Now about what is taught in the esoteric school. In a few words: it is the raising of the consciousness from the limitations of our person. How is this done? By the way of concentration and meditation. How is this to be done? By the sacred word, the elementary explanation of which [Emile] Coué has been giving. Coué says, by repeating a certain number of times to yourself that your health is good, you can regain that health. He has been opposed very much, and has been very successful. Now when a person is using the word and its repetition in order to regain his health, very few things are accomplished, and compared with the spiritual attainment it is still small. But, intellectually, Coué is explaining the same thing the Sufi Order explains for the higher attainment. No comparison can there be between those two things. There are pebbles and precious stones, but all are called stones.