Breaking the wheel of rebirth . . . Union with God . . . The ascension . . . Throughout the ages, those of all faiths have sought to go beyond the limits of the mind, to attain immortality. History leaves the record of a few who reached that goal-Zarathustra, who ascended back to God in "the great flame"; Elijah, who was carried up into heaven in a "chariot of fire"; Jesus, who was taken up into a cloud from Bethany's hill. Now,...