Part I — The soul and the afterlife

• Question: What happens after one dies?
• Question: When we go to the other world after leaving the body, are there any forms or is it all formless?
• Question: What happens with the souls that have retired from work on earth? Do they eventually fill up the other worlds?
• Question: What happens to the soul of an animal after it leaves the body?
• Question: Do our souls ever leave our bodies for just a second while we are alive?
• Question: What happens to the soul of an object created by a human being if the object is destroyed?
• Question: If someone dies a violent death, does his soul suffer as much as it would if he had committed suicide?
• Question: If someone commits suicide to avoid dying at the hands of an enemy, does that person suffer the same fate in the inner world as another person who takes his life?
• Question: Will the soul suffer if a person commits hara-kiri, a form of suicide which is regarded as honourable in Japan?
• Question: If someone makes an almost impossible attempt to save someone else's life and if he dies in the attempt, is this like suicide?
• Question: Sometimes, when you describe Heaven, it sounds much like hell, when they fight and all that.
• Question: Can someone whose soul was in hell go to Heaven?
• Question: Is it possible for us to be in Heaven while our vital is in hell?
• Question: What happens to the vital at the hour of death?

Part II — The soul and the process of reincarnation

• Question: When the soul comes back, does it take back the same vital sheath?
• Question: Does everybody have a vital and mind that already have been used? Did somebody ever use my vital before, or my heart?
• Question: Why would a soul choose a doubting mind or an aggressive vital?
• Question: Would the soul try to get a more illumined mind?
• Question: If the mind makes progress, what happens?
• Question: Does the mind lose the specific details of its earthly experience?
• Question: What do mental beings do in the mind's world?
• Question: When a soul picks a mind or vital, does it already know what kind of life it will have?
• Question: Do women sometimes reincarnate as men, and vice versa?
• Question: When a new soul joins a soul already in a human body, what does the previous soul think?
• Question: If one of us got a new soul, would we notice?
• Question: What is the difference between giving a new soul and changing the soul?
• Question: Why does this occur?
• Question: Is it possible to give a human being a soul that has not been on earth before?
• Question: What is the relationship of the individual soul to the soul of the country that it is born into?
• Question: What do you mean when you say that somebody is an Eastern or a Western soul?

Part III — The soul's mission

• Question: Before our souls entered the body, did they know we were going to become disciples?
• Question: Does the soul always choose the Master?
• Question: If a disciple leaves your path, will the soul help him find another Master?
• Question: If the disciple comes to the Centre, will his soul always get something from you, even if he is in a low consciousness?
• Question: Guru, how can you know what was your soul's promise to the Supreme before you came into the earth?
• Question: Does the vital have any mission apart from the soul's mission?
• Question: Can you tell me how I can feel my soul?

Part IV — Liberation and realisation

• Question: Guru, what is the difference between the psychic being and the soul?
• Question: Is it the soul that realises God?
• Question: Can the mind illumine the soul?
• Question: What is the difference between a liberated soul and a realised soul?
• Question: Is it possible to get liberation and never see God and talk to God?
• Question: Does a realised soul feel anger?
• Question: When an Avatar was in one of his earlier animal incarnations, did a part of him know who he was?

Part V — Heaven

• Question: In your poetry you speak about the indifference of Heaven, but the Supreme is anything but indifferent. Can you explain this?
• Question: What does the most beautiful place in Heaven look like?
• Question: Is there day and night in Heaven?
• Question: Are there the same colours in Heaven as on earth?
• Question: Do our imperfections leave us alone in Heaven?
• Question: Will we all be in Heaven with you?
• Question: Why do beings sometimes fall from Heaven into the lower worlds?

Part VI — The cosmic gods

• Question: How does Lord Indra relate to the modern world?
• Question: Guru, would you say a few words about the Lord Shiva?
• Question: Does Kali ever come and do things now to help you?
• Question: In what way can Kali and the other cosmic gods and goddesses help you?
• Question: Is it true that cosmic gods assume physical forms and disguises and appear before us in order to teach us or examine us? Also, can spiritual Masters assume different physical forms?
• Question: Why do we see gods and goddesses riding on the backs of tigers?
• Question: Are family deities the same as cosmic gods?
• Question: Are human beings often disappointed with the height of cosmic gods when they see it?
• Question: Has a human being ever been transformed into a cosmic god?
• Question: Do the realised Masters who have gone beyond the cosmic gods ever have to deal with the cosmic gods?
• Question: Could you speak about trying to achieve union with Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva?
• Question: When a seeker gets to a point where he's challenged by the cosmic gods, will he know?
• Editor's preface to the first edition