But they are not the real thing. They are not the springs whence spirituality comes gushing.

“They do not form the secret sacred India that Mr. Brunton was seeking. He saw through them. He noted them. He describes them. But he pushed through them. Spirituality at its finest and purest is what he wanted. And this he found at last.

“Remote from the haunts of men, deep in the jungles to which—or to the Himalayas—the holiest men in India always return, Mr. Brunton found the very embodiment of all that India holds most sacred. The Maharishi—the Great Sage—was the man who made most appeal to Mr. Brunton. He is not the only one of his kind. Up and down India others—not many, but a very, very few—may be found. They represent the true genius of India; and it is through them that the Mighty Genius of the Universe manifests Himself in peculiar degree.

“They, therefore, are among the objects most worth searching for on this earth. And in this book we have the results of one such quest.”

But when our author found this Great One, after having visited and talked with numerous Yogis, Fakirs, Lamas and Magicians, all of whom claimed that Nirvana and Liberation could be found only through the aid of a Master or Great Teacher, it was but to learn that all for which he was searching could be found within himself, that he needed no Master or Teacher other than the One he would learn through proper meditation was his own True Self.

Because this is so perfectly in agreement with what is taught in this magazine, particularly in the Mind articles, and in all the Impersonal teachings, and is from one of the living Great Sages of India, we are led to quote some of his actual sayings in the book.

“I HASTEN back to the hall and sit down conveniently near the divan. The Maharishi turns his face immediately, his mouth relaxing into a pleasant greeting. Straightway I feel at ease and begin to question him.

“The Yogis say that one must renounce this world and go off into secluded jungles or mountains, if one wishes to find truth. Such things can hardly be done in the West; our lives are so different. Do you agree with the Yogis?”