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Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism372
enable you to know how to act—you will then be given the strength to act.
If the mind does not seem able to grasp the situation—if no way opens out
before you—open yourself to the inflow of the Divine, and you will be led
by the Spirit to see the first step to be taken—then take that first step in
confidence. This is not mere “churchy” talk, such as has been poured into
your ears from every pulpit as a matter of form. It is a great reality, and
thousands live in this way. You gradually will gain courage and confidence in
leading this life, and will begin to realize what a great field has been opened
to your view.
The main idea in considering one’s relation to God, is the fact that God is
the great Centre of Life. He is the centre, and we are like atoms in the rays
emanating from that centre. We are not apart from Him, although we are not
the centre itself. We are connected with Him, as the rays are connected with
the sun. The power and wisdom flowing out along the rays are ours, if we
but elect to use them, and allow them to use us. The little wheel in the centre
of the symbol used by the publishers of these lessons (found on the front of
the cover of all their books)—the little wheel within the triangle—represents
this truth. The symbol is imperfect, for it shows that the rays terminate, while
the rays of the Absolute never terminate—they are infinite. But infinity
cannot be represented by finite symbols, and so a circle must be drawn
around the rays, which circle represents the finite understanding of Man. If
you will but fix this idea of God and His emanations in your mind, you will
find yourself gradually growing into a better realization of the matter. The
Centre is pure Spirit—God—and as we unfold spiritually we draw nearer
and nearer to that centre. Those in whom the Spirit has not manifested so
freely as in us are farther removed from the centre than are we. And those
who are further advanced spiritually are still nearer it than are we. The further
from the centre, the more material is the atom. The nearer the centre, the
more spiritual does it become. There are far off from this planet, atoms of a
still greater degree of materiality than we can dream of. And closer in to the
centre are beings so far advanced beyond Man in the spiritual scale as to be