew hohasnograspon
probabl appeartobeamasso
ca ll de o ido sense. B uttothe
the innerli ehasbeengi en
sur o therarestjew els andeach
enew gems. Toman thislittle
e l at i on o t h at w h ic h t he h a e
d seeking. Toman itw il lbethe
be ad g i e n t o sa t is y t h e hu n ge r o t h e
thef irstcupo w aterf romthe
entoq uenchthethirstwhichhasconsumed
hisbook isintendedw illrecogni e
erreadingitthe w illne erbethe
etothem. A sthepoethassa id:
m c h il d re n k no w me " a n d so w i ll t h e
h t re c og n i e t h is b o ok a s f o r t h e m. A s
an o n l s a t h at t h e w i ll i n t im e b e
message. Thebook isintendedtos m-
stepso theneoph te inoccult ismashe
rk.Therules arepracticall
to theneoph tesinthegreatlodge
ancientE g pt andw hichf orgenera-
b gurutoche la inI ndia . The
eshere inlaiddow n isthattheirinner
studentprogresseson ThePath.
derstandanumbero theserules
diml e enthef irststeps. The
w i ll f i n d th a t wh e n he h a s f i r m l p l an t ed
esesteps hew illf indtheonejustahead
nated soastogi ehimcon idenceto
nonebediscouraged; thef actthat
sthemessagetoyouthatit isintended
n ti m e un o l d it s m ea n in g . B e a d it o e r
nd y o u w il l f i n d v e il a t er v e i l li t ed t ho ug h
mainsbetw eenyouandtheA bso lute .
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eachesthatwhilethereis
umanendea or— oneendtobe
di f erentpathstothatgoa l
heparticulartemperament
mp e ra m en t o c o ur s e i s n ot t h e
ance butistheresulto the
o thesoulinitse o lution
ularlineo thought( and
hasbeenpursuedb thesoul
isav er rea lthingateach
a n d f o r m s th e l in e o l e as t r e-
d ua l . A n d s o t h e Y o g i s te a ch
t adaptedtothere uire-
mentandtastes— thatis to the
d i d ua l s ou l i s t he o n e f o r h i m to
thePatho A tta inmentintothree
main road.The callthe
Y o ga ( 2 K a r ma Y o ga ( 3
t h es e f o r m s o Y o g a be i ng a
read andeachf ittobetra -
pre erit— buta ll leadingto
o llowedb thosewhof ee l
pow erslatentinMan— the
thementa lf acultiesb the
o themaster o the lower
m en t o t h e mi n d t o t he e n d th a t
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D C O U R S E .
nitsun o ldment. Karma
w ork — thepatho action. Gnani
W i s d om . I n a d di t io n t o th e
f o r m s o Y o g a t h er e i s th a t
h a kt i Y o g i o r t he Y o g a o
re ligiousf ee ling. S omew riters
eredistinctf romtheothers—
epre erthinkingandteaching
dento eacho thethreepaths
o a n s t ud e nt o Y o g a di o r c-
o eandde otiontotheA bso-
iltoseehow onema f o llow
o g a pa t hs w i th o ut b e in g f i l le d
c e f o r t h e gr e at c e nt r e o a l l
swew illspeak o B hak tiY ogi
w ishtobeunderstoodthatw edo
ething butf ee lthatthestu-
o t he f o r m so Y o g i mu st c om -
hi s f a o r it e f o r m o s t u d .
k eupthebrancho the
r ma Y o g a — t h e Y o g a o a c -
w emuste pla inthata lthough
cieso thestudentma
attracti etohim stil lhe
stintheotherf ormso Y ogi
a j a Y o g a e t c. A n d t he s t u-
ranchesmustnoto erlook -
beneaththe irnotice f orit is
the irda il l i e andinthis
arl a llmenli ea li eo
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stcombinetheprincipleso
otherstudies.
tedtoK armaY oga.The
pthesubjecto GnaniY oga.
iY ogawilltakeupthat
now nasB hak tiY oga. We
Y ogainthese lessons as
paratebookupon that
a r ma Y o g a it m a b e w el l
av i e w o t h e su b je c t o Y o g a .
mo theteachingsandthe
ta llmean WhatisMan
en d ea o r s W h a t d oe s l i e
e lopment ande o lutionmean
tthinkingpeoplearecon-
w hichbutf ew areabletoanswer
eachesthattheendo all
e istoa llow thesoultoun o ld
hSpirit . A ndasS pirit is
n— thebito God-materia lin
tuall w il lresult inw hatisk now n
atisthebringingo the indi-
stouch andunionwiththe
teachthattheendo human
d th i s is t r ue i t h e m ea n t he
oul— theonl truehappiness.
h e re l at i e a n d tr a ns i to r t h in g
n es s " t h e q u i c k l f i n d th a t th e
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
- the-w isp " thatconstantl re -
ochit. T ruehappinessisnotto
hings f ortheseturntoashes
themomentw ereachoutto
indacertainamounto happi-
hings butw henw epluck the
tterhow highma bethe
ef orhappiness theresult
hingscannothelpbe ingrela -
f a d e aw a . T h e a r e c re a -
eandw hilethe ser ethe irpur-
ebe ondthe irt ime. The are
rtalthingsmustdie . Onl the
changed andisdeathless.
a n d pa i n a n d l i e a n d e -
ct e d to wa r d th e u n o l d m en t o t h e
e itsrea lse l . Thisisw hat
w epursuef irstthisthing
nkingthatweneedthem onl
dthemnot. Wef ee lahunger
athirstthatwill notbe
a l l t h e e p e ri e nc e o l i e
andeagerl , sometimeslist lessl
indthemalltobeshadow sand
erandthirst stillremain
here f orts. A ndthisw illbe
arnthatthethingwedesire
outsideo us— andw henw e
nf a intl , w ebegintoseek inte l-
dbeings.Thisis themean-
o lu ti on .
P u b
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theraceisengagedin this
ablind unconsciousf ashion.
er tr ingonethinga teran-
tintangiblesomethingthat
ee lw illbringthempeaceandhap-
hmeetingwithrepeateddisap-
epupthesearchwithunabated
th e re t o b t h e un o l di n g so u l cr -
cessar to it. A sthesoul
t h ro u gh e p e ri e nc e a t e r e -
obtainsanintell igentandcon-
etruenatureo thatf orw hich
teritf o llowsonl theroadsw hich
oughta ter butsorecentl
a terthing.
sa tertruthha ecompla ined
theEastw erenotadapted
ementso theWest-
dit ionso l i ew ereso
partso thew orld. This
susta ined w ouldbeposit i eproo
eEastw erenotsoundand
andsoundteachingandphilosoph
ortsandconditionso men
c l im a te c o un t r , o c cu p at i on s u r-
nt. I f theteachingsarenot
o e e r s o ul t h e a r e un s ou n d
v enthe lowliest humblest
emustbetak enintoconsideration
rto be ingthetruth. F or
i d ua l a s w el l a s th e mo s t e a l te d
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D C O U R S E .
at i on f o r m pa r t o t h e ra c e
dcannotbe le tout.
ctingW esternstudents
sideredtheEasternteachingsto
t ho s e wh o c ou l d sp e nd t h ei r l i e i n
andinseclusionfaraw a f rom
sisagreatmistak e. I t is
studentsf o llow thisretired
aresultsthere rom— thisistheir
desireandtendenciesac uired
notrueY ogiw ouldthink o
astheonl one— ore enthe
ts. O nthecontrar , herecog-
E a s t a li e o a ct i i t i s ri gh t
whoarethrow ninto it and
unaw a isav io lationo the
itf o llowsthatthe intense
e st e rn r a ce s ( a l l o w hi c h ' i s i n a c -
shedlaws andadistinct
eo e o lution rendersseclu-
impossiblef orthousands
w homustf o llow thepathorplan
a r m a. A n d t he g l ad l p o in t
beautiesandad antageso
osoph k nownas" K arma
akeupinthislesson.
comesf romtheS anscritword
t o do ; " t o ac t. " K a r m a i s mo re
designatew hatma beca lledthe
ns . I n o ur " F o u r te en L e s s on s w e
asternteachingso K arma. un-
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S piritua lC auseandE f f ect.
ey ouabrie descriptiono
f ectinthespiritualw orld—
a c ti o ns f o l lo w ac t io n s j u st a s a c-
Therea le f ecto actionsis
t h ou g ht s a s a ct i on s r es u lt f r o m
a , simpl becausew e
undone certa inthingsinourpast
ce r ta i n de s ir e s a n d ha e a c te d
sult ismani estedtoda . We
litera ll be ing" punished
certa inthingsinthepast—
s uc h f o r ms n o p ar t o t h e la w .
odocertainthings andha e
ew ereable andthe ine itable
n. Weputourf ingersinto
w nursingtheburn— that sa ll.
nthepastwerenot neces-
. W e m e re l m a h a e b e co m eu n -
nthings andourattachment
ghtuponuscerta ine f ects
ileperhapsmoreorlessunpleasant
odbecausethe teachusthatw e
adsought andw ew ill
keaga in. Moreo er once
sopenedsothatw eunderstand
e thesmarto theburnsde-
desawa .
seande f ectisknownin
a WhentheE asternstudents
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D C O U R S E .
K a r ma " t h e m e an t h at w h ic h h as c o me
eo thatlaw orthatw hich
soperations. E v er onehas
t h e e f e c ts o w h ic h a re m an i e s t-
snoreasonw h w eshould
sturbedatthisk now ledge. A
thenablesusto li eoutour
mdegreeo pa inandtrouble
omac uiringnew undesirable
ma bepleasant orunpleasant
w eha esetintooperation or
leasantorunpleasantb our
em.Thephilosopherma
a r ma i n to " g o od b r e u s in g t o
a n d th e i gn o ra n t pe r so n ma f i n d
K a r m a .
eEasternphilosophiesseemto
ri t ua l C a u s e an d E f f e c t — K a r ma
unishmentdecreed regulatedand
itualpowersthatbe.This is
mao tendoesactasapun-
ne ua li inganddeterringf actor
m en t o r e e n ge i n i t — n o p la n o
n . I t i s s i m pl c a us e a nd e f e c t.
p l ai n j us t w ha t w e me a n w i th o ut
mples w hichplanisa lmostimpos-
in d . W e m a s a , h o we e r
with adesiref orpower
nourishesandf eedsw ith
s s ur e t o be c om e i n o l e d i n a se -
d e f e c ts w h ic h m a c a us e h im
P u b
l i c D o m a
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f ering ph sica lormenta l.
sire soonerorla ter i h isdesire
n g an d p er s is t en t b u t he i s v e r a p t
s at i s i e d lo n gi n gs w h ic h h a e b e en
er- rulingpassion. Hema
sto a lle lsedeartohim. O r
ongasalike desirein
ma notattainhisgoal butw ill
greatmenta lorps chic
helpedto setintomotion
stibl draw n. Whena
orthef ruito someaction he
tintomotion( inconnectionwith
icmachiner , w hiche itherma
ore lsema grindhimtopieces ,
anceso thecase hisstrength
enta lpowers. Menareo ten
ombs orconsumedinf ireso
get" mi edintothings and
m th a t co u rs e .
t h at f o r w hi c h th e h a e
thisli eorinsomef uture
d i sa p po i nt e d an d m a f i n d li e a
rma su f erunto ldmental
-mill iona irema bemoreun-
athisgates. B ut notonl is
ha eenteredtherace andha e
withthewinners aretossed
wndow nandtrampledupon and
ethe ha eenteredtherace.
erf romdisappointment butare
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D C O U R S E .
manwhostartedtohate
thembitterl — triedto injure
lew a . Theresultw asthathe
ps chicmachiner o hate
oninthew orld andbe ore long
hehatredandenmit o hun-
andw ashurtinmindand
edgreatagon andmentaltorture .
adstartedtohate hesucceeded
on andthatpersonwasa
h a t e pl a ne o t h ou g ht w ho
imsel thoughtsandactions
e lessonw asav a luableoneto
n f orhise esw ereopenedto
u e nc e s o h a te a n d th e re a t e r he
tobecomeentangledinits
egameo hatemustnotcom-
tThosew hoareentangledin
ee d m us t n ot c o mp l ai n i t h e s u -
wderpersononthesameplane.
suponsomematerialobject
su f erpa inthroughtheper-
attachthemsel essoclose l .
s a , " h ow a mI t o es ca pe t he se
a ct i e w o rl d a t al l H o w m a
c ts o a c ti o ns ? " T h e Y o g i Ph i lo s op h
gpartinthegreatgameo li e .
smotions— b do ingthebest
u— buta llthetimeremembering
ourse l tobecomeattachedto
k. W o r k f o r w o r k s s a ke — d o
P u b
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l ad l , c h ee r u l l , w i ll i ng l
i e thatthef ruitsareasnaught
tthethoughtthatthesere la -
r e al v a l ue t o y o u / T o a c on s id -
w ew illde otetheremainder
stthatw esha llbeableto
ice asimpracticableanddi -
a t f i r s t s i gh t i s n ot o n l p r ac -
usbusiness workero thelot
o l i e . T hi s o ld E a s te r n
rticularl adaptedtothere-
s Westernw orldatthist ime
a c e i t m a s e em t o f l i n t he
gress.
w emustremindthestudentthat
cceptedb onl a f ew o
rit o peoplearetoomuch
sentconditiono things— the
bingo erthedeadbodieso
nibalismandsa ager o mod-
rciall i e— to f o llow an other
he w illcontinuetoeatand
klled— crushdow nandbe
ndbehated. A ndthosew ho
hers— andwhotakeade-
msel esundertheoperation
a nd e f e c t to s u ch a n e t e nt t h at
dinthemachiner , ando tenget
tingtoa idinthetearingapart
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D C O U R S E .
f ortheteaching s willun-
ndwillbe abletostand
esf ightandstruggle inthe
tandsapartf romthef ra .
eli eanddothe samethings
others— thatis apparentl —
ruthandk eepthemsel esf ree
themachiner , o rentangled
e nt l , " W h a t w ou l d be c om e o
e we r e to f o l lo w y o u r t ea c hi n gs "
hew holestructureo modern
es tobesucceededb something
there isnoneedf orthisan-
no lik e lihoodo themajorit
heseteachingsinthenearf u-
areacceptingtheme er
thosew hoacceptandli e them
thecrowdo thosew holi e
s t ru g gl e a n d tr i al — e n -
en t — m u st c o me b e o r e th e r ac e a s
ak ee enthef irststeptow ard
t h is n o t in s a dn e ss b u t ph i l-
ngthata llthestruggleandpainisa
e e o l ut i on o t h e ra c e. ( W h e n
teachings w edonotre ertothe
thetruthgi enthro ughus
mso theseteachingsw hichare
ndredso teacherso thev a-
P u b
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n gs t o b e le a rn e d b t h e K a r ma
nthew holemachiner or
shisplaceandmusttak ehispart
matterhow importanthispo-
bleaplacehe iscalledupon
nit intheplan andmustbe
dancewiththatplan.A nd
mportanthema seemtobe
apurposeandw ork . Noth-
themostimportantis still
ingtheplan. Wemust
themwell— notonl because
w nde elopmentande o-
ewearebeingusedb theDi-
orhigherpiece inthegreat
atw earemereautomatons— f ar
ourinterestsareboundupw ith
dw etoucha llmank indatsome
ectl w il l ingtobesoused
ew ill ingnesspre entsf rict ion
culttoe pressthispo intasclearl
butw etrustthatourmeaning
roceed.
el f o r t he d e e l op m en t o o u r
eareneededtopla uponandbe
rindi idualit ies thattheentire
ardtrend.A certainpiece
oustobeuse lessasaparto our
utthatparticularbito w ork is
omeparto thegreatplanand
p ar t w il l in g l . E v e r m o e
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D C O U R S E .
ng justasamo einagame
m a b e d e o i d o m e an i ng a n d
nthegame itw il lbeseentoha e
nagreatplan. A nd sothetrue
m se l t o b e mo e d b t h e S p i r it
wingthatallwillbe wellwith
e i s n ee d ed t o e f e c t ce r ta i n
nthegreatgameo li ebe-
n. Thosew hodonotunderstand
w ork ingso thegame genera ll
cetotheseen orcedmo es
msel esgreatpainandsu f ering
theresistencecausesaf orciblemo e
soul see ingthingsasthe are
tobemo ed andconse uentl
genera ll reapsaposit i ebene-
althoughitdoesnote pectsuch
tsimpl recogni estheMaster
e w i ll i ng l a l lo ws i t se l t o
u a re a n d us e d to e f e c t a ne w
transcendentalphiloso-
e ma n o y o u t o be t o ld t h at
g u r es i n e e r b r an c h o h u ma n
h is f o r ce b e hi n d th e m a n d h a e
tusgi ey outhetestimon
ntman— onew hosenameisk nown
reatleaderand" mastero
asnok now ledgeo theE astern
tatthetimeo thef o llowing
e r al y e a rs a g o he c o n i d ed t h e f o l -
P u b
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f riendo his w horepeated
i n du s tr ' " s a id : " T h e pu b -
be ingamoststrenuouschar-
a longw a aheadsomew on-
dschemes. The areq uite
i tt l e ah e ad i n f a c t o t e n se e
atime althoughthegeneral
w a somew here inm mind.
e t e nt I a m me r el a p a wn i n
andambeingusedb some
workingsomegreatchanges
houghI amignoranto w hat
o n ot f e e l th a t I a m f a o r ed
n s p ec i al g o od i n m e f o r w i th -
m a t ru th u ll s a t ha t I f e el
a n s p ec i al r e wa r d f o r I a m no
ellows. I cannothe lpf ee l-
hethingsI doaredonef orsome
t h e ra c e a l th o ug h m an o m
ut s o m a c ts m a s e em i n
ginjur to thepublicatlarge.
re f romm mone , a lthough
si n t he g a me o m ak i ng i t f o r
henathingisaccomplished
it a wa l i ke a w o rn o ut t o . I d o
s tobesure butamsure
m e da , p e rh a ps I m a b e
ss i on s b u t I f e e l th a t e e n i t h at
ensomethingthatw illrepa
oss. I noticedthisthingearl
le ar ne d to b e" l ed o r mo e d b i t
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D C O U R S E .
r e s i st e d I f o u nd t h at I w a s
tw henI a llowedm sel to
tance I w assuccess ul. Some-
w thepublicregardm " achie e-
h a e b e en m er e l a c h ec k er - ma n
me themo ero w hichI
w h om I h a e n o r ea s on t o b e-
ci al f a o ri te .
, stumbledupononeo the
maYoga — thatprinciplew hichis
eo W o r k . H e c a r e s li t tl e f o r
uitso hisw ork — althoughhef ee ls
mew hile it isbe ingpla ed.
e " a t t ac h ed t o t he f r u it s o h i s
notapparenttothosewhov iew
ef ee lsthathe isacogin
andisw illingtopla hispart.
e do e s o r a pp a re n tl d o es ( t h e
man men w hose interestscon-
ocusuponhim bearhardupon
b u t cl o se o b se r e r s se e t ha t h e a n d
eunconsciousl pa ingthew a
hangesthat arecomingto
ebaseduponadawningcon-
herhoodo Man. Wedonot
lustrationo aK armaYogi
auseheli esthe li eunconsciousl
g w hile theK armaYogiis
w hatita llmeansandunderstand
mere l citethiscaseasan
monoccurrence. Man others
P u b
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epracticingsomeo theprin-
amoreorlessunconsciousl .
li e" philosophicall , " b which
ota llow ingthemsel estobecome
ta k e to o s er i ou s l t h e f r u i ts o
ranticipated. The w ork more
e o w or k — " w or k f o r wo rk s s ak e
ingthings " andtak eapleasure
t h at i s i n t he g a me i t se l r a th e r
p l a t h e ga m e — p l a i t w el l
t— tak eaninterestinitsw ork ings
rthetrumper pri esthatare
ners the w antnoneo them
sethingsha ethem thesreal
uchchildishness. . . . , ,
r es t ig e t h e w o rl d s c h ea p f a O r s
ongmen— the seethemasthe
he lea esuchthingsf orthe
low thepri eribbontobe
utinthe irheartsthe smileat
thegamema notdetectthis
ndtoallintentsandpurposes
a be lik ethosearoundhim—
th e k n ow n o t.
r k — n o n - at t ac h me n t — i s t he k e -
a . Non-attachmentdoesnotmean
hshouldrepressa llenjo ment.
t ea c he s t ha t t hi s p ri n ci p le i f a i th -
w i ll c a us e o ne t o e nj o e e r t h in g .
a hispleasure itw il lmultipl it
e di f e r en c e li e s in t h e f a c t t h at
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D C O U R S E ,
esthathishappinessdepends
rsons w hilethef reedman
esscomesf romw ithinand
t h in g a n d he t h er e o r e i s a bl e
-producingthings circum-
ouldcausedissatis action
gasoneistiedorattachedto
rthing sothathishappiness
n he isasla eo thatperson
reeshimsel f romtheen-
he ishisow nmaster andhas
a il ingsourceo happiness. This
ouldnotlo eothers— onthe
i estabundantlo e butthe
sh— butw ew illspeak o that
itt le la teron.
achedli e theK arma
o o li s h a n d li k el t o r es u lt i n
d e f o r t. I n t h is v i e w he i s
hebestw ork inashop
m— t h e ma n wh o w or k s me r el f o r
pshise eontheclock inorder
a m i nu t e o e r ti m e o r t he m an
soccupationto f urnishhim
elihood isso interestedandin
ea lmostf orgetsthathe is
andduringcerta inhours but
w i th h i s ta s k M a n s u ch
e a r e pr a ct i ci n g a f o r m o K a r ma
k now itnot. Thebestw ork o
menw hotak eaninterest
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otgothroughthemotionso
irwage.Theinstinctthat
greatpicture— thewriter
themusiciantocomposea
manto makeasuccesso
s w o r k f o r w o rk s s a ke — w o r k
w ork er. A llgreatw ork isproduced
regardedas av isionar per-
w or k o t h e wo r ld — a m er e d re a me r
peculations. B utthosew hoha e
ace rea li e thatthe" practica l
ereck onedw ithinan branch
H i s v e r n o n- a tt a ch me n t gi e s
tachedmanlacks.Them s-
sdaring— hek now sthathis
pendsuponnoparticularcom-
llemergesa eandsoundf rom
binationo circumstances.
andingonso lidrock — thathe
ni erseback o him. This
ndcourageunk now ntothe
happinessuponthe suc-
thing andw hof ee lsthathe is
hatthingdoesnotsucceed.
sthestreamo li etopla
him andtak esaf ierce jo in
egoesoutintoacrow ded
esthemo emento thepeople
p ar t o h i ms e l — h e f e e ls h i m-
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D C O U R S E .
emasso people andenjo s
f o r h e kn o ws w h at i t a ll
r o m o n e sp h er e o a c ti i t t o
obethew ork o thef orces
riendl tohim. Hew ork s
e r j o o i t a nd t ak es t he k ee ne st
lper ormanceo histask.
h is h e d oe s t he b e st o w or k . B u t
w ork — thatis f o rthereward
othing. H ecanturntoan-
easure andf orgeta llabout
e isnotattachedto it— it
tsmeshes.
raw apropersupportf rom
m ashisright.Thosewho
Y oga w hilenotcaringf orthe
i e n e e r th e le s s f i n d t h em s el e s
sesu f icienttosuppl the ir
mcom ortable . Of course
t e l f ew — the irtastesare
ma n i e s t in t h e de s ir e f o r f e w e r
butthe draw theirmeans
asthetreeorplantdrawsnourish-
w ateranda ir. The donotpur-
hanthe pursuehappiness and
othemunasked andthemeans
datthe irhand. Themanw ho
romtheentanglementso thema-
k e en j o i n t he m er e l i i n g t h a t
rf indse eninhismostsuc-
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ug h t as t h e e p e ct e d so u rc e o h a p-
f o u nd i s s ee n t o ca r r i n i ts b o so m
oneceasesto look uponthe
appiness andregardsitas
cidentsandaccompanimentso
sneutra li edandthestingis
toF ameasthethingthatw ill
o rhappiness hew illf indw hen
athissuccesshas broughtwith
gs t h at w i ll k i ll t h e jo o h i s at -
ew hoisf reedandw how ork s
k w ithouta llowinghimsel to
ma comeasanincidentandits
nce.
ende otetheirentire li es
ness.A ndthissimpl
ng f orhappinessinsteado
mentonepinshischanceo
ngor person heopensthe
ess.F ornooutsideperson
elongingso thesoul andthe
come— andwhichmust
— f romsuchdependenceuponperson
ndsorrow insteado thee -
at n o bl e e mo t io n i s t he s o ur c e o p a in
heY ogiPhilosoph preaches
e — m or e L o e — s ti ll m or e L o e .
es t h at w h en L o e i s s el i s h it
henw esa w elo ea
eanthatw ew ishthatpersonto
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D C O U R S E .
a pp i t h at L o e i s d en i ed . Tr u e
s e l i s h lo e f l o ws o u t to wa r d
sksnothinginreturn. I tsjo
the lo edone ratherthanin
r a r e t ur n o t h e lo e . T ru e
i ng to it se l , " G i e g i e g i e "
teria llo e iscontinua ll demand-
" G i e g i e g i e t o me . T ru e
nlight w hilese l ishlo ew ould
whirlpoo l.
he r i n su c h a wa t h at i t h e ot h -
w nallhappinessw illf adeouto
st p e rs o n is t h e sl a e o c i rc u ms t an c es
r semotionsorpassions. H e isat-
athemustsu f erthepa in
eglectorchange. A ndheusuall
m f orsucha lo e be ingmor-
sdeathw illbringgreatpa inand
w horeliesuponitf orhappiness.
edandunattachedpersonisdi -
serlo er— it isthegreatero
ttachedtothepersona lit o
pendentuponthemani estation
e pa r t o t h e ot h er . I t i s L o e — p ur e
p a ss i on a te s e l i s h th i ng t h at p a ss e s
o w hichit ismere l abase
s o L o e :
ta lcreature endingthere isno
g e n h im s el a w a t o D ea t h.
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b l ac k F o r m l ie s i n wa i t at e e r
ni e r se
m us t l o e t h e mo r ta l a n d he
c tl m u st b e f r e e :
ou s t ho u gh i t b e — i s a d is e as e a s lo n g
n i mp a ir s t he f r e ed o m o t h e
w ou l ds t l o e w i th d ra w t h s e l
a n d al l t he m i ra c le s o n a tu r e
hand.
l o e i n t hi s a ct o r i n th a t
metheend
dthatactandthousandso
tcreatethatw hichthounow
eallpastandgonetheresha ll
dimmortalpossession which
h is c o ur s e we r e e r t o th e f i r s t p r e-
o t h e ma n ua l : " K i l l ou t a mb i -
urthprecepto thesamepart:
w hoareambitious. This
a lstatemento truth gi esthe
outattachment. I nthe lesson
oredtogi ethestudentav iew
heshield andtoshow himhow
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D C O U R S E .
onandy etw ork asthosew ork
d isethestudenttore-read
w henhef inishesthepresent
non-attachment— these-
o idbecomingentangledinthe
thedelusionswhichf oo lso
oapttotiethemsel estothe
tothethingsf orw hichthe are
msel essla esinsteado
emsel estocertaindesires
mthisw a andthatw a ,
r r oc k r o ad s o n l t o l ea e
attheend.Thesedesirescome
edparto themind andw hilethe
the irplace the be longtothe
edmanw hohasoutli edthem. H e
orheseesthemasparto him-
roriginandhistor andrecog-
a e p l a e d i n hi s d e e l op m en t
therace buthehasoutgrow n
tobindhimnolonger. He
dw iththem. A sC arpenter
te l — a s a f l c l ea n s it s l eg s o
asbeencaught—
i i to nl b ef o r a ti me e e r
brightnesso th m ind:
l — c o n te n t to g i e b u t as k in g
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H i s s p l en d or w h o f i l l s a ll t h e
shable indestructibleo ages—
ucanstdw ell— contented.
desire:
asneedsmusthappenattimes—
ndo passion sa notthou
;
si r es n o r f e a r s an t h in g b u t
s ti n g gl o r d w el l in g i n he a e n
ethesunonallsides.
s t hi n g b a n c o n u s io n b e
dintheworldo opposites
e r in g .
beamsweepsw ithincredible
d y etthe lampmo esnotata ll.
o d e si r e is ( a n d mu s t be b
incessantl inmotioninthe
t he T hi gh u p ab o e i s f i e d in
l e t no c o n u s io n c lo u d th m i nd
ei re k n oc k s at t h d o or
missionandentreat it
t b o un d —
o f f r om t h t r ue s el ,
ndrendthee.
ni esworkandli easwhat
deludedb thepopularmisconcep-
e s e e s t he f a l la c o t h e
curseplaceduponman-
eadasoneo thegreatblessings
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D C O U R S E .
e ra c e. H e r e a l i e s t he b e ne i t s
f romw ork w henper ormed
t andheaccordingl mak esuse
e d o r di s tu r be d f r o m a n c a us e
work . Hef indsitagreathe lp
ptationso the lowerparto
der ula idinhe lpinghimto
atareconstantl presenting
w ork . I t isamani estation
epow ermani estingthroughhim.
pressionandun o ldment.
r o m t he s i gh t o t h e v a n it i es o
hollow idea lsanda ims— f romits
njustice— f romitsblindness— f rom
ani estona llsidestoonew ho
h se l f o ramoment retiring
nnerchamberso th se l . Do
onotf ee ll ik ewithdraw ingf rom
inanguishandsorrow. Y ou
ndnoonecando itsow ellas
meaning— apurpose. So go
to thef ra . P la w ellth
b e o r e y o u t o- d a — d o t he " d u -
ory ourdo ing. I t isa llapart
op me n t a n d th e d e e l o p me n t o t h e
nessandw orthlessnesso it
y ou. I ta llmeanssome-
becomingentangledinthe
n— inthedesire f orrew ard. Keep
ourmindunclouded.
