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Rh following of this method will bring about sure results. Exercise of thought in study, etc., solely for the acquirement of knowledge of a certain thing, though to some extent improving the self-consciousness, is not so effective as that thought-process which has as its sole object the transcending of the body and seeing the truth.

One of the defects of this method is that it is a very slow process for the Spiritual self to thus realize itself. It may involve a good deal of time. While the Spiritual self begins to apprehend self-consciousness by this method, still it is always engaged with a series of passing mental thoughts with which it has no relation. Tranquillity of the spirit is something beyond thought or bodily sensation, though when once attained it overflows both.

II. . This consists in fixing the attention of the Spiritual self on one object of thought, rather than on different