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over these words, until he gets the thought clearly, as otherwise he will be
landed in a morass of error from which he will have much trouble to extract
himself later. Many are floundering in this swamp now, and are tired and
weary of the struggle.
Some writers have attempted to convey this thought by the illustration of
the physical body of Man. They compare each bit of life to a cell of the body,
which possesses a certain intelligence, and often independent action. These
cells form into cell-groups (See “Hatha Yoga,” Chapter xviii., The Little Lives
of the Body), having certain centres of energy, but all are dependent upon
the brain—the Master. The Central Mind of the man regulates all. These
writers have spoken of The Absolute—of God—as corresponding to the
Central Mind, controlling and directing and Mastering the individual cells.
The illustration, although of necessity more or less imperfect, corresponds
sufficiently well with the Gnani idea to mention it here. It may be a help to
some student to get the proper mental conception of the idea.
Swedenborg speaks of the individual, or thing, as but a form through
which the Universe flows like a stream—this is another expression of the
same thought.
J. William Lloyd, in his excellent book, “Dawn Thought” (The Lloyd Group,
Westfield, N. J., U. S. A.), says: “When we touch a man’s finger-nail we touch
him. But it is not the same as touching a nerve. And it is not the same to touch
the nerve as to touch the brain. According to the form, the indwelling life
and divinity are more or less apparent and revealed. While life and a sort of
intelligence are everywhere, they are not the same in degree or expression.
They differ in consciousness. Just as in man, while he is one, there is a part
where consciousness, intelligence, and volition are especially located, and
the other parts differ in their greater or lesser distance from that—in their
greater or less resemblance to it—so is the Universal One, there probably,
somewhere, is a part which is “God” (better Father, Mother, or Parent) in
the peculiar sense—consciousness, life, intelligence, force, in the pure or