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The Man-God Whom We Await
by
1915
The religions and philosophies of the Orient and the Occident compared;their chief difference; The mistaken idea of death. Cosmic Consciousnessnot common in the Orient. Why? What the earnest disciple strives for. TheReal and the unreal. Buddha's agonized yearnings; why he was moved by themwith such irresistible power; the ultimate victory. The identity of TheAbsolute; The Oriental teachings; "The Spiritual Maxims of BrotherLawrence;" The seemingly miraculous power of the Oriental initiate; doeshe really "talk" to birds and animals? How they learn to know and read "theheart of the world." The inner temples throughout Japan. The strangeexperience of a Zen (a Holy Order of Japan), student-priest in attainingmukti. The key to Realization. An address by Manikyavasayar, one of thegreat Tamil saints of Southern India. The Hindu conception of CosmicConsciousness. The Japanese idea of the state. The Buddhist "Life-saving"monasteries; how the priests extend their consciousness to immeasurabledistances at will. The last incarnation of God in India. His marvelousinsight. The urge of the spiritual yearning for the "Voice of the Mother."His twelve years of struggle. His final illumination. The unutterable blisspictured in his own words. What the Persian mystics allusion to "union withthe Beloved" signifies; its exoteric and its esoteric meaning. The "Way ofthe Gods." The chief difference between the message of Jesus and that ofother holy men. The famous "Song of Solomon" and the differentinterpretations; a new version. A French writer's evident glimpses of thenew birth. Man's relation to the universe.
The great riddle and a new solution. The persistence of the ideal ofPerfected Man; Has it any basis in history? The superlative faculty ofspiritual sight as depicted by artists, painters and sculptors. Symbols ofconsciousness. The way in which the higher consciousness expresses itself.Certain peculiar traits which distinguish those destined to the influx. Theabode of the gods; The conditioned promise of godhood in Man. What isNirvana? The Vedantan idea. The Christian idea. Did Jesus teach the kingdomof God on earth? Is there a basis for belief in physical immortality? Anew explanation. The perilous paths. Those who "will see God." Evolutionof consciousness from prehistoric man to the highest developed beings.
The Divine spark. Consciousness the essence of everything. Axioms ofuniversal Occultism. The great central light. The teachings of Orientalseers regarding the ultimate goal. Different stages of mankind. Births inconsciousness. Physical consciousness: its limitations. Mentalconsciousness: the jungles of the mind. Soul consciousness; whither itleads. The irresistible urge. Why we obey it. Sayings of ancientmanuscripts. Perfecting Light. The disciple's test. Awakening of the divineman. Is he now on earth? What is meant by the awakening of the inner Self.Is the atman asleep? The doctrine of illusion; its relation t