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anyone, unless you have the power to change in his nature what makes him act in this
way; and if you have the power, change him instead of complaining.

Whatever you do, never forget the goal which you have set before you. There is nothing
great or small once you have set out on this great discovery; all things are equally important
and can either hasten or delay its success. Thus before you eat, concentrate a few seconds
in the aspiration that the food you are about to eat may bring your body the substance it
needs to serve as a solid basis for your effort towards the great discovery, and give it the
energy for persistence and perseverance in the effort. Before you go to sleep, concentrate a
few seconds in the aspiration that the sleep may restore your fatigued nerves, bring calm
and quietness to your brain so that on waking you may, with renewed vigour, begin again
your journey on the path of the great discovery.

Before you act, concentrate in the will that your action may help or at least in no way
hinder your march forward towards the great discovery.

When you speak, before the words come out of your mouth, concentrate just long enough
to check your words and allow only those that are absolutely necessary to pass, only those
that are not in any way harmful to your progress on the path of the great discovery.

To sum up, never forget the purpose and goal of your life. The will for the great discovery
should be always there above you, above what you do and what you are, like a huge bird
of light dominating all the movements of your being.

Before the untiring persistence of your effort, an inner door will suddenly open and you
will emerge into a dazzling splendour that will bring you the certitude of immortality, the
concrete experience that you have always lived and always shall live, that external forms
alone perish and that these forms are, in relation to what you are in reality, like clothes
that are thrown away when worn out. Then you will stand erect, freed from all chains, and
instead of advancing laboriously under the weight of circumstances imposed upon you by
Nature, which you had to endure and bear if you did not want to be crushed by them, you
will be able to walk on, straight and firm, conscious of your destiny, master of your life.

And yet this release from all slavery to the flesh, this liberation from all personal attachment
is not the supreme fulfilment. There are other steps to climb before you reach the summit.
And even these steps can and should be followed by others which will open the doors to
the future. These following steps will form the object of what I call spiritual education.

But before we enter on this new stage and deal with the question in detail, an explanation
is necessary. Why is a distinction made between the psychic education of which we have
just spoken and the spiritual education of which we are about to speak now? Because the
two are usually confused under the general term of “yogic discipline”, although the goals

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