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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

the highest, the freest, fullest of happiness and peace, we have every reason to cling to that as the most real; and an far as our power of choice may be influential, we have the strongest reason for willing that the spiritual consciousness shall, if any, be immortal.

Some may not desire immortality, and may think it burdensome to contemplate untold ages of existence. But the healthy mind rejoices in life, and wants to live. It is of minor consequence that in a few cases the desire is contrary to the deep longing for continuous existence which many feel.

From every point of approach we are able to guard our belief in immortality, so long as we remain true to the highest sentiments of the soul. If some are unaware of those experiences, it is evidently because they have not yet been quickened on the spiritual plane. From their point of view, our entire mental life is conditioned by its accompanying physical phenomena. Immersed in the physical brain, and engaged in the study of physical states, their thought naturally partakes of their occupation. To them thinking is purely a cerebral affair. Consequently, they cannot yet conceive of the existence of a soul without a cerebrum.

The question may be asked, Is there any evidence that we shall be able to think and to remember when the soul has been separated from its physical organ of thought I The evidence is the same that I have offered throughout, namely, that in the deeper analyses the soul, and not the brain, is found

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