The Wisdom of the Overself

It was as natural that hasty criticisms should arise upon the appearance ot The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga, as it was natural that it should offend readers who looked for pleasing pages rather than truthful ones. Nevertheless if I gave offence it was only because I sought to save mysticism from its worst foes, who are not only outside its frontiers but also within them. •mm Narrow, small and intolerant minds can never comprehend the double interpretative and creative nature of the task here undertaken. Therefore I can extend to my critics—and especially to those who have been so prolific in ill-informed snap judgement—an intellectual sympathy and humble good will. We shall understand each other well enough one day. I^ut it will not be in this world where everything—as well as everyone—is judged by appearances. I am quite content to wait. The two volumes now lay before readers a teaching which constitutes an endeavour to acquaint this epoch with the fundamental meaning of existence and which, in such explicit fullness, is for the first time written down in a Western language. An exposition in such an ultra-modern form was until now quite non-existent. Readers who bore patiently with the first volume until they could receive the total impression, the integral statement ot the hidden teaching instead of complaining that they were confused because they cottld not*see to what end it was all leading, who refused to detect contradictions Miere none really exist, may now find that they have not gone unrewarded