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ROSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
up to the summit. Many people are traveling along all
of these paths and every one thinks his path is the only one
while he is at the bottom ; he sees only a small part of the
mountain and may therefore be justified in crying
to his
brothers, "You are wrong; come over in my path; this is
the onl}v one that leads to the top." But as all these
people progress* upward, they shall see that the paths con-
verge at the top and that they
are all one in the ultimate.
It may be said most emphatically that no system of
thought which has ever been able to attract and hold thd
attention of a large number of people for a considerable
time has been without its truth ; and whether we perceive
it or not, there is in every sect the kernel of divine teaching
which is gradually bringing them upward toward the top
of the mountain, and therefore we should practice the
utmost toleration for every belief.
QUESTION No. 74.
What is meant by the second aspect of the Triune God?
Answer: God is one, just as the light is one, but, as the
light passing through the atmosphere is refracted into three
primary colors red, yellow and blue so also God, when
he manifests or reflects himself in nature, is threefold in
his manifestation. There is first the Creative principle,
next there is the Preservative principle, and in the third