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Preface - Introduction - The New Point of View - Educational Ideals - Equanimity - The Subconscious Mind - The Spiritual Ideal in Childhood - An Experiment in Education - The Expression of the Spirit - An Ideal Summer Conference - The Ministry of the Spirit - The Mystery of Pain and Evil - The Philosophical Ideal - The Criteria of Truth - Organic Perfection - Immortality - Index - p. 247

to make it speak, and so deceive one's self. The earnest investigator must be on his guard to avoid these subtle illusions.

Owing to these difficulties, it is better, as a rule, to leave all advances for the free or excarnate soul. It is inadvisable to call our friends back. They have their duties and occupations, and we should grant them full liberty. At the same time it is rational to believe that they can come to as if necessary.

It is well for sensitively organised souls to avoid reaching out to or thinking much of the next phase of existence. All these things will come in due time if we are moderate in our development. The difficulty usually is that we are too eager.

There is another mason for limiting these experiences; namely, the great thought which is my central theme in this chapter, the direct communion of the soul with the Spirit. If we devote the larger part of our spiritual life to growth in this highest direction, these minor phases of life will be rightly adjusted. We must choose whom we will serve. If the choice falls on this highest spiritual endeavour, the soul will surely move most directly toward the goal, toward normal, many-sided spiritual development and freedom.

The question is frequently asked in these days, Is bodily immortality possible? It may be possible, but it is doubtful if it be desirable; for, if the next phase of life be freer, richer, more spiritual, why should we not enter that life in due course

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