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Lesson XII: Mind and Spirit.473
“theories” arise from an imputation to the Absolute—the Unconditioned—
the Unmanifest—the attributes, thoughts, motives, and actions of the
Relative, Conditioned, Manifested. The answer to this “Why” can come only
from the Absolute, and will be ours only when we reach the consciousness
of the Spirit—in the meantime let us be Men, and acknowledge that: “I (in
my present state) do not know.”
But though we may not know the “Why,” we have the whole field of
the Universe at our disposal in investigating the “How.” And every detail
of the working of the Universe is possible to the knowledge of the human
mind. In fact, it is already known to the Universal Mind, and to those who
are able to explore that vast region to its limits. And every human soul
contains, potentially, the knowledge of the Universal Mind. In solution, in
every mind, is all the knowledge of the Universe, and the exploration of
the whole ocean is but the exploration of the drop. The adept is able to
ascertain every bit of “knowledge” possessed by the Universal Mind by the
exploration of his own drop of Mind-substance. And he is able to come in
contact with all “thought” vibration or waves in the great ocean of Mind,
because each drop has relation to every other drop and with the Whole.
Knowledge does not come from without, nor is it manufactured by brains.
It comes from within, and is simply the ability to grasp that which already
exists. All knowledge is known to the Universal Mind, and to our drop of
the same, and the “new” knowledge that comes to us is not created, but is
drawn from that which already is, the Realization coming from our ability to
sense it—our unfoldment. And so, while even the highest developed soul
must take “on faith” certain questions regarding the Absolute, still it may
assure itself of the existence of that Absolute, and acquaint itself with the
“how” of the machinery of the Universe, and even may be able to take a
conscious part in the operation of things. The Mind may be used to mould
Matter by Energy, and to do things which to the ordinary man might seem
miraculous, but which are quite within the realm of the Universal cause and
effect. And the developed soul may, by its knowledge, raise itself to a position