This foundational session of the True Self series will explore the nature of our physical and spiritual realities in the context of our daily living.

A select transcript extracted from this audio session is as follows:

“Understanding our own reality is the first step toward a true ‘consciousness’ of ourselves. When we begin to develop a consciousness of our true self then our perspective and views of our world begin to dramatically change. This would be the first step toward a spiritual transformation….

‘In man there are two natures; his spiritual or higher nature and his material or lower nature. In one he approaches God, in the other he lives for the world alone. Signs of both these natures are to be found in men. In his material aspect he expresses untruth, cruelty and injustice; all these are the outcome of his lower nature. The attributes of his Divine [or spiritual] nature are shown forth in love, mercy, kindness, truth and justice, one and all being expressions of his higher nature. Every good habit, every noble quality belongs to man’s spiritual nature, whereas all his imperfections and sinful actions are born of his material nature….’

‘Man—the true man—is soul, not body; though physically man belongs to the animal kingdom, yet his soul lifts him above the rest of creation….

It is the soul…that directs a man’s faculties, that governs his humanity….’

‘From the very birth of a human being the soul progresses, the intellect grows and knowledge increases. When the body dies the soul lives on. All the differing degrees of created physical beings are limited, but the soul is limitless....’”