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Moving Forward

An ancient Veda and a Purana speak of the three steps of Vishnu. The first step extends
between earth and heaven, the second between earth and the subconscient terrains
below, and the third and penultimate step is on man himself. These three steps are
actually steps of the soul’s self-discovery. At first the soul in us discovers itself in creation
and the world from matter to mind, from earth to the stars. The second step discovers
itself below the world of matter as forces and powers that create the sense or the illusion
of concrete material forms and objects, the forces that govern his psychological states
from some hidden springs below and behind his surface waking consciousness. But the
third step is the discovery of himself, his own true self that lies behind the masks of his
ego-personality.

The first two steps have been taken to some extent. But the third has just begun with an
increasing interest in man’s exploration of his soul within. It is this crucial step that will
in a way decide and determine the course of further human evolution. Mastering the
material, vital and even psychological forces is not enough if man does not know who
he truly is. Perhaps the time has now come when man must dive deep within his nature
and discover the Source and core from where all emerge, by which all are sustained and
evolve, and towards which all tend to return.

This century will well mark this discovery and with it man will gain true freedom and
mastery over circumstances and the forces that weave his complex destiny and ill-
understood fate.

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