There are also other reasons, well known to occultists, why this knowledge should not be spread broadcast at this time.

Rest assured, dear student, that when the time comes for you to take the next step, the way will be opened out before you.
"When the chela (student) is ready, the guru (master) appears." In this chapter we will give you directions for the development of two phases of spiritual consciousness, i.e., (1) the consciousness of the identity of the Soul, and (2) the consciousness of the connection of the Soul with the Universal Life.

Both of the exercises given below are simple, and consist of mental images firmly held, accompanied with rhythmic breathing.

The student must not expect too much at the start, but must make haste slowly, and be content to develop as does the flower, from seed to blossom.
SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS.
The real Self is not the body or even the mind of man.

These things are but a part of his personality, the lesser self.