How to attain self-knowledge and God knowledge?
Self-knowledge precedes God knowledge. It consists in understanding the true nature of the soul, its relations with the body in which it is lodged, how it can be separated at will from the tentacles of the body and seek its source. It is by process of inversion that the spirit rises in the cosmic awareness and attains everlasting peace. The actual experience of death-in-life, because the spirit rises above the body, “Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” We wish to enter the Kingdom of God, but how? “With the help and guidance of one who has himself entered and can guide us there,” is the simple reply from the Master. Is it possible? “It is a knowledge which is as exact and sure as two and two make four” is their reply again. It is not enough to be content with the Holy Books which are the valuable record of inner experience of various Masters in spirituality. We must strive for the same degree of advancement as the authors of the talks and discourses recorded i
