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Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism350
And, on the other hand, the materialist will not find it easy to accept
these two forms of manifestations as expressions of The Absolute, for that
would seem to imply that The Absolute is something akin to the religious
man’s God, which the materialist has been denying. But Gnani Yoga brings
these two brothers together in the truth, and tells them that they have been
looking at the same thing from different view-points. The scientist may deny
that the manifestation of Mind or Intelligence is a separate manifestation,
but that it is merely an incident of matter. The Gnani Yogi sees Intelligence
in everything, from the mineral to man—in varying degrees. He realizes that
the tiniest cell is possessed of a subconscious intelligence that allows it to
perform work that is beyond the intellect of man. The smallest growing thing
shows a great intelligence working in and through it, and man will never be
able to duplicate its work, notwithstanding his giant intellect. In the growing
of the blade of grass, God, or The Absolute, manifests in three forms, i.e.,
in Substance, or Matter; in Force, or Energy; in Intelligence, or Mind. The
scientist may take the elements of the seed from the matter around him, may
form it into a seed—may surround it with the proper soil and conditions—
may apply to it all the forms of energy or force known to him—but the
plant will not grow. It needs the third manifestation—Intelligence, or Mind,
and that is beyond the power of man to bestow. Each little cell contains
intelligence, or mind, which works along unconscious lines, and builds up
the plant. Our bodies are built up in the same way. There is Intelligence in
everything—and it all emanates from The Absolute.
Does man think that his intellect exhibits, the highest form of intelligence
manifested in the universe? Nonsense! He has but to look around him and
see the adaptation of means to ends, in order to see how nature dovetails
one thing into another. He cannot do these things with his intellect, and
yet they were being done ages before he appeared. A greater Intelligence
than man’s is at work, and the careful student may see signs of it on every
hand. The study of the grain of wheat, the examination of the rabbit’s eye,
will show wonderful design and intelligence. Let the doubter care for a hive