God Speaks

• Understand Meher Baba's answer to the question 'why did God create?' — the metaphysics of the lahar (whim) of God, and how the desire for self-knowledge within the infinite Awareness set the entire cosmic process in motion
• Grasp the distinction between Evolution (the journey of consciousness from stone through plant, animal, and human forms) and Involution (the journey of the human soul inward through increasingly subtle planes of consciousness back to the realisation of its divine nature)
• Learn the mechanics of the soul's journey through the seven planes of consciousness: the experiences available at each plane, the spiritual powers (siddhis) that arise, the dangers of becoming attached to these powers, and the nature of Realisation itself at the seventh plane
• Recognise the role of the Sadgurus and the Avatar in the cosmic process: how five Perfect Masters are always present on Earth maintaining the balance of consciousness, and how the Avatar's periodic appearance provides the direct impetus for the accelerated spiritual awakening of a new age
• Appreciate the resolution Meher Baba offers to the paradox at the heart of all spiritual seeking: how the One who is seeking is identical with the One being sought, and why the realisation of this identity — the experience of 'I am God' without the ego — is both the goal of all existence and its return to its original nature