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k eepouto thef ight
on t he P at h s a s : ' ' A n d t ho ug h
outhewarrior.
s se t t he e i n th e m id s t o a c ti o n
c h an c e o w o r ki n g ou t o t h e co n -
sturbthee.
r o m y o u r K a r m a— y o u m u s t
t. Youw illberepaidinthe
ull treateduponinthe
T h e B h a ga a d -G i ta . T h e
a inso be ingf orcedinthebat-
s ee c he s K r i s h na t o r el i e e h i m o
shimhisdut , andurgeshim
rno ldhastranslatedthispoem
glishpoem" TheS ongC elestia l.
s K r i sh n a sa t o A r j u n a :
romact
na , andnonesha llcome
entsuntoper ectness.
t im e a t an t im e
h i s na t ur e s l a w
n u nw i ll i ng i n to a c t.
n f a n c ) . H e w h o s it s
trumentso f lesh
nk ingonthem
t h pocrite :
n g bo d s e r i n g mi n d
werstow orth w ork-
j u n a s u ch a n o ne
a llottedtask
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D C O U R S E .
tthanidleness
ceedsnot lackingwork.
esstodo
l w hichbindethnot
suchearthl dut do
andthoushaltw ellper orm
ose.
w ordsw ithw hichtoclose
E dw inA rno ld inthepoem
considerthese linesamongthe
w rittenintheEnglishlanguage.
mitthemtomemor :
asborn thespiritsha llceaseto
a s n ot E n d a n d B e g i nn i ng a r e
ndchangelessremaineththe
tata ll deadthoughthe
spthetruespirito thesew ords
d ma ke t h em a p a rt o y o u r co n sc i ou s -
o f urtherinstructioninKarma
d t he l i e i n st i nc t i e l , a n d wi l l be
are andnotasthe seem
heveilo de lusion. Such
toarea li a tiono theR eal
n ce a t ta i ne d t h e re s t wi l l be m ad e
thethought bringyouPeace
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.
the" Y ogao Wisdom.
isderi edf romtheS anscrit
m e an i ng " t o k no w. W e p r e e r
l t h ou g h th e w or d s " J n a na ' 5
a re o t e n us e d a nd h a e t h e sa m e
towhichstudent philos-
eno theintellectualtempera-
whoareattractedb met-
dspeculation subtle inte llect-
h , science andsim ilarlines
t u r n na t ur a ll t o " G n a n i Y o g a a s
santandagreeablepathto
hearts.
etobeask il ledmetaph si-
t t o a a i l hi m se l o t h e le s -
t h e Y o g i Ph i lo s op h . I t i s
ow ishtoknow thewh and
w ho a r e no t s at i s i e d wi t h th e
he planationso thegreat
ethatareo f eredtothemb
andcreeds— tothosew hore-
thesubjectasa llv er w ell
naturesca lloutf orthehidden
cphaseo thetruth.
inuall asking" H ow " or
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D C O U R S E .
ni Y o g i s e t er n al q u e st i on i s
t hi s " W h ? " i s be gi nn in g to u n o l d
e op l e e e r d a . T h e th i rs t
dge isrenderingman un-
usingthemtoseek thatw ith
rst— thespiritua lhungeris
oodf orthesoul.
setheunrea lit o the
m greatasthesematerial
T h e s e e th a t ci i l i a t io n
— r a c es r i se f l o ur i sh a n d f a l l —
ger upandontotheheights
ent andthenbegintodeca .
riedbeneaththeearth ssur ace
s o f o r me r g re a t ci i l i a t io n s o
cord. A ndoneisaw edb
pleo thoseci i l i a t ions
msel esattheape o human
therew asbutlitt le le tf orthe
n d y e t t h e h a e f a d ed
e e n a t ra c e on t h e pa g es o h i s-
statesmen philosophers
ci i l i a t ionsareunk now n and
arew ithoutanametous.
theta le butabrokenco lumn
atuethere . A ndthethink er
smeeta llraces— a llci i l i a -
Wemustpassaw a — our
futureraces buildingaci -
o thatw hichisourproud-
whoandwhatwewere.
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f lourished dominatedmil-
d ed a wa , b o rn e d ow n b t h e
ionandoutw ardformsw hich
undthe bito truthwhich
ligiontospringintoe istence.
a n d mu s t be s o i n th e f u t u r e.
a c t ( s o d o ub t le s s d i d th e p eo -
c i l i a t io n s , b u t it m u st c o me .
sw ork — andthemorta le ermust
and becomingconsciouso
atgoestomak eupmortall i e
emeaningo ita ll. The
— w hithergow e— w hatisthe
ce " T h e t r t o s ol e t h e ri d -
tlesstheories. The discardthe
dow ntothem onl tocreate
u n sa t is y i n g. T h e t r a e l
nacage ande haustthem-
butthe stopjustw herethe
agedbird thatbeatsitsel
iningbarso itsprison.
undthecircle o intellectual
i n d th e ms e l e s t ra e l li n g o e r
und andmakingnorealprog-
pla inthings butsucceedmere l
mes. The climbthemoun-
dw henthe reachthetopthe
ethatthe merel ha e
m al l f o o t- h il l w h il e f a r a bo e
andhigher riserangea ter
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D C O U R S E .
ta ins thehighestpeak so
eclouds.
chersisthat the arecon-
hf romoutside— it isnotto
rit isw ithin. I t istruethatwith
outsidethingma bestudied
so truthgatheredthere rom.
t theouterobjectswill
ndonema shouta loudto
eechoo hisow ncr . The
planef indonl thatf orw hich
d th a t wh i ch t h e e p e ct f o r
inthetheoriesfa oredb
the mustf indsomethingthat
bito truth. B uttheman
e actl opposedtothat
seek ersalsow illf indthatf or
h e l i ke w is e h a s a bi t o t h e
thatwhichcorrespondsto it.
ehasf oundabito thetruth
tak eo supposingittobea ll
stheclaimso theother and
. Thentheschoo lsquarre lo er
ub-schoo ls andso itgoes and
perple edmorethane erto
h.
posethat wearespeaking
schoo lso re ligionandphilos-
w or l d is j u st a s b ad . I n I n d ia
schoolsandcults. E ach
e tr u th b u t th e h a e a d de d
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redthing untilthereal
o b thef o llowers and
esha etakentheplaceo
ngo thef ounders. TheE ast
nthis respect— butwhile
mallnumbero menina ll
hok eepa li e the lampo truth
burningb w atch ulcare and
esemenre usetoa llow an
o r o th e rs t o b e mi e d u p wi t h
L e t u s sp e cu l at e i w e se e
hespeculationso others— butlet
thebito Di ineTruththat
ous. Letusmi noa llo
tistruethatI ndiaa lwa s
entero greatspiritual
sha ehadthe irrea lbirth
ndiato-da thecondit ionsare
rdeepthoughtandstud thanis
est. B utthisdoesnot
theHindupeoplearehighl
O n t h e c o nt r ar t h er e i s no
superstitiongrowsmore
no thisma beunderstood
onsiderthatthesamecondit ions
highmetaph sica landspiritua l
ik ewisef urnishthebestso il in
perstit ionma grow. I nthe
f r u it s a nd f l o we r s gr o w in a w a
theUnitedS tates butthe
k vegetationo w eedsi
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D C O U R S E .
n I n d ia i a f a r mi n g se t -
nay earorsothe junglehas
erhome andrank v egetation
ie ldo thef armerf ormerl
a l s e go d s o s u pe r st i ti o n ar e f o u nd
eintheWestthenew god
o M a te r ia l W e a lt h o cc u pi e s th e p la c e
Mammonandthef a lsegods
rongf amil resemblance.
hin allf ormso relig-
o philosoph , butherecog-
butasmallparto thegreat
aultw ithan re ligionorschoo l
asnoargumentw iththem— the
thisisnottheWholeTruth.
lo rcreed forherecogni es
dpro essorso re ligion
a l l sh a de s o o p i n io n . H i s b el i e i s
mallin— buthere usesto
to ns o a n o * t h em . Th e
ingschoolsand.creedsis that
andtoe cludesomemen.
o limittoGod andcan
u si on o a n o G od s c hi ld re n or
l t r t o g i e o u r st u de n ts a
damenta lideasandteachingso
e s te d o t h e co n l i ct i ng t h eo r ie s
o ls o f o l lo we r s e a ch o w h om
andthenbuildup certain
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sf romthesame.These
tobef oundintheesoteric
ns amongallraces andha e
gionsb theoriginal
nedthemthroughtheirS piritua l
rfa oreddisciples. Theseteach-
heachgenerationo f o l-
truthsare almostentirel
us t ra t io n o t h is f a c t r e ad t h e
t " theteachingso w hichare
aedb occult istsandm stics
tries. Thenseehow Hisf o l-
rdf ormwhilestating
thatC hrist steachingsare
b e l ie e r s ma d e n t h e tr u th o
b u t it r e ma i ns f o r p ro e s si n g
them" f oo lish andnotf itted
nd. A ndso it isw iththemass
a llre ligions— the maintainthe
m butacceptonl sucho i
iththeirl i es. I nsteado i
ormtotheteachings the
ormtotheirl i es. Wemen-
nthespirito harshcrit icism
mp l e o t h e di f e r en c e be t we e n
tericteachingso a llre ligions.
lteachingso theGnaniY ogis
ictw iththerea lteachings
s— o an re ligion andonema
an f ormo re ligionw hile
mentaltruths. In f act such
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D C O U R S E .
onetoseethe esotericside
ndappreciatethebeauties
e llow worshipperstie themsel es
n d l i ke w is e t h os e h a i n g no
onw illf indthattheseteachings
sp i ri t ua l c om o r t th a t th e h a e
lsew here andthat w henthe
theseteachingsarefoundtobein
. A ndtheunbelie er andma-
intheseteachingsthespirito the
.H ehasbeentalking
ethimconsiderthattotheGnanis
d " N a t ur e h a e t h e sa m e se n se
romhise es.
l lstatef undamenta lsonl , and
upan specia ltheoriesor
a lfurnishedshouldgi eone
es andeachstudentma
tosuithimsel , remember-
a llsuchtheoriesaretobeused
potheses andnotasf undamen-
rstanding w ew illpro -
t n e R i d dl e o t h e U n i e r se
tgoback to f irstprinciples— to
er thinge identtothesenses.
ssesthisthoughtwiththe
c k o e e r t h in g a n d we c a n-
w hichisver true. B utask
o G o d a n d y o u w il l f i n d th a t
idua l. E achhashisow n
P u b
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butnearl a llw il lte lly outhat
utsideo Nature w hohas
o ing andthenle tthemto
em steriousmanner. The
stheansw er" Goddidit asa
to n o e e r t h in g n o tw i th s ta n di n g
a n s i d e a o " G o d i s b u t v e r
the ideao Deit entertained
ssw eunderstandsomethingabout
ecannotunderstandan thing
e U n i e r se o r o L i e . O f
indcangraspbutlitt leo the
m a g r as p a l it t le t h ro u gh t h e
ua lMind andthat" litt le is
bethe" truth — notinthe
simpl because it isthe irbe-
true becausethek nowledgeo
an manw how illa llow the
s knowledge.Themere
tho tenintuit i e l carriesthe
tothemindso thosewhoare
t r an s ce n d I n t e l le c t b u t I n t e l le c t
themindhasbeenclearedo
piledintoit.
Y oga theteacheralwa s
ughacourseo menta ltra in-
-e amination w iththe intent
a aside f ormerpre judices
dogmaticteachings inherited
dsuggestionspouredintohis
similarf urnitureo themind.
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D C O U R S E .
" l a a si de " n ot " d i s ca rd — m e r e-
b e ta ke n u p ag a in a n d us e d i n e ed
side inorderthatthemindma
resentationo thetruth
dobstacle andw ithoutdan-
uhmi edupw itho ldtheories
entations.TheGnanisclaim
r t he t r ut h i c l ea r ed i n t hi s
r e co g ni e t h e tr u th w h en i t i s
dw illk now thetruemetalf rom
be.
studentsgoingthrough
ion atthist ime butmere l
side pre judicef orthemoment
to n a " f a i r f i e l d f o r t ho u gh t .
to y o u l a i t a si d e f o r s o me
there isnoharmdone and
o r i t. I f i t d oe s a pp e al t o y o u —
o u r s ou l a s it n e e r h as b e en
y o u a re r e ad f o r i t — t h e T ru t h is
ceptiono Deit islikenedb
P a nt h ei s m b u t it i s m uc h m or e
mteachesthatGodisthe
en f e l t h e ar d t a st e d o r s me l le d —
i e r se a s z v e k n ow i t i s Go d . Th e
thatthisisonl aha l - truth.
e th i ng s o w h ic h w e ma b e -
n initesimalparto thereal
tosa thatthisisGodwouldbe
ingo a f inger-na ilwasThe
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esnotthatTheUni erse is
ani estina llthatcomprisesour
mill iontimesmore. I tcla imsthat
be ondhumanconception
smuchmorehighl ad anced
li e asmanishigherthan
m er e l a f a i nt i d ea o h i s na t ur e
m an m a g r ow t o k no w a c tu a ll ,
Theteachingma besummed
thestatementthatGodispresentin
s t or u n ma n i e s t c r ea t ed o r n ot - cr e -
k nownornotk nown. This
i s f a r d i f e r en t f r o m th e o ne t h at
o thingsk now nandseen
f e r en t f r o m th e i de a t ha t H e i s a
ations.TheGnanisspeak
f orthe iridea isthata llthingsare
G o d.
ustomedtothe ordinar
d " m a h a e a di f i cu lt i n f o r m-
o theGnaniideao Deit .
inhismindtheanthropomor-
— thatis theconceptiono
t l ea s t a s h a i n g th e f o r m p a s-
acterist icso man. Thisidea
antstageso therace and
re ligionsha elongsince
a. A lthoughDeit must
butesgenerall ascribedto
d y etH emustsotranscend
thatnothink ingman ha ing
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D C O U R S E .
t he S o u rc e o B e i n g c a n \ j n -
opomorphicconception no
e lie ma be.
heconceptionandmenta limage
h b t h e wo r d " G o d " a n d th e
erstandingo our, meaning w e
te rm " T H E A B S O L U T "
hislesson. Thiscourse is
esirable inv iew o thef act
o aphilosoph thanare-
ud f o r t he h i gh e r po we r s o t h e
na lsubject orone inculcating
metothesubjecto " B hak ti
w iththew orshipo God— the
ogaPhilosoph , w ema ap-
useo thew ord" God asap-
tdangero amisapprehension.
on w e s pe a ko " T h e A b s ol u te "
setupanew God but
eraltermf ortheSourceo
i c ie n tl b r oa d t o f i t i n w it h t he
h e ld b a n a n d al l s tu d en t s i r -
r ee d b e li e , o r t ra i ni n g — a n d
thephilosophersw hopre er
l e r a th e r th a n o D e it . W e
his paragraph inorder
nderstandthereasono the
islesson.
ph startswiththestate-
I S . I t d o es n o t pr e te n d to b e
umaninte llect thehow w here-
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t h e A b s ol u te . I t m e re l s t at e s th a t
sw e r to t h e q u e st i on " H o w c a n t he r e
e itrepliesthatthisun-
nde f ectbe longstotherela -
o n a n d th e A b s o lu t e is a b o e
amattero course . Wesee
nd u s h as a c a us e a n d is i t se l a
f e c ts . E v e r t h in g t ha t we s e e
t o t h e ch a in o c a us e a nd e f e c t.
precedingcausesrunning
dithasachaino succeeding
nd s a wa i n to t h e f u t u r e e n di n g —
theansweris" TheA bso lute .
seso athingsofarback that
ct andw ema imaginea
r o m a ca u se e t e nd i ng s o f a r i nt o
the imaginationre usestocarr
er. Thesecretisthate er -
heA bsolute.Thehuman
bleto f ormaclearconception
se becausetheI nte llectison
n d in t h is w or l d o r e la t i i t
use andw ecannotimaginea
dingoursensee perience and
e eo nothingw ithoutacause.
mthate er thingmust
etwithtw oproposit ions oneo
t andeithero w hichdestro s
mustaccepttheproposit ion
irstcause inw hichcasethe
oblemback afew steps and
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D C O U R S E .
stC ausehasnocause; or
t h at t h e ch a in o c a us e a nd
i n w hi c h ca s e th e a r e co n r o nt e d
thatabeginninglessthingcanha e
hathas nobeginningcan
hichcasethe law o causeand
nshort thehumanintellectis
o l i n g th e q u e s ti o n a n d th e
redoesitbecomemud-
st i on o t h e ch i ld " W h o m a de
h e an s we r b ei n g " G o d . T h e ch i ld
o ma d e Go d " Y o u s ee i t i s
uestionback anotherstage. E v en
shedoesnotbelie e inGod
atMatterhase istedfore er
Mattershouldha enocause
so itshow acha ino cause
ateria list ismerel sett ingupa
themani estationso TheA bso lute
lehere usestoacceptanother
bso lute w hichmenusuall ca ll
.
t h e I n t e l le c t is f o r ce d t o ad m it
hathasnocause. I nother
se l beaten andbeatenitmust
herelati eplane andcan-
A b s ol u te .
olute" TheC auseless
a s se r t th a t it I S . T h e st u de n t
therealit o TheA bso lute
eneednotgi e itan attri-
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nderstandit— hema note en
mustadmitthatthere isan
e itca lledGod Mind Matter
r w ha t n ot . H e m u s t ad mi t a nd c o nc e i e
f romw hicha lltherestproceeds
tedina lltherest.
studentis theassimilationo
s seenorunseen mustbea
ationo thatA bso luteThing.
ngoutsideo TheA bso lute
edf romit. There isnoout-
side. E v er thingmust
o ne s o ur c e. I T h e A b s ol u te
mustmakeitouto itse l ,
n t el l ec t c an c o nc e i e o t h e
woA bsolutes— thereis
inthisplacea litt le
hew ritero w hichisunk nownto
thinthesimplestlanguage.
n inite thegreatunboundedWhole
erse— th spiritisthe soul.
mm e ns i t ; i t h ou a r t al l i n al l ;
o r e I w a s I a m n ot h e re a t a l
ts i de o t h ee D o st t h ou f i l l ea r th a n d
ormeoutsideo e er where.
n d th o u do s t f i l l i m me n si t o s p ac e
thinkasy ouwill orelseI ha enoplace.
op la ce a ta ll o r i I a m no t he re
re l c a nn o t be f o r t he n I ' d b e s om e wh e re .
God nomatteri I ' msmall
p ar t o H i m t he re s n os uc h Go d at a ll .
udentis themaster o
tTheA bsolutemustbepos-
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D C O U R S E .
ti bu t es ( i O m n i p ot e nc e ( 2
O mnipresence. Thestudentisnot
ementblindl L ethime am-
e an s a ll - mi g ht a l l- p ow e r u l .
ism ightierthansomething
together butthatit isa ll-
ul. Thatit ispossessedo a llthe
c o ns e u e nt l , t h at a l l th e p ow e r
ousisamani estationo The
omforan otherpow er
mani ested o a llk indsand
mani estationso TheA bso lute .
hisquestionandansw er— it
sonsspeak o Godbeing
n A l m i gh t , a l l- p ow e r u l G od b u t
h e f a i n te s t co n ce p ti o n o w h at t h e
w i ll " d o dg e t h e tr u th i n e i -
thestatemento A ll-pow er
ermustbeo God. The w ould
ani estationso pow erthat
rw hichareconduci etothe ir
tcomestoamani estationo
orseemscrue l the are
God andeitherignorethe
tributetheundesirablethingto
" D e i l " f o r i ns t an c e f a i li n g
/ -power ul therecanbeno
erse andthata llmani esta-
o r b ad ( r e la t i e t e rm s , a s t he
tbef romthesamesource. The
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sthatheca llsa llthethingsthat
o r t an d w el a r e " g o od "
wi t h it " b a d. ( " G o od w e at h -
santtoman— and" bad
npleasanttohim. I he
hew ouldseethembothas
r n ei t he r w ou l d a f e c t hi m .
m ea n s al l -p r es e nt — e e r w he r e
. I tmeanstheTheA bso lute is
k now it ande er w here
rrelati e ideao space. I t
p a c eh a s no e i s te n ce t o i t — i t i s I n -
rthingthattheuna idedI nte l-
S pace. TheI nte llectcannot
p ac e a n m o re t h an i t c an o a
et( poorI nte llect itcannot
n d s p ac e o r o t h e en d o
i e o a s p ac e w it h a n en d o r
mew ithanend orw ithoutan
oursubject. I f TheA bso-
andw ecannotconce i eo it
bepresentina llplacesatall
ina lla toms inmatter m ind
entf romasinglepo into
c thenit isnotOmnipresent
sf a lse . A ndi it ispresent
isroomfornothinge lsetobepres-
i t h is b e s o e e r t h in g m us t
o lute oranemanationo it .
e a pa r t o a M i gh t W h o l e. M an
o " G o d be i ng e e r w he r e
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
ughtthisinC hrist iancountries.
think o w hatthew ordsmean
hatthe aresa ingthatGodis
sinthehighplaces— inthe
asinthe" good places. The
a r e sa i n g th a t Go d b e in g
r t h in g m us t c on t ai n G od — m u st i n -
ismani estation. Thew ords
carr anaw ulmeaning.
acceptthisstatemento
amination. Weha eno
matterindeta il butmodern
eorieso therebe ingbutone
bstanceper adinga llspace.
atthere isbutoneF orce
e r en t w a s s o d oe s i t ho l d th a t
ace appearingindi f erent
sciencearri esatthisconclu-
easoning buttheconclu-
ntica lw iththoseo theGnani
m f o r m an c e nt u ri e s a n d ob t ai n ed
rsstil lf a rtherback inthew orld s
r e li g io n s a f i r m th e s am e
tso Omnipotence andOm-
e k now itnot.
eansa ll-k nowing a llw ise . I t
te ispossessedo a llk nowl-
s e e r t h in g ; t h at t h er e i s no t hi n g
thatit isthesumtota lo a ll
e erhasbeenore erw illbe .
ere istheslightestthingthatis
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ek nown toTheA bso lute
ordismeaningless.A ndi
edo alltheknowledgethere
mistak es; doesnotf inditnec-
nd cannotthink oracte cept
o r e j u s t l . A n d y e t p eo p le s e em
stakes ordoesnotknow
e f r e u e nt l f e e l ca l le d u po n
ttersthatHehaso er-
hasmade andre uesthimto
e f u t ur e . Th e s e em t o h a e
latterGod orf oo lhim. Poor
dentma rea li e thetrutho
niscience i hebutlooksaround
TheA bso lute isnotpos-
e f romw hencedow egain
n o t f r o m o ut s id e o T h e A b s o-
thattheknow ledgeis
atourac uiringo k nowledgeis
g o o u r mi n ds s u f i c ie n tl t o a b-
ineKnow ledgepla upon
eitw ouldseemhopelessto
oman othersourcethanf rom
hereisnothing else.
bsoluteisA ll-power-
isE v erw here. Thatitpossessesa ll
alltheknowledgethatthere
ace ora llthattak estheplace
th er e be a nd i s in ' e e r t hi ng e e r -
e andina llt ime.
bsoluteinitssenseo pure-
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D C O U R S E .
e ingunderstoodb thehuman
enttime butthatitmani estsin
o r m s o m an i e s ta t io n ma
andpartia ll understoodb the
t h e ma n o t o - da .
mani estationo TheA bso-
u b s ta nc e o > r M at te r ( 2 E n -
3 I n te ll ig en ce o r Mi nd . Th at
piritisa transcendent
snotincludedinthethreemani-
ntioned. Somew riterstreato
e l op e d st a te o M i nd b u t it i s
TheA bso lutenotmani est
thepurposeo thislessonw e
ani estationstobeasabo e
scalled tothecorrespond-
entionedmani estationso
ethreeattributes mentioneda
ck . Thus( 1 theattributeo
estedinSubstance orMatter
O mnipotence ismani estedin
( 3 t h e at t ri b ut e o O m ni s ci e nc e i s
rI nte lligence. Thatis the
nedareaparto themani es-
mentioned— av er small
redwithothersonhigher
estationsf ora llthat.
a ingthatthisthree- o ld
bso lute isTheA bso lute I tse l
a ni e s ta t io n s o r e ma n at i on s . ( I t
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heproperEnglishw ord f orthe
uatetoe pressthethought.
nnotbeseen orthoughto
d th e m in d mu s t la h o ld o t h e
themani estationsinorderto
enw ethink o TheA bso lute
ere l think o themani estation
w ethink o itasF orceor
a s do i ng s o me t hi n g w e me r el t h in k
o E n e rg . W h e n we t h in k o
canmere l think o Matterin
v e r e t he r ea l f o r ms p e rh a ps b u t
o S ubstanceorMatter.
anma f inditdi f icultto
mani estinginS ubstanceorMat-
e r g . H e t h i n ks o H i m a s m a k-
ethings butisnotaccustomedto
m. TheGnaniYogaw illhe lp
es andina llthings. " L i t
indme clea ethew ood
nd themateria listw il lnot
t h es e t wo f o r ms o m an i e s ta -
T h e A b s ol u te f o r t ha t wo u ld
eA bso lute issomethingak into
d w hichthemateria listhas
aniYogabringsthesetw o
th andtellsthemthat
ng a t t he s a me t h in g f r o m di f e r -
ientistma den thatthe
dorI nte lligence isaseparate
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D C O U R S E .
hatit ismere l anincidento
seesI nte lligence ine er -
raltoman— invar ingdegrees.
niestce ll ispossessedo asub-
tallowsitto per ormwork
lecto man. Thesmallest
atintelligenceworkingin
anwillne erbeabletodupli-
standinghisgiantinte llect. I n
de o g r as s G o d o r T he A b -
t hr e e f o r m s i . e . i n S u b s ta n ce
o r E n e rg ; i n I n t el l ig e nc e o r
tak ethee lementso the
roundhim ma f ormitinto
ditw iththeproperso iland
to ita llthef ormso energ
buttheplantw illnotgrow .
estation— I nte lligence or
ondthepow ero mantobe-
nta insinte ll igence ormind
ciouslines andbuildsup
ebuiltupinthesamew a .
e er thing— anditallema-
lute .
ntellecte hibitsthehigh-
cemani estedintheuni erse
butto look aroundhimandseethe
ends inordertoseehow na-
intoanother. Hecannotdo
ect andyetthe w erebeing-
ppeared. A greaterI nte lligence
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andthecare ulstudentma
r h a nd . T he s t ud o t h e
e a mi n at i on o t h e ra b bi t s e e
signandintell igence. L etthe
e o b e es a n d he w i ll f e e l as d i d
ursw how asadoubteruntilhe
enhise esw ereopenedtothe
N a t u r e. H e s a i d t ha t h is
tthew ork ingso thehi e
G od t o Th ee .
nte lligence— heismerel
orece i eandabsorbI nte lli-
romthefounta inhead. He re-
ashe isabletoho ld— Goddoes
to I nte ll igence inapintmeas-
esnotrecei eaN o. 7amount
ce. A sthesoulde e lops
opartak eo moreo eacho
TheA bso lute . I tbeginsto
morepower— tobeabletomas-
dasthesoulun o ldsand
artakeinanincreasing
uteso TheA bso lute— O mni-
ceandOmnipresence.
urattitudetowardThe
tow ardGod— inthislesson. This
th e h ea d o " B h a k t i Y o g a i n
w illbetoucheduponthere. I n
k enonl o thephilosophica l
God— GnaniYoga.
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D C O U R S E .
emustwarnourstudentsaga inst
tudentso theEasternPhilos-
lonecommonamongstudents
tamongsometeachers.We
eption(orthe lack o it o
tretotheEmanation. While
notGod— w hilehe isamani-
bso lute he isnotTheA bso lute
i n it e e p r es s io n o t h e I n i n it e .
dW esternstudentso theteach-
u nn i ng a b ou t c r i n g al o ud " I a m
o erpoweredw iththesenseo
hathasburstuponthem— areso
onsciousnesso the irrelation-
thatthe think thatthe are
eGodhimsel . N ow onderthat
gsis shockedb theappar-
othhisreasonandhisemotions
mthestatement. Thisisa
anddangerousper ersiono the
warnandcautionallstudents
matterf romhow highorappar-
urcethisf a lseteachingma
induteachersdonotmak e
butsomeo the irfo llow ers
mev er goodOrientalteach-
toe presstheH induthoughtin
sultbe ingthattheEnglishw ords
pressthef ineshadeso thought
scho lar anentire l w rong
d. Man o thenew cults
andha ef a llenintothesatu
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. . 16
wershorri y anddisgusttheir
rt ionsthatveril the areGod
abletosetthismatterstra ight
essonsha ehadapurpose.
aniY ogaPhilosoph o
c io u s or u n co n sc i ou s i s a n E M A -
ne B e in g.
an a ti o n — i t g i e s t he k e t o
inesthew ordasf o llows:
i s su e f o r t h f r o m a so u rc e ; t o f l o w ou t
m a na t io n " t h en i s a t hi n g th a t
a s ou r ce ; " t h at " f l o ws f o r th f r o m.
ordManare meaning" to f low .
sasnearacorrectideao the
sit ispossible f orustoob-
oriteGnaniil lustration— the
u n i ts e l — t h e ce n tr e — t h e
onsthatproceedf rom. it and
dercerta incondit ions mani est
ndheat. S trict l speaking noth-
n i s t he S u n a n d y e t e ac h b it o
onf romtheSun— aparto
n d e a c h ra o l i gh t o r he a t
ughoursensesisrea ll " S un "
t i s no t t he s o ur c e. T h e ra i s t he
a n d y e t t he S u n i s no t t he r a . D o
a ? I n o n e se n se m a n ma b e
n at i on , b u t mo s t as s ur e dl G o d
al o e i s te n ce i s O F G o d
. Wetrustthatthestudent
thesewords4untilhegetsthe
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D C O U R S E .
otherw isehew illbe landedina
w hich hew illha emuchtrouble
er. Man aref lounderinginthis
redandw ear o thestruggle .
temptedtocon e thisthought
t h e ph s i ca l b od o M a n. T h e
e t o a c el l o t h e bo d , w hi c h
gence ando tenindependent
mintoce ll-groups(S ee" H atha
v i ii . T he L i t tl eL i e so t he B o d ) ,
o energ , buta lla redepend-
Master.TheC entralMind
ll. Thesew ritersha espok en
God— ascorrespondingtothe
inganddirectingandMaster-
The il lustration a lthougho
mper ect correspondssu f i-
niideato mentionithere.
omestudenttogettheproper
he idea.
t h e in d i i d ua l o r t hi n g a s
ichtheUni ersef low slikea
re pressiono thesame
i n hi s e c el le nt b oo k " D a v n
dGroup West ield N .J . U .S .
h e n we t o uc h a m an s f i n ge r -n a il w e
hesa. rneastouchinga
hesametotouchthener eas
ordingtothef orm the in-
nit aremoreorlessapparent
eandasorto intell igence
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h e a r e no t t he s a me i n d eg r ee o r
f e r i n co n sc i ou s ne s s. J u s t as i n
there isapartw hereconscious-
ndvo lit ionareespecia ll located
erinthe irgreaterorlesser
inthe irgreaterorlessresem-
n i e r sa l O n e t h er e p ro b ab l ,
hichis" God ( betterF ather
thepeculiarsense— conscious-
en c e f o r ce i n t he p u re o r e ss e nc e —
lassi iedb the irgreateror
enter— the irgreaterorless
ationsandv iewsthatthe
f e r en t p re s en t at i on s o t h e sa m e
hementa lit o the irwriters.
thbetterf romonepresenta-
m an o th e r. P e rs o na l l , w e f a o r
S un — itscentreanditsema-
o r w e be l ie e t h at i t c on e s a
ealideao theGnanisthan
n il lustrationthatw illhe lpthe
nef orhim. A H induteacher
af ragrantf low er ca ll ing
ctthatthef low erw asthrow -
i t se l c o ns t an t l , w h ic h w h en p e r-
smell causedthesensationo
tw hilethef ragrancew aso the
, t h e f r a g r an c e wa s n ot t h e ro s e.
etouchedmere l upononephase
w illtakeupsomeo itsother
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D C O U R S E .
