Question: Is there any stage between the disciples' knowledge of the soul and realising the soul?

Sri Chinmoy: Knowledge of the soul is not enough; we have to realise the Supreme inside the soul, inside the heart. The soul one can realise but, in the proper sense, it is the Supreme who has to be realised in the body, vital, mind, heart and soul. Through spiritual discipline one can have not only the knowledge of the soul, but the wisdom of the soul.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Sri Chinmoy answers, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
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