Every human being is a ray of the Light Divine. This is what every man and woman needs to know and experience in themselves. This is the glorious Prize which every one of us has come to win. This is the Message which, in my own humble way, I have come to deliver. There is nothing new in this Message. It is written in bold letters and couched in forceful language in all the religious scriptures of mankind. I stand before you as a living testimony to the truth of religion and an eyewitness to the experiences undergone by all the great visionaries, illuminated sages and mystics of the past. I became a recipient of this Grace by a series of transformations, which occurred with great pain and suffering for years. This gave me a clue to the biological factors responsible for the change. Why I was chosen for the experiment I do not know. This is a wonder and a mystery to me. I had no special merit to deserve the favor. Perhaps, heredity played a more decisive role in this transformation than my own efforts. The laws of Spirit have to be followed by the parent and the offspring both. It is only then that the Path of Evolution can become easy and smooth to travel for the human race.

Earth-wide dissemination of knowledge of the Glory dwelling in every human being is the only way to bring about the unification of all mankind. It will make known the common Goal prescribed by nature for the life of man. The solemn task in front of us is to provide empirical evidence for the basic reality of Illumination. This is absolutely necessary to bridge the existing gulf between religion and science, and to bring concord between the intellect and heart of man. This is also needed to convince the skeptic and to clear the doubts of the vacillating. Also to confirm the belief of the believer and to show the true Path to the seeker, thus correcting the error of the superstitious and the credulous dupe. I firmly believe the time has come for this great reconciliation, and that nature has already set the stage for it. Those who have doubts should look towards the miracles of science, wrought by the intellect, and ask themselves whether there cannot be miracles of spirit also.

The knowledge of this priceless Treasure of the Spirit, far more precious than all the wealth and seats of power on the earth, can provide the most powerful incentive to all noble souls to search for it in themselves and to persuade others to make the rewarding search. When empirically proved, it is sure to galvanize the whole race into activity to find the methods and to create the environment by which the effort made to win the Glorious Prize can be greatly facilitated. This is the only knowledge that can humble the powerful and the proud, enrich and embolden the poor and the weak; the only knowledge that can provide a most powerful incentive to parents to ennoble their lives and strengthen the bonds of their love to procreate an illuminated progeny. It can vindicate the stand of those who are already on the spiritual Path, and inspire those who are not.

It can highly promote the benevolent efforts of those who, susceptible to the influence of the Spirit, are already engaged in activities aimed to bring peace, harmony and self-knowledge to the world, as also relief from sickness, suffering, pain and want to the needy crowds. With the first objective confirmation of this divine potential in human beings, the wider areas of discord between contending political ideologies and the conflicting doctrines of faith will slowly begin to narrow down till complete accord is achieved. The convinced scientists and the scholars will be the first to take up the cry. Those who think that the dream is too rosy to be true have only to bring the image of the mental climate at the beginning of this century before their eye. Could anyone believe then that in a few decades man would land on the moon and make plans for traveling to other planets in space? Nature will always have surprises for the intellect.

Every human being, the poor and the rich alike, can be the recipients of this Grace. If fact, everyone is ordained, sooner or later, to make himself eligible for this Heavenly Boon. It is the culminating point of human evolution, and the Trophy is designed to compensate for all the effort and the agony of the climb. After that, a much more evolved, happier man will live on the earth, perfectly at home both in the inner and the outer worlds. Science and religion will have to work together to make this dream come true. Cosmic Consciousness, being the Crown of biological evolution, must be possible with a healthy, natural life led in accordance with both spiritual and physical laws. All basic urges and survival instincts must remain intact till the end. Unhealthy suppression of natural urges and appetites, on the one hand, and their immoderate indulgence, on the other, can only result in abnormality. In such a state the reserve of energy essential for the transformation of the brain is used up to repair, as far as possible, the damage done by excess on either side.

The basic urges and instincts of the animal still persist in man. They will continue to persist in the future man also, only in a more refined and moderate form. Extreme austerity, penance, self-denial and self-mortification are man's own creation and have no sanction from nature. Procreation is essential for the continuance and evolution of mankind. Otherwise, how can a more evolved humanity come into existence at all? Total suppression of the reproductive urge means extinction of the race. It is only in exceptional cases, where the desire is partly or wholly absent, as a sign of highly accelerated evolution in a born mystic or genius, that it can be considered to be a natural state in such an individual. Otherwise, a healthy normal life, lived in congenial surroundings, devoted to lofty ideals and noble pursuits, ruled by temperance, truth, uprightness, contentment, compassion, tolerance, passion for self-perfection, love of the Divine, altruism and thirst for self-knowledge is the life, par excellence, for rapid evolution. This is the reason why in every gospel of faith the ideal of a good life and the cultivation of cardinal virtues are repeatedly emphasized.

Moderation and temperance are essential for accelerated healthy evolution. Immoderate passion, ambition, lust and desire, also unrestrained anger, envy, malice and hate are inimical, as they keep the mind in a constant state of unrest and turmoil. In this way, they cause disruption in the microscopic levels of the brain, where the evolutionary forces are at work, day and night, to upgrade the personality to a higher state of cognition. How can constant distraction and the remodeling of the extremely delicate tissues of the brain go on together?

We know what havoc a sudden shock, extreme grief, anxiety, pain, anguish and even anger can cause to the body. Why? Because in such agitated states of the mind, there occurs a storm in the brain and enormous amounts of precious psychic energy are consumed to remedy the adverse effects on the extremely sensitive neuronic seedbed of feeling and thought. This is what Revelation came to warn against thousands of years before the birth of science. Uncurbed lust for power, unrestricted ambition and greed are frowned upon by faith, as they disrupt or arrest the evolutionary growth. The over-clever, over-selfish and over-active brain, madly running after purely temporal ends, pays the penalty by surrendering the Immortal Crown of Illumination for the perishable trinkets of the earth. In this way, the self-seeker overreaches himself to fall prey to self-deception and self-defeat. The Laws of Heaven operate in a way that the mortal himself rewards, punishes, absolves or convicts himself.

Love, romance, adventure, sport, athletics, recreation and travel, in moderate and healthy forms, stimulate the brain and invigorate the body. Enduring love of wife, husband, children, parents, family, friends; concern for fellow human beings, chivalry, idealism, high regard for duty, truth, right judgement, forbearance, resignation, detachment and humility are the signs of healthy inner growth. Beauty, charm, melody, rapture, harmony, lovely landscapes, gorgeous scenes, awe-evoking, grand spectacles of nature, inspiring works of art, enchanting sights, sublime thoughts, moments of utter peace, prayerful moods, bubbling joy, transporting lights and pleasant odors are all, in truth, distant samples of the Supreme Experience. They all combined provide a faint foretaste of the entrancing Vision.

That which elevates, ennobles and inspires helps the Soul. Aesthetics, idealism, humanity and love are the doorway to mystical experience. All that is beautiful, harmonious, noble, blissful, true or sublime is but a warming Ray from Cosmic Consciousness. This is the reason for the use of flowers, music, incense and lights in worship and the love, longing, sentiments, hopes and aspirations expressed in prayer. Man has instinctively held to the Path leading to Transcendental Consciousness. Only his doubting reason, cupidity, lust for power and the untamed animal in him have been the cause of his frequent digressions from the Path. The vicis- situdes of history represent but nature's process to teach the intellect and tame the brute. Our future generations will know better and obey the Law.