ntlessons. O urne tlessonwill
— t h e Y o g a o t h e L o e o G o d
rall f o llowsthatparto Gnani
ouchedupon. I tw il lte llo
God— w illremindthatinGod
ndmo eandha ehisbe ing.
acon entionalsermon
addressesitse l to theheart
utit isinaccordw ithrea-
r ar t o i t. I n t h e le s so n s f o l l ow -
ltak euptheotherpartso
ppropria teheadings. TheY ogi
l ltheneedso man— some
morethancertainother
goodandnecessar . S o do
simpl becausesomeotherpart
ouw illgetsomethingf rom
ally ourattentiontothef act
ni erse isnotadeadthing
tn g wi t h li e e n er g a n d in t el l i -
i ng a n d Y O U a r e p ar t o i t
so lute buty ouareanatom
s — i t s l i e f o r ce i s p la i n g
ntouchw iththeC entre and
o Y O U a n d o i t s re l at i on t o
m y ouarenecessar to the
I T . N o t h in g c an h u rt y o u
dy ouaregrow ingtoacon-
nionw ithGod— notamere inte l-
butarea l actua l l i ing
. P ea ce b e wi th t he e
P u b
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I .
p re i o us l e ss o ns t h e Y o g i P hi -
to s e e r al b r an c he s o r f o r m s e a ch
ere uirementso certainclasses
et eachpathleadstothesameend
elopment andgrow th. Theman
o r ce o w i ll o r b t h e st e ad
ponthesheathsen o ldingthe
w i ll b e a tt r ac t ed t o R a j a Y o g a . A n o t he r
k nowing— b stud ingtheR id-
e andb aninte llectua lcomprehen-
d er l i n g L i e n a tu r al l i s a t-
ga . A thirdw hose" re ligious
e l op e d p r e e r s to g r ow i n to
onw iththeA bso lute b the
b t h e in s pi r at i on t h at c o me s f r o m
nc e pt i on o G o d a n d so m e f o r m
accompan thatconceptiono
a f o l lo w er o B h a k t i Y o g a.
b e a n ar d en t R a j a Y o g i o r a
ndatthesametimebef il ledw ith
o eo theA bso lutethathe is
o g i. I n f a c t w e f a i l to s e e ho w
a B h a k t i Y o g i i h e s tu d ie s a n
o w Go d i s to l o e H i m a n d
i m t h e mo r e we m us t l o e
t o k no w o ur s el e s i s to l o e G o d
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
e lationshipw ithHim. A ndthe
l e s t h e mo r e we f i n d ou r se l e s
t h e A b s ol u te .
thecra ingo thehumanheart
a nd o , t he A b s ol ut e w hi ch c ra i ng
hatw ecallthe" re ligiousinstinct
ship. A llmenha ethisinstinct
s f o r ms . E v e n t ho s e wh o s t l e
t hi n ke r s " " a g no s ti c s " a s w el l a s
i s te n ce o G o d at a l l a n d wh o
ceptionso thematerialists
r ge a n d ma n i e s t it i n t he l o e
A r t o r M us i c l i tt l e dr e am i ng t h at i n
ingandpracticall w orship-
e s ta t io n s o t h e Go d t he d e n .
hak tiY oga isthescienceo
w e d o no t m ea n t ha t i t is a s c ie n ce
olo eandworshipsomecer-
i , f r o m ot h er s w ho m a l o e
conceptionso Deit .
etrueB hak tiYogirecog-
n d wo r sh i p o a n c o n-
o r m o B h a kt i Y o g a . To t h e
ew orshiperso theA bso lute
i e — S p i ri t — G o d. N o t w i th s ta n di n g
conceptiono Deit the igno-
e t h e B h a kt i Y o g i s e es t h at t h at
ingthehighestconception
minhisunde elopedstate and
ecan. A ndconse uentl he
otherB hak tiY ogi inthee le-
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GA . I ; i
n ow l ed g e. A n d h e f e e l s a s m -
erstandingo thatsa agemind
w ardthathumblebrother( do-
w andinsteado denouncing
nbelie er heca llshim
d er s ta n ds h i m. Y o u m a s e e r e ad -
close l draw nlinesamongthe
eelingo sectarianism— forthe
ema be includedintheirbod ,
o e t e nd t h e ri g ht h a nd o f e l lo w-
eable— thesamey esterda ,
w — butMan sconceptiono the
changingastheracemak ese o-
man sGodisa lw a sjusta lit-
man— someha esa idthata
athisbest andinsosa ingthe
e a cl e e r l . T h e Go d o t h e O l d
entbeingf romtheGodo the
theGodo theC hristianC hurch
d i f e re nt f r om t he G od o t he C h u rc h
sa go . A n d y e t G od i s th e sa me — n o
encecomesf romthegrow thand
mindso themenandw omencom-
Manad ancesheseeshigher
shea lw a slo esandw orships
sconceptiono Deit , he
m t h e lo we r i de a o y e s te r da t o
a . A n d t o -m o rr o w s t il l
ped andtheGodo to -morrow
ptiono Deit thantheGod
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D C O U R S E .
e t G o d ha s n ot c h an g ed a n d wi l l
butManhasand willchange
ie esina Godthatseems
tit isaGodsomethinglik ehim-
btbetter. A ndhecar essomehid-
hatGod andhef a llsdown
pso f erssacri icesto it— per-
duponitsaltar imagining
G o d lo e s t o se e t he b l oo d o h i s
senemiesarea lwa shisGod s
f o llowsmanf ora longtime
okingaroundusa litt le inourow n
teraw hilethesa age orrather
aseinknowledgeandunder-
astdow ntheGodo the irf a thers
pingwiththehigherconcep-
comew ithk nowledgeand
ementma bebutslight
herightdirectionandthe
etter — justalittle bitkinder
o ing— thantheonethatw ent
n s t ep b s t ep t h e ra c e ri s es t o
ptionso God— eachstep
o oldidealsandabuilding
nes. A ndy etGodremainsthe
conceptionso H imcomeinto
scannotf ormtheconcept
c a n se e H i m o n l a s m a n G o d s
hibitingsomeparticularat-
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G A . 17 3
s om e p ha s e o L i e — s o me f o r m
p a ss i on o r t ho u gh t . Th e h a e
p e ac e — o l o e — o a g ri c ul t ur e
d wh a t no t . A n d t he w or s hi p a nd t r
usgods notrea li ingthat
reobe ingthereligiousin-
theraceto aworshipo
ute . The clo thethe irgodsw ith
e n a t e r th e h a e e o l e d f r o m
godsintothew orshipo some
. The imaginethatGod
sses f riendsandenemies and
ndpunishesHisenemies. The
hatthe w oulddo i the
d punish.The imagine
npeopleandspecialf a orites
egoesw iththemtobattleandwill
erthe irenemies. The imag-
umanblood andthathe
irenemiesto thesword
k il l ingthew omenandlitt le
e n t o th e r ip p in g o pe n o p r eg n an t
theirunborn babestothe
d andsa ageGod— be-
a n d sa a g e th e ms e l e s . A n d
God— mo esonunchanged and
ngandlo inghimthebest
ghimthisnameandthatname
e. A ndtheenemieso these
pingtheirownconception
b s o me n a me o t h ei r o wn a n d
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D C O U R S E .
pingthemtof ighttheirene-
od. A ndy etthesetw oGodsare
indso thetw owarringtribes
ediencetotheun o lding" re-
eseta lesandthoughts but
i n ad a n ce o t h is i d ea o t h e sa -
sw ef indthetw opeoplespra -
cesso erthe irenemies each
heirside . I nthegreatw ar
nJ apanandR ussiaeachna-
rt icularconceptiono God
chwiththemto battleagainst
notreali e thatthe areboth
d underdi f erentnames and
t he m b ot h e u a ll w e ll . I n
t he U n i t e d S t a t es e a ch s i de
a n d be l ie e d t ha t G od m u st b e
ererentintw ainb thew ar
beaGodo theNorthand
t h e on e h at i ng s l a e r a n d wi s h-
oredit— theotherbe lie ing
n e R i g ht a n d pr i i l eg e a n d wi s h-
ow ouldabolishit. A ndy et
ee ingGodthroughthe iro n
himasthemsel es somew hat
bothsidesaga inagreeuponcer-
d andseesla er assomething
es s a n d f a l l i n t he e o l ut i on a r
et Godhasnotchanged— but
i m h a s .
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G A .17
thersbecausethe hada
o Godf romthepersecutors. A nd
w henthe ga inedpow er per-
eldtoa thirdconceptiono
thoughthewas doinghis
g andthepersecutedthought
ersecutedinthe irGod scause.
nouto theirnati elandbe-
conceptionso Deit , andw hen
emsel esinanew land the
peace ulQ uak erF riendwhose
f endedthem. A ndeachthought
punishingthosewhodidnot
eptiono H im. How
sewhoha eatta inedthe
reabletoseea llmenaschildren
hebesthecan andw orshiping
Deit possibletothem. A nd
medf orthisnarrow nessand
o aredo ingthebestthe can. A nd
theoneGod— thetrueGod—
theA bso lute . A nda llaredo-
urgeo there ligiousinstinct
un o ldmentandgrowth. A ll
erso B hak tiYogi( initse le -
th o ug h t l e k n ow i t n ot . T he
gdi f erentconceptionso
t G od s — b u t th e a r e no t — t h e a r e al l
heOne— theA bso lute— the
gh t h e di f e r en t s pe c ta c le s o t h e
resentsdi f erentando tengro-
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D C O U R S E .
iew ers buta llthew hiletheR eal-
— TheO ne— TheEterna lO ne
andbarbaricbethef ormo w or-
heOne. Whetherthev isible
image tree snake orsomeother
si r e f o r a n o ut w ar d f o r m f o r h i s in -
lthingw orshipedistheOne— un-
omnipotent— omniscient— om-
whoworshipshis highest
oesw ell. He doesthebesthe
w orth o respectashismoreen-
worshipshishighestcon-
ndtheconceptionso boththe
ncedman w illgrow higherand
e a r a n d t h em i nd o e a ch u n o l ds s o
now ledgetof low into it. L et
hrentobetterthings i w e
e ca p ab l e o r e ce i i n g su c h in s tr u c-
nthemnot f orthe areour
God— a llonthePath anda lso
reninvariousstageso
twhichhis ageimpelshimto
understandingthatbe longsto
ebesthek nowshow . Letus
n norhate— butletourlo ef low
s thoughthe ma bebut
ualk now ledge. ThisisB hak ti
ases.
edintotw ogreatbranchesor
w nasGauniB hak tiandthe
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G A . 17 7
sca lledParaB hak ti. Thef irst
pre lim inar stage andconsistso
e a n d wo r sh i p o G o d b m e an s
ono Godasapersona lbeing
Thesecond orhigherstage
o t h e wo r sh i p an d l o e o a n
eA bso lute . Of coursethesame
ipedinbothcases butthemen-
ef o llowero GauniB hak tidoes
mingamenta lconcepto anim-
do ingthebesthecan f orms
rsona lGod. Thereareman
hesemainstages theconception
thementaland spiritualde-
n. Wew illgoo erthequestion
hestudentma distinguishthe
w eenthetw ogreatstageso B hak ti
metimema recogni ethatboth
tock thedi f erencebeingamat-
ua lgrow th.
theurgeo there ligiousin-
tothink clearl onthesub-
i eworshipuponcrudes mbols.
ones— thunderandlightning
stars— thew inds— andothernat-
rontheracebeginsto f ee l
person— somegreatbigman
ace— unseenbutsee ing. The
co n ce i e s t he i d ea o a G o d po s -
erist icsashimsel — onl much
a agebeingcrueland
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D C O U R S E .
neonl acrue landbloodthirst
k manhisGodlikew ise isblack .
h i s Go d h as s l an t in g e e s a n d
I h e i s an I n d ia n h i s Go d
aceandfeathers andcarriesa
isanuneducatedH indu his
anelephant andbenearl
e Go d o e e r p e op l e be a ri n g
hatpeople . Eachnation f ee l-
createsaconceptiono a
chconceptiono apersona lGod
tehim. E acho thesecreated
hepersonsandthingslo edor
acho theseGodsisanar-
tr tow hichhebelongs and
rcountries andpeoples.
enaregi engrotes uef orms
e a d o e n a rm s — s o me h a e s e -
medw iththeweaponso the
ong. Somehuntandchase—
re. The aresupposedtogrow
d t o ma ni e st h at e e n y , a nd o t en
arere enge uland inshort
ut e s o a m an o l o w de e l op -
Thepeoplew hoformthese
magineaGodver muchin
eseGodsgenera ll demandf la tter
ha e a l a rg e f o l l o wi n g o p r ie s ts
r praises andtorenderhom-
prtedb thepeople under
andcla imtoha etheearo
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G A . 17 9
sp e ns e f a o r s. T h e a l l se e m to
dut , tochantthepra iseso
abouthispow er andcla im
heGodso otherpeoples. These
emengro e linthedustbe-
p r oc l ai m t he i r sl a e r — f o l lo w -
mpleso thek ingsandchie s
nbef la tteredandbribedinto
nd i t he s ac ri i ce s an d o f e ri ng s ar e
e v i s it s o me t e rr i bl e a f l i ct i on u p on
mak ethempa the irt ithesor
ie n t nu m be r o o b je c ts f o r s ac r i i c e.
smello burningf lesh and
o orsheepisade lightto
o r i nc e ns e a nd p e r u m es . O n c e
thatblood— humanblood o ten
the ira ltars. The gi ere e la -
ests andwoeuntohim
o thepriestsaresincereand
orearenot andusethesupersti-
w tosupportthemincom-
h el l s ha e b e en i n e n te d — t h e
tof o llow the law so the
dthesecondtof rightenthemi
sareerected andcerta in
e ' ' ho lier thanothers and
b God. Non-attendanceatthe
ense andGodisparticularto
es. De ilsha ebeenin ented
tningpeople andtoaccountf or
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D C O U R S E .
i n s om e o t h e c r ee d s t h e d e i l s ar e
econceptiono Deit .
emadeimageso the irGods
thepeople couldseebutlitt le
he imageandthepersonalGod
. The imagew asrightbe ore
r e al i t , w h il e t he D e it i t se l w as
ng.
esethingsin thespirito
o ridicule . Notaparticleo
sinthisw rit ing. Wemerel
dertoshow thestudentthe
e r b M a n in h i s se a rc h f o r
detheconceptiono Deit
ndbarbarousthef ormo w or-
riedin superstitionarethese
eachisastepintheprogresso
andmustberecogni edas
sheatha tersheatho re-
hsheathre ea lingabetterform
processissti llgo ingon andw ill
uto o ldf ormsintobetter
hee o lutionar process.
hesesamef acts andar-
fa lsebecausethehistor o
t o theo ldconceptionso
doesnotseethathisow ncon-
atureare lik ewisestepsin
cess andthathispresentposition
adder justasw erethef orms
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G A . 18 1
hhesneers. H e lik ethesa -
isseekingGod buthedoes
swillnoticethatMan scon-
nggreater broader grander
v eninourow ntimesisthis
earshasw roughtamight
eno longerhearo God
longineterna lf lames. We
e ll i n t he s e da s . W e h e ar m o re
i n g Go d a n d le s s an d l es s o t h e
ger. Thepeoplearebe ingtaught
to f earHim. Thechangeis
betterthingsareaheado us.
etthateachf ormo re ligious
eachchurch— nomatterhow
eachingsandf orms— f il lsa
ouse o lutiono therace.
ementso thosef o llowingthem
cted accordingl . Whenthe
ormsandconceptions thepul-
eteachingsandmodi and
allintoline.Thepreachers
aw a a h ea d o t h ei r f l o ck s b u t
etripef orthechange. The
. Theteachingso the
enthemostorthodo — w ould
e e n b l a sp h em t o o ur f o r e a t h-
a llaside andnew onestake
echurchorgani ationsremain
s. I t isl ik ethestor o the
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D C O U R S E .
w hichhadbeenrepeatedl re -
urnew handlesandsi new blades
s am e ol d k ni e . M an o u s
o ldconceptions displa an
ntemptf orthoseremainingin
w e ha e s t ra e d . Th i s is a l l
arejustwherethe be-
cef orthemforthetimebeing.
heircreed the w illdropitf rom
ent.I ntoleranceonour
rdastheintoleranceshown
uestudento B hak tiY oga
mpath andthegreatestto l-
eek ingGod nomatterb w hat
ng orw hatma bethemethods
de e l op e d me n t r t o p ro e
b s t ar t in g i n to h a te a l l me n w ho
in t h ei r c on c ep t io n o D e it . T h e
n o n- b el i e , o r d i f e r en c e o b e -
r o nt t o G od a n d th a t th e a s l o a l
sresentsame. The seemto
rhelpaga instH is" enemies.
tude andisentirel un-
arereachingtheageo spiritua l
p e d ma n o n t he c o nt r ar r e co g -
a ll lo erso God— regardless
andseesthemasf e llow tra e lers
a t o l o e G o d is t o L o e
somef e llow man.
alGod whethersuchwor-
h e sa a g e o r t he p e rs o na l G od o
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G A . 18 3
ll a f o r m o G a un i B h a k ti . I t
s o f t h e " p e r so n al i d ea o G o d
ageo ParaB hak ti andhas
dinHishighersense. Not
p e rs o na l it — H e g o e s b e o n d
rar to it. TheA bso lutema be
a t h e r or m o th e r — a s o ne l o e s a
f r i e n d — a s on e l o e s a l o e r . H e
theattributesca ll ingforsuch
n d re s po n ds t o e ac h d em an d . I n f a c t
no lo e isnecessar betw een
manstepsoutintothesunshine
sra s sodoesthemanw ho
e ra s o t he D i i n e L o e a n d
h e v e r a c t o l o i n g Go d o pe n s
o e . I f o n e f e e l s t he n e ed o
theF ather a llheneeddo isto
e. I f oneneedsthetender
a m ot h er s u ch l o e c o me s t o
s el t o i ts i n l o w. I f o n e wo u ld
child suchlo e isopentohim
d ma n w h o ha e f e l t th e n ee d o
e b u t wh o h a e f e a re d t he a p -
nkingo Godasonedoeso a
i nd t ha t su ch a gi i ng o l o e w il l
andpain andw illbringtothem
ethatcomesf romtheansw er-
edchild. TheWesternre ligions
a st f o r m o l o e b u t th e r e-
andit isnouncommonthing
usingthepoetica llanguage
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D C O U R S E .
g o h e rs e l a s a " M o t he r o G o d.
eemtotheWesternmind it is
arto thesew omeno the
er needo thehumanheart
e . A n d o n e ma l o e G o d as a
companion. A ndonema f ee l
o e o a l o e r . A l l t h es e
G o d ar e k no wn t o t he B h a k t i Y o g i.
onso Godha ea llowedusonl
l o e o a c h il d f o r a F a t h er —
ea r t a t t im e s f e e ls t h e ne e d o a
d. Godisnotamalebe ing— nor
thesef ormsarebutpartia l
im andheincludesa llf o rmsw ithin
u n kn o wn t o u s to - da .
sthatb thisconstantlo eo
oHim andw ill intheend
and" k nowing o thetrue
m. Thelo ero Godw ho
ondtheGauniB hak tistage
ea ltho lo eandnearnesse -
ntheParaB hak tistage. The
tothe litt lechildw hoisf ond
n d th i nk s h e kn o ws w h at l o e i s —
child grow ntomaturit ,
d e ep p u re a n d no b le l o e f o r
hes Godatbutonepoint
otherf indsthatGodrespondsto
andma betouchedatathousand
s t h er e j u st a s i s th e s un a n d al l
utintothe sunshine.N oth-
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G A .18
butthesteppingout andnoth-
tthesamething— theneedo
stnotsupposethatthis
G o d is a k in t o t he h s t er i c al e m o-
owncountriesamongthe
ectso church-people . Onthe
rs o t h is f o r m o Y o g a ar e g en -
iedbearing anddeepk now ledge.
houting " Glor , glor , " and
p in t o a f r e n y o e m ot i on a l e -
he gothroughli e— do ingthe ir
l i es— butf i l ledw ithadeepand
e o G o d c o mi n g f r o m t he i r
relationshipto andnearnessto
c o ns c io u sn e ss o H i s a c c es s ib i li t .
im indeed dothe li eandmo e
a n d th a t H e i s n ot a b e in g a a r
er e a l l th e t im e n e ar e r th a n on e s
a re n ot " g o o d - g oo d " p eo pl e b ut
G od e e r w h er e i n e e r -
thatthe arew orshipingHimin
ek d i li g en t l t h e K i n g do m o
r ea li e t ha t th e K i ng do m o H e a e n
andalsoalla roundthem. The
e r m om en t o t he ir l i e s. T he
m e e e r w h er e ; i n e e r a c t —
a c t is a s e r i c e to H i m a n d th a t
e mp l e. T h e f e e l co n st a nt l f i l le d
constantl w ithinhissight
ntl inHis P resence. A nd
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D C O U R S E .
o e f i l ls t h em s o c om p le t el t h at t h er e
in g e ls e . L o e c a st s o ut a l l F e a r
d a i s S u n da t o su ch p eo pl e — e e r
andhouse istheTemple. Tothem
es t — e e r w om a n H i s p ri e st e ss —
antatHisa ltar. The areable
man w omanandchild and
ththeo tenhideousf leshl
otf eelthatGoddemands
t H e h o l ds f a o r s an d b en e i t s as a
o e H i m o r r es e r e s p un i sh -
rthosew hodonotmani est
t ra r , h i s id e a o G o d wo u ld
anideaasunw orth o a
k n o ws t h at G o d is a b o e s u ch
dcharacterist ics. H ek nowsthat
e nd s t o al l o h i s ch i ld r en w i th o ut
he lo eH imorw orship
Goddoesnotdemandser ices
o r e e n r e e r e n ce . T he c o mp a re
orespectero personsor
hinesonthe justandunjustalik e
e e n t o th o se w ho d e n h i s e -
t iYogia lsok now sthatthere is
waitingthosewhoopenthem-
e— notasanactdependingupon
t a s an e f e c t re s ul t in g f r o m th e a ct
manw hostepsoutintothew arm
ie e d o c o ld a n d is t h us r e wa r de d
manrew ardedw hostepsoutin
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G A . 18 7
slo ew hichisthereaw ait inghis
e edo theco ldresultingf rom
ntageo thew armtho such
onderedthatthroughoutman
nisusedasas mbolo the
hiss mbolusedinnearl a llsa -
n th e B i b l e w h i c h o c o ur s e i s
aboutGodma seemstrange
buti hew illtak ethetrouble
w illf indthatthisidearuns
tianteachingslikeagolden
dso theteachingisstrung.
e f u l l o t h is t r ut h w h ic h h o w-
ighto duringthecenturies. The
thesetruthspla inl , asma be
t h e wo r ks o s o me o t h e ea r l
butthetheo logiansha ebuilt
arl teachingssothatun-
ur acethecentra ltruthsare
stoGod.I ntheelementar
k tihema w ordhispra ersso
s ki n g Go d f o r f a o r s — t h i s l a te r
crudespiritualdiscernment
eggar ask ingf orthisthing
erialbene it . A l itt le la teron
hew a toapproachGod and
engthandcourageandtobe
dment. I nthisstagetheman
epra erb bestow ing
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D C O U R S E .
therest justasak ingma
sk ingf orthem. B uttheYogi
Para-B hak tidoesnote pect
andyetheobta instherichest
tpra erdoesnothe lpGod
ingbesoughtandpraisedin
a e r i s o t h e gr e at e st b e ne i t t o
ea ns o i t h e br in gs h im se l i n tu ne
ndopenshimsel to thestrength
hatcomesf romthenearnessto
heC entreo Pow erandWis-
pra er. Themanw hopra s
heheart— bringshimsel intoacloser
e . Now ordma beuttered but
pra erbringsmanintoaf orm
ndallow sthestrengthandw is-
e t of l ow f r e e l t o hi m. A n d y e t
r t o us e w or d s a n d f i n d t he m a
properconditiono mind.
he lpstothatend. God
entoinwords— whenthe
n initeMinditsmessageis
ciousmustnotbemere lip-ser ice
tit iono w ords f orsuchper-
toopenupthemindtothe in
S t r e ng t h an d W i s do m .O n e m u s t
a lk withGod. NotthatGod
w ant— H ek nowsf arbetter
heart e ltcon essionandta lk we
— w eunco ertheempt
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G A . 18 9
ng andtheDi inepoursintothe
er a n d W i s do m i s ou r s i w e
. Thatisa llthere isto it. I t
sunshine butw emustremo e
eerected. Weha eimagined
r o m us a n d we m u st c u lt i a t e th e
ghtHere— Now . Ta lk to
o u r F a t h e r o r M ot h er o r l o e d
r H u s ba nd o r W i e o r L o e r. H e
dw hate erf ormrepresentsto
ship thatistheformtouse.
t h e ne a rn e ss o G o d a n d H e w il l
notnecessar — usethesame
addressingthepersondearest
outhebest. Goddoesnotsit
e pectingy outoprostrate
tandstammerouty ourmessage. He
b e si d e H i m a n d H e p l ac e s H i s
k esyouf ee lathome— andyou
ndbash ulnessandte llhimyour
ds.
eedsy ourad iceorsug-
etheutmostcon idence in
ew illabidew ithyou andguide
w illbef i l ledw iththek now l-
utok now how toact— y ou
trengthtoact. I f themind
spthesituation— i now a
— o p en y o u r s el t o t he i n l o w o
u w il l b e le d b t h e S p i r it t o s ee
en— thentak ethatf irststepin
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DC O U R S E .
mere" church " ta lk suchas
urearsf rome er pulpitasa
s a g re a t re a li t a n d th o us a nd s
ugradua ll w il lga incourageand
hisli e andw illbegintorea li e
beenopenedtoy ourv iew .
gone srelationtoGod
th e g re a t C e n tr e o L i e . H e
re lik eatomsinthera semanat-
earenotapartf romHim
entre itse l . We arecon-
hera sareconnectedw iththe
mf lowingoutalongthe
e b ut e l ec t t o us e t he m a n d al l ow
w heelinthecentreo the
ublisherso these lessons( f ound
c e r o a l l th e ir b o ok s — t h e l i t-
e— representsthistruth.
ect f oritshowsthat thera s
a s o t h e A b s ol u te n e e r t er -
i n it e . B u t i n i n it c a nn o t be r e p-
mbols andsoacirclemustbe
w hichcirclerepresentsthe
M a n. I f y o u wi l l b ut f i t h is
manationsiny ourmind y ouw ill
ua ll grow ingintoabetterrea li a -
eC entre ispureS pirit— God—
uall w edraw nearerandnearer
homtheS pirithasnotman-
s i n us a r e f a r t h er r e mo e d f r o m t h e
dthesew hoaref urtherad-
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G A . 19 1
restillneareritthanarew e. The
tre themoremateria listheatom.
themorespiritualdoesit be-
f f r o m th i s pl a ne t a t om s o a
materia lit thanw ecandream
ecentrearebe ingssof arad-
inthespiritua lsca leastobe im-
iontohisinte llect. Man asw e
dwa betweenthetwoe tremes
ereare intell igentbe ingsasfar
w e ar e a bo e t h e je l l - i s h.
e ll - i s h a nd s t il l l ow er f o r ms a r e
Di i n e L o e . Th e n wh s h ou l d
ldw elosecourage Wecannot
edouto e istence— w eare
o l e e e r a d a n ci n g to w ar d t he
dingandgrowing. Thew h and
w rappedw ithintheC entra lI n-
Manad ancesspirituall hebe-
so thetruth. A shead ances
owsinPow erandWisdom—
llPow erandWisdomem-
re andthenearerw eapproachthe
ularethera sthatbeatupon
tes— -O mnipotence O mnis-
e— arepartak eno b usinan
oachthe C entre.Thisisa
h — a r e y o u p r ep a re d t o re c ei e i t ?
maginethatthe lo ero God
lmodeo li e inorderto
l e ad a p e r e c tl n a tu r al l i e .
