INDEX.LESSON PAGE I. The One 1 II. Omnipresent Life 27 III. The Creative Will 51 IV. The Unity of Life 75 V. The One and ... Read more

INDEX.LESSON PAGE I. The One 1 II. Omnipresent Life 27 III. The Creative Will 51 IV. The Unity of Life 75 V. The One and the Many 101 VI. Within the Mind of the One 127 VII. Cosmic Evolution 153VIII. The Ascent of Man 177 IX. Metempsychosis 203 X. Spiritual Evolution 229 XI. The Law of Karma 253 XII. Occult Miscellany 277THE FIRST LESSONTHE ONE.The Yogi Philosophy may be divided into several great branches, orfields. What is known as Hatha Yoga deals with the physical body andits control; its welfare; its health; its preservation; its laws, etc.What is known as Raja Yoga deals with the Mind; its control; itsdevelopment; its unfoldment, etc. What is known as Bhakti Yoga dealswith the Love of the Absolute--God. What is known as Gnani Yoga dealswith the scientific and intellectual knowing of the great questionsregarding Life and what lies back of Life--the Riddle of the Universe.Each branch of Yoga is but a path leading toward the oneend--unfoldment, development, and growth. He who wishes first todevelop, control and strengthen his physical body so as to render it afit instrument of the Higher Self, follows the path of Hatha Yoga. Hewho would develop his will-power and mental faculties, unfolding theinner senses, and latent powers, follows the path of Raja Yoga. Hewho wishes to develop by knowing--by studying the fundamentalprinciples, and the wonderful truths underlying Life, follows the pathof Gnani Yoga. And he who wishes to grow into a union with the OneLife by the influence of Love, he follows the path of Bhakti Yoga.But it must not be supposed that the student must ally himself to onlya single one of these paths to power. In fact, very few do. Themajority prefer to gain a rounded knowledge, and acquaint themselveswith the principles of the several branches, learning something ofeach, giving preference of course to those branches that appeal to themmore strongly, this attraction being the indication of _need_, orrequirement, and, therefore, being the hand pointing out the path.It is well for every one to know something of Hatha Yoga, in orderthat the body may be purified, strengthened, and kept in health inorder to become a more fitting instrument of the Higher Self. It iswell that each one should know something of Raja Yoga, that he mayunderstand the training and control of the mind, and the use of theWill. It is well that every one should learn the wisdom of GnaniYoga, that he may realize the wonderful truths underlying life--thescience of Being. And, most assuredly every one should know somethingof Bhakti Yogi, that he may understand the great teachings regardingthe Love underlying all life.We have written a work on Hatha Yoga, and a course on Raja Yogawhich is now in book form. We have told you something regarding GnaniYoga in our Fourteen Lessons, and also in our Advanced Course. We havewritten something regarding Bhakti Yoga in our Advanced Course, and,we hope, have taught it also all through our other lessons, for we failto see how one can teach or study any of the branches of Yoga withoutbeing filled with a sense of Love and Union with the Source of allLife. To know the Giver of Life, is to love him, and the more we knowof him, the more love will we manifest. Less