On their long path to happiness, everyone goes through stages of understanding life's ideals. The author identified seven rays, seven ideals towards which human aspirations are directed. A person is endowed with all seven to a greater or lesser extent. Some seek what seem to them to be the greatest things in life, "withdrawing inwards," while others pursue what seem to them to be the true purpose of life, "moving bodily outward." And everyone basically strives more for one of the seven ideals than for the other six. Knowing your predominant ray will help you formulate the right goal and encourage your consciousness to comprehend true life without illusions.