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D C O U R S E .
tions recreationsandpleas-
it . B ef reetochoose andneither
t h in g s n o r aw a f r o m th e m. D o
seriouse pressionismore
il ing cheer ulf ace. J ust
. Themanorw omanw hof ee ls
w in g t hr o ug h h im i s a pt t o b e o a
sposit ion— radiatingsunshinee er -
ra idto laugh andsing and
l i ke i t f o r t he s e th i ng s a re a l l go o d
notletthemuseus. L etus
i n t h e he a t t h e co l d. L e t u s
emounta in thesunrise thesun-
ef ullthethingso N ature. The
hecloserdow eenjo thethings
a d th e n at u ra l s i mp l e li e . L e t
e r t h in g a n d t u rn e e r t h in g
besunn — letusbesw eet.
o ur l i e b e " J o , j o , j o "
i n o ne o h i s po e ms v o i ce s t hi s
mestohimw hofee lsthegreatlo e
him andw horecogni esthe
ndw hofee lshisre lationshipto
de w n i gh t a nd s h ak e m w i ng s . Te a rs
more. Li eanddeathliestretched
thesw eetaetherblow ingo thebreath
se i s m l i e — a n d I k n o w i t n o t h in g
geo it nothingcandestro , noth-
e s — I a r is e . Th e s un d a rt s o e r po w er i ng
t h ro u gh m e t h e ni g ht r a di a te s i t f r o m
roughthenightandpassthroughall
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G A . 19 3
w orlds andtheo lddark ho ldso
eturnw ithlaughter laughter laughter.
ritspacesonoutspreadw ings w e
ter laughter "
isanoptimist.H elooksf or
brightsideo things. He isableto
mthedark estcorner. Hew alk s
le acheer ulsong anabiding
H e l o e s a ll o L i e a n d c ar -
andcourage andahelp ulsug-
dandto lerant— merci uland
d o h a t e e n y , a nd m al i ce — ' f r ee f r o m
mindshisow nbusiness and
l eg e . H e i s f u l l o L o e a n d
. Hegoesthroughli e in
j o f u l l m e e t in g t hi n gs t h at d r i e
ser — hepasseso ertheston
acecomesf romw ithin— and
ispresence. H edoesnotseek
e— thesethingscometohimashis
them. H eisasmuchathomein
borerasinthepalaceo the
sseemashometohim andtheir
rothertobothsaintandsinner
he m b ot h — f o r h e f e e l s th a t ea c h
k sf orgoodinthesinner
esa int. Hek now sthathe
sin sohecastsnotthestone.
nhima brother— the woman
thef ier f urnacetrustshim
orshek now sthatheunderstands
hesun k now sthatitshinesonsa int
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D C O U R S E .
sthatw henGodwithholdshissun-
sobedientchild thenma man
mhismostdegradedsisteror
demn— hedoesnotattempt
ti e . Hew ork sandw ork s
nhisw ork . He lik estocreate
do thatdesire f orhef ee lsthat
mhisf ather. H edoesnothurr ,
plent o t ime— a llthetime
lastsa longtime andheisinit
a ithintheA bso lute. H e
e J u s ti c e an d U l t i ma t e Go o d. H e
snearhim f orhehasf e ltthe
enHand. I nthedarknesso the
ther spresence— b theglare
m in a ti o n he h a s se e n H i s f o r m f o r
mor isburnedintohismind.
g k i n d. H e i s a p r o ph e c o t h e
ou l d be l i ke h i m — i y o u f e e l t h e ca l l
ns we r ch ee r u ll , " I h ea r ; I o be ;
u f e e l th e i mp u ls e d o n ot r e si s t —
u n — r e ce i e i t s ra s — a n d al l w il l
— h a e w i th i n y o u t he l o e t h at
cey ourhandinthato theA bso-
e a d Th o u me o n . A f t e r lo n g ag e s
arecominghome.
oudo lo eGod— doknow
s te n t o th i s H i n du f a b le a n d th e n
a b le r u ns t h us l :
la (student cametoaYogi
skedtobetaughtthehigher
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G A .19
. He sa idthathedidnotneedthe
hea lread k new how to lo e
smiledatthey outh. Hecame
gthesamedemand andrecei -
t lasthebecamever impa-
a n e p l an a ti o n o t h e Y o g i s
outhtoagreat ri er and
heplungedhimbeneaththe
e ldhimthere . Theyoungman
butcouldnotra isehishead
tlasttheY ogira isedhimout
k ed h i m : " S o n w ha t d id s t t ho u
hewater " " A breatho
u th g as pi ng l . " Y e a v e r i l , " s ai d
houdesirestGodasmuchasthou
a ir thenw iltthouberead
B hak ti— thenindeedw iltthou
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I I .
scritw ordwhichistranslatedinto
; " D u t " ; " L a w ; " R i gh te ou s-
e o t h e s e E n g l is h w or d s co n e j u st
Dharma. Wecannotimpro e
butw ema adoptonewhichf its
nceptiono thetrutho
siderthat f orthepurposeso
a m e an s " R i g ht - A c t i on . T o b e
ghtsa thatDharmaistheruleo
aptedtothere uirementso the
bestca lculatedtoa idthatparticu-
eststepinitsde e lopment.
man sDharmaw emeanthehigh-
orhim consideringhisde e lop-
needso hissoul.
nw illbetimel andw illan-
an o ourstudents. Wehear
e s ti o n " W h a t i s r ig h t ? " P e op l e
eo ldansw ers w hichseemto
dw hichmak ecerta informs cere-
s e u a ll a s i mp o rt a nt i n o t
onandright-thinking.The
theabsurdit o theo lddi isions
" a n d kn o ws t h at m a n t h in g s
mnedas" w rong are" w rong
enarbitraril ha eca lledthem
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D C O U R S E .
hingsthatha ebeenca lled" right
romthesamereason. Helook s
trightandw rongseemtodi -
ngitude andthattheconcep-
gvar w iththeagesandcon-
b e in g m od i i e d i m pr o e d u po n
case thestudentisapttobe
codeo ethics— hehaslosthiso ld
andf indshimsel pu z ledto
asurerightandwrong.O n
doctrineso thisorthatmere
bser ance dogmaticandunreason-
ctsas outgrownandinade-
needs. Ontheotherhand he
" A ll isGood be ingpreached
n b t h os e wh o h a e n o t th e s li g ht e st
meaningo thew ords— andthis
actor to thea eragestudent
himthatcertaincourseso con-
ot h er s " w r o n g ( a l th o ug h o t e n
w h hesoconsidersthem .
pttobecomeq uitepu z led.
herecogni esthef actthat
t t o h im i s u tt e rl i n co m pr e -
hisac ua intancew hoarenot
tua ll — the arenotabletograsp
s.H ealsonoticesthatsome
entohim seemthenatura land
nde elopedmentodo( thatis
hngsthe ha ebeendo ing
o r h im t h e ad a n ce d m an t o d o
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angoingbackward.A mong
heseunde elopedmenbeingin-
d o in g a n d de t er r ed f r o m " w r o ng
rew ardandthreatso punish-
stunworth andse l ishtothose
ht f o r r ig h t s s a ke . A n d y e t h e
esepeopleapparentl needsome
nddeterrent f orthe are in-
ehigheridealso ethics.
herq uestions arisetoper-
dtomakehimf ee lthattheo ld
ppedf romunderhisf eet andno
aspresenteditse l tov iew . We
onthatphaseo theYogi
ed" Dharma " w illhe lphim
la idinpo intingoutthepaththat
m om e nt a ri l , b r e as o n o t h e th i ck
whichco erstheparticularspot
him. Thesubjectistoo large
oreus butw ehopetobeable
era lprinciples w hichma be
t andf o llowedouttotheirlog-
i e w o t h e ge n er a l q u e st i on o
thetheoriesregardingthesame.
T h e S c i en c e o C o n du c t " a n d
orenderharmonioustherela-
hisfe llow s. Therearethree
mongWesternpeople k nownas
he or o R e e la ti on ( 2 T he T he -
a n d ( 3 T he th eo r o U t il it ; A s
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D C O U R S E .
o a n o n e o t h e s e th r ee s s t em s
temtobetheonl trueone and
. TheYogiPhilosoph recog-
al l o t h e th r ee s s t em s a n d
w hatitca lls" Dharma. I n
o Dharma w emusttak e
thesethrees stems tak ensep-
csbasedupontheTheor o R e -
onl basisformora lit andright-
e lation comingthroughprophets
a lledb man names. The laws
en a s h a i n g b e en r e ce i e d b
ebeenaccepted moreorlesssub-
ra c es i n c er t ai n s ta g es o t h ei r d e e l op -
nceptiono theGod w hohad
d i f e r ed v e r m at e ri a ll . T h es e
greatunderl ingprinciplesw ere
eachotherver much a lthough
l i n d et a il a n d mi n or l a ws a n d pr e -
ookso allracescontain
odeo ethics w hichthepeo-
implicit l w ithoutregardto
ons thesecodes how e er
etationo thehighestre-
herace. E achraceregardsthe
sbook s asinterpretedb its
t ho r it , a n d o c o ur s e v i e w th e
racesasspurious.Themajorit
esplitupintosectsanddenomi-
g it s f a o r ed i n te r pr e ta t io n o t h e
P u b
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l lre l ontheorigina lre e la -
oncerningethics. A ndthen
odi ieditsorigina lconceptiono
f itt ingthe irideastothecon-
irementso theage. A sarace
dneedschange anditssacred
bentto f itthechangedcondi-
chcases sa thatGodun-
s a nd t h at " i n st e ad o " t h us a n d
adsupposed. Sothata teratime
codeo ethicsrestslarge l uponthe
sandteachers ratherthanupon
sedDi inere e lationitse l . The
ertw oschoolso ethicsobjectthat
dtopromulgateacodeo ethics—
pplicabletoa llmenina llt ime H e
clearl thatitcouldnotbe
themostignorant andHis
abledH imtoha ef oreseenthe
pe o pl e a n d c o n s e u e nt l , H e
f orsuchneeds e itherintheorigi-
orin" supplements thereto . We
tagesanddisad antageso this
sson.
ethicsad ancesthetheor that
ngintuit i e l — thatDeit
hroughhisconscience aninstinc-
o d an d e i l t h at h e m a g o e r n
. Thisschoo lurgesthatmenmust
sconducttohisownconscience.
ctthattheconscienceso notwopeo-
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D C O U R S E .
andthatsuchatheor implies
ma n d i f e r en t s ta n da r ds o m or -
erearepeople andthatthe
cenceappro eso it w ouldpre-
toethics. A stow hatcon-
di f e r . S o m e sa t h at i t i s th e
indspeak ingtoman. Somesa
consciousmindrepeatingwhat
andthatconsciencesgrow
angew ithen ironment. Some
o Godspeak ingtothesoul.
re planationsandtheories. We
atgreaterlengtha little
n.
thicsrestsuponthetheor o
w nasutil itarianism w hichlatter
edoctrinethatv irtue isfounded
thedoctrinethatthegreatesthappiness
rshouldbethea imo a llsocia l
— ( Webster. Thisisthe
anlawissupposedto bebased.
e p o un d er o t h e E n g li s h L a w
rebasedupon" the law o na-
naturehete llsusarebasedupon
rna limmutable law so goodand
atorcausestobecomee identto
manreason. B lack stonegoesonto
n a tu r e b e in g c oe a l w it h m an -
Godhimsel , iso coursesuperior
er nohumanlaw sareo an
t o t hi s a n d su c h o t h em a s a re
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o r ce a n d al l t he i r au t ho r it m e-
, f r o m th i s or i gi n al . A l l t hi s
mple andoneisledtow onderhow -
e i s n ot h e a e n o n ea r th u n ti l h e
modernlaw-makingandlaw-
how e er isanimpro ementon
. I t s e em s s o ea s t o s pe a k o t h e
b u t so d i f i c ul t t o ap p l t h at l a w to d e -
a d mi n is t er i t . B l a c ks t on e h i ms e l ,
a n d s a s : " I f o u r re a so n we r e al -
ct thetask wouldbepleasantand
dnootherguidebutthis: B ut
d s t he c o nt r ar i n h is o wn e p e ri -
scorrupt andhisunderstand-
anderror. Themanw hohas
ncourtsandtheprocesseso
oagreew iththegreatE nglish
uotedremark s. While it istrue
onrepresentthea erageo its
hics st i l ltheconceptionschange
w andthe latterisa lwa sa lit-
ascomparedw ithpublicopinion
tandw rong. A ndman arethe
e law andtheshrew dlaw -
c o mm i t al m os t a n o t h e gr e at o -
rentconceptionso moralit , pro -
e r l e n ou g h. S o m e m e n ha e
heirown w hichho ldsthatno
dpro idingno law istechnica ll
s c he me a n d pl a n a i de d b " a b le
he irendsw ithoutv io latingthe let-
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D C O U R S E .
ngerbe inga o ided the ircon-
isav er eas andsimpletheor
ho s e wh o c an l i e u n de r i t. J u s ti n ia n
er reducedthew holedoctrine
enera lprecepts asf o llows:
H u r t no bo d ; a nd R e n de r to e e r o ne
leandbeauti ulcode andits
nkindwouldmaketheworld
ne a rl e e r m a n is i n cl i ne d t o pl a ce
neacho thethreeprecepts
nconsciousl , stretchestheminhis
st h i s f e l l o ws . I t i s v e r d i f i c ul t
ntstateo thew orldtote ll just
t o l i e s o t ha t h e wi l l " h u r t
e n d er u n to e e r o n e hi s d ue — o r
e r o n e s d u e re a ll i s . H o w-
l e o t h e re a so n s c o nc e pt i on o p r op e r
spreceptisw ellw orthremembering
o llowingitasclose l asma be.
who instincti e l w ishtogi e
s o f a r a s ma b e b u t w ho a r e un -
erteachings. B ute enthose
upto J ustinian sprecepts w il l
ti s y i n g th e ir n e ig h bo r s w h o wi l l
nceo certainotherthings—
idiculousthings— thatha egrow n
hichare insisteduponb certain
horit ies " nottospeak o the
tilitarianschoolo ethicsdi -
erintheire planationso thecause
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andruleso humanconduct some
omGodspeak ingthroughman s
ak ingthemoremateria lv iew that
andruleso conductaretheprod-
t h e ra c e — t h e r e su l t o a c cu m u-
e tr i n g o t h is a n d o t h at u n ti l a
nobta ined. Of coursetothe latter
o conductarepurel matters
n h a i n g no t hi n g to d o wi t h Di i n e
n o wl e dg e . H e r be r t S p e nc e r t h e
isperhapsthebeste ponento
h i s wo r k " T h e Da t a o E t h ic s "
reasoningalongtheselines.
ceo eachandallo these
see ingthateachhasabito
combined andw eldedw iththe
achings mak eamight w ho le .
apparentl con lict ings s-
. B utbe oredo ingso itma
look atthethrees stems
k ingananal siso theobjections
or , sothatw ema seethe
e th e or t a ke n b i t se l a s w el l a s th e
hencombinedandjoinedto-
o Dharma. L etustak ethem
bo e .
R e e l at i on . T he p r in c ip a l
histheor , b thead ocateso
atthere isnotsu f icientproo o
ation. P riestsa lw a sha ecla imed
t h e A l m i gh t a n d th e r e e -
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
ghthesepriestsin allages.
utilitariantheor o ethicsclaim
elations( w hentheruleo con-
f orthegoodo thepeople
ne ito thepriests w ererea ll
o rreasoningo theprophet w ho
abo ehispeople couldsee
rneeds andaccordingl com-
ductintomoreorlesscomplete
hadbeengi endirectb God
hepriestplacingtheauthorship
onhimsel k nowingthatthe
ttorespectandobe aDi ine
atingf romamereman.The
utiona ltheor ho ldthattheso-
rea ll a rosef romtheconscience
ophet w hobeingamoread-
plewouldbe apttosensemore
thespirit butw howouldattribute
cetoGod andw ho accordingl
message. The intuit iono the
mtoseethebrightness o the
ge andthe w ouldacceptsame
heirconsciences. A notherob-
heor o R e elationisthat
edre e lations di f eringmateria ll
nha ingitsow nseto re e la -
prophetsandteachers. It is
tore ea lacodeo mora lsto
lationsw ouldagree andw ouldbe
hattherecouldbenomistak ing
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t it isimpossibletoregardan
re e lationsasauthoritati e ow -
se lectingan onef romthe
prophetmadee uall strong
there e lationdirectf romGod
meC ourttopassf ina ll upon
bjectedtothatman o the
beendirectedb Godha eno
lit butdealw iththedeta ils
pe o pl e s u ch a s t he m od e o s l au g h-
ec t io n o k i nd s o f o o d ; v a r io u s
tc. w hichareasstrictl en-
conduct andaree uall en-
ampleso " rightandw rong.
eman thingssanctionedinthese
atarecontrar toourmodern
. Di inecommandsw eregi en
arbarousf ashion w hichthe
ibits andonl sa agenations
acase itw ouldseemthatthe in-
anhasraisedahigheridealthan
o p o l g a m a n d sl a e r ,
theso-ca lledDi inere e-
nctionedandallowed.A num-
nsareurgedagainstthetheor
at i on o e t hi c s b u t th e m ai n o bj e ct i on
notsu f icientproo o thetruth
andthatreasonteachesthattheso-
simpl theresulto thehuman
s andw erepromulgatede ither
gthepeopleorderl andpros-
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D C O U R S E .
eepthepriesthoodinpow erand
asons. TheY ogiPhilosoph o
seobjections butansw ersthem
hallsee lateron.
I n t ui t io n . Th e o bj e ct i on
r e u e nt l a d a n ce d i s t ha t t he
eresulto one steachings en-
t e mp e ra m en t ; a g e ; e t c — t h at t h e
nma mak eitseemw rongtok il l
a n ot h er m a m a ke i t s ee m r ig h t to
heconscienceo onema mak e
eone sa llw ithastra comer
a s o ne s o w n w h il e t he c o n-
Whitechapelpick pock et f orin-
s e hi m t o pe r e c tl j u st i y h i m se l i n
ma l a h i s ha n ds u p on a n d e e n
akingad antageo anopportunit
o certaino thecrimina l
thecatw hichseesnoharm
ito meat andisonl deterred
ment. Thestudento humanna-
, k nowsthatconscience is
a ce t i me e n i r on me n t an d t em -
udhesitateatacceptingthev o ice
an particularmanasaf itsource
e o m or a ls f o r a ll p e op l e a t a ll
ruleso conductemanating
anunde elopedmanw ouldbe
o thea eragemano ourow n
n f o r th b t h e co n sc i en c e o a
nw ouldbe impossibleo compli-
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t h e a e r ag e o o u r ra c e to d a ,
preceptsandf inedistinctionso
dthen" conscience hasmade
hchourown" conscience o
on g . P e o pl e h a e b e en b u rn e d
adho lesboredinthe irtongues—
sica ll andmenta ll a tthedic-
so thepersecutors w how ere
homthe persecuted.
c o ns c ie n ce w e re i m pl i c it l f o l -
ce o themajorit m ightmak e
ntf ortheminorit , asithashap-
e p as t . S o y o u s ee t h e th e or
nin a ll ibleguidema beattack ed
on e nt s . A n d y e t t h e Y o g i Ph i lo s o-
hilerecogni ingtheseobjections
etheor o intuit ionor" con-
tintoplace initss stem asw e
son.
U t i l it . T hi s th eo r o t en
nthegroundthatit isapurel
e ba s is o m o ra l it o f e r ed i s " h a p -
esso the indi idua lmodi iedb
earoundhim— " thegreatesthap-
mber " inshort— andthatsuch
e t h e hi g he r d es t in o m a n b e -
nhisearthl andmateria le ist-
nv er natura ll answers
ducthasamoreorlessse l ish
ando ingcertainthings andre-
ertainotherthings b reasono
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D C O U R S E .
a l a nd r e wa r d o r f e a r o D i i n e
ent isasse l ishasonew hois
materia lhappinessorunhappi-
urgedisthatacting underit
be impelledtogetasmuchhap-
possible andtobestow aslitt le
ecould help astherewould
ouldactotherw ise— inf act that
ro thehumanlaw andnotgo
etica ll thisobjectionmightbe
e o c o ld t h eo r , m a n is o p en t o
escomingf romregionso
philosoph asw ellasits
co g ni e . A f o r m o t h is s a me o b je c -
hat theutilitarianphilosoph
elopedinte lligence( thatis ac-
theY ogiPhilosoph , to the
a n d th a t th e o rd i na r m a n wo u ld
t t o hi g h ac t io n b u t i h e g ra s pe d
t as a n e c u se f o r h is o w n se l i s h-
o r t h e we l a r e o h i s f e l l o w me n
thegenerationstocome. Theob-
to thistheor aman
hisk indisthegreat-
o r h e is t h ro w in g a wa
gainf orasenti-
sessighto thef actthat
ndsmucho hisgreatesthappiness
A f urtherobjectionisurged
ethicstothee f ectthatthehap-
isanunw orth l im itation inas-
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themajorit behapp themi-
a n d i n f a c t a c e rt a in n u mb e r o
nhapp andmiserable . Thisob-
romthoseo spiritualad ance-
ek now thatnoonecanbethor-
a lla rehapp , andthattherecanbe
enoneo therace iscrow ded
t co d e or r u le . T he f o l lo w er s o t h e
i s d er i e d f r o m D i i n e re e l a-
ora lit tobef oundoutsideo it
iew becausethe sa " it lea es
. T h os e f a o r in g t he I n t u-
theUtil ita rianTheor because
e t h e e i s te n ce o t h e " c o n sc i en c e
andinstead placesthebasis
moralit andruleso conduct
son andthat conse uentl ,
o r " b a d e c e pt a s m ea s ur e d
ard w hichstandardcouldbe
m pr o e d u po n o r a bo l is h ed b M a n s
arerecogni ed andanswered
o Dharma w hich w hilerec-
o thetheor w henconsidered
stil lf indsmuchtruthinitand
pil la rso Dharma theother
eothertw osupportso the
derthisapparentcon u-
achv iew asapartia ll correctone
ruth— buttoow eak andincom-
e. I treconcilesthecon lict ing
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D C O U R S E .
ateria lsthataref oundineach
completes stem. O r rather
ctureerected intheordero the
thateachschoo lo think ersislook -
lars m istak ingitsf a oredpilla r
thestructure theothertw obe-
reasono theparticularpo int
er e r . A n d t hi s t ea c hi n g o D h ar m a
meb theWesternpeoplew ho
menta landspiritua lcon usion
t andconduct. The aredi-
h os e w ho r e l o n r e e l at i on a n d
becauseitisnot " practi-
ea ll ad ocatere e lationasmodi-
a nd c u st o m ( 2 , T h os e wh o c la i m
onscience butw hofee lthat
nsecurefoundation andw ho
a nd " t h e la w o t h e la n d " m o di i e d
; a nd ( 3 t ho se w ho r el o n pu re
t h e e i s ti n g la w s a n d in l u en c ed
eswhichcometothemf romthe
ind notw ithstandingthatthe
rstateso menta lit . L etus
Dharmaw illhe lptostra ightenout
s. O f course thislitt le lessonis
uthso Dharma butw etrust
oadjustthematterinthe ir
sierf orthemtogetthe irmora l
d antageo thetruthsthatare
thethreesideso l i e . L et
hastoo f er.
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rationo thesubject w emust
usthe" O penMind. Thatis
f orthemoment hispreconce i ed
tolistento ourteachingswith-
aspossible w ithoutbe ingundul
iousl enterta inedtheories. We
urteachingsunlessthe ap-
uit ion butw edoask himto
— t h at i s t h e he a ri n g o a n u n-
o thato apa idad ocate
ndmak eobjectionsbe orew estate
k andit isnomorethan
dentshouldbew ill ingtogrant.
o te lly ouhow toact butw ish
enera lprincipleso Dharmaf or
tobeginourconsiderationo
rmaw ouldbetogi ey ouanidea
v iew sthethreeabo emen-
basiso moralit andruleo
upeachtheor inturn. B ut
stask y outobearinmindthe
theYogiPhilosoph thata ll
soulsindi f erentstageso
nta longThePath. S piritua l
orce andeachsoulbuildsuponits
a t t h e s am e t im e i s l a i n g a f o u n da -
t s y e s t e rd a s e t e nd b a ck o e r
eaw a back into itspaste ist-
w sreachf araheado there-
pr e se n t ea r th l l i e i n to i t s f u t u r e
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D C O U R S E .
ons. L i e isnotameremat-
inthef lesh— thesoulhascountless
s te n ce a n d ha s t he w ho l e o e t er n it
antl progressingsca le planea ter
e in g b e o r e it i n a n e e r a sc e nd i ng
sedw ellinguponthisf act
ma beremindedthattheem-
ndusintheshapeo menand
erentsca leso ascent de e lop-
nt a n d th a t o n e ce s si t t h er e m us t
g n ee d s an d r e u i re me n ts o t h e so u l.
morals conductandethicsare
ndicationsthatthe ideaandde-
sf a ll ingaw a f romtherace
sso O nenessisdaw ninginthe
wningconsciousnessiscausing
inman thingsthatweref or-
ght — it iscausingmentof ee lthe
hers andtoenjo thehappiness
aroundthem— it ismak ingus
ateo others because itmak es
uso ourrelationshipwith
useo the increasingf ee ling *
possessingtherace a lthough
notrea li e therea lcause.
oldmento thesoulresultsin
tandconductf ortherace and
ngconceptionso mora lit
onew hostudieshistor , and
thetimes. A nunderstanding
harma enablesustounderstand
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andpre entsusf romcondemn-
rethrenw hoha ecruderidea ls
es. Thehigherthedegreeo
herthe idealo conductandmora l-
o ldmentcausesthesoultocasto f
dea lswhichseemedthebestf orit
sefactsinmind letuscon-
authorit .
ecogni esthetheor o R e e-
larssupportingtheedi iceo
tdi f erenttimesinthehis-
bso lutehasinspiredcerta inad-
orththeteachingsneededb the
meinitshistor . These in-
athadv o luntaril returned
de elopmentinordertorender
e lopedbrethren. The li edthe
oundthem andtook theparto
ers etc. A ccountso thesepeople
theages distorted magni ied
nds superstit ion andm thso
the li ed. The se ldom
gso tenw rittendownb others
e a rs h a d pa s t , a n d a l th o ug h c ol o re d
e co m pi l er s t h es e w ri t in g s st i ll g i e a
ingso theparticularprophetor
w ereo v ar ingdegreeso
comingf romgreathe ightso at-
romcomparati e l low erplanes
getohispeople suitedtotheir
e.Thesemessageswere
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D C O U R S E .
b thepeople andtheteachings
andhelpedto la a f ounda-
ationstobuildupon. I t isnodis-
ortothesourcef romw hich
o r ma t io n t o s a t h at w e ha e
n d ma n o t h ei r t ea c hi n gs a n d to -
cardnearl a llo the irprecepts
af ew f undamenta lonesw hich
eligioussects areaptto
it o theseteachings andto
ndedasruleso conductand
ora llpeople ata llt imes. A
show thef o ll o thisidea. Take
andseehow thedeta ilso his
orthepeopleo hist ime and
nt o t he i r re u i re m en t s a n d y e t y o u
intothe irre uirements andyet
themwouldbe i appliedtoour
ur s e t h e f u n d am e nt a l pr i nc i pl e s la i d
a ininf ullf o rce buttheminor
w nforthe J ew ishpeopleha e
pretendsto obser ethem.
e or o r e e l at i on f i n d f a u l t wi t h
d d o wn b M o se s a n d po i nt t o
rousnature man o w hichare
t o da . A n d y e t t h es e t ea c h-
epurpose andw ere intendedf or
e o l i n g so u ls i n t he f l e sh a t t ha t
theseteachingsw astohelp
tion— togi ehimsomethingjust
nmodeo li ingtoser eas
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meo theseteachingsw hich
to d a , i e a mi n ed c l os e l i n
ono theraceatthattime w ill
w stepsinad anceo thecustoms
theteachingsw eregi en. Tous
the ladder theseteachingsare
ethanourse l es buti w e
doccupiedb theraceatthat
theteachingswere aroundor
asonabletoinsist thatthe
ea lsshouldha ebeengi enthe
ustimaginethehighestidea lso
semi-barbaroustribeso I srae l.
urattentiontoaremarkable f act
majorit o thesecrudeancient
undanesotericorsecretteachings
ad ancedsoulso thatgeneration
justenoughtoshow thatthe
gherteachings.Theseeso-
dembeddedinthee oteric
themultitude. I thase erbeen
hristarenotunderstoodb
n o t to s p ea k o y e s t e rd a . L o o k
ristianit andseehow theso-ca lled
istmisunderstoodhisteachings—
a ageha ebeentheirconcep-
o th i s da . A n d y e t t h e ad a n ce d
ionf orthe lastnineteenhundred
eadtheesotericteachingsbe-
im p er e c tl r e po r te d a n d o t e n
h e sa i n gs o J e s us . A n d y e t
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D C O U R S E .
e d o ne w o nd e r u l w or k i n s pi t e o
ng. Theethicso theSermon
orcetoda — theracehasnot
utf uturegenerationswill l i eb
a lly ourattentiontoafact. The
hetswereintendedto helpman
sheathso the lowerplaneso the
ow ork hisw a toahigherstage
tiono thesoulw astheend
anceswere intendedf orthat
mew as andis therule. The
ina lw ord butw asintended
. Thisisthek e tomuchthat
thepast. A notherimportantpo int
ltheteachingswereintended
eref orhisow nbene it. The
manper ormcertainduties
ebeentaughttobe lie e . God
man slack o considerationto-
a in-glorious anddemanding
eringstotick lehisnostrils. Such
nc o therace. Godgetsalong
n sw orshipandpraise . Manalone
e o G o d — t h e A b s o l ut e i s no t
man sactions. I f theteachers
dedthatmanworshipGod it
rposeo bringingman sattention
a s a Po w er a b o e t h e f a c t o t h e
causingmanto obtainthe
wardattractiono theA bso lute in
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uo y ourmindthe ideathat
andw orshipinordertosatis y
a l an d y o ur s ta te me nt s o H i s e -
e ne i t o p r a e r w o rs h ip a n d
s i de o M a n— i t i s a l l on e -
gso theprophetso all
oursel esintheplaceo the
o peoplehehadtodealw ith.
atthecr udecommandswere
p justonestepin thescale—
ausetheteachingsw ereso in-
hedtheirpurpose w emustnot
oundb the lettero thematthis
anunderstandingo thematter
ut w ew illbeabletodiscard
eachings(w hichw asthew heatinthe
onthescatteredgra inso w heat
measure . L etusmak euseo a ll
ngsf orthere issti l lmuch
em — t h e h a e n o t as y e t o ut -
s. B utletusnotbindourse l es
gso thepast— letusnotf or-
hingsandtieourse l estothe
aw . L etusnotcommitthef o ll
seateachingw asinspired thatit
conductf ora llt ime anda llpeo-
heothertwopilla rso Dharma
t atthesametime letusnot
s andden the irinspiration
belongtoa longpastageandtime.
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D C O U R S E .
th i ng f o r w ha t i t is a n d go e r n
. A ndletusnotsupposethatthe
ndinspirationhaspassed. There is
mersonastherewasintheHe-
w asaheado thetimes andthe
timper ectl understoodb the
ahighernote inthescale.W e
asaninstance— thereareman
utthere isthisdi f erence
oldandthemodernseerand
hethadaf ollowingthat
heteachingin blindf aith
a intdegreeo spiritua linsight
a areabletomeasurethe
s b t h e li g ht o t h ei r s ou l s a n d
thatis someo themodernpeo-
othersmustbecontentw iththeo ld
b e lo n g to a p a st a g e o d e e l op m en t
cew iththe irbrothersmustre-
so thespiritualchildhood.
d.
ecogni estheTheor o I n-
thesecondpillarsupporting
a. A s w e h a e a l re a d s a id i n t he
articulartheor , man persons
houghttotheq uestiono ethicsare
icult iessurroundingthetheor or
r ed b i t se l a n d no t b ei n g wi l li n g
e i n a l li b le a n d f i n a l t h e so -
entoprimiti epeoplesinthepast
e in s pi r at i on o t h es e r e e l at i on s a nd
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omeothertheor andruleo
chpeopleaccepttheUtil ita rian
totheirreason althoughitdoes
edso the irsoulssofull as.
sbe ingrepelledb theco ld-
the lastmentionedtheor , and
goback totheo ldTheor o
t he T h eo r o I n t ui t io n o r C o n -
e ideathat" conscience or" intui-
o learbitero moralit andcon-
tthehumanlawsarerea ll based
ketheradicalpositionthatthe
ce o r " i n t u it i on i s r ea l l t h e v o i ce
n andshouldbeobe edimplic-
shisre e lationstoeachman. A s
re thisposit ionhasbeense ere l
thattheconscience o notwo
tisdependentuponen iron-
p u bl i c op i ni o n e d uc a ti o n e t c. a n d th a t
nin a ll ib leguidenoronesa eto
m a n wo u ld h a e h i s ow n l aw s wh i ch n o
to takeintoconsideration
cilesthesetw oapparentl con-
usseew hatithastosa about
ce.
ptheq uestiono theTheor
t ui t io n a n d al s o th e T he o r o
on r e se r i n g th e n e t l e ss o n f o r a n
b u t we f i n d th a t we h a e e -
ore w ew illbecompelledto
ono C onscienceandU til it
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D C O U R S E .
nw hichthesefeaturesw illbe
suponthepracticalphases o
urstudentsw illnotpasso er
d r " f o r c ar e u l s tu d . T h e
areneededb e er student
gethisbearings — w how ishes
ngshappiness— w hodesiresto
A tta inment. Thesubjecto
onisparticularl interesting and
someimportantpo intsonthis
on.
eusattentionandpatience— you
o ing Peacebew ithyou.
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.
