A true education of the mind, that which will prepare man for a higher life, has five principal phases. In brief they are: Development of the power of concentration, the capacity of attention. Development of the capacities of expansion, wideness, complexity and richness. Organisation of ideas around a central idea or a higher ideal or a supremely luminous idea that will serve as a guide in life. Thought control, rejection of undesirable thoughts. Development of mental silence, perfect calm and a more and more total receptivity to inspirations coming from the higher regions of the being.