person who attains to Baka or becomes spiritually perfect. The gross, the subtle, and the mental universe with all the worlds, the suns, the moons, the stars, the space, the time, the planes, the stages, do not exist at all, even apparently, for the One Who becomes fully Superconscious. There is unity and oneness complete in this state, which is beyond the realm of thought and imagination, and which is permanent and does not undergo the least change once it is achieved.

Love, Lover and Beloved, Knowledge, Knower and Known are found to be one and the same, duality having been dissolved like mist before the sun.

The completion of the second Journey therefore signifies spiritual perfection. Those who, after becoming perfectly superconscious, do not undertake the third journey and also do not give up their body are called Majzoobs or Paramhamsas.

The completion of the third Journey brings about the restoration of the gross and subtle consciousness, without interfering in any way with the retention of superconsciousness. Sadgurus or Qutubs are not only super-conscious, but also creation-conscious, but are not in any way spiritually superior to Majzoobs or Paramhamsas.

The difference between a Majzoob and a Qutub, or between a Paramhamsa and a Sadguru lies only in connection with this apparently existing creation. For the former, the creation does not exist at all. For the latter the creation is existing, plus the state of "I am God," but to him the creation exists only as the pure imagination of individual egos and nothing more.

In diagram No. 2 (next page), those who are in the D sphere have to cross the seven stages of the first Journey which cover the two C and B spheres to reach and realize God, at A. When the pilgrim reaches the C sphere, he gets the Inner Sight (A' in Drashti); i.e., the pilgrim can clearly see all subtle objects through the subtle eyes, read others' thoughts and can influence ordinary beings. When the pilgrim advances as far as the mental sphere B, he can clearly see and feel God, yet he is not one with Him and therefore is not free, and is still a human being. But to him the creation becomes a book of open secrets, and he can perform miracles such as raising the dead and restoring sight to the blind. However, there are very few who can go beyond this mental sphere and become One with God and eternally Free and Perfect.

It can be said that thinking and hearing about water which is underground and unseen is like intellectual knowledge of God; seeing the water, after digging a well, is like knowledge by Sight; and actually drinking the water is like knowledge by Realization.