15 -- THE OBJECT OF RELIGION IN VIEW
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51. We find now, where and when it is possible to attain the object of religion stated in the opening pages of this volume.
When the spirit gains admission into the purely spiritual regions of the Supreme Creator, then it becomes immortal, freed from pain and opposition of every description, and remains absorbed in everlasting rapture of the Supreme Bliss of the majestic vision of the Supreme Creator.
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16 -- SPIRIT AND ITS SOURCE
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52. We have now reached the stage where it becomes necessary to determine the region of the Supreme Creator, and also the present location of the traveller, the spirit-entity, to that region; as unless these two matters are settled, there can be no definiteness and practicability in the means undertaken for the performance of the journey.
53. As we have stated that the spirit-force is the source of prime energy, and that the forces of nature are dependent for their existence upon it, it would not be incorrect to infer that many common features of similarity would be found in the spirit-force and in the other natural forces. We shall not therefore be unjustified further to infer that the spirit-force, like the forces of nature, partakes of the influences of its original source, and that whenever it converges and forms its focus, the conditions brought about are, to some extent similar to those present in the original source, the similarity being complete when the converging lens of mirror does not introduce an element of obstruction, in the physical universe, such a complete likeness is very rarely met with.
A very near approach, however, is to be found in the human form which is the most developed condition of sentient entity on this earth, in short, the study of the human cosmos would be the most practical and convenient method for a comprehension of the universal cosmos, and for determining roughly the various parts into which the creation has been divided, and for finding our the region of Supreme Bliss.
54. The study of the vast expanse of objective creation, even with the aid of the best appliances, would be futile, as the scope of the physical senses does not extend even to many of the lower subtle planes that exist in creation. A proper examination of the spiritual emanations is, therefore, the only practical course of research for the object we have in view.
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