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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

will undoubtedly live much longer, perhaps to the age of several hundred years. But under these conditions his life will become more refined and spiritual. He will gradually disappear from the eyes of physical man, although still retaining a form; that is, a more refined form.

It seems rational to believe that the soul has an invisible body which is in process of growth even while the soul resides in the flesh. If the law of evolution applies in the spiritual realm, sufficient time must be allowed for the growth of this finer body; and, as the soul does not step suddenly into perfect spiritual existence, this development most precede the change called death, at least in instances where there is some degree of soul-knowledge.

From the time of the dawning of soul-activity, there is evidently a gradual awakening and development of the spiritual life within and superior to the physical life. Every fresh spiritual discovery in regard to ourselves, every spiritual deed, is an advance in that direction. Our poise, our self-control, our love at its best, is of the soul. If we were wise enough, and had conquered all disease, life would be a gradual unfolding, like the maturing of a flower, so that, when the right time should come, the soul would blossom out into the next life unimpeded and painlessly.

Victory over death therefore means the conquering of all those conditions by which man brings it upon himself, through ignorance, fear, disease, excess, and a sensuous life. The victory is progressive

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