T D H A R M A .
t aswewereaboutto
ntotheTheor o I ntuition
condpillarsupportingthe
ew illnow takeupthesub-
orlessconsciouso aninner
i ng a p pa r en t l i n de p en d en t o h i s
speak stohimeitherinan
ingtone— e ithercommands
tore ra inf romdoingsome-
elshimtohigheraction
totempthimtoper orman
igherphases w eca llthis
I nitslow erphases w eare
mptation. Theo ldtales
goodangelonone sideo
heother onew hispering
dothe" right thing and
the" w rong one. The
etruth asw esha llseeas
erationo thematter.
o i ce o c o ns c ie n ce " o r t he
e r " w e f i n d t h at t h er e i s a
o ordinar actionandcon-
to n o " g o od a n d " b a d
cisionuponsomeo thea -
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D C O U R S E .
e w o rk b u si n es s e t c. T h is
areapttoca ll ' ' intuit ion.
heetermsandha eaclear
f erencebetw eeneachform
butareunabletoe pla injust
e orf romw hencethe
p h o f e r s an e p l an a ti o n
somee tentuponthate -
artia ll uponthepil la ro
on— thesecondpilla r— the
e l at i on ; t h e th i rd b e in g U t i l it .
nt respecti el , thev oice
o i ce o m an s i nt ui ti e f a c u lt ie s
sreason. L etusnow see
hastosa regardingthis
on andthenatureo themessage
o thesoul.
thenatureo C onscience
andotherf ee lingscomingin-
ousnessf romthesub-conscious
w emustturnback af ew pages
irstserieso TheY ogi
k n ow n as " T h e F o u rt e en L e s -
e c on d a nd T h ir d L e s s o ns w e t ol d
hedi f erent" minds inman
nesa longw hichthemindo man
memberw hatw esa idabout
t h e I n t e l le c t a n d th e S p i r i tu a l
eno themrepeatedl inthe
singthef irstcourse andthe
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T D H A R M A . 22
ssons andw etrustthatyou
ndingo thenatureo each.
t he i m pu l se t o d o " e i l o r
mef romthelow erregionso
theI nstincti eMindthat
passions tendencies emo-
ns emotions tendencies
ef romthepast. The are
e s e c e pt t h at t h e b e lo n g
to r w h ic h w eh a e l e t b e -
ichwearenow emerging.
ebeenthehighest" good
ceptionat sometimein
o l ut i on — m a h a e b e en n e ce s -
g a t th a t ti m e — m a h a e b e en
tateso f ee lingandacting
accordingl ma ha eseemed
sthev o iceo thehigher
thelowerconsciousness.
ti e y oumustremember.
epassedbe ondthestage in
hehighestgood andha e
tl t o t ak e ad a n ta g e o h i gh e r
theseoldthingsseemquite
t o u s a n d wh e n th e c o me i n to
snessf romthese low erregions
dderatthethoughtthatw e
brutestil l inus. B w tthere is
are" w icked becausethese
sew ithinus The are
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D C O U R S E .
epast andarereminiscences
e o o u r un o l dm e nt . T he a r e
tI y o u f e e l t h e st r ug g le s o
beunleashed donotbedis-
oucanseehimnow as
r o m y o u r no r ma l s el i s e n-
ouw erethebrute— now
p a rt o y o u — a l i t t l e la t er o n
a ltogether. R eadw hatw e
ct o n p ag e 2 6 ( L e s so n I )
lessons. I notherpageso
ake upthesubjecto
e o ' ' r i gh t a n d " w r on g " s o
w itisthatathingthatw as
o w be " w r on g — h o w w ha t
g o od a n d " r i g ht j u st n o w wi l l
w r o ng l a te r o n in o u r un o l d-
re l at i e l f o r w he n w e un -
atthat" right and" w rong
a d a r e re l at i e t e rm s a n d th a t
bad v iew edf romthe
asw eprogress thethingswe
andthose intow hichw eare
untilthe tooarediscarded .
ow istopointouttoyou
mere l theurgeo somepast
tion becausethetendenc is
a isesitsheadbecauseo the
n g li e o r b ec a us e t he d i n g th i ng
omeoutsidesuggestionorcir-
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T D H A R M A . 2 27
stsdie anddonotbecome
eitherf romtheimpulseso
itse l intothef ie ldo
omthesub-consciousregiono
attercase the I nte llecthas
oblemswithoutbother-
andha ingw ork edthemat-
sitto theconsciousnessat
ingw ithitana iro author-
accepted. B utman intui-
heSpiritua lMind w hich
k nows. TheS piritua lMind
t h e be s t th a t we a r e ab l e to a c ce p t
o u r st a ge o u n o l dm en t . I t
aw e l a r e a n d is r e ad a n d
s i w ew illa llow it. We
tnow andmere l men-
o di f erencebetweenI n-
onsciencedealswith
a n d " w r o ng i n o ur m i nd s b u t
estionso properactionin
gardtoethicsormora ls a l-
hebestw ek now o those
ormsusastowhetheror
othehighestethicalstand-
presentun o ldment— I n-
ertainsteporcourseis
. Doyouseethedi f erence
o theSpiritua lMind
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D C O U R S E .
no theen o ldingsheaths
um s d e i n it i on w h ic h
akeclearer. The lighto
stantl endea oringto
rmenta lplanes andsome
enthe lowestregions but
atsuchtimes ow ingto
the lowernaturew hich
mw ork ingthrough. A ssheath
f t h e li g ht i s s ee n m or e c ie a rl ,
dthesoul butbecausethe
sismo ingtowardtheSpirit .
t iscastingo f itsouterpeta ls
groundasthe un o ld.
low erletussupposethere is
ht w hichlightisendea or-
hroughtothee tremerimor
b o n d. A s t h e su c ce s si e
a l l o f , t h e l i gh t i s en a bl e d to
andattheend allis
gureo speechbutw eare
etustak eanother e ua ll
a b e p la i ne r t o y o u . I m ag i ne
lectriclightbulbcon inedin
oth. The lightistheS pirit—
ualMind throughw hichthe
mumo resistanceandob-
erso clo tharev er thick
rthantheonene tf urther
the la ersnearestthe light
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T D H A R M A . 2 29
he grow almosttransparent.
ureiny ourmind.N ow v er
side la ero clo th but
itisthe bestlightiti s
or c o nc e i i n g. W e r e m o e t h e
. Th e s ec o nd l a e r i s f o u n d to
hmore lightthantheonejust
thesecondone andw ef ind
andabletoradiatecon-
n d s o o n a n d on e a ch l a e r
tov iew more lightand
asta llthe la ersareremo ed
rit isseenshiningbrightl
theSpiritua lMind. I f
dbeenabletothink the
thew holebundleo clo th
n te r a s " I . A n d e ac h
nthat" closerin w assome-
sordinar se l , w hich
ehighestconceptiono light
its" conscience " inf act.
w ou l d be c o ns c io u s o t h e ne t
terthanitsel . Thesecond
r " g o od t o t he f i r st o n e b u t
ththesecondw ouldbedarkness
so n , q u i t e" b ad i n f a c t. A n d
been" good because itcarried
ore inthedark. C onscience
t butw eseeitmoreorless
la erssurroundingit— w esee
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D C O U R S E .
sthroughthecloth. A ndso
a e r " c o n s ci e nc e — a n d so i t
ouunderstandthematteran
o u s ee w h t h e " c o n sc i en c es
e d i f e r D o e s th e f a c t t h at t h e
c lo t h ma n i e s t v a r i n g de g re e s o
btthebrightnessandreliabil it
T h in k o e r t hi s c l um s i l l us t ra -
seewhethery ourminddoes
o theva lueo C onscience.
nceoritsv o ice justbe-
C onscienceo the lowl and
shimtodocertain things
d . T h at " b a d i s " g o o d
tlow eststageo un o ld-
lse l - righteousbecausey our
toav er highcodeo ethics
a , i n t he f l e sh t h at v i e w y o u r
dothoseo theB ushman.
tusgi ey ouanil lustration.
h on es t a nd " t r u th u l. C a n
t ha t y o u ha e e e r li e d a mo nt h
C omenow honor
a n d an e a s io n o " t h e wh o le
h e bi g l ie s — h a e y o u e e r
ulandhonestf oraw hole
ro essiona l" necessit ies —
politeness — anda lltherest
stest. Oh no w edonot
act w ecannotseehow y oucould
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T D H A R M A . 23
sentstageo theun o ld-
ouaredo ingthebesty ouk now
thaty ouarenotstrict l hon-
ght ad ance. A ndthistest
therace iscommittingmuch
iew edf romaf ew stepsup
n peoplesu f eringf rom
e a n o y o u r br o th e rs n o t
thebene itsthatha ecome
gs f u l l a s " g o od a s t he
notsuggestasingle impro e-
f a ir s O h y e s w e kn ow
abletoremed things— but
e ra c e an d a re e n jo i n g th e p ri -
ce— y ouareoneo the
lingo erthev ictimso
f a ir s. B u t a s y o u sa , y o u
mustgrowinto betterthings
o theslough. A ndthe
ttow ork out— it isbegin-
ow andisgettingver un-
y oucando istoseethe
orthechangetocomew henit
ndo theba ll andisun-
oumustha ef a ith and
ding bringittoyouw hatit
ndthewill ingnessw illsa ey ou
a inthatmustcometothosew ho
notw ill ing— bute enthis
r i t is p a rt o t h e un o l dm e nt .
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D C O U R S E .
ur s u bj e ct d o y o u f e e l so v e r
n o w W e l l t h e le s so n i s:
" L e t h im t h at i s w it h ou t s in c a st
e o u s i s so v e r " g o od .
theupwardpath.
o n e d a a t a t i m e ; d o i ng t h e
owingawordhereand adeed
- righteous; le tusnotcon-
st b u t gi e t o e e r o t he r
e; le tus" mindourow nbusi-
opersecute; le tusbef il ledwith
ompassion; le tusseea llas
tusseethateachisdo ingthebest
ringthestageo hisun o ld-
i ine inthehumblest v ilest
it isthere it isthere
w ardtow ardun o ldment;
l e t us b e k in d — l e t u s be k i nd .
electriclightwithinthe
e r a t e r la e r o t h e c lo t h.
keitaparto y oursel .A nd
eabo eil lustrationw illshow
sthevo iceo theSpiritas
ningwallso the lowerprin-
r e. O r t o s ta t e in a n ot h er w a :
to man spaste perience
t plussuchlighto theS pirit
operce i e . Maninhisun-
ed b p a st e p e ri e nc e s — h a s
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T D H A R M A . 2 33
hasrecogni edcertainneedso
e ltnew impulsesarising
mtohigherthings— hasrecog-
ithothermenandtothe
eaccompaniedthe
deachstageo thesoul s
ahigherconceptiono w hat
actedahigheridea lonhispart.
w hathefee lstobe" right "
ota lw a sli eupto it. The
minatesthishighestpeak o
andmakesitstandout
o inttobea imedat— tobe
estpeak thusillumined
marchtow ard. I t isthe
bletoperce i e . I t istrue
the lightmountshigherand
ak s thee istenceo w hich
him. Whenheattains
hehighestpossiblepoint
ere l ga inedthetopo a
abo ehim tow eringhigherand
o therealmountains thetop-
il luminedb the lighto
Thereareotherinte ll igences
ntheightsunseenb us—
ehindus( thatisthehighest
s e em s f a r b en e at h u s f o r w e
ongsince. S ow emustunderstand
e o a f a i rs i w e wo u ld f o r m
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D C O U R S E .
s i d ea l s a n d " c o n sc i en c e o
tocondemn— ourdut to -
methemf ornotha ing
w eha eatta ined butto
ssageo hopeandjo , and
. Thatisw hatthe
ngf orus— letusdothesame
ThePath.
a lly ourattentiontothef act
neo thepil la rssupporting
ma. I t isanimportantpil la r but
tobetak enintomostserious
notanin a ll ibleguide. I t
ha egrow ntosee but
otnecessaril thehighest
withwhatwesee.That
nce isI n a ll ibleandA bso-
it s el i s R e l a ti e a n d F a l l ib l e
grow th— becauseo thecon-
re entthe lighto theS pirit
ouls. B ut ne ertheless le t
andf o llow it. L etus
h e ol d f a m il i ar h m n o o u r
i g ht a mi d t he e n ci r cl i ng g l oo m
amf arf romhome
t ; I d o n ot a s k to s e e
stepenoughf orme.
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T D H A R M A . 23
maisthetheor o U tilit ,
dy ouinourlastlesson. Dhar-
a lueo U til it asapil la r
asa solesupportf or
ssetf orthinstatutes law s
e l uponthebasiso U til it ,
w riterstr tomak eitappear
ecommand. The law isthe
a o r s to f r a me a c o de o c o n-
ementso therace. Human
lution— ithasgrow n changed
ebeginning anda lw a sw ill
ibleandnotabso lute . J ustas
a litt leaheado man sgrow th
a litt lebehind. C onscience
w hile law saref ramedto
arisen andarene erenacted
isclearl seen. A ndlaw s
oremaininf orcef orsome
me a terthe irneedhasdisap-
etheresulto thea erage
e i n l u en c ed b t h e a e r a g e
atpeople . The inte ll igencesees
arisenanditattemptsto
' w r on g o r p os s ib l e
nceo theracema cause it
hatha ebeeninf orceare
andburdensome andw hen
ttemptismadetoha esuch
impro edupon orsuperseded
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D C O U R S E .
edtothenew w antso the
metimesintroducedb
uspersons a idedb im-
ptandignorantjudgeso ten
mistak esareo tenmadein
nden orcingthe law s. This
manlaw isf a ll ible andnot
genera la erage the laws
the irmaking interpretation
epresentthehighesta erageo
e.W henthepeople
em o u tg r ow a l aw t h e d o
hea erageo theracedemand
it s o on e r or l a te r . R e o r ms
b u t th e c o me a t l as t a n d th e
hbehindthea erageinte ll i-
f c o ur s e s u ch p a rt o t h e
bo e t h e a e r a g e s e e th e
a ul t , a rd o t en v e r u nj us t
iew justasdothosebelow the
e n ti r el d i f e r en t r ea s on — t o t h e
t ag e o t h e ra c e is i m pe r e c t
e uirementso justiceand
w hiletothesecondclassit is
inad anceo the irethica l
hew hole the lawso apeople
eeds ideas andintell igenceo
posingthatrace. Whenthat
the lawsarechangedtof ithim
helawstobechanged f orhe
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T D H A R M A . 2 37
ection. S omethink ersha e
ndit iono a f a irsw ouldbe
ch , w ithanangeluponthe
erseto thinkerspicturea
ad ancedininte ll igenceand
awswouldbethrownaside
causesuchapeoplewould
e r m an w o ul d b e a la w un t o
dealindi idua ls idealjustice
iionsabo ementionedpre-
e i th e r up o n th e p ar t o t h e
wso acountr are
tedb thea erageopiniono
tr — thisistrueo autocratic
o -calleddemocraticcountries
epeoplemakesitse l heard
pleha ea3^ ok eimposed
rneck sarebenttorece i ethe
u tg r ow t h e y o k e i t i s t hr o wn o f .
e a e r ag e o t h e pe o pl e r e -
i d ua l s. S o y o u s ee t h e la w s o
epresenttheneedso thea er-
un t r , a n d ar e t he b e st o w h ic h
e uentl , thosew hichheneeds
tomorrow hema be
etterf orms. The law isf a ll i-
utisnecessar asasupporting
thics. I t isthea eragecon-
sta ll i edintoatemporar
nceo thepeoplemakingthe
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D C O U R S E *
sacompromiseandbearsmore
etheor is" thegreatest
er.1 "
tilitarianschoolo ethics
thing" w rong because
com orttoha ethatthing
ce amandoesn tlik etobe
ndconse uentl ga insthe idea
onetok il lo rrob and
opre entandpunishthe
e ra inf romrobbingandk il l-
munit f romsuchthings
nera lacceptanceo thecon-
w rong " andtheenactingo
. I nthesamewa hesees
armedb theneglecto a
en andsohegrow stoca ll
" andmora lsentimentcauses
shandpre entthiso f ense.
ereasoningo theUtil ita rian
htsofarasitgoes f or
o law sandlaw mak ing
hegrow ingconceptionso
reissomethingmoreto it
w hichthoughse l ishisright
indeeda llse l ishthingsare
t i li t ar i an o e r lo o ks t h e f a c t
theracesoulcausesitto
es moreandmore andw hen
w sinto lerable thennew ideas
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T D H A R M A . 2 39
sentthemsel es— new laws
nditions.A sthesoulun-
nesstoothersouls— it isgrow-
o theOnenesso things
g a nd a c ti o n ma b e s el i s h i t
o a n e nl a rg e d se l . M an s
w snota lonebecausehisinte lli-
rmahigherconceptiono ab-
sobecausehisun o ldingsoul
relationshipo othersandto
eattheirdistressand wrongs.
ging andhislo eandunder-
A t f irstmancaresonl
hersbe ing" outsiders. Thenhe
ness w ithhiswi eandchildren
w holef amil connections.
hecon ederationo
hen toothernations
ge orha ingthesamere-
sow ncolor. Thentothe
Thentoa ll l i ingthings.
eandinanimate.A s
n en e ss e n la r ge s a nd u n o l ds h e
onceptionso " justice and
ttero the I nte llect— the
ebecomingbrighterand
ellectbecomesmoreandmore
uminationincreases man s
ndbroadensout andnew
d " w r on g p r es e nt t h em s el e s .
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D C O U R S E .
tarianidea iscorrectsof aras
andit inte ll igentl onemust
higherprincipleso the
nte llect. Manf indsthatit is
es s o t h e ma j or i t , " b u t th e
sthe idea l. H ef indsthat
an n ot b e p er e c tl h a pp .
a llgetjustice nonegetit.
o ingthebesthecan— blunder-
mitt ingf o ll ies impelleda lwa s
hismind thatheunder-
esareopened butw hich
omortableandrestless— that
ardinsearcho hek nowsnot
f riends begintoseew hatis
ee llesso thepa in— theunder-
dyouw illbeabletostanda
troubleo therace inthis
n d " w r o ng " a n d h o w th e a r e
e it c h o i g no r an c e. B u t b e wa r e
themstraightbe ore
i t — t h e w i ll t u rn u p on
c a ll i ng y o u " i m m or a l " " a t he -
" a n d wh a t no t . L e t t h em
lb le c o de s o l a ws m or a ls
hangingo ernight —
dunmakingtheirlaws
f orthem andthe
mouto the irtrouble . Let
w ithred- tapeandcha ins i
hemcondemntheirbrotherbe-
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T D H A R M A . 2 41
ngsasthe do— thatistheir
ire o lution. B utdonotlet
ou— y ouk now thata llthiscon-
emo law s ethicsandmorals
an o u n o l dm e nt a n d th a t
andthatnoonestepisab-
uk now thatshorto thef ull
therhoodo GodandtheB roth-
onceptionandrea li a tiono
therecanbenorea lpeaceor
tthechildrenpla .
thesoul— theun oldment—
o a ll t h is s s t em o c h an g e an d
rtos uarehumanneedsw ith
a ortoestablishanabso lute
rongintheshapeo human
k andsca les. Therace isdoing
ndi idua lisdoingthebesthe
rd b t h e li g ht o t h e S p i r it .
y o u s ee k n ow i ng t h at e e n
ardtherealbest — anddo
estis almostasy our
manlaw e enthough
tion— it isaneededandimpor-
no therace. F inite re l-
as i t m a b e i t i s th e b es t o
erage iscapableanddeser -
mb e r t h er e i s no t hi n g I n i n it e
t b u t th e W h o le — T h e O n e —
mber also thattheraceis
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D C O U R S E . .
nunderstandingo ; acon-
n ti t w i th T h at O n e . A n d y o u
nderstanding con-
— y ouwhoarebeginning
t h e I A m — b e y o u a s t he r o ck
beatsthew a eso the
hingsdashthemsel esupon
be d f o r t he c a nn o t ha r m y o u .
andcleansey ou andasthe
uwillstillstand therestrong
sonega ingf romhisw in-
litt lechildrenpla ing q uar-
m a ki n g up " p l a i n g th e ir g a me s
f o r e i ts a wa r di n g pr i e s — s o
nandw omenaroundyouw ho
earnest. A ndinboth
r th y o u r L o e a n d U n d er s ta n d-
w notw hatyoumean— though
dyourv iew -po int.
madepla intoyouthatthe
edtheorieso ethics— re e-
ntuit ion andutil it , a renotan-
mplementar . E achpresents
uth— eachteachesitsownles-
rssupportDharma. Let
sa whole.
t lesson Dharmama be
c t io n o r t o b e mo r e de i n it e
armaistheruleo actionand
there uirementso the indi-
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T D H A R M A . 2 43
stcalculatedtoa idthatparticular
t ep o d e e l op me n t. A n d
sson: " Whenw espeak o a
w e me a n th e h ig h es t c ou r se o a c -
ringhisde e lopmentandthe
ssoul.
thered b thistime the
o Dharmaholdsthat
a r e re l at i e t e rm s a n d th a t th e
there ismustrestintheA bso-
here isnosuchthingasabso-
re lati ew rongthatw eseew hen
gmere l anactionresulting
e pt i on o " r i gh t o r e ls e a b-
compl ingw iththehighest
o n t he p a rt o t h e ac t or . I n
l " w r on g o r " b a d i n
w r on g o r " b a d i n as m uc h a s
highestconceptiono " right
orobser er. Thisma
rine butletusconsiderI t
d inghistor andthestor
M a n t h at m an s h i gh e st i d ea l s
ebutlitt le remo edabo e
mals. I tw asnotthought
r l ie i n f a c t s o me r a ce s e s-
dthesethings pro idinghe
stothoseoutsideo hisim-
be inf acttheprincipalobjec-
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D C O U R S E .
low tribesmanseemstoha e
no thef actthatthiscourse
ndresist ingpowero the
duall obta inedf orcethat
themurderedmanw asa
butrightande encommend-
utsidetribe. ( Thisseemsver
utthetraceso itareseen
es o -c a ll e d " c i i l i e d p eo p le '
lmeno anothernationor
u re t h ei r g oo d s p r o i d in g
ared. Thesa agecarriedthe
usion anddidnotw aitf or
thatistheprincipa ldi f erence.
ancommittinga llthethingsw e
tbe ingblamedf orthem and
committedupona person
e d f r o m t h e tr i be s ma n a c co r di n g
so thetime thegreater
" good or" right w asit
d ma n o t h es e " r i g h t t h i ng s
w rong and" bad " accord-
s madeb thepriestsand
theawakening" conscience
manunconsciousnessrecog-
hiptooneanother andac-
t h e id e a o " u t il i t " a n d
he d e e l op i ng i n te l le c t o t h e
o l e d a nd u n o l de d t h e
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T D H A R M A . 24
igher.Thingsthatwere
r i gh t a n d ju s ti i a bl e a f e w
e n t o th e " b e s t p eo p le o t h e
edasv er " w rong andbase.
t i ng s t ha t s ee m p er e c tl r i gh t t o
ardedb ourdescendantsas
anda lmostincredible. R eada
M i dd l e A g e s f o r i ns t an c e a n d
a echanged.Then
se e h ow d i f e r en t l s l a e r i s
t y e a rs a g o n o t to s p ea k o
enreadB ellam ' s" L ook ing
an c e a n d se e h ow i t ma b e p os -
oradicall change. ( We
asanil lustration— w edo
hangesaretocometo
wthatchangesjustasmarked
therace.
t i me w e c an s e e th a t di f e r -
enandw omenindi f erent
t a n d th a t th e re i s n o f i e d a nd
r i gh t a n d " w r on g a c ce p te d
eeonthemainpointso ethics
i f e r m at e ri a ll u p on t h e mi n or
e ll igenceand" conscience
sentedb the irlaw sand
l th o ug h a s w e ha e s a id t h e la w s
enthea erageidea l just
science isjusta litt leaheado
nduct. Thea eragemanis
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D C O U R S E .
dw iththe law sasthe areatan
hsomeo thoseuponw hom
considerthemtoostrictand
i d ea o " g o od " w hi l e to m e n
e p re a i li n g la ws o t e n se e m
nde elopedanidea l and
bsurd inade uate moreor
aeduponanad ancedidea l
t h in g s gr o w" b a d a s t im e
b a d t h in g s gr a du a ll l o se t h ei r
enasper ectl goodandproper
hepointo ad ancedknow ledge.
enpronounced" taboo or
e d i d no t f i t i n wi t h th e f a s h i on -
iew so thetimes andw hen
eligiousideasgrow the
a n o t h es e " t a b o oe d t h in g s
t h e pr i es t s o d i f e r en t t im e s
or to themsel es the irpow er
nthiswa .
mepasses thea erage
erageconscience tak ing
o n a n d la w d e ma n ds o m a n
orhisf e llows-— insiststhat
aterdegree. Thisbecauseo
sso therelationshipo
hegrowingk now ledgeo the
t e n un c on s ci o us k n ow l ed g e .
cethisf act thatw hilea
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T DH A R M A . 2 47
i gh t a n d " g o o d i s r e u i re d i n
er the" taboo isgraduall
an sactionasregardshis
t io n s a f e c ti n g on l h i ms e l .
to" bek ind toagreaterde-
be ingaccordedmoref reedom
tteropportunit to" obta ina
a h a rm o ni o us e p a ns i on f o r h is
h i s f e e l i ng s h i s pe r so n al i t , h i s
rd C a r p e nt e r ha s e p r es s ed i t . Th e
the" taboo isbe ingtak en
g i e n a n o p po r tu n it t o " f e a r-
e h is o wn l i e " p ro i de d on l
hestdegreeo " be ingkind
rma— thisk now ledgethat
a r e re l at i e a n d ch a ng e ab l e i n -
i e d d o es n o t gi e a n o n e an
t h in g " b a d o r " w r o n g t h a t he
ndertheo ldidea. On the
o ldsoneuptohishighestconcep-
n d e p e ct s h im t o d o wh a t se e ms
s s a ke a n d no t b ec a us e t he l a w
e pectsright-actionf rom
elaw hasnotasyetreachedso
himthat i heseesathing
s wr o ng f o r h im e e n t ho u gh t h e
enoty etreachedsohigh
head ancedmanw illa l-
thea erageconception—
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D C O U R S E .
otteachthatbecauseanun-
tmanma think it" right to
neighbors thatheshouldbe
ndranceor restraint.
acat" bad w how ould
b a d w h o wo u ld k i ll c h ic k en s s t il l
iedinrestra iningtheseanimals
ralinstinctsto theinjur
e wi t h th e " c r i m in a ls o s o -
ingthatthe iractionsarethe
edmindsandsouls; ignorance
e e n t h e e le m en t ar i d ea l s o
w eare justi iedinrestra in-
guponus. B utthe idea
ent " butrestra intandre-
ractica ll sa agesandbar-
w hileentire l " w rong w hen
v iew point w ereseenas
i e w po i nt o t h e sa a g e. A n d
reatedas y oungerbreth-
de e loped— ignorant— butsti l l
oreachmanto li eupto
tterw hetherthat" best has
oulb re e lation intuit ion
hisintell igence inaccordance
a c t al l t hr e e o t h e se i n l u en c es
omew hat andhis" best isa
n luences. Whenindoubt
i gh t o t h e S p i r it a n d y o u r
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T D H A R M A . 2 49
clearl underthe il luminating
llbeyourDharma.
D h ar m a is t o r e r a in f r o m
heDharmao another
nyourse l . H e isnotlook-
s— he isnotstandinginy our
ingnearertohishighestidea l
s— how dareyoujudgehim
ectthatyousety ourstandard
ly ourhighestideal— and.
easureupcreditabl w henlaid
o t h e A b s ol u te D i d y o u
at i y o u w er e i n e a c tl t h e
brotherorsistery ouw ould
orshe. Youcannotimagine
t h ei r c on d it i on f o r y o u c a n t hi n k
a s y o u ar e a nd w he n y o u tr t o pu t
eyouareableonl to think o
ourpaste periencesandpresent
nthef leshandgarmentso
sameata ll— tobee actl
etocastasidea lly ourpast
ntatta inments andtakethe
mento theotherinstead.
w ouldy ounotbetheotherinstead
d co u ld y o u t h e n ( b e i n g th a t ot h er
r om h im
lowedusinourconsidera-
ethics— thethreepil la rso
ura ll ask susw hatcrow nsthe
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D C O U R S E .
conductDharmaholdsout
topercei e it. Whenone
plesupportedb thethree
indthere L etusseew hac
otheseq uestions.
erin theconsideration
a s s ee n f r o m t h e po i nt o v i e w o
lo Manisinastateo
e nt . I t i s m o i n g s t ag e b
esttothehighest— f romtheidea
owledgeo O neness. This
l i e — t h e D i i n e pl a n.
ny ounotseethat an thing
o ldmentthata idsitandtends
G o od o r " R i g h t " A n d
mustbethestatementthatan -
o ldmentortendstode la
B a d o r " W r o ng " w h e n
standard. I t istruethatyou
oo d " o r " N o t- R i gh t " i ns te ad o
o ng " o ry o u ma s a " L e ss -G oo d "
i y o u p r e e r t he t e rm s — bu t t he
nomatterwhatwordsareused.
Good f allsinwiththe plano un-
W r o ng o r " B a d t e nd s t o re -
te i t s wo r k. I t i s " r i g h t f o r t he
a n d re e n g u l f o r t ha t i s
e o d e e l op m en t b u t f o r a
erttothatstage orstagescor-
ong " because it isago ing
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T DH A R M A .2 1
F oranad ancedsoulto
a te r e e n ge j e al o us a n d th e
g f oritw ouldbeago ingback
andw ouldbecontrar to
ono thatman. I nclimb-
mpleo Dharmaonemanma
ndasecondmanonthef i th.
e f i t h s te p d es c en d s to t h e
back forhim w hichis
themanonthethirdstepad-
one it isago ingaheadf orhim
i s " r i g h t a n d de s ir a bl e f o r h im
T h e la w o e o l ut i on a n d un -
. Whate erf a llsinw ith
right— w hate ergoescon-
w rong. I f a teacherhasa
nda terw ork inghardw ith
do ing" justa litt lebetter " she
pro ementandisgreatl
eacherwouldbe greatl
erbrightestandbestbeha ed
amethingf orw hichshe
scholar A ndy etboth
w henseenf romonepointo
d i f e r en t f r o m th e b ro a de r o ut -
emean
an d s ch o la r s l i i n g up t o y o u r
e w r it t en i n L e s s o n I . o
2 4 2 , 2 6 a n d le a rn t o " s e e k
e i l a nd e p u ng e i t. B e
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
stswithinyou. L earnto
thepast. L earntok eepin
atso y ournature— dri e
thecage inspiteo his
ogrow andde elopand
abletoreachthatstepo the
tw heny ouma look uponthe
harmahasbecomeaparto
o r t he n y o u w i ll h a e e n te r ed
theR ealSe l , andw illbe
are . Thenw illyoure-
Spiritw ithoutthedimness
. R ememberthew ordso
" Mak ethepro oundobeisance
tarthatburnsw ithin— stead-
w orship itsl ightw illgrow
k n ow t h at y o u h a e f o u nd
— a n d w h en y o u h a e f o u nd
ddenl becomethe in inite
P u b
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ni erse.
o t h e pr e se n t se r ie s e n ti t le d " G n a n i
thestudentthatw ehadtouched
eo thatbrancho theYogi
twew ouldtak eupsomeo its
uentlessons. Thesubjecto
thatman v o lumescouldbe
c t v e r m a n h a e b e en w r it t en
andso v o lumesha ebeen
s. I nthislessonw esha lltouch
importantphases andendea or
simplest lethattheunder-
e g ra s pe d a t l ea s t pa r ti a ll , b
undotherpresentationso thesub-
ical.A swestatedin
c io u s or u n co n sc i ou s i s a n E M A -
ne B e in g.
ing hasbeencalledb man
thetermsbestadaptedto it
T h e A b s ol u te . T h e wo r d " A b s o-
s e " U n c on d it i on e d F r e e f r o m
nitsel ; Dependinguponnoth
e a l. I n o t he r w or d s i t i s " T h e
hy outounderstandhow w euse
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D C O U R S E .
misunderstandingarisesf romacon-
ndtheirmeanings.
thesubjectw eshallusethe
u i t e f r e u e nt l . T h is w or d i s op -
b s ol u te ' t o t he e t e nt t h at i t
mtheA bso lute— it isincom-
ted; dependinguponsome-
otinthesenseo aseparatepart
ncompletev iew orconception.
