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Overview of Practices Involved

Through establishing the correct inner attitude of faith and devotion, through correct methods of study both of general laws and of one's own weaknesses, with constant determination to correct these weaknesses through the pursuit of the ideal of a balanced psyche, and through the regular practice of prayer and meditation, one will be doing all that the ego can do by itself to establish the required conditions for the advent of help from higher sources.

1. Ant's Long Path
   • What is the Long Path?
   • Purification and development of character
   • Confronting the obstacles within
2. The Measure of Progress
   • Attitudes that help or hinder
   • Sources, signs, and stages of growth
3. Uncertainties of Progress
   • Understanding the pace of development
   • Facing the problems of development
4. Practise Mental Discipline
   • Its nature
   • Its development
5. Balance the Psyche
   • Engage the whole being
   • Cultivate balance
6. Self-Reflection and Action
   • Be objective
   • Apply the will
7. Discipline Desires
   • Renunciation
   • Asceticism
   • Possessions
8. The Quest and Social Responsibility
   • On time and solitude
   • Spiritual service
9. Conclusion
   • The development of the work
   • The working of Grace