in lava, which marks the grave wherein is laid to
rest the earthly form of William Sharp:

"Farewell to the known and exhausted,
Welcome the unknown and illimitable."

And this:

"Love is more great than we conceive, and death is the keeper of unknown
redemptions."

They are from his higher Self; from the illumined "Dominion of Dreams."

CHAPTER XV

METHODS OF ATTAINMENT: THE WAY OF ILLUMINATION

Oriental philosophies recognize four important methods of yoga.

Yoga is the word which signifies "uniting with God." From what has gone
before in these pages, the reader will understand that unity with God means
to us, the uncovering of the god-nature within or above, the human
personality; it means the attainment and retainment in _fullness_ of cosmic
consciousness. We do not believe that any one retains full and complete
realization of cosmic consciousness and remains in the physical body. The
numerous instances to which we allude in former chapters, are at best, but
temporary flights into that state, which is the goal of the soul's
pilgrimage, and the only means of escape from the "ceaseless round of
births and deaths" which so weighed upon the heart of Gautama.

The paths of yoga then, are the methods by which the mind, in the personal
self, is made to perceive the reality of the higher Self, and its relation
to the Supreme Intelligence--The Absolute.

The various methods or paths are pointed out, but no one, nor all of these
paths guarantees illumination as a _reward_ for diligence. That which is in
the _heart_ of the disciple is the key that unlocks the door.

These paths are called:

_Karma Yoga; Raja Yoga; Gnani Yoga; Bhakti Yoga_.

_Karma Yoga_ is the path of cheerful submission to the conditions in which
the disciple finds himself, believing that those conditions are his because
of his needs, and in order that he may fulfill that which he has attracted
to himself. The admonition "whatever thy hand finds to do that doest thou
with all thy heart," sums up the lessons of the path of Karma Yoga. The
urge to achieve: to do; to accomplish; to strive and attain, actuates those
who have, whether with conscious intent, or because of a vague "inward
urge," devoted their lives to taking an active part in the material or
intellectual achievements of the race.

There are those who are blindly following (as far as their mental
operations are concerned), the path of Karma Yoga; that is, they work
withou