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The birth and growth of the Spiritual Man, and his entry into his immortal heritage, may be regarded, says our philosopher, either as the culmination of the whole process of natural evolution and involution, where "that which flowed from out the boundless deep, turns again home"; or it may be looked at, as the Vedantins look at it, as the restoration of pure spiritual Consciousness to its pristine and essential form. THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN AND HIS ENTRY INTO HIS IMMORTAL HERITAGE MAY BE REGARDED SAYS OUR PHILOSOPHER EITHER AS THE CULMINATION OF THE WHOLE PROCESS OF NATURAL EVOLUTION AND INVOLUTION WHERE THAT WHICH FLOWED FROM OUT THE BOUNDLESS DEEP TURNS AGAIN HOME OR IT MAY BE LOOKED AT AS THE VENDANTANS LOOK AT IT AS THE RESTORATION OF PURE SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS TO ITS PRISTINE AND ESSENTIAL FORM
 in the Circle of Necessity, Sansara, we doom ourselves to perpetual change. That which is born must die, and that which dies must be reborn. It is change evermore, a ceaseless series of transformations. But the Spiritual Man enters a new order; for him, there is no longer eternal change, but eternal Being. He has entered into the joy of his Lord. This spiritual birth, which makes him heir of the Everlasting, sets a term to change; it is the culmination, the crowning transformation, of the whole realm of change. 34. Pure spiritual life is, therefore, the inverse resolution of the potencies of Nature, which have emptied themselves of their value for the Spiritual man; or it is the return of the power of pure Consciousness to its essential form. Here we have a splendid generalization, in which our wise philosopher finally reconciles the naturalists and the idealists, expressing the crown and end of his teaching, first in the terms of the naturalist, and then in the terms of the idealist. N AND FOR NATURE IN THE CIRCLE OF NECESSITY SANSARO WE DOOM OURSELVES TO PERPETUAL CHANGE THAT WHICH IS BORN MUST DIE AND THAT WHICH DIES MUST BE REBORN IS CHANGE EVERMORE A CEASELESS SERIES OF TRANSFORMATIONS BUT THE SPIRITUAL MAN ENTERS A NEW ORDER FOR HIM THERE IS NO LONGER ETERNAL CHANGE BUT ETERNAL BEING HE HAS ENTERED INTO THE JOY OF HIS LORD THIS SPIRITUAL BIRTH WHICH MAKES HIM HEIR OF THE EVERLASTING SETS IT TURN TO CHANGE IT IS THE CULMINATION THE CROWNING TRANSFORMATION OF THE WHOLE REALM OF CHANGE SUTRA THIRTY FOUR PURE SPIRITUAL LIFE IS THEREFORE THE INVERSE RESOLUTION OF THE POTENCIES OF NATURE WHICH HAVE EMPTIED THEMSELVES OF THEIR VALUE FOR THE SPIRITUAL MAN OR IT IS THE RETURN OF THE POWER OF PURE CONSCIOUSNESS TO ITS ESSENTIAL FORM HERE WE HAVE A SPLENDID GENERALIZATION IN WHICH OUR WISE PHILOSOPHER FINALLY RECONCILES THE NATURALISTS AND THE IDEALISTS EXPRESSING THE CROWN AND END OF HIS TEACHING FIRST IN THE TERMS OF THE NATURALIST AND THEN IN THE TERMS OF THE IDEALIST
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