" T h in g s as T h e A r e w e ma
otherre lati e f eatureorq ua lit
tthe last incapableo f urther
o r di i si on i s " t h e th in g in i ts el ; "
. Th e Y o g i s o t e n sp e ak o t h e
g as i t I s — t h e R e l at i e b e in g
ms. A simpleplano k eeping
r e th e m in d i s t o th i nk o t h e A b -
T hi n g a s i t is " a n d o t h e R e l a-
l et e a nd i m pe r e c t v i e w o o n e
li t o t h e W h ol e T hi n g. I t i s
e a n i nt e ll i ge n t id e a o t h e e a c t
ms f orthereasonthati w e
actmeaningo thew ord" A b-
derstandtheA bso lute itse l . The
o r t o m a n s m i nd t o e p r es s a n
n smind initspresentstateo
a ti e " a n d t h er e o r e is u n ab l e to
ullmeaningo theterm" A bso-
s t o f o r m a n id e a o i t s ow n
es andthen rea li ingtherela -
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E U N I V E R S E . 2 5
onceptions itca llsthatw hichis
A b s ol u te . M an s m i nd
enseo A bso luteS pace
b s o lu te T im e ( E t er ni t ) ; A b s o lu te
ghitma beabletounder-
gso thetermsb reasono
ere lati ephaseso thethings.
abletodraw acircleonapiece
nclosingameasureo S pace— b
eS paceheformsaconception
I n i ni t ) , a s " a l l th e sp ac e l i ng
i n a ll d i re c ti o ns t o i n i n it . I n
wT ime— hemeasureso f asec-
ou r o r a y e a r — a l l r e la t i e t e rm s .
e isabletothink andsa thata ll
themeasuredtime— back o
s A b s o l ut e T im e I n i n it e T im e o r
o e i l lu s tr a ti o ns t h e A b s ol u te
pace o courseincludetherela-
smeasuredo f orsetaside the
ee istingw holl w ithinthe
heman andha ingnoactua lit
ema f ormamenta lconcep-
t h e A b s ol u te i n t he s e ns e t ha t h is
particularpresentationo the
diateconsciousness justas
a rt o t h e oc e an b l o ok i ng t h ro u gh
butthat" part isnotapart
pa r at e o r " d i i d ed t h in g — t h e
d i i s io n ' b e in g w ho l l a m at t er o
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D C O U R S E .
tohisinabil it toseethewhole .
separateaportiono S paceor
allthathecan doistof orma
T i me o r S p a c e an d g i e i t a
che itherf romthew hole in
b o th T i me a n d S p a ce a r e pu r el r e la -
m a n to h e lp h i m to f o r m af i n it e
d I n i n it . B o t h w or d s pr e su p po s e
e as u ri n g o r s et t in g a pa r t w hi l e I n -
h a i n g no l i mi t s c a nn o t be m e as -
areA bso luteterms.
— S pirit— A bsolute— the Thing
Thing— theWholeThing— o
tothef initehumaninte llect.
c o ns c io u sn e ss a s t he u n o l d
hemattermoref ull , butnone
bso lutefull , unlesshebethe
eF ina lS ecretisinso lubleto
ness oran consciousnessout-
onsciousness. B utasourcon-
w e ma o b ta i n ( a n d d o ob t ai n ,
now ledge— assheatha tersheath
d th e r a s o t h e S p i r it u al M i nd b e at
weareabletoknowman
httobeunknow able . A nd w e
the intellectinthismatter. We
t e n t h at w e m us t t ak e c er t ai n
andthatitwas" nousebotheringour
" butthisisonl apartialstate-
t he I n t el l ec t d oe s g i e u s a r el i ab l e
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E U N I V E R S E . 2 7
natureo things andw hich
partia landincomplete are
hisisparticularl truew henthe
dthebene icentlightf romtheSpir-
mtherecognit iono thehigher
sstoaccept lightf romit.
ali a tiono Goddoescomeinthe
h c au se d b a f e eb le r a o t he
e enthedensemateria l
anda lthoughmucho thef o llow-
theS upremeS omethingthatis
l is " i n tu i ti e a n d " n o t f r o m
t il l t he I n t el l ec t i s ab l e to g i e u s v a l u -
disaproperinstrumentf orsuch
ehigherteaching— theS pirit-
contrar to I nte llect butsimpl
ne— itdoesnotcontradictI n-
anscendsit. A ndI nte llectw ill
storeo k now ledge i pro -
e llectisnotamock er— a lia r—
h siciansw ouldha eustoso
saccuratereportso matters
hougho tenourunde eloped
discriminationcauseus to
. WhentheI nte llectishe ldto
how usthatit isf orcedtoad-
certa inpremises— thatit is
oppositeconclusion. L etusnot
the I nte llect— letusnotf earto
a ith TheI nte llecthasitslim i-
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
o farasitgoes a lthoughourim-
dgmento itsmessageso ten
rsearchf ork nowledgew emust
mind. L etusnot w ithman
considerthe I nte llectf ore ign
usknowledge.L etusnot
teria lteachers considerI nte llect
gherstateso consciousnessmere
w itnesses. Eachphaseo themind
aresisters— letthemw alk hand
p l ai n in g a g re e in g — i n s t ea d o d e -
rnenemies. L etusseew hatthe
te llusregardingtheA bso lute—
lectcanin ormusregardingthe
thatw ecannotsee" theThingin
n t e l le c t b u t in a sm uc h a s th e I n t el l ec t i s
o t h at " T h in g " a n d i n as m uc h
te llect w e inourpresentstate
nn o t th i nk o t h e " T h i ng a t a ll w e
st i i e d in a s ki n g th e I n t el l ec t t he
y oute llusconcerningthis
o llowingpagesw ew illendea or
o the I nte llect. Lateron
i d en c e o t h e hi g he r p la n e o t h e
theSpiritua lMind sof arasit
tun oldssu f icientl to
n i e r se — L i e — - x i s te n ce
he e l em en t ar i d ea o C a u s e a nd
eachesthestageo consciousness
P u b
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E U N I V E R S E . 2 9
ciousness thatis thestageat
o t he " I " a nd t he " N o t I " — i n-
t he i d ea o " s o me t hi n g ba c k o i t
st ideasarecrude buthegrow sin
ntl impro esuponhisidea
se o L i e a nd t he U n i e rs e. I n
onception heisimpressed
a H i g h e r Po w er w h ic h f e e li n g he
a i th " a n d th e m an i e s ta t io n o i t
o l e s f a n ci u l t he o ri e s a c c o rd i ng t o
giousthoughtandteaching and
u mb e r ( n o t t o s pe a k o d e i l s ,
emindand" f ee ling insisted
htonthesubjectsplit intotw o
o thepriests andthethoughto
stscontentedthemsel eswith
ulargodor gods" created
e n te d f a n c i u l t al e s to i l lu s tr a te t h e
ng.Thephilosophersgenerall
thepriests andattemptedto
eorieso the irow n a lthoughas
a n d pr u de n ce t h e g e ne r al l t o ok
re a il ingre ligiousideas at
ereconcerned. A f teratime
withthereasoningo thephil-
T h e o lo g , " a s s t em o p h il o so p h
w h " a n d " h o w a p r ec o n-
certainthings andw hatw as
certaintheoriesstartingf rom
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
metaph sicssprangintoe ist-
eedso men sminds. Meta-
e n t o th e s ci e nc e o t h e in u i i
t h in g s — t h e r e al i t a s c om p ar e d
theseen ascomparedw iththe
easdistinguishedf romtheob-
intotheA bsolute inf act.Meta-
t h e th i ng i n i ts e l , w hi l e Th e ol -
w i th a s su m in g a D ei t ( u s ua l l a
dattemptingtoreasonouttheat-
c o t h at D e it , a n d th e r el a ti o n o
e it , w howasassumedtobeits
amethemateria lorph sica lscien-
e pla intheR iddleo theUni-
h sica lormaterialbasis. The
sicians andph sica lscientistso
ef oughteachother stheories
o r a t im e we r e v e r f a r f r o m e a ch
k ers how e er saw intheo l-
a n d sc i en c e on l v a r i n g ph a se s o
sothef rict ionw asa o ided. I n
l e t us s a t h at t h e ad a n ce d t he o lo -
an understandingwiththead-
ans andthead ancedscientistsare
man po ints. The e entu-
an theprincipa lpointso
merew ords— the aresearching
andmuste entuall meet.
taph sician; thephilosopher;
umedthenecessit o therebeing
P u b
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H E U N I V E R S E . 261
h L i e a n d th e U n i e r se . T he i r
f romthatidea— the f ound
somethingforceduponthemb
thoughtthatthis" something
a lthing— asomethingoutsideo
e r se a n d wh i ch " c r ea t ed i t . O t h er s
t hi n g w a s th e " R e a li t o
e r se a s d is t in g ui s he d f r o m th e a p-
butw hichw asnotapart
b u t th e s ou l o r mo i n g sp i ri t w it h in
nsca lleditGod themeta-
R e a l i t , A c t u a l it , T r ut h
scientistsca lleditMatter or
orce-Matter thephilosophersca lled
e e t c. B u t b e a ch n a me t h es e t hi n k-
n I t s el " t h e Th i ng a t e r al l
dbeendraw ninto it— TheU lti-
sar tode otemorespace
umanmind iscompelledto
i n g so m et h in g — t h e " T h in g i n I t -
nomatterw hatthe irschoo lsor
nclusion ande er manw ill
usioninhisownmind i hew ill
rew ema assumeasana iom
a nd n e ce s sa r t r ut h a p r op o si t io n
tak eforgranted — Webster ,
t:
te I S .
nsiderationo w hatourI nte l-
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
gthisthingthatI S — w emust
nta insan more" se l -e ident
ionsnecessar to tak eforgranted; "
othelp belie ing.
actthattheA bsolute" is "
r , o rconse uentcon iction
e r r ea l l " i s m u st b e t he A b s ol u te .
oreA bsoluteB eingsor
beonl OneA bso luteor
at" appears tobemustberel-
to orarisinginconnectionw ith
" it . TheA bso lute iswhatrea ll
hi ng t ha t re al l I S m us t be t he A b s o-
o trutharenecessar to
tbedi orced. Whenw esa
ur s e me a n re a ll i s i n i ts e n ti r et a n d
whichis incompleteandunable
o t " a p pe a ra n ce s o r e al i t . O r
rpla inertoy ou: Therecannot
ortw oTota lit ies ortw oA lls.
o t al i t ; A l l ; i s t he n e ce s si t o
ms o necessit , a lla remore
d f a i l t o c ar r t h e f u l l m ea n in g .
oretoone student— others
there orew eha eusedse -
p la c e o " T h e A b s ol u te " t h at
graspedb beginners isthe
ar t o t h is l e ss o n i . e . " T h e
s. Thissecondstatementleads
ak i n to i t n a me l :
P u b
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H E U N I V E R S E . 263
comprisesA L L thatthere
e r r ea l l h a s be e n a l l th a t re a ll
L L .A nditmustalwa s
nditmusta lwa scompriseA ll.
natureo things asconcei edb
t al w a s b e A L L . T h er e c an b e
A l l . A n d w h at e e r I S m u st b e
utsideo theA ll— nothingcan
sa thatathinge istsoutside
te a n a bs u rd i t . T h eA b s ol u te n e e r
e oretherecouldha ebeennoth-
recanbenothingcomef rom
sithasnoendingtherecanbe
t. So it mustcomprisea llthere
be. Withthisidea inmind letus
ement:
ute isOmnipresent— present
metime. Thisstatementissel -
oplaceoutsideo theA ll.
ceorpresencee ceptinthe
v er w here. Therecannotbe
TheI nte llectisunableto
othingasanactua lit ; a rea l-
ct. A nabso luteNothingisunthink-
ethingissomething and" some-
n o t hi n g. " N o t h i ng i s a n eg a -
edtodenotetheabsence orappar-
omerelati ething. TheA bso lute
c lu d e e e r t h in g ( s e e S t a te m en t
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
w e ca l l sp a ce ; t i me ; m at t er ; m i nd ;
bu t r el a ti e m an i e s ta t io n s o t h e A b -
stbepresente er w here at
theridea isunthink able .
e is O m n i p ot e nt — A l l -p o we r u l
edPow er— PossessingA llthe
mentmustbese l -e ident
entsthattheA bso lute isA ll; is
n e r sa l a n d pr o i d in g t ha t we a d mi t
sPow erorS trength. Of
guedthatPow erandStrengthare
gthingsre lati e toorincidenta lto
hanabsolutethingsinthem-
scorrect a tthe last butw e
thingthatwecall Poweror
re justi iedinconsideringare la -
t h e A b s ol u te . I t h er e i s Po w er
m u st b e " o " t h e A b s ol u te . T he r e
eA bso lutemustbegi en
notpartia lPower— notsimpl
nge lsepossesses— butA L L
there is— U nlim itedPower—
ishan thing. L ateron w e
anA ppearanceorMani esta-
andasre lati e inthatsense. This
e se l - e i d en t t ru t h th a t al l o t h a t
mani estationo theA bso-
oPowerpossible f roman
ere isnoothersourcef romw hich
aph siciansmak ethestate-
P u b
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H E U N I V E R S E . 26
isA ll-Pow er—GodisPower/
re lati emani estationo
insteado anamefor" theThing
ardMatterandMindinthesame
u l l a n d at l a rg e a pp e ar i n t hi s
e isOmniscient— A ll-w ise
ingA llK now ledge— K now ing
i n g I n i n it e K n o w le d ge . Th i s me a ns
k now nb theA bso lute
nderstood. I f there isasingle
k n ow n b a n d un d er s to o d b ,
ords" A bso lute and" Omnis-
andabsurd. This o course
ppertainingtoandconcern-
a n d f u t u r e i w e ma b e p er -
eterms. TheK now ingmust
science— completedowntothe
ina lpo int. TheB eingpos-
nnotmakemistakes; changeits
pro edk nowledge; cannoterrin
on oran processo whatwe
now ledgeandWisdommustin-
ittheterm. WhentheA bso lute
i t si mp l k no ws i ts el , f o r it i s e -
in g . W e m us t a dm i t th e e i s te n ce
f o r we k no w it r el at i e l , i n an i n-
degree inourse l es. Wenot
t " k n ow t h at w e kn o w. A n d a d-
" k nowledge or" inte ll i-
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
cessit mustadmitthatsuch" k nowl-
e mustperta intotheA bso lute
o r wi t hi n i t o r a t le a st b e " o "
st b e o t h e A b s ol u te . A n d t h e
L L t h at t h er e I S o a n t h in g
r c o ns i de r at i on o t h at m a ni e s -
ew hichisca lled" Mind " w esha ll
s l it o i n te l li g en c e.
lute isI n inite . Thisstatement
astheterm" A bso lute carriesthe
w i th i t a n d y e t t h er e i s a sh a de o
th e tw o a n d so " I n i ni t " m a b e
t o t h e A b s ol u te . I n i n it
rboundless intimeorspace;
apacit , intensit o re ce l-
oundless; immeasurable ; i l l im itable ;
; unlimited; unbounded. —
i m it g i e s t he i d ea . Th e A b s o -
unds because it ise er -
i w emustusethew ords ;
thwhich tolimitorbound
imitorbounditse l ; because
o ; b e o n d ; o r b a c k o i t ; b e -
ng e l se b u t it s el . I n i n it i s a n ab -
in d c an n ot f u l l c o nc e i e i t a l -
perce i esit.
sE ternal. Websterde ines
s: " Withoutbeginningorend
s e i s ti n g u n de r i e d a nd i n de -
g ; e n dl e ss ; i n i n it e ; c e as e le s s ; p e r-
W ecannotconce i eo the
P u b
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H E U N I V E R S E . 267
adabeginning ne ithercanw e
a i n g an e n di n g. I f w e t r t o
hadabeginning w emustthink
omsomethinge lse andinthus
so luteare lati e andsetup
artherback andsoonad
nabletothink o theA bso lute
f orabeginningpresupposesa
anothercause andsoon. The
nidea andsomustbef orced
lthee f ectsarisingf romcauses
ethingw ithoutacause— asome-
s te d — a " C a u s e le s s C a u se — T h e
ha t i n th e wo r ld o r e la t i i t w e
ingw ithoutacause becausethe
ectisinoperationinthatre lati e
calledcausesande f ectsare
A bso lute . There isnocauseout-
oa f ectit— there isnothingout-
de. Thisishardf ortheun-
ute er m indmustbef orced
rthere isnoescapeforit— the
andmustadmitthetruth a l-
andit. TheI ntellectlikes
a u s e a nd E f f e c t a n d is l o at h t o
onsideringtheA bso lute . B ut
orit iscompelledtoadmitan
glee ceptionbreaksthe law and
orinstance i oneadmitsthat
s e " t h e c ha i n o c a u se a n d e f e c t
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
he " F i r st C a u s e * i s s om e th i ng
here orethe law cannotbean
ceptionbreak sit. Or onthe
a imsthatthe law o causeand
t h e an s we r c om e s th a t an i n i n it e
nning andathingw ithouta
glessthing— canha enocause.
lso thecha inisbrok en andthe
emust besomethingwith-
tcase the I nte llectinusing
n i n it e " w hi c h it c a nn o t un d er -
bottomouto itsow nargu-
toassumethatthere isa" C ause less
tisunableto il lustratethatthing
o wn e p e ri e nc e . I t d o e s t he b e st i t
t i s f r a nk t o a dm i t th e e i s te n ce o
tunderstand— inf act it is
shonestw ithitsel . C ause
e t h in g s n o t a ne c es s it t o t he
anabso luteterm andtheI n-
nce i e it a lthoughthemindin-
i t. " T i me i s a r el a ti e t e rm u s ed
sinabil it tograsptheabso lute
etograspamomento t ime
canf astenuponit ithaspassedinto
eandthegreatestperiodo t ime
pableo imaginingorthink-
aredtoE ternit o rA bso lute
o spider-webwhen
enso ate lescopethef ie ldo
P u b
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H E U N I V E R S E . 269
niteSpace— inf actthespider-web
e d an i n i n it o i n i n it o d e -
udbegintoansw erf orthepurpose
ono countlessmill ionso
re d w it h E t e r n it o r A b s o l ut e
ngabsolutel ( ? ) nothing
eMindcoulddistinguishit.
heirteachingsin ormusthatthe
o r e la t i e t i me e n ti r el i n t he i r
nit o rA bso luteT ime anda
utamoment inthethought.
henthead ancedminde -
pertainingtoS pace— therel-
o lute andre lati eS pacemelts
a n d S p a ce a r e re l at i e t e rm s b e -
d o M a n o t o da — w h en t h e
hn ks i n t er m s o I n i n it a n d
er m s. F r o m th e A b s o lu t e ( e e n
ra s p th i s e e r w he r e is H e r e
w .
indi isible . TheA bso lute
eThing. I tcannotbedi idedinto
nothingtodi ide it— nothingto
othingto" f i l l inthecrack s.
tion di ision orseparation
t a l wa s h a s be e n th e W h o le —
ole— istheWholenow. I t isan
apableo be ingseparated di-
m indisincapableo concei -
sbe ingbrokenintobits sep-
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
t c. f o r t he r e as o ns g i e n a bo e . T he
mthepicture andisf orcedtoac-
theabo estatement. It istrue
ptiono thingsw ema usethe
o , " o r " p o r t io n o " t h e W h ol e
meaningtheparticularpresenta-
mngw ithinthef ie ldo ourcon-
etoseethe thinginitsen-
e nt l s p ea k o t h at w h ic h w e se e
p o r t io n o t h e A b s ol u te o r W h o le .
hinourse l es andourmind
nctionbecause itsf ie ldistoo
o thew hole . Themind
theselimitedandpartial
h" a part " a lthoughintheabso-
isnopartit ion di isionorsep-
ed " p a rt s " a n d i n r ea l it a n d
unchangedandunseparated
e re lati e f ie ldo consciousness
" p a rt s f o r i ts o w n co n e -
on.Thematterma beillus-
t h e f o l l ow i ng e a m pl e . F r o m th e
w hichthislessonisw ritten
reatmounta inrange. A s f aras
t e nd s . O u r e e t a ke s i t in a s a
n esitasaw holeasitsw eeps
thstandingthatatno timedoes
co erthew holerange. S til lthe
w holenessisthere andi the
atasu f icientdistance itw ould
P u b
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H E U N I V E R S E . 271
one.B utsupposethatwe
range f romthiswindow.
to f irstpo intthecameraatone
tersnappingit po intita tanother
ntilw ehadsecuredpictureso the
reswouldshownoconnec-
ndthewholerangewouldap-
separatedinto" parts or" por-
ea lit therehasbeennopartit ion
nthemounta initsel . The
sunchanged— w hole andun-
pictures andeachpersonlook -
ouldseeonl a" part " each
andha ingnoconnectionw ithan
beplacedtogether. O new ish-
o therange w ouldha eto
rts " be orehecouldseearep-
oew ithoutdi isionorseparate-
whetherthepicturesbev iew edsep-
hemounta initse l remainsthe
una f ectedb the" appearances
lustrationisq uitecrudeandim-
e l p t o sh o w y o u h ow e e n o n th e
rt i al v i e w ma g i e o n et h e im p re s -
d" separateness " w hichimpression
truth. E v er so -ca lled" part
to u ch w i th e e r o t he r " p a r t
O n e u n di i d ed i n di i s ib l e i n -
eparation.R ememberthis
eedthistruthtoso l eproblemsas
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
nchangeable constant and
ompelledtoadmitthis state-
tTheA bso lutecannotchange
towhich itcanchangewith-
it isinconce i ablethattheA bso-
sidentit . A lloutsideo the
is" nothing " andsomethingcan-
sscanthe" W holeThing be-
T h e A b s ol u te o n e ce s si t , m u st
s y e s t e rd a , t o -d a , a n d to -
t t h er e o r e ca n no t b e im p ro e d
there orecannotcommitthef o ll
o losingitsPer ectness. I t is
o r e it c a nn o t lo s e or s u f e r t o be
n t h in g t ha t i t ha s e e n i t h er e
itse l to tak e itawa . There
reisnooutside— thereisnoth-
t in a n w a . B e i ng E v e r t hi ng
ecannotbean thingintow hichit
n ar ingstabil it andcon-
o lute . Therecanbenoe o lu-
orgrow thonitspartf orit isa l-
d th e re i s n o f i e l d f o r g r o wt h . Th e se
w emustrea li e thata llthatw e
impro ement; progression; retro-
eath( ascommonl understood
ndarebutincompleteappearances
darenotabsolutef acts. The
s o R e a l i t , t h e tr o ub l e be i ng
hichseeonl asmallando ten
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H E U N I V E R S E . 273
ho le and notunderstanding
partfortheW hole— mistak e
rea lit . Weturnourte lescope
s h or t l a t e r i t p as s es o u t o
w e sa : " i t i s go ne " w he n i n re al -
i ts p l ac e b u t we h a e m o e d a nd
andchangingthatw ethink are
es f oamandbubblesonthebosom
sur aceappearances— theoceanis
ue isoutsideo the law o
a u s e a nd e f e c t ca n no t t ou c h it
eati ethings dea lingw ithother
touchingnottheR ealit o rA bso-
hasnobeginning canha e
e a n d is n o t th e e f e c t o a n -
no theA bso lute there isno
causeande f ect suchlaw be-
i n g on l t h e wo r ld o r e la t i i t
er a ti o n. C a u s e a nd e f e c t ar e r el a ti e
bso lute andha ingnocon-
recreations mere instrumentsor
s e r i n g so m e Di i n e pu r po s e o
ssingnorea lit to theA bso lute .
snotA bso lutemustbeR el-
ore lseNothingata ll. That
ueB eing( " theThinginI t-
" i t o r e ls e m us t b e no t hi n g at a l l.
o S tatementsI , I I , and
an d a ll r e la t i i t — mu s t be e i th e r
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D C O U R S E .
orelse" o " theA bsolute.I n
hertheA bso lute( the
, o r el s e th e R e l a ti e ( " a n i m-
v iew oraspecto theW hole
ithero thesetwothings( which
o u mu s t re m em b er , t h en i t i s
i e — a nI l lu si on o a n I l l u si on — a
e lati ething( oraserieso
s , oraposit i e lieha ingno
eA bso luteortheR elati e .
stations orR elati i-
tisunabletosee plainl , or
t h e A b s o lu t e in I t s el . B u t t h e r el a -
bso luteareapparenttotheordi-
andaglimpseo the" thinginit-
m a b e h ad t h ro u gh t h e S p i r it u al M i nd
o ldssoastoadmititsra s.
o thatparto oursubject w e
f ollowingstatementin
smindma restf oramomentin
stionthatmustine itabl come
theabo eele enstatements.
sthis comingf romMan:" A nd
s ol u te a n d R e l at i e " O r a s a n
k ed: " Wheredo/ comein "
nupin ourf inallesson but
re : Man asheseemstohim-
thinhimboththeA bso lute the
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H E U N I V E R S E . 27
w emean hehasw ithinhim
p i r i t w h ic h i s A b s o lu t e. T h is S p i ri t i s
t h e R e l a t i e v i . : ( 1
r g o r F o r c e ( 3 M in d. T he S a n -
eare: A tman meaningS pirit
A k a s a m ea n in g M at t er o r t he
o t h e un i e r se ; P r an a m e an -
, e t c. a n d C h i tt a m ea n in g " M i n d -
Philosoph teachesthatthese
dina llthingsintheU ni erseo
a n or S p i ri t b ei n g th e R e a l it i s
i n e e r t h in g . B u t n ot i n t he
f , o r s ep a ra t e o r a p ie c e al l ot t ed t o
ct. I tma bedescribedas" brood-
e r se a n d be i ng i n u n de r a r ou n d a n d
W e m a s p e a k ( a n d w e ha e i n
M an h a i n g wi t hi n h im ( o r e ls e a s
r o pf r om t he O c e an o S p i r it a S p a rk
me " " a R a f r om t he S u n o
t th e se a r e me r e f i g u r es o s p ee c h f o r
S pirit— therecannotbe( see
) . I n s te a d o i n di i d ua l m en b e in g l ik e
go ldinthe ircenter the are lik e
chain thesamechainbeing
sisamostclums il lustra -
a f a i nt i d ea o t h e es s en t ia l d i f e r -
ceptions.
o r c en t er o c o ns c io u sn e ss o r
tw haty ouw ill , restsuponthis
t i s a p oi n t on t h at c h ai n i n f a c t.
