33Before we proceed to a more detailed study of the
various branches of the spiritual wisdom, it is necessary
to have a clear concept of certain sacred symbols that are
in vogue among the seers of all times. The approach of a
seer towards wisdom is synthetic and not analytical in
the first place. He subjects his analytical approach to his
synthesis. ‘From generals to particulars’ is the sacred
formula of all the seers. Whenever the student is
bewildered by the detail of the anatomy of the subject, he
should once again go to the outlines to have a grip of the
subject. Such a type of study is bound to be more intuitive
though less intellectual. Intellect is a means to truth,
whenever the approach is intuitional. Such a study is
bound to have a set of symbols.
Everything we observe in nature is only as it appears
to us. From this appearance we have to arrive at how it is.
From the how-it appears to the how-it-is, forms the
syllabus of the spiritualist. How everything appears to
us in nature, forms our own symbol which is a symbol of
Ma-ya or our own point of view. The sky is blue to us and
the horizon, a ring around us. Wherever we go, this
horizon is a ring or circle and the observer forms its
geometrical centre. The fact that there is neither horizon
nor blueness in the sky, does not constitute the truth and
hence it helps the spiritualist in no way. Nevertheless a
spiritualist has to accept that the horizon is a circle around