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Preface to the New Edition - The Point of View - Immanent God - World of Manifestation - Nature of Existence - Mental Life - Meaning of Idealism - Nature of Mind - Meaning of Suffering - Duality of Self - Adjustment - Poise - Self-Help - Entering the Silence - The Outlook - Contents - Index

Chapter 14 - The Outlook

LET us now look back over the field of our investigation and note the general results, that we may know what sort of philosophy is implied in the discussions as a whole. We were first concerned with the method of inquiry which we found must be threefold. (1) There is the realm of fact, of life as we find it, with all its wealth of experiences and its problems. We awaken into existence to find ourselves played upon and moving forward amidst a stream of circumstances, more or less plastic. The desire arises to understand the laws and conditions of this multi-form existence, so that we may live more wisely, and be of greater service to our fellows. We find the clue to this wiser mode of thinking and living in the very problems that suggest philosophical endeavour. (2) But in order to carry forward the philosophical investigation successfully it is necessary for us to distinguish between life as it is presented, on the one hand, and life as we take it, on the other. Besides the facts, there are the values which we assign to them, the ideals we strive for,

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