The First Step In Soul Consciousness
The situation described in the previous section is definitely an unpleasant one, although very real for most people. But it need not be like this at all. The first step is to awaken the intellect, my power of judgement, which is very simple:-

A WILD HORSE - With awareness of "I" as a soul, I am now awake to my real position in the world. In this conscious state I realize that it is me that is responsible for controlling my thoughts and disciplining my mind. The mind has been compared to a wild horse, one with such tremendous energy that it races round and round constantly, never stopping. Day and night it races on, even in my dreams it is racing, and so little wonder that it has become tired. But even then it doesn't know how to calm it self. I can rest my body by sitting down, but my mind refuses to slow down. It only knows how to go on, not even aware of which direction it should take.

REALIZING - The moment my intellect realizes I am non-physically, not a body but a focus of powerful energy within a body, I am able to lose this power. With this awareness I have in my hands the reins with which to tame these wild horses, my thoughts. Once I am conscious of the waves I can direct their flow in this way there is none of the wastage that has made me so tired.

CHOOSING - I now become very selective. In this position of authority over my own desires, I am able to choose only those thoughts that will lead me to experience permanent happiness and contentment, instead of something that is transitory. In allowing only pure thoughts to pass into action, my impure SANSKARAS, that have caused so much upset, gradually weaken, giving way to pure ones. I even reach a state in which my very thoughts are peaceful and deliberate, instead of tense and anxious.

EFFECT - At first there is some necessity for a deliberate control of the mind, but it leads to a situation where there is complete transformation. So it isn't merely an external force of discipline, but my very nature, my SANSKARAS, are being elevated. There comes a time when there are only pure elevated thought bring me happiness and enable me to give happiness.

With my intellect awake, and each thought being evaluated before mistakes can occur, I able to achieve actual changes in my life, when before it was impossible.

DEVELOPING A SANSKARA(Personality) - But I have been body- conscious for so long, that the awareness "I the point consciousness, so I must develop the SANSKARA of teaching myself. Everyone around me still see me as a body, and tell me I am body, but I must tell myself that I am a peaceful soul, invisible, eternal, and I am simply using my body as instrument. For as long as I can maintain this attitude, I will have complete freedom, and all my actions done in this frame of mind will inevitably be accurate and positive.

As I see others I will begin to see them as souls too, as my brothers, and I will be able to establish a relationship of pure love and harmony, without any personality clashes of any description interfering at all. All this is only possible when I am seeing others not as male or female bodies, but as souls, non-physical like myself.

This is the stage of SOUL-CONSCIOUSNESS: TO REMEMBER THIS IS WHAT I AM, AND THEN USE MY VEHICLE WITH WISDOM, SEEING EVERYTHING WITH THIRD EYE OF KNOWLEDGE

Meditation - Tuning of the Intellect
Let a little time be spent, now, in total silence, focussing the thoughts on the centre of the forehead, on the pinpoint of subtle light that is the real self and, in this state, being able to feel energy glowing and sparkling in that location. When next coming to a period of activity, it should then be possible to reach that consciousness within a few seconds and maintain it.

If possible, let the room be softly lit. Sit still for a few minutes in a comfortable, easy position there is no need for strain. A number of thoughts are suggested for the mind and there is then the experience of soul-consciousness.

Suggested Thoughts For Meditation

Turn your thoughts, your mind, to the self, the real I, the soul, a point of light…I, the soul, am a point of light…a tiny point of energy…I sit in the centre of my forehead…This is the real I…the real me…my physical body is but a costume…which I, the living energy, use…it exists on me to express my being…through which to express my personality…Now I realize my true identity…I have unlocked my prison door…I am now free…like a bird, can fly once again…I now emerge true nature, that of peace…I experience that peace…I become that peace…I am that peace…I experience my true nature…that of light…I become that light…I am that light…I experience my true nature - that of love…I become that love…I am that love…Now power is being filled in the soul…lightness and ease become my nature…now no longer the slave but the master of this body…I spread light and peace and purity into the world.

Questions
What is soul?
What differences are there between body and soul?
What are the mind, intellect and SANSKARAS?