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D C O U R S E .
echain arecomposedo
p o s s es s F o r c e o r E n e rg ( P r an a ;
hitta , a llo w hichthreesub-
e lati emani estationso the
ib e in g t he o n l " t h in g i n it s el "
r e al t h in g a b ou t m an f o r t he
e temporar , incomplete etc.
iesthatbe longtotheA bso lute
themintheabo estatements.
ttero theconstitutiono
o n a n d me r el m en t io n t he
sana idtothestudent andpar-
itableq uestionthatcomesup
uction. Wemustnow goonto
ThreeGreatMani estationsor
t he n s pe a ko T h e S p i ri t A t -
a n d Ma n s R e l a t io n t o Go d w h ic h
i d dl e o t h e U n i e r se . T h e
e s t — M a t te r E n e rg a n d Mi n d
e l at i e o c o ur s e o t h e A b s o-
a l wa s i n o rd e r to p r e e n t co n -
stationso theA bsolute
studied andcomparati e l w e ll
e l le c t o e e n M an o t o -d a , a r e
bs ta nc e ( A k as a .
rF o r ce ( P r an a .
ta nc e ( C h i tt a .
erecogni edb themodern
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H E U N I V E R S E . 277
sica lscientists a lthoughsome
g e ' t h e la s t me n ti o ne d f o r m. I n
subject w esha llgi ey outhe
esternthinkers orratherthere-
nsandin estigations sothat
se l the areapproachingthe
a t l ea s t so f a r a s th e r el a ti e " w or l d
ned. TheY ogisk now thatthethree
estationsarerea ll notthree
onemani estation the irteach-
agrosserf ormo E nerg or
adingandmeltingintothe latter;
r g i s a g ro s se r f o r m o " M i nd
ua ll shadingandmeltingintothis
tation.A ndtheMind-substance
operationsalmostreachesthe
r o m wh i ch i t h as e m er g ed i n f a c t i t
pointo itsemergence thatthe
he m i nd o t h e mo s t ad a n ce d
o t he e a c t li n e o d i f e r en c e.
derlater.O urf irstconcern
eMani estationo Matter.
as a
dortermusedb scientiststo
o whichthematerialand
scomposed w hichsubstance is
nsioninspacewhichitoccupies
hesenses— the" bod " o
n ce o t h in g s. I t i s u su a ll d i -
s o r p ha s es I e . } S o l id L i u i d
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
Matterismatterwhoseparts
sist impression suchasstone
i u i d Ma t te r i s ma t te r h a i n g f r e e
ndeasil y ie ldingto impres-
et a ls t a r t r ea c le o i l w at e r e t c.
f l o ws . A e r i o r m Ma t te r i s
led" e lasticf luids " suchas
e t c. O f c o ur s e t h e s e th r ee f o r ms o
ia t io n s o o n e f o r m f o r a ll m a tt e r
heranda llo thethreeclasses
e ra t ur e f o r i ns t an c e I c e i s a ki n d
o r m ; W a t e r th e s am e k in d o m a t-
S t e am t h e sa me k i nd o m a tt e r in
so temperature producingan
d f o r m s v a r , b u t an a n d al l
capableo changingthe irf orm
ngsubjectedtothepropertempera-
ir w hichisgenera ll thoughto
h a s be e n li u i di i e d an d c ha n ge d
t h e ap p li c at i on o a v e r l o w de g re e
d sc i en c e kn o ws t h at i a s u f i -
ebeproduced theL i uidA ir
a n d be c om e s ol i d. L i k ew i se t a ke
asaso lidinourordinar temper-
s u f i c ie n t he a t a n d it " m el t s
andi asti l lh ighertemperature
f intoa" gas andbecome
eo a llthee lementso Matter
ulatingthef orm. Heatisk nown
f orce thedegreedependingon
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H E U N I V E R S E . 279
ons sothatthechangeintheap-
eristheresulto thepla ingupon
o r ce ( t h e S e c on d M an i e s ta t io n .
gincertainproportionspro-
ns t an c e W a t e r is c o mp o se d o t w o
as combinedw ithoneparto
certainotherA eri ormsubstances
" g a s e s " f o r i ns t an c e A i r i s
genandNitrogen combinedincer-
urse bothWaterandA irma ,
stancesinso lution butthee le-
onesnecessar , andthe
besubtractedwithoutim-
atureo theso l ent. The
r ma a s su m e ap p ar e nt l d i f e r en t
therockscomposingtheearth s
integrateandarereso l edinto
" " d i rt " e t c . Th e n th e p la n t- s ee d
rthrootsandshoots draws
k ingf romitcerta ine lements
eandli e transmutingthesee le-
nce ce lls etc. andsothus
o arock isnow aparto a
an w hoeatstheplant and
edintobone muscle blood and
an . I f a n o e a ts t h e pl a nt a n d
eresult isthesame. Theelement
mentintheman. A nd
a lthoughthef orm shape/
atterhaschanged notasingle
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D C O U R S E .
atterhasbeendestro ed. C on-
tecombinations buteterna le -
lscienceclaimsf ortheatomo
nceanatomo therock and
e r in y o u r bo d , w i ll i n t im e
ranimalli eo someotherf orm
al w a s b e s o a n d ha s a lw a s b e en
nce. Scienceseeingthisapparent
natura ll jumpstotheconclusion
utething ignoringthef act
mani estationo something
teB eing. Ph sica lSciencehas
lithasbeenabletoclassi y it into
es c a ll e d " e l e me n ts " w h ic h i t ha s
thatis incapableo f urther
heY ogiPhilosoph teachesthat
ntsarebutf ormso oneele-
t o ne f o r m o m a tt e r a s ma b e
reachesahigherstageo de-
nceisreachingthesamecon-
snotbeenabletoposit i e l
periment.
thatMatteris composed
tv isibletothesight andthatthe
ap a bl e o f u r th e r di i s io n a n d is
ing inmatter. Someha eheld
mistheA bso lute f romw hich
ena llthef ormso matterha e
atw ecallE nerg andMindare
o thisA tom. The w ould
P u b
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H E U N I V E R S E . 281
mtheirGod buta las sti l lmore
eshow nthemthatthe irU lt imate
a ll andthe arenow hunting
omethinginMatter. The w ill
g is t h ou s an d s o y e a r s b e o r e t h at
U lt imate inMatteritw il ldis-
r c e an d E n e r g a n d th e n th e
timateatomo F orce. A d-
tedatthisver f actw ithinthe
w e m a e p e ct t h e f a c t t o be a c -
orever long. Whenthescientists
n e rg u n ti l t he f i n d it s " U l t i-
ometoameltingpo intw henthee lu-
e intoMind-substance andthat
nce istheA bso lute . B utthatis
o r t he p h s i ca l s ci e nt i st a l th o ug h a n
i s .
endo ourspace andmust
nsiderationo Matteruntilthe
P u b
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.
themidsto anin uir
k now nasMatter. A sw estated
ssumedthatMatteriscomposed
t e se a t om s m a b e d i i d ed a n d
nall , therewillappearanatom
di i s io n — a n U l t im a te A t o m i n
henatureo A bso luteMatter.
beenad ancedb scientiststo
y oumustrememberthatthis
rel theoreticalandh pothetica l
erf oundit anditcouldnotbe
ngestmicroscope e eni it
i sc o e r ie s n o ta b l t h at o t h e
nd " R a di um " h a e d is tu rb ed t he se t he -
tnow arev er muchatseare-
" theatom. The genera ll
attheatomo h drogenw as
m " oratleastsonearto itthat
n initesimal w hentheserecent
heories andthee periments
adiantenerg " and" radio-
emtoagreethatthatw hichhad
althinginatomswas capableo
Scienceatthepresenttimeis
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D C O U R S E .
itt ingtheY ogiteachingsthat
MattershadeormeltintoE nerg
t te r i s bu t a l es s r e i n ed o r a
e rg o r F o r c e .
r " asthenewspapersand
l i p p an t l s t l e i t i s w ha t h a e
" w hichare inthenatureo
ctricit . I thasbeenstatedb an
ma getaf eeble ideao the
ectronsandtheatomb imag-
o n g 8 0 f e e t wi d e a n d 5 0 f e e t
atteredw ithinthisspace1 000lit-
ch t h e si e o a n o rd i na r f u l l-
n e ws p ap e r t p e — t h is ( . i s t he
om e n jo e d b t h e " f u l l- s to p
correspondstothespaceand
" e l e ct r on s i n a n at o m. W h e n
tomitse l containingthese
etothehumansight w ema
si e o t h is t h in g c al l ed a n
ernscience. These" e lectrons are
energeticandtobeinconstant
aroundeachotherlik eplanetsin
mustberememberedthatthis
edandacceptedasanecessit
houghboththeatomand" e lec-
the becamenecessar toaccount
s andsow ere in ented and
euntilsomethingbettero f ers
ematter notasacceptingit
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O R C E . 28
topo intouthow nearmodern
eYogitheor o the identit
orF orce. Studentswillno-
me thateachnew scienti icdis-
r th e r to t h is i d ea a n d ho w l a te r
rg w i ll b e r ec o gn i e d a s sh a di n g
. S omereadero thisles-
rs o r m or e f r o m n o w w i l l sm i le w h en
) andseeshow nearl it
ee tendourhandacrossthe
u t ur e r ea d er w h o is v e r l i ke l
nde eninthatda , there
" Mind " unlessitbe
stationo theA bso lute in-
a b so l ut e f o r S p i r i t is a s m uc h
now it asMindishigher
, a n d a s F o r c e o r E n e rg i s
F orceandMatterare
ani estation andtheA bso lute
Mani estoro Mani estations.
ertheacceptedtheorieso
ringMatter sothatw ema
chingtheYogiteachings.
atterasoccup ingin inite
andbeinge er w here insome
atthesumo matteriseterna l
t is thattherene ithercanbe
actionf rom thesumtota lo
ercanbemorematter orless
thepresenttime andthatthe
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D C O U R S E .
asalw a sbeenthetota lq uantit .
rse holdsthatMattermustha e
i t co u ld n o t ha e b e en m ad e o ut
n d mu s t al w a s e i s t be c au s e it c a n-
o r " s o m e th i ng ' c a n ne e r b ec o me
db sciencethata lthoughMat-
rm andw ork intocountless
esconstantl ) , st il lMatter( in
c h an g es ; l o se s a n t h in g o r g ai n s
i s t he s a me y e s te r da , t o da a n d
f act. I n initeandE ternal.
sbeenmak ingaGodo Mat-
gto itq ua litieso theA bso-
a litiesbe longingtoamani esta-
suchqualit iesbeingmerel loaned
p r op e rt " o M at t er . T he
i n i t s el d o es n o t e i s t
e r g , w hi ch E n e rg i s a f o r mo
ani estationo theA bso-
teaching how e er itspeak s
F o r ce a n d Ma t te r a s t he T h re e
dingintoeachother andw ew ill
ulessons. S omescientistsha e
heWholeThing " andthat
tq ua lit iesandincidentso
e ldthatE nerg andF orcew as
andthatMatterw asbutamani-
a n d th a t Mi n d wa s a q u a l i t o r
a r n o ne o t h e ph s i ca l s ci e nt i st s
R ea lThing " w ithF orce
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O R C E . 28 7
orattributes a lthoughsome
nsandphilosophersha eheldthat
l l i s M in d " a n d th a t Ma t te r a nd
" o r n o n- e i s te n t. T hi s v i e w
certainschoolso metaph si-
sica lcults. Thestudentw ill
oph acceptseachandallo
correct e itherv iew edseparate l
tteachesthatunderl inga llthree
o lu t es " " u l ti m at e s " o r " r e a l
R e a li t — t h e A b s o lu t e f r o m
stationsemanate. TheYogi
esnoneo theschoo lso thought
pla inseachseto theories un-
Ev enamongthev arious
oughtaref oundtheabo emen-
thoughtortheor , butthose
ead-w aterso thestreamo the
indthata llemergef romthe
theOne— theA bso lute— the
ani estations transcendingMat-
M i n d.
p h s i ca l s ci e nt i st s t h eo r ie s o
lectto mentionthatscience
e pt t h e th e or o a n " e t h e r " ' o r
M a tt e r w h i c h is s t at e d to f i l l al l
w eenthestarsandso lars stems
heatoms molecules " e lec-
c al l ed " s o li d b o di e s. T h is " e t he r
n t e n u ou s r a re f i n e e t c . f a r
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
h a n an o t h e f i n e st g a se s o r v a -
ee erhasseen heard
e l t t h i s " e t h e r " b u t it s e i s te n ce i s
countf orcertainph sica lphe-
sono lightandheat etc. Sci-
rati e toho ldthatMatteris
i s ts i n s om e f o r m e e r w h er e
ormulateandacceptthe
t en uo us f o rm o M at te r to " f i ll
so t h e th e or o " e t he r a r os e .
asnoq uarrelwithW estern
t hi s q u e s t io n o t h e " E t h er . I n
s " e t he r e i st s i n se e n di f e re nt
nuit , theS anscritterm( in
e in g " A k a sa . A k a s a i s th e S a n -
pleo theMani estationo
hatit per adesandpen-
thatit ise er w here; omnipres-
e r a n d al l f o r ms o M a tt e r
k a s a — f i r st t h e si l o w er f o r ms o
n thenthegasesandvapors in
ss ; t h en t h e ai r ; t h en t h e li u i ds ;
saisthesubstancecompos-
andthedensestsolids— thesun;
thea ir; thew ater; thehuman
t h e an i ma l s ; t h e b od o t h e pl a nt s ;
e e r t h in g h a i n g f o r m ; e e r
gthatcanbesensedb theordinar
thehigherf ormso A k asaare
sandsubtlethanan f ormo
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O R C E . 28 9
senseso theordinar man.
disembodied boththosethatha e
sw ellasthosew hicharetra -
h a e a " b o d " o f i n e ma t te r
ar senses. A ndbeingson
reencasedinsomeo its
vehiclebe ingnecessar f orthe
se era le lementsinthecon-
higher beings.Matterin
f o r F o r c e a nd E n e rg t o p la
aw a s h a e a b o d o M a tt e r
s t re i n ed k i nd i n o rd e r to m a ni e s t
luteusesitsf inestf ormo Man-
s h ig h es t f o r m f o r c er t ai n e -
turn usesthe low ervehicles.
oo ls; instruments; con e-
so e pression. Wementionthis
entma rememberthatthere
er muchhigherthanthatw hich
dnar senses. S oclearl
ancedoccult ists thatsome
s in g O r i e nt a l im a ge r , h a e u s ed
o G o d i n r e e r ri n g to M at t er .
ma he lpthestudenttoappre-
dignit o Matter a lthough
ow nessinthesca le . Weshould
t h e ph s i ca l s ci e nt i st s w ho m ak e o
tw i n f o l l o m an m e ta p h -
how ouldmakeo Mattera
o r e e n " N o t hi ng . '
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D C O U R S E .
ey ouintothedeta ilsre -
sson butw ema mention
eessenceorf inestprin-
s o f i n e a f o r m o M a t t er t h at i t
n e c e pt t h e hi g he s t f o r m o
now ntoa lle ceptthehighl
se t h is f o r m o A k a s a a s a v e h ic l e
nve ilo substanceseparating
f r o m t he U n i e r sa l M in d b u t
n andsuchMindsare inthe
ni ersa lMind. Thisf orm
es t f o r m o M a tt e r — s o m e Y o g i
t s e l . A t t h e be g in n in g o
so l i e inthev ariousparts
o r in t he v a r i ou s U n i e rs es i y o u
e on l f o r m o M a tt e r ma n i e s te d
orm. ThentheA bso lute using
h e U n i e r sa l M in d s e ts i n to
nerg orP ranaw hichpla supon
sa andcausesittobecomeeach
r ms o " e t he r i n s uc c es s io n . Th a t
o r th a p a rt o i t se l i n t ho s e
cessionitbecomesmani estedin
r v a p o rs ; g a se s ; a i r ; l i u i ds ; s o l-
is a m a ni e s ta t io n o e a ch f o r m o
es t ( o r A k a s ic E s s en c e t o t he
d o a w or l d c c l e o r a s it
there isagradua l" draw ing
A k a sa t h e de n se s t f o r m s di s ap -
o l lo we d ( a t e r ag e s b t h e ne t i n
P u b
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O R C E . 29 1
ear thenli uids thengases
nuntila llA k asa isdraw ninto
s es s en c e t h e pr i nc i pl e o A k a sa
nsetintomotionatthebe-
e.
ht ulstudentma askhim-
n al o g , h e ma n o t su p po s e th a t in
cle theremightnotcomea
ouldbedrawnintothePrana
hitta andtheC hitta intothe
dw hetherthestatementthatthese
nso theA bso lutemani estor
hada" beginning — atime
nbegan. A ndw hetherthiscon-
notherthattherearea
cC y cles andsoonuntilthemind
othise pectedq uestionw e
eC osmicprocessessostupen-
thate ensoulssofarad anced
sideredarchangelsandgodsare
to them.Thehighest
ow ntousthisw ord butas
e s s to h a i n g ha d g li m ps e s o
dnge enthe ircapacit f o run-
ension thattheirgod-like
hisbeingthe case wema
gthestudenttoconsideran -
dC y cle o w hichw ema
n oraf utureserieso lessons.
rothersonthePath thatthough
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D C O U R S E .
hew ork ingso theDi ineC os-
e em t o c ar r G o d a a r o f
romus— theTruthisthatnotw ith-
soperationsandworkings
i s h er e w it h y o u a l wa s h e re
ou. C loserthanabrotherisHe
oherbabe— closerthana lo er
arertoY outhanisyourheart
ra in. TheSpirit isa lw a sw ith
rage. A ndthisistrueo . the
t h e v i l e st — a s t ru l a s o t h e
ghest; thepurest. Thedi f erence
recognit iono theSpiriton
cstatementsandteachings
o u f a i l to u n de r st a nd t h em o r h a e
s n ot n e ce s sa r f o r y o u e e n t o
lessunderstandthem muchless
lthatisnecessar : L earn
y ouandallo thers— that
o H i m a s he i s t o y o u f o r y o u
— l ea r n to r e al i e t h e O n e L i e
u r se l t o t he i n l o w o t h e D i i n e
a n d be w i ll i ng t o g ro w d e e l op
r st u di e s y o u w il l f i n d th a t th e
reatthingsandthesmall in
ms . T he s a me l a wg o e r ns t h e
e r se s t ha t r eg u la t es t h e li e o t h e
s o b el o w " s a s t h e ol d o cc u lt
r e y o u s t ud t h e mo r e wi l l y o u
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O R C E . 29 3
d thethingsthatlienearest
il h a e t h e ke t o t he t h in g s be -
nogreat; there isnosmall in
r m s. H a e F a i th — h a e C o u ra ge
d ab o e a ll h a e L o e a nd C h a ri t .
heSecondGreatMani esta-
o rc e. ( P ra na .
a pr i nc i pl e o N a t u r e wh i ch
t h e p o we r o r e si s ti n g or o e r -
or" thatw hichproducesMotion.
s E n e r g , f o r i t is c a pa b le o d o -
sf ormerf orm; acharge
s E n e r g , f o r i t is c a pa b le o d o -
aL e denjarchargedw ith
n e rg , f o r i t is c a pa b le o d o in g
llparticleso Matter
eare inconstantandperpetua l
ideredb sciencetobe
t h at i s . e i s ti n g e e r w h er e a nd
p h s i ca l c ha n ge a n d e e r c h em i ca l
a changeintheatomscom-
ustmentandchangingo com-
m o ti o n ; g r a i t at i on ; a l l f o r m s
; m a gn e ti s m ; l i g h t ; h e a t ; c o h e -
; i n f a c t al l f o r ms o m ot io n o r f o r ce
ngeintheposit iono the
r e f o r m s o E n e r g , o r m an i -
iple. Tothoseun amilia rw ith
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D C O U R S E .
E n e r g p e rh a ps m a b e b es t
he ideao " thePrinciple
ngeinMatter.
scienceregardingE nerg ,
Matter.Thatis itisheld
ma mani estinnumberless
e t ra n s o r me d a nd c h an g ed f r o m
y e t t h e s um t o ta l o E n e rg i n
e d a nd u n ch a ng e ab l e a n d th a t no t
e rg m a b e c re a te d n o r de -
aterhow itma changef ormand
a r i n g f o r m s t h at s u ch c h an g es
rmsandcombinationso Mat-
e lati eandnotactua l inasmuch
h o le i s n ot a f e c te d a nd r e ma i ns t h e
unt.Thistheor orprin-
nce isk now nas" ThePrinciple
o E n e r g .
aconsiderationo theabo e
materialpowercanbring
particleo Matter orasingle
orcanan materia lpowertak e
gleparticleo e itherMatteror
egardedasf i edandunchangeable .
o r m o M a tt e r o r r at h er t h e co m-
andw ema trans ormone
n to a n ot h er a n d so o n b u t ne i th e r
tro ed. Energ istheprin-
nMatter andman scien-
p r o pe r t o r q u a li t o M a tt e r "
P u b
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O R C E . 29
separateprinciple work-
tter. A ne ampleo the
e f o r m o E n e r g i n to a n ot h er
ws :
a light w hichlightispro-
o e lectricit throughthe little
e lattero f eringaresistanceto
tancecausingtheenerg o the
ormedintoheatandlight. The
romad namo thepowero
steamengine.Thesteamen-
omtheEnerg o steam w hich
h e e p a n s io n o w a te r b t h e
he h e at i s a f o r m o E n e rg t r an s -
n e rg i n t he c o al w h ic h e ne r g i s
n.Thecoalobtainsitschem-
sunw hichimparteditto the
oaloriginated ore lse perhaps
herentinitsatoms. Thesunor
e rg f r o m th e U n i e r sa l E n -
thew holeprocessisacha ino
ghtbecarriedmuchf urther
ctricit m ightha ebeenusedto
to impartitsmotiontocertain
n. B uttheprinciple isthesame
sad isedtoreadsomeele-
u ra l P hi l os o ph , o r P h s i cs i n
ed i d ea o E n e rg F o r ce
pl e s o t h e tr a ns o r mi n g o E n -
m o m o ti o n to a n ot h er m a b e s ee n
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
k up a b a ll a n d se n di n g a ne r e -
causecerta inmuscleso the
and w hichprocessimparts
owsitf romthehand. The
t andthrow sitdown and
ke tendingaroundthew orld
o n e a t e r th e o th e r b i m pa r t-
irstone w hichwouldpass
d so o n . Th e E n e r g i n g un -
inaclosechamber isim-
shapeo motion andthe
pace untiltheEnerg inthe
t t r a ct i on o G r a i t at i on o e r -
no thepowder ande en-
anewmotionwhichcauses
earth.
ica landoccult teachesthata ll
on— thatis theatomsare in
motionorv ibrationo course
i pl e o E n e rg . W e c a n no t
b u t it i s k no w n to e i s t a n d
eimpossiblew ithoutit . Each
ts o w n ra t e o v i b ra t io n . W e
oraconsiderationo thispart
mustre erthestudentw howishes
iesandf actso materia lscience
k sonthesubjectw hichma be
or e o r pu b li c l i br a r . W e h a e
andw illnow passonto
Prana w hich. correspondsv er
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O R C E . 29 7
ngso ph sica lscienceregard-
c t th e re i s v e r l i tt l e gr o un d f o r
lprinciplespossibleto in estiga-
eachesthatintheworld o
, a ll M at te r o r f o r ms o A k a sa i s
ereisnorest intheworldo
o materialobjectsisonl
ct. HeatandL ightaremere l
m an i e st at io n o E n e r g . S u ns
ace— theirparticlesare
dmo ing— chemica lcomposi-
onstantandunceasing-
ownarein ariableinci-
tom- li e andmolecularbe ing.
eatan point.Work iscon-
ndsomethingisa lw a sbeing
o new combinationsbe ing
e isnocreationo somethingf rom
e thecauseo Motion C hange
b t h e S a n sc r it w o rd " P r an a .
k a sa i s p re s en t e e r w h er e .
eholdsthatbothare" eterna l
heYogiPhilosoph teachesthat
nsorMani estationso theA b-
lonl throughtheA bso lute and
themsel esthe arere lati eand
pressed mani estedor
th e A b s o lu t e a n d ag a in m a b e
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
mani est butw iththise -
w hatph sica lsciencesupposes
eakso themas" in initeand
e asarule considersthem
buttheYogiPhilosoph teaches
a gr o ss e r f o r m o E n e rg o r
tedf romthelatter. B uttoa ll
he ma beregardedastwo
ourconsiderationo theUni-
o r ms o a c ti o n e n er g , m o-
s we h a e e p l ai n ed i n o ur c o n-
. I t h a s ma n g r ad e s f o r ms a n d
pleunderl ingeachisthesame.
rmsma betrans ormedf romone
eseeninourconsiderationo
ternandWesternteachingagree ing
ect. The a lsoagree inthe
t he " C o ns er a ti on o E n e r g , "
achingsarethatthe sum-total
ersecannotbeaddedtoor
u t h e re n o te t h e di f e r en c e t h e
sagrosserf ormo Mind and
bso lutethroughMind andma
inthesamew a . B utin
no thesubject theWestern
tedasareasonable" w orkingh -
sthat" therecanbenoMat-
andnoEnerg w ithoutMatter.
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O R C E . ic p
greesthatMatterwithoutE n-
butthatthere issuchathing
tt e r f o r t he r e wa s E n e r g o r
sMatterorA k asa a lthoughin
l therea lprincipleo E nerg ,
tedinMotion whichisf arf rom
methingcausedb thepla
tter w hichweca llMotionor
cting w hiletheotherisman-
en s e th e U n i e r se h o we e r
nerg , andnoEnerg not
ughMatter. S o inthiscase
eo r m a b e a cc e pt e d b t h e st u -
pothesis/ a lthoughhemustnot
eaching.
P r an a o r r a t he r o t h at f o r m
t al E n e rg , e t c. i n o ur l i tt l e
r e at h " a n d in s o me o o u r
" a n d in " H a t m Y o g a I n o ur
s w hichw illbeonthesubjecto
w e Ma l l ta ke u p m an i m po r ta n t q u e s-
sotherforms( thatis
r ce e t c. a n d it s c on t ro l b t h e
entma see f romw hatw e
beingagrossermani estation-
bstance and inf act a pro jec-
e thatonewhounderstandsthe
hematterma e erciseagreat
ughtheMind underthedirec-
ubjectcomesunderthehead
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D C O U R S E . .
andw illbeconsideredinourtreat-
ourne tlessonsasabo e
uponthematteratthis
ouma f ormagenera lidea
t h at t h e po s it i e c a n al w a s c o nt r ol
tandstoPrana inthere lation
negati e— andthecontro lispos-
underthedirectiono theWill.
asPrana amaisthescienceor
anab theMind orWill.
hescienceo " R ajaY oga " and
spossessedande ercisedb the
o t h e E a s t a nd W e s t c o n-
e po w er o t h e " A d e pt s " a n d
arek now ntothew orld. The
subjectarecare ull k ept
thef ew lestmank indwould
rwereit tobemadeknown
t h er e i s q u i t e a po r ti o n o t h e
wedtobe madepublicto
a n d an o n e po s se s se d o s u f i c ie n t
tion inconnectionwith
ma putintopracticeagreater
cienceo P rana ama. There
" R a j a Y o g a " b e si d es t h is o n e
eMindorC hitta etc. e tc.
soneo the leadingteachings.
s ub j ec t o E n e rg o r P ra n a w e
o ourstudentstothefact
o thetrutho theYogi
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O R C E . 30 1
isagrossermani estationo
e ltsintothe latter area f orded
r e r s o t h e ph e no m en a o E n -
r e r s an d i n e s ti g at o rs h a e
asionalcon ictionthatF orce
e o i t s f o r ms d i sp l a e d a s om e-
tion insteado actinglik e
e n th e a tt e nt i on o t h e sc i en t i i c i n-
othisf act( anditw illbebe-
ln o ti c e c l as s i y a n d in e s ti g at e t he
swillbee o l edandtaughtto
ciencemuste entuall come
outthetrutho theYogiteach-
i st .
P r an a o r E n e rg , w e pa s s on
eThirdGreatMani estation
b st a nc e ( C h i t t a .
ph sica lsciencehastosa re-
" Mind. Westernmateria l
an theoriesregardingthe
ulethe ha ediscardedthe
siciansandphilosopherso the
htto f indamateria lbasisf ormen-
etriedto f indasatis actor
hatMindissimpl amani-
achemica le f ect— amechanica l
me t hi n g gr o wi n g ou t o ; e m an a ti n g
tingf romMatter. Oneleadingsci-
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D C O U R S E .
deathatthe brainsecreted
rsecretedbile. J ustthink o it
Matter Themateria listsha e
mmencingatthewrongend.
rtheU ltimateandA bsolute
somethingspringingf romit
hatprocessw ouldbef arnearer
ogiteachings. How e er
einningtosee itserror andis
Mind E nerg , andMatter
erentformso somethingthatthe
e " andsimilarnames. The
rtothe" dreams o theoc-
ormerl despised.
nd asf o llows: " The inte llec-
inman; theunderstanding;
s judgesorreasons " w hich
erlook sthef actthatMindisman-
as a n d in p l an t l i e a n d e e n
thoseho ldingthe ideathat
ne ca lltheMindo animals
etc. andtheMindinminera ls
, " e t c. " I n s ti n ct i s t h e t er m g en -
enta loperationso the loweran-
e nc " i s d e i n ed a s f o l l o ws b t h e
tioned: " A ppetenc istheten-
dbodiestose lectandimbibesuch
r etosupportandnourish
s aredesignedthroughtheir
ntheanimalorvegetableeconom .
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O R C E . 30 3
etheor o man smonopo l
eessha etoadmitthepossessiono
inthe loweranimalandv ege-
scienti icobser ersregard
actiono minera lsasaf orm
w o c ou rs e i s th at o t he Y o g is
ariableaccompanimento
t h is b e in g t ru e o e e r a t om
so atoms. TheY ogis
consciousnessf rommeresen-
rmso spiritua lconsciousness
andf ormso Mind.
otha espacetoconsider
ol o g , i n f a c t s u ch a c o ur s e wo u ld
seo the lesson. B utinorder
entourideao themeaningo
t h at b " a m an i e s ta t io n o
c t o c o ns c io u sn e ss a n d b
meanan e idenceormani esta-
" f r o m me r e " s e n sa t io n t o t he
sciousness. Thestudentpresentl
hise planation.
e lo we s t f o r m o c o ns c io u sn e ss
ed b W e b s te r a s: " A n i m pr e s-
throughthemediumo the
eelingaw akenedb e ternalobjects
he interna lstateo thebod .
o " aw areness orconscious-
e e li n g. I t i s n ot e a c tl t h e sa m e
o r " s e n s at i on i s a " f e e li n g " w h i le
P u b
l i c D o m a
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D C O U R S E .
n o wi n g o t h e " s e n sa t io n — t h e
etsthe" sensation. F orinstance
he p re se nc e o a f l o n ou r ha nd —
henourmindrea li esthat
ausingasensation thatis
s s e ns e o s m el l m a m a k e hi m
enhismindturnsitsattentionto
othestimuluso thesensation
smellingarose-— doy ounote
e er thisisnota lessonin
e re l w a nt y o u t o re a li e w ha t " s e n -
sp e ak o i t a s an e i d en c e o
nsationwithoutsomebit
cceptit . J ustastherecanbe
ssomethingto" cause it
sationunlessthereissome-
t— andthatrece i ing- thingis
egree orf orm. Thisisthe
member. S impleC onsciousness
snessarehigherformso " aw are-
b u t th e d i f e r en c e is o n l i n
eS ensationo themostun-
l i e d i f e rs o nl i n de gr ee f r om
onsciousnessormenta le f ort
re enbeingsmuchhigherinthe
s uc h b ei n gs e i s t — t h e a r e as
anman asmanisthanthe
reoncemen andmenwillbe lik e
t s i de o t h e A b s ol u te a l l de -
a r e ac t s o t h e Mi n d a n d th e
P u b
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O R C E . 30
so degree. Mindisauni-
asisMatterorE nerg , andit
closel regardingitsmani esta-
ew so modernph sica lsci-
estHaek elasrepresentingthe
n ce d s ci e nc e o t o -d a . H i s w o r ks
meandradica l andheem-
ncedtheorieso themateria l-
eH aek eldoesnotrecogni e
S u b st a nc e a n d be l ie e s t he
e i s ti n g a n d wi t ho u t an p r ec e d-
ow how e er thatmodern
f romtheo ldmateria list idea
a n d " r a w m a t te r a n d th a t he
ehighestmaterialisticconcep-
Man. I nf act theschool
ounded ad ancinga longthe
w illsoonbeseparatedb onl
omtheschoo lo ad anced
neisremindedo thecrea-
lthroughtheA lps inw hichthe
acho thetw osides thetw o
ge actl inthemiddle andthe
n ne l b ei n g f o u n d to f i t e a c tl t o
chseto thesementa lwork ers
dw illf indtheA bso lute inthe
m a c a ll i t b d i f e r en t n am es .
