Presentation The importance of expanding our awareness. Beyond any form of belief or religion, the most important learning for every human being is the expansion of consciousness. It consists of coming out of our small, personal and limited self to enter the immense universal community of beings through a fusion between divine consciousness and human consciousness. ‘Imagine how the faithful of all the world's religions would feel if they were told one day that there would be no more churches or temples or synagogues, no more religious ceremonies, no more statues or pious pictures, no more clergy; that every material, external manifestation of religion would disappear because the time had come to worship God in spirit and in truth. They would feel utterly lost, as though they had nothing to hold on to any more. Only those who are exceptionally highly evolved are capable of finding within their own soul and spirit the sanctuary in which they can communicate with the Lord, in which they can touch and taste and breathe the splendours of heaven. Of course, such an expansion of consciousness is highly desirable. Those who achieve it are free from all limitations, for the world of the soul and spirit is vaster and more beautiful than any other. In that world they are free to work without restrictions to build a future for themselves as sons and daughters of God.’ Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov Table of contents 1 - The Framework of the Universe 2 - The Divine Office of Weights and Measures 3 - The Link with the Centre 4 - Reaching for the Top 5 - From Multiplicity to Unity 6 - Building the Edifice 7 - Contemplating the Truth: Isis Unveiled 8 - Garment of Light 9 - The Skin 10 - The Perfume of Eden 11 - ‘In Spirit and in Truth' 12 - An Image Can Be a Support for Prayer 13 - The Spirit is not Held Captive in Relics 14 - Speak to the Spirit of Those You Love 15 - The Sun, the Quintessence of Religion 16 - The Truth of the Sun is in Giving 17 - The Kingdom of God is Within