| DISCUSSIONS | | | | beyond the bounds of the physical plane. Life here |
| Humanity as a whole is experiencing a cosmic | | | | is precious and it should not be wasted. The |
| slumber in which the Real is forsaken and the | | | | opportunities it provides for the evolving soul are |
| dream of Maya, of illusions, delusions and glamors | | | | incalculable. |
| perpetuated. In this prolonged dream human | | | | A philosophy of life based on eternal values is a |
| beings suffer, they experience pain and disease, | | | | priceless gift that any person may give to the |
| they grow old, decay, and eventually pass | | | | aching heart. Even a single law of Truth may |
| through transition--a meaningless life if viewed | | | | transform a negative expression when applied in a |
| from a materialistic perspective. Even the lighter | | | | sincere manner. This may start a chain-reaction in |
| side of this dream with its varied pleasures is | | | | which a single act of kindness executed in one's |
| incapable of consoling the weary soul who has | | | | field of awareness may eventually save a person |
| tasted most of what the materialistic life has to | | | | in dire distress, a person living at the opposite end |
| offer. Human beings in general, are angry and | | | | of the globe, and beyond one's conscious knowing. |
| confused, their sense of identity being displaced. | | | | If "evil" has the power to destroy, love has even |
| Not knowing the purpose of life they indulge in | | | | more power to construct and save. A spiritual, |
| sensuous entertainments that degrade and | | | | metaphysical education is as essential as an |
| retrogresses the soul. Unaware of the object of | | | | academic one. A balanced educational system in |
| their spiritual existence and the nature of their | | | | which the spiritual side of man is developed in |
| being, they run away from physical reality with its | | | | conjunction with the intellect creates a harmonious |
| harshful but needful disciplines and resort to forms | | | | growth of man's innate divinity. In psychological |
| of escapism such as seeking solace in pills, in | | | | terms, this is the unification and usage of the right |
| alcohol, or in self-termination. Not realizing the | | | | and left hemispheres of the brain, and is the |
| Comforter within, they seek answers without | | | | foundation of our modern accelerated learning |
| from psychics, fortune tellers, and mediums, and | | | | methods. |
| so-called Gurus--the ubiquitous "father-mother" | | | | SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION |
| figures. | | | | In this paper we have put forth our two themes |
| With all the mental and emotional confusion, | | | | concerning the Absolute Reality of man's nature |
| religion, science, and a materialistic philosophy fail | | | | and the conventional, relative reality that man |
| to provide adequate answers that would give a | | | | consciously or unconsciously create in his |
| proper meaning to the word "life" to the suffering | | | | everyday life. We have also dealt with the many |
| soul. How then does one find a way out of the | | | | Laws and principles related to these two forms of |
| darkness? By returning to basic principles which | | | | reality and how they may be applied in the |
| lies at the foundation of a spiritual way of life, an | | | | metaphysical field. We have noted, for instance, |
| the understanding of those laws which brought | | | | how a metaphysical awareness of another's divine |
| the universe into being. One should harmonize | | | | identity raises and stimulates that person's |
| one's way of life with Cosmic Laws and not | | | | consciousness. In the section on healing, we have |
| violate them. Probing the nature and purpose of | | | | seen the importance of clearing the causes of |
| those Laws and principles one senses the import | | | | inharmony within the body as well as the |
| of God's Plan of evolution. Living in accord with | | | | symptoms; we have likewise shown how the |
| that Plan leads to a purposeful and meaningful life. | | | | psychosomatic principles of man may be healed |
| Studying the ontological life of man and the | | | | by the many exoteric and esoteric methods, and |
| universe cannot help but upgrade the quality of | | | | of the usage of world-scriptures as a medium for |
| man's philosophy and attitude towards life, and | | | | conveying the eternal, metaphysical truths, and |
| when daily applied, yield positive results in | | | | the mystical interpretation thereof has likewise |
| soul-growth. The transformation of society begins | | | | been dealt in a succinct manner. |
| with the enlightened living of an individual. All of the | | | | We have also looked at the higher, spiritual |
| problems in society may be traced to lethargic | | | | principles of man ruling instincts, and how they |
| individuals who procrastinates in maturing spiritually. | | | | apply to a greater philosophy of life. Furthermore, |
| The metaphysician, as a preceptor of spiritual | | | | we have discussed how the various Laws and |
| values, should, therefore, strive to reach and | | | | principles may assist in man's spiritual unfoldment, |
| teach those individuals comprising society the laws | | | | and ultimately, the transformation of society. |
| and principles of harmony, abundance, and | | | | From the above, we may conclude how an |
| creativity ere an enlightened standard of life is to | | | | awareness and understanding of the many |
| be seen on a social scale. The Laws and principles | | | | principles and laws of life are important for the |
| dealt with briefly in this paper are helpful in aiding | | | | metaphysician to apprehend, and how the |
| metaphysicians to stimulate individuals with the | | | | conveyance to the masses of God's Plan for |
| qualities of inertia and excessive inharmonious | | | | man's soul-evolution may be consummated. |
| motion (misapplied energy) as related to their | | | | Knowing the importance of Divine Laws and |
| spiritual evolution. Perhaps the two most | | | | principles that aid soul-evolution--we suggest that |
| important laws that we did not discuss heretofore | | | | further research and investigation be made in this |
| but are essential in improving one's understanding | | | | field through meditation and contemplation; and |
| of life are the laws of reincarnation and karma. | | | | through the study of traditional, spiritual wisdom |
| The expositions of these laws are to be found in | | | | of every past and present culture and civilization. |
| various literature relating to the spiritual side of life. | | | | The more we know about ourselves, and the |
| All of the Laws and principles that we have | | | | universe that we live in, the more we will live in |
| discussed and those that have not been dealt | | | | accord with the grand design of the Universal |
| with but are o be found in spiritual literature should | | | | Mind. It would be helpful for metaphysicians to |
| be infused in individuals of all strata of society. Our | | | | compile an encyclopedia of Cosmic Laws and |
| modern methods of communication, and the | | | | principles with examples of their application, not |
| various media make it feasible for the modern | | | | only in the metaphysical field, but in daily life as |
| metaphysician to reach out to hundreds of | | | | well. This would be a great reference for the |
| individuals at a given moment. It is said that a | | | | practitioner. what we know about life is still merely |
| person does not live on bread alone, but by every | | | | the tip of the iceberg. One thing that we should |
| word that comes from the mouth of God. It is | | | | avoid is the crystallization of the mind with its |
| incumbent upon the metaphysician, his moral duty, | | | | expression of complacency, arrogance, and |
| to be God's mouth-piece and to offer heavenly | | | | fanaticism. Such a mind refuses to grow and |
| manna to humanity. Manna may be sweet in the | | | | search for truths for fear of the unveiling of the |
| mouth but bitter in the stomach--or contrawise; | | | | unknown. Making the "unknown" known is the |
| nevertheless, people must be awakened and | | | | raison d'être of the metaphysician. |
| made aware of their higher destiny which goes | | | | |