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The Ninth Lesson: The Mental Planes.637
can for our development and welfare, but is hampered by the confining
sheaths. And alas, many of us glory in these sheaths and consider them the
highest part of ourselves. Do not be afraid to let the light of the Spirit pierce
through these confining sheaths and dissolve them. The Intuition, however,
is not the Spirit, but is one of its channels of communication to us. There
are other and still higher planes of mind, but the Intuition is the one next in
the line of unfoldment, and we should open ourselves to its influence and
welcome its unfoldment.
Above the plane of Intuition is that of the Cosmic Knowing, upon which
we will find the consciousness of the Oneness of All. We have spoken of
this plane in our lesson on the Unfoldment of Consciousness. When one is
able to “conscious” on this plane—this exalted plane of mind—he is able
to see fully, plainly and completely that there is One Great Life underlying
all the countless forms and shapes of manifestation. He is able to see that
separateness is only “the working fiction of the Universe.” He is able to see
that each Ego is but a Centre of Consciousness in the great Ocean of Life—
all in pursuance of the Divine Plan, and that he is moving forward toward
higher and higher planes of manifestation, power and individuality, in order
to take a greater and grander part in the Universal work and plans.
The Cosmic Knowing in its fulness has come to but few of the race, but
many have had glimpses, more or less clear, of its transcendent wonder, and
others are on the borderland of this plane. The race is unfolding gradually,
slowly but surely, and those who have had this wonderful experience
are preparing others for a like experience. The seed is being sown, and
the harvest will come later. This and other phases of the higher forms of
consciousness are before the race. The individuals who read this lesson
are perhaps nearer to it than they think; their interest in the lessons is an
indication of that hunger of the soul which is a prophecