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