suggest that the Universal Mind might be thought of as an extension of human consciousness, for once the human mind has transcended its limita­tions it attains to Union with God and shares His attributes.

A man who has attained to Self-realization or Union with the Infinite Spirit and has regained human consciousness, knows that time is a limited concept belonging to his objective or evolutionary consciousness. Such a God-plus-man state as we have just depicted can only be faintly reflected in the phantasmagoria of creation. It is this ignorance of the Infinite Self within and without that constitutes Maya, which may be described as the belief in one's own false or illusory ego as opposed to the Universal or Infinite Life of our Divine Ego. When the false ego is transformed into God-consciousness, then all earthly and heavenly dwellings are not vacated — they simply cease to exist, even as illusions, for we cannot measure the immeasurable. The unreal hath no being, the real never ceaseth to be. The limitations of both have been seen by the seers of first principles." * The Seers are Perfect Men.

One cannot think of any division in the Soul, since the Spirit is indivisible, and thus we have to justify the Reality of the world and at the same time the illusion of the world as compared with Truth. Until we can regard Reality as non-sensate, non-material, Eternal Being; and life — including the ego — as an illusion or false condition which has to be transcended, we can never appreciate the true nature of man or how he was made in God's image and likeness.

How should the Perfect Man be recognized? Professor Jung wrote on this topic some years back: "It is possible, as you say, the Supreme Universal Consciousness can incarnate in human form, but I should not know how we could possibly recognize it except by pious belief." This is very true for recognition has to come from the heart, not through the intellect. In some cases a Master may draw to himself followers who have been associated with him in past incarnations for very often the link goes back a long way. This recognition can take place through dreams or inner experiences, while the aspirant may be quite unconscious of the likeness until he recognizes his Master in the flesh.

Then again quite sudden contacts may be made through some direct follower of a Master. For instance the author met a young woman in America who later had the following experience, which speaks for itself.

*Bhagavad Gita, II. 16.