" T h e W o nd e rs o L i e "
o aMonismcomposedo a
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
a nc e . H e f o r mu l at e s it i n t he f o l -
: " ( i N omatterw ithout
s t io n ( 2 N o f o r ce w i th o ut
tion ( 3 N osensationw ith-
orce . H egoesontosa
esethreef undamenta lattributes
unitedthroughoutthew hole
a to m an d e e r m ol ec ul e. T hi s
missioncomingf romoneo
heleadero modernmateria list ic
ncew illbeappreciatedb those
ef amilia rw iththeoldmate-
ascontrastedw iththato the
elinhisconsiderationo the
ubstance ho ldsthatMatteris
o c cu p i n g in i n it e s pa c e a n d
geable ; thatEnerg orF orce
erna lmotion andunchangeable in
gtothe law o the" con-
" ; thatsensationbeingjo inedto
hethirdattributeo substance
hepermanenceo substancemust
ere ore sensationmustbeeterna l
uantit o rsum-tota l. H e
s insensation l ik ethose in
m e an o n l t h e co n e r si o n o o n e
a n ot h er f o r m o i t s el . I t w i ll b e
on " H aek elmeansthatw hich
e pla insthat" thew holementa l
* * h a s it s r oo t s in t h e se n -
P u b
l i c D o m a
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O R C E . 30 7
d ua l " a n d he a p pr o i n gl q u o te s
" T h e mi n d o m an i s o nl t h e
thespiritua lprocessesthat
ature . C onsiderthisascom-
ad ancedmateria listicthought.
e n ts m a de p l ai n
di f erencesbetweenthe
cienti icMonismase pounded
herleadingscientistsrepresentingthe
Materialism. TheY ogiPhilos-
stenceandbeingo theonl R ea l-
w h ic h r ea l it m an i e s ts i n t he s h ap e
i t ie s M a tt e r or A k as a E n -
n a a n d Mi n d M i nd - su b st a nc e o r
nginthenatureo " are inedand
herthano a" substance ak in
mani estations arereall
egreatmani estation andpro-
t M i n d t o t h en e t f i n es t E n e rg
rossest. Matter— thethreeshading
pla inedinthislesson. Theman-
romtheA bso lute andma aga in
he arere lati e to it andin
ordsha enorea le istence
apartf romtheA bso lute . The
I S — t h a t i s t h a t e i s ts o
stent— dependsuponnothinge lse—
ingintow hichitma bew ith-
shoo lo S cienti icMonism
S isaph sica lsomething
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
bstance " w hichpossessesthree
s w hichareca lledMatter
ation. Matterisregardedasthe
rt orattribute E nerg asthe
et orattribute; andS ensa-
n d c on s e u e nt l " t h in k in g ) a t -
u b st a nc e i s h el d t o be s e l - e -
erna l; andunchangeable inq uantit
apparentl changeable inthe
sorq ua lities.
eachesthee istenceo the
o theA bso luteoutsideo its
cienti icMonismhasnothingtosa
ot r e co g ni e i t a n d " S u b st a nc e
ombinationo Matter E nerg ,
r th a n as a " t h in g i n it s el f r o m
ow . S of arasw eareableto
philosoph o S cienti icMon-
o o r t ea c h o a n t h in g a ki n t o
s se nc e o " S u bs ta nc e " b u t i n -
nceasapure l ph sica lthing the
gsbeingdenied orignoredas
istent. Wetrustthatw eha e
deaso thisMonisticschoo lo
icthought atleastsuchhasbeen
stousasi thatschoo lho lds
e i s te n t U n i e r se — a u ni e r se
orA bso luteB eing— inother
emstobethattheU ni erse isits
ou rs e d en ie s th e su r i a l o c on -
P u b
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O R C E . 30 9
orthe immorta lit o thesoul
oul isapure l materia land
e l op m en t o " S e n sa t io n . W e
ntiontothedi f erencesbetween
sw ellastothe irpo intso re -
t he " O n e n e ss o A l l " b u t
u nd e rs t an d in g - o t h a t O N E W e
Mindo thestudentw illso il lu-
atitw il lseethetruthinthe
ctingteachings w hichstil lshow
hatinstincti eandintuit i e lean-
tow ardthe ideao " O neness.
comethespiritualawakening
llbeapparentthepo intatw hich
lea estherightPathf orthe
mw hichitw il lbecompelledto
w i ll e n de a o r t o e p l a i n t he
C hittaorMind-substance as
eteachingsregardingA tman
sre lationtotheA bso lute .
P u b
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I .
ak eupthesubjectatthe
pedatthecloseo the last
siderationo thenatureandquali-
nd-substance w hichistheF irst
R e l at i i t .
sMani estationasMind w e
ogi ey outheSanscritw ord
c he r s w h ic h i s " C h i tt a " w h ic h
nslatedmeans" Mind-substance "
t h e di f e r en c e be i ng t h at t h e E n -
sarathermetaph sica lmean-
aguesomething— acondit ionor
g " w hi l e " C h i tt a " t h e S a n -
d as a " s u bs t an c e " a " t h in g "
i t a s " M i n d- s ub s ta n ce . I n
mo r e f i r m l i n y o u r m i nd l e t us
S ubstance means. Webster
ichunderliesalloutw ardmani-
essence. Thew ordisderi ed
s " s u b m e an i ng " u n de r " a n d
tostand " thetw owordscombined
er " o r " t o u n d er l ie . ( W h e n
t ar e m a b e d e i n e d a ls o a s " t o
seenew lightinthemeaningo
d re a li e t h at i t s us e a s th e " u n d e rl -
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
i s p ro p er . S o y o u s ee C h i t t a
e orthatw hichunderliesthe
sthatw ek now asMind— it is
t h e U n i e r sa l M in d ( n o t th e A b s o -
o u m u st r e me m be r .
hittaorMind-substance
re s en t — t h a t is e i s ts e e r -
a t e e r p l ac e i n th e U n i e r se .
edandcannotbeaddedtoortak en
ere ore it isunchangeable inits
eMatterandE nerg man
occurw ithinitse l , result ing
new combinations.
econsideredasahigherphase
er j u st a s M at t er m a b e c on s id -
o Mind-substanceorEnerg .
Mind-substancewastheF irst
r o m i t em a na t ed E n e r g , a n d
atedMatter soyouseethata ll
a l su b st a nc e v a r i n g in d e gr e es
greatthree- o ldmani estation
eA bso lute .
atresemblesEnerg but
tbearsthesamere lationto
d o es t o M at t er . L e t u s s e e i w e
nsomeo thehigher
seesthatthecharacterist icso
longingtoE nerg . Tak e
sm f o r e a m pl e — y o u ma s e e
nerg andMatterthatismost
P u b
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R I T .3 13
nabledtoseeE nerg appear-
can" a lmostbecutw ithak ni e .
i n s om e o t h e hi g he r f o r ms o
o n e ma b e c om p el l ed t o f e e l th a t
k " soneardoesitcometothe
nerg andMind-substance.
s i ca l s ci e nc e w il l d is c o e r f o r ms
l l g i e a s t i l l mo r e st r ik i ng e i -
o r " r a t i on a l ac t io n " t h an a n n o w
sthatw illf o llow thato R a-
tstart l ingre o lutiono scien-
isa lmostontheborderline
er— the w illsoonbeseenas
s i s w i th E n e rg f o r mi n g th e
bitto theph sica lsenseso
Mind-substanceasproo o its
u gh t h e st u de n t o a d a n ce d p s -
a h a e s e en m an m a ni e s ta -
s t il l t hi s e i d en c e is n o t as y e t
ce nc e . A n d y e t e e r o n e is
it o Mind-substancethatw e
-substance asw ellasEnerg
cceptedb thestudentinsome-
, f o ra llthesethreemani esta-
l b t h ei r f o r ms o o u tw a rd
e E t h er t h e hi g he s t f o r m o
sedb Man andonl w henits
apeo so lids l i u idsoraeri-
sestak ecogni anceo it . I n
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
i t se l i s n ot i n e i d en c e to t h e
is sensedw henitmani ests
k now asf ormso F orce
substanceisknowntous
ught- force; etc. Matteristhe
heitse l in; E nerg isthe
Mind-substanceisthething
.
gb w hichissetinto
thatcausesMattertobe inMo-
emateria lscientistsw hichthe
g t h e or , i s v e r c l o s e to t h e
eY ogiPhilosoph , andthe lat-
to theregiono Mindasw ell
eYogiteachingisthatthe
Matterisrea ll a" litt lew hirlpoo l
r f o r me d b t h e ac t io n o E n e r g
eritsel , be ingf rict ionless
eo itsmotion andbecomes
he r e la t i e s e ns e o c o ur s e w he n t he
andpossessesa lltheproper-
tomatter i. e . dimension v o l-
tr a ct i on e t e ns i on e t c. a n d al s o po s -
These" rings areo v arious
i b ra t io n w hi c h f a c t a c co u nt s f o r
d s o a t o ms t h at h a e b e en p u z l i ng
an a ti o n o " k i nd s m a t h ro w s om e
t h e se e n t o d d " u l t im a te ( ? )
t h at h a e c o n r o nt e d sc i en c e.
ha t i t h e ra t e o v i b ra t io n o r mo t io n
P u b
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R I T. 31
e c ha n ge d t h e dr e am o t h e al c he -
d a n d on e " e l e me n t b e t ra n s-
dgo ldproducedf romlead.
ance i somedreamerstumbles
isf ull k now ntothe" A depts
t f o r w h ic h t he h a e n o n ee d o r
t h e m a s e e f i t t o u s e it a s a
re a il ingeconomiccondit ions
k to" f irstprinciples o
erationo thev orte - ringthe-
a n d ot h er s h a s ru n u p ag a in s t th e
useo theoriginalmo-
ngs w hichlieatthebottom
Matterasit isk now ntoscience.
heE therasha ingsu f icient
i t s ow n ac c or d e e n i i t h ad
isw heretheY ogiscome
esternbrethren and" lenda
eed. ( I t isq uestionablew hether
beso willingtoacceptthe
w though. TheYogiPhiloso-
substance o course" k nowing
t se l i n " T h o u gh t . T h is " t h ou g ht
C hittaorMind-substance
tsa idEnerg , w hichenerg
beenmani estedf romit. This
usca lledintopla , communicates
a n d th e " v o r te - r in g r e su l ts a n d
becomesan" e lement or" atom
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D C O U R S E .
orm dimensions etc. asw ell
E n e r g a n d Mi n d t h us f o r m-
t er E n e rg a n d S e n sa t io n s po k en
beingtaughtb H aek elandthe
meo theYogiteacherspre er
sf o llows( mere l adi f erent
n . T h e s a : T h e E t h er h a -
nd-substance throughE nerg ,
tso its" grandparentand
nceandE nerg , orC hittaand
e w hichit iscapableo using.
eE nerg intomotionandf orms
e l , f o r t he p u rp o se o f u r th e r
ew gi esthe impressiono Mat-
Mindandpow ero Motion
tentiscorrect a lthoughthe
resomew hatdi f erent anda ll
nalsource— theA bso lute .
steachthata llMatter( as
theresulto aThought and
ction ; andthatA ctionis
r ; a n d th a t E n e rg i s t he p r od -
there ore indeedMatteris
notonl inametaph sica lor
e al i t . T h e te a ch i ng c o n e s
e er thinginthemateria l
G H T i n to e i s te n ce . I n t h is
ndthepractica le planationo the
sica lschoo lsandcultsw hich
d a n d th a t " M a tt e r is N o t h -
P u b
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R I T .3 17
upastructureo metaph sica l
onthatf oundation. B utsuch
atgreatunderl ingTruth
MindaswellasMatter-
onote istinthemsel es but
demanationso theA bso lute
B e i n g w h ic h i s A l l t h er e I s .
G o d o M i nd o r o M a tt e r —
heA bso lute istheOne— the
ternph sica lscience intocon-
nationo theYogiteachings
i estations inordertoshow
ntanddi f erence andthatthe
abletomorereadil absorb
associatingthesamewith
artotheWesternw orld; and
htperce i ethatthemind
l ds t r a e l s to w ar d t he s a me i n te l -
ekstomaketruth a iomic
utw ew ishtoadd atthispo int
nte llectjustastheWestern
theYogiF athersorancient
irad ancedmodernfo llow -
c on c lu s io n s b t h e us e o t h e un -
eso themind— theregiono the
meo thesehighermenta lstates
d e e l op m en t t h e Y o g i r ea l i e s
ws certainthingstobetrue w ith-
amilia rintellectua lprocesses.
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D C O U R S E .
otbeunderstoodb thosef a-
t iono thatparto themind
butthosew hoha ee perienced
ormo reasonthanisthe
nscendsandsurpassesbutdoes
ict. Man thingsthatthe I n-
eastruth areatoncerecog-
theHigherC onsciousness
heI nte llectarethusv eri ied.
re a ch e d in a d i f e r en t w a , v i s .
nessseesand" k now s certain
eman re lapsingintohisordi-
rieswithhimtheimpression
o thetrutho something
s s i t or e p l ai n i t ( e e n t o hi m -
nd b t h e pr o ce s se s o t h e I n t e l -
a s a g e m a " k n ow a t h in g q u i t e
re c ei e d h is i n o r ma t io n t hr o ug h t he
e mi n d ( o t e n in t h e f o r m o
f i nd i t v e r h ar d to e p la in i ts
e n h im s el . H e m a k n ow
no t t el l t he z v h a n d ho u o i t
ootherthingsandideas. The
hregardingtheU ni erse f rom
obemani estedf romthe
upinsomeparto theMind-
partso theMind-substanceare
ciple ( justasarethe drops
s o do es e e r m an s m in d " k n ow
e s te d U n i e r se a n d th e b ri n gi n g
P u b
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R I T .3 19
othef ie ldo consciousnessis
ent— intheendw esha llknow
here lati e" I , " w hichis
largingitsf ie ldo conscious-
i n g it s f i e ld o c o ns c io u sn e ss t o -
themind. B uttheMindo
retsandm sterieso the
nebuttheA bso lutema k now it-
a n kn o w on l i t se l , t h at i s a l l
bso lute inmani estationor
f erenceanddistinctionhere
t t h e A t m a n — t h e D i i n e Pr i n-
ethingabo ee enMind— w hich
atrea lpresenceo theA bso lute—
theA bso lute— jtse l — and
w so f a llthecon ining
o t h e hi g he s t f o r m s o t h e S p i r -
esmergedw ithhisR ea lS e l ,
orhew illha ef oundhimsel
hisconsciousnessandk nowledge
thenw illheceasetobeMan.
hoareinterestedin thesci-
bject ma be interestedinthe
theYogisw hoimpartthe
hilosoph , teachthatne ither
ts h i gh e st f o r m o E t h er — P r a n a
orm— norMind-substance
. Noneo thesemani estations
tomic butw hatareca lledthe
" v o r t e - r in g s i n t he t h in g
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
atoms suchatomsformingcombi-
parenttobhesenses.F or
ce whencombiningwithaction
ought E nerg w heninaction
MotionorF orce. Energ in
t he p ar ad o m a b e v o ic ed ; a nd
whichwecalledthehighest
po n b E n e rg u n de r t he d i re c -
rmedintov orte - ringsca lledatoms
osserf ormso Matter i. e .
a er i o r m.
f itt inganew Westernscien-
d Y o g i p hi l os o ph , w e r e e r t h e
w or d " V r i tt a ( f o u nd i n t he
w rit ings w hichmeansw a es
f o r mi n g ' ' t h ou g ht " t h e li t er a l
V ritta be ing" w hirlpoo l.
t h e wo r d us e d in W e s t er n s ci e nc e a l so
a n d as b o th r e e r t o a mo e me n t
sumabl causingthef ormationo
e se e n th a t th e Y o g i i s me r el v o i c i n g
nhistheoriescrowd the
or v e r c lo se .
tattempttogo intothesub-
themind; theprinciplesun-
r t he p h s i ca l e f e c ts p r od u ci b le
s t h e ps c h ol o g o t h e
eachingsregardingtheD namics
othatparto thephilosoph
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R I T .3 21
a " w hichw illbetakenupin
ssons.
h o we e r t h at s t ud e nt s m us t
hebrain-matterf orMind-
terismerel thematerial
nd-substancemani ests
inditbettertothink o Mind-
ratherthanasaf ormo Matter.
whenusedinconnectionwith
t h e id e a o a " m a te r ia l s u bs t an c e
w hi c h is f a r f r o m be i ng a t r ue i d ea
t w e c an n ot v e r w el l s a
orthatw ouldindicatee itheracom-
o r c e o r t ha t f o r m o F o r ce
inacti it . M ind-substance
n e rg , a n d re m ai n s l i k e E n e r g
rpassi estate initsessence. O nl
tdoesitf ormaunionwith
mberthesepo intsplease.
ationo Mind-substance
omnipresent thatispresent
k e E n e rg a n d Ma t te r ( i t s p r o ge n )
ddedto ortak enawa f rom.
bereall di idedorseparated
ma be. Thatis a lthough
orS oulrepresentssomuch
rentl separatedf romother
nw allo thef inestkindo
it , eachmindisintouchw ithother
iththeUni ersa lMind o
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D C O U R S E .
ll M ind-substance isnotsep-
heshapeo indi idua lminds
thermani estedingrossMat-
o n e r te d i nt o F o r c e o r Mo t io n .
ourememberthatthere isna
m a tt e r f o r a ll t h e U n i e r se i s
p a rt i cl e o M a tt e r co n ta i ns E n e rg
ni erse isagreatbig
ing f romatomtosun a lthough
a r f r o m th e f a i n t es t f o r m o m e re
e enchemica lattractionand
o sensation uptothehigh-
e f ortk nowntomanorbe ingsmuch
t.
nsiderationo theA tman
e S p i r it a n d it s e p r es s io n i n Ma n .
it w esha lldroptheSanscrit
l us e t he w or d " S p i ri t " t o c on -
g. WementiontheS anscritterm
ecogni eandunderstanditw hen
gsonthesubject.
pirit wemustturnthemind
A bso lute . I napre iousles-
e y o u t he r e po r t o t h e I n -
t iono theA bso lute . I nthat
te lly ouw hatthe I nte llect
dtobelie eorack now ledge. We
is t e st i mo n o t h e I n t e l le c t is c o n-
P u b
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R I T .3 23
on o t h e hi g he r f a c u l t ie s o t h e
c e d so u ls o a l l ag e s w ho h a e
ht corroboratethereporto the
onceptionso theA bso lute .
ngthe samelines.B ut
sfactw hichislostsighto b
t h e M i nd e e n t he M i nd o t h e
canreportonl thatw hichit
n d e e n t he U n i e r sa l M in d
Mindthathas beenprojected
ndthisincludessuchparto the
tedinconsciousintelligence
ani ested— isnotabletogo
rk nowledge. I t isconditionedand
andcondit ionsha ingbeen
b s ol u te . S o y o u s ee t h at e e n
thesum-totalo a llthemind
w hatitk now sinitse l , and
erningthenatureo theA b-
atwhichtheA bso lutea llow sitto
init. TheUni ersa lMindis
member butmere l anemanation
nte llectandthehigherphases
w ha t i t f i n d s w it h in i t se l r e -
andw eareabletosa thatac-
o theMindw emustbelie e
ta inthings andhascerta in
. B ut thead ancedstudent
enthisconceptionandtesti-
notabso lute . I t isonl truth
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D C O U R S E .
ruthA bso lute f orthe latter
e itsel , andisnotcapableo
i n it e m in d — e e n t he U n i e r sa l
MindisnotOmniscient— it
h in g . I t k n o ws e e r p a rt i cl e o
e f i n e st d e ta i l o i t se l , a n d o
u st d o t hi s f o r i t is t h e Mi n d o
now sitse l anda llthroughw hich
tstools. B utitcannottranscend
mitsandit iscon inedona ll
e separatingitf romtheA b-
onl re la ti eandnotreal—
Uni ersa lMind butnotreal
n i e r sa l M in d h o we e r
e i s te n ce o t h e A b s ol u te f o r i t
eatthepo into apparentsep-
e r e i d en c e o t h e re a li t
sablea lsoto" k now thatitdoes
e itk nowsthatitk now sa llw ithin
d o c o ur s e s e es t h at t h at w h ic h
tandistheU nknowabletoit.
hingsthattheUni ersa lMind
hesenseo notha ingasyet
e se n se o t h ei r b ei n g " b e o n d
Mindunderstandsk now ledge but
a r e f u l l u n de r st o od a n d kn o wn t o
heA bso lutemustknow itse l ,
sO mniscientorA ll- now ing.
dintheA bso lute anda llo ther
imper ect andincomplete . The
P u b
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R I T. 32
thatwhatwe calltheU ni-
omethingthroughw hichtheA b-
ethingthroughwhichtheUni-
ni ersebeingthesum-totalo the
bso lute andnottheA bso lute it-
scapableo draw inguponthe
a k no w le d ge o e e r t h in g i t
c e d so u ls a a i l th e ms e l e s o t h is
he irdegreeo un o ldment.
a c t o t h e e i s t e nc e o t h e A b -
npredicatedb the I nte llect but
h areunabletopasso erthe
bso lute initse l isUnk now able
o i t i s w ha t t he U n i e r sa l
d th a t kn o wl e dg e o n e ce s si t ,
eoutside " the" inside k now ledge
bso lute itse l . We ma be
de o t h e U n i e r se a s w eu n -
erhopetok now therea lnature
w e pa s s be o n d th e l im i ts o e e n
tono Mind andpassintoa
a t io n o o u r R e a l S e l — S p i r i t .
hatineachandallo usisto
theA bso lute itsel , uncondi-
ndthattheR ealSe l o each
l o A l l — t h e S p ir it A t t n an t he
t h e A b s ol u te — t h e r a o t h e
theparticleo theS acredF lame.
bsolute o courseknowsthe
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
teriesandsecrets andw henw e
nsciousnesso thatSpiritw esha ll
eshallbeatO new iththeA b-
God. Thisisoneo thehigh-
ogiPhilosoph .
n bito theA bsolute—
parated butisnotreall sepa-
e— isthehighestprinciplew ithin
owestf ormo soulconta insit.
a n d we m a p e rc e i e i t s li g ht t o a
egreeasw eun oldandour
padegreetow ardit. TheSpirit
ge less. B uttheconsciousnesso
mo ingupwardtowardthe
emergeinit. Thisistheendo
a n d al l t he e f o r t o t h e so u l is
i s t he e f o r t o t h e so u l to f r e e
i n in g s he a th s — a d e si r e to a a i l
e .
eatM ster . Thestudent
eachingsclosel w il lnow f ind
stion— thatquestionw hichhas
so a llageswhenthe reached
o ldment orin estigation. The
p r es s ed i n t hi s w a : " W h d i d th e
, o r a p or t io n o i t se l , i n to
s orapparentl soseparate it-
se— w hatdoesita llmean— w hat
Therecouldha ebeennoneces-
he A b s ol u te i s b e o n d ne c es s it — t h e re
P u b
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R I T .3 27
ject f ortheA bso lutepossesses
e c t — i t c o u l d no t h a e
d e si r e f o r t he A b s o l ut e
orew h diditema-
eata ll; andw h diditcause
s t o e i s t a n d wh d i d it
arentportion o itse l w ithin
t h in g m us t h a e e m an a te d f r o m
se er thingmustreturnto it
w hatdoesita llmean? "
t h is q u e st i on a s c le a rl a s w e
echeer ull admitthatweare
ha eseennoansw erore pla -
iousconsideration. Theansw er
o lute andMind be ingamani-
spthatw hichisbe ondtheplane
ttemptedtoansw erthisq ues-
thoughto theE astandWest
ousspeculationsregardingit.
eparationhasnote enashadow
a n d th a t Ma a o r i gn o ra n ce a n d
eetheOneasMan . B utthis
estion— itmere l putsitback
w hencecomesthe il lusion andhow
madeasubjecto i l lusion A nd
o t h e A b s o lu t e f a i l to s e e ou r
thentheA bso lutemustbethe
g. Somew ouldsa thatw eare
tosee ingourse l esasseparated but
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
o r i w e ar e h p n ot i e d t he n
ecauseo it unlessw eassume
-h pnoti ed w hichthoughtis
isisthee planationthatthis
se — i s b u t t he " d r ea m o t h e A b s o-
s o lu t e " d r e am A k i n to
tionsisthatwhichholdsthat
includingMan istheresult
" p a st im e o t he A b s ol ut e. S u c h an
asitreducestheA bso lutetothe
adultmanseek ingdi ersion
es t h is s u ch a b e in g w ou l d be a
. Othersw ouldha eitthat
i s te n ce a t a ll b u t is m e re l a
bso lute . Thise planationw illnot
eemanationprobabl w asocca-
methingakinto" thought asw e
se o r e al i t i n e e r h u ma n s ou l
s be i ng a " t h ou g ht o r " d a -
n es s o t h e re a li t o " I , " p o s-
i s c au s ed b t h e se n se o t h e
t andisare lectionuponour
o t h e re a l " I " o t h e S p i r it
I " o t h e A b s ol u te . T he p r es e nc e
e i n ea c h is a p r oo t h at w e a re a l l o
b s ol u te a n d ar e n ot f o r ei g n to t h e
o " B r a h m a s p l a w i th t h e
hs r ea b so r pt i on o t h e ob j ec t s o p l a
r th e s po r t is o e r i s t he r e su l t o a
at e e n s om e o t h e le a rn e d H i n -
P u b
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R I T .3 29
comef asteneduponthemb the
rancestors. I t isbutanotherf orm
thetendenc tomak eo God
earef orcedtoadmitthe
manimper ectconceptiono the
andtheY ogistudentf ull
ngsthatseemv er rea lto the
ignorance— stil l inthe il lu-
m — a r e i n r ea l it f a r f r o m be i ng
e es s e l - h p n ot i a t io n o n th e
d re a li e s wh a t it m e an s t o be
rldo de lusionandtobeeman-
e i e re d f r o mi t al l. N e a rl e e r s tu -
has hadagreaterorless
wak ening orhew ouldnotbeable
he lessontoreadit.B ut
no the il lusion andthecom-
k " a n d pl a o t h e wo r ld d o es n o t
anationorreasonf orita llasit
o lute. I tma te llusman
w s i de o t h in g s b u t is a b so -
he " W h " o i t . Th e " H o w
mani estation andtheU ni-
atplanew ithinitsjurisdiction.
p l an e b el o ng s t o th e A b s o lu t e it s el ,
to theMind. Wema actuall
u s d o — t ha t t he A b s o l ut e I S . N o t
e llectmakesnecessar theac-
butbecausethehigherregionso
ti ek now ledgeo H ispres-
P u b
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D C O U R S E .
u f i c ie n tl u n o l de d f i n ds w i th i n
something theS pirit andk now s
haseo Mind. A ndthe
hc h ma b e e p l or e d b t h e A d e p t
con rontedw iththeA bso lute
stence. B utthesoulma not
n e ss o t h e S p i r it n o r th e U n i -
n e ss o t h e A b s o lu t e.
n de a o r ed t o s ol e t h is M s -
t e an d i ts M a ni e s ta t io n s. A n d
e b e en t h ei r a tt e mp t s to f i n d th e
eekphilosopher thoughtthat
a lone butmustf ore erbring
se l . S o m e o t h e H i n du w r it e rs
e o r e e n d es i re w er e t he m o -
ni estations; the longingtogo
desire f orcompanionship; the
gto lo e; theseandsim ilarrea-
m e ha e e e n s po ke n o t h e A b -
i t se l i n b ec o mi n g " m a n " i n st e ad
w riterassumesthattheA bso lute
di ided notcontenttobea lone.
on s id e ra t io n o t h e " W h , " w e
thateacho these" e plana-
mentalconceptionthattheA b-
actsf romsimilarmoti es
.I tseemsthatanthropo-
ntationo Deit w ithhuman
andra isesitsheade eninphi-
a e longsinceper ormed
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R I T .3 31
erit. Thestudentiscautioned
o t h es e p it a l ls o t h ou g ht h i s
reco llectionthata lltheseso-ca lled
p l an a ti o ns a n d " t h e or i es a r is e
A bso lute— theUncondi-
est— theattributes thoughts mo-
t h e R e l a t i e C o n d i ti o ne d M a ni -
his" W h " cancomeonl
andw illbeoursonl w henw e
theSpirit—inthemean-
ack nowledgethat: " / ( inm
now /
ot k no w th e " W h , " w e h a e
eUni erseatourdisposalinin-
w . A n d e e r d e ta i l o t h e w o rk -
e ispossibletothek now ledgeo
act it isa lread k nowntothe
ndtothosewhoareabletoe plore
mits. A nde er humansoul
t h e kn o wl e dg e o t h e U n i e r sa l
e e r m i nd i s a ll t h e kn o wl -
se a n d th e e p l or a ti o n o t h e
plorationo thedrop. The
e er bito " k nowledge
e r sa l M in d b t h e e p l or a ti o n o
ubstance. A ndheisableto
thought v ibrationorw a es
ind becauseeachdrophas
erdropandw iththeWhole .
mef romw ithout norisit
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D C O U R S E .
an s. I t c o me s f r o m w i th i n a n d
ograspthatw hichalread e -
owntotheUni ersa lMind
same andthe" new k nowl-
otcreated butisdrawn
is theR ea li a tioncoming
nse it— ourun o ldment. A nd
ghestde e lopedsoulmusttak e
questionsregardingtheA bso lute
o t h e e i s te n ce o t h at A b s o-
e l w i th t h e " h o w o t h e ma -
e rs e a nd e e n ma b e ab le t o
eoperationo things.The
mo u ld M a tt e r b E n e rg , a n d
ordinar manmightseem
requitew ithintherea lmo
an d e f e c t. A n d t h e d e e l op e d
o wl e dg e r a is e i ts e l t o a p os i ti o n
romtheoperationo causeand
laneso mani estation. The
udentstotak ee er thing" on
le s o t he U n i e rs e ma b e so l e d
c h st e p v e r i i e d b a c tu a l e p e ri -
There isaF a iththat" K now s
ogipossessesit. B utbew areo
obeabletoe pla inb his
meanso mani estedthought
ourmani estedMind thesecret
" W h " o t he A b s ol ut e w hi ch i s
nandknow ledgeb meanso the
P u b
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R I T .3 33
btandmentaldistresso er
itabl arise f romtimetotime
stion— thisGreatM ster —
nittothe in luenceo the
f i n d Pe a ce a n d B l i ss — t h at
nderstanding.
reo C onsciousness ( f orwant
a ll itthis . I tcontainsthe
nedb con iningsheathso
e r al f o r ms a n d de g re e s E n -
e n w he n i t le a e s t he b o d u p on
ca ldeath itdoesnotdepartf rom
era lvehiclesorbodieso Matter
o f i ne ne ss t he s e e r a lf o rm s o
ingpro idedw ithav er f ine
whichseparatesitf romtheUni-
e mak ingitan" entit " w hile
w iththeUni ersa lMindand
I tma beca lledanEgo—
assomeha etermedit— names
tispro jectedintoMattero
romthencew ork sitsw a b
ohigherandhigherf ormsuntil
ssingthroughstagesw henitbe-
a intak enintotheA bso lute
ng" throwninameltingpot
ingaconsciousnesso theA b-
onenessw ithit. Thislast
hetestimon o thosesoulsw hich
tagepreparator to theatta in-
P u b
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R I T. 33
tnessman o theprocesseso
e ca u se d b a n a ct i on o D i i n e
hee pressiono anearnest
n. God" thinks andthe
O f coursetheactisnot
ek now thew ord butw ecannot
w ema bepardonedf orusing
mhumane perience andi
w ereali e theabsurdit o
theA bso lutetoan
s a t h at t h is a c t o
entreo C onscious-
oul— thepro jectiono
in g s he a th s o M i nd E n e rg ,
atureo thepro-creationand
bso lutema becomparedto
mentsinOne— theSpiritma
begotteno thoseelements.
mustbebegotteno the
ua lit o theparents. The
d a n d be t h e so u l o t h e so u l —
MindandE nerg mustbethe
n d b o th t h e so u l an d b od o t h e
egotteno andcomposedo the
parentsw erecomposed f or
omw hichitcouldha ebeen
w riternamedC althrophath
e v e r s ub st an ce o G od ( i n pe r e ct
o a llparenthood w e his
el a s so u l c o me . V e r i l w e ar e
P u b
l i c D o m a
i n
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a t h i t r u s
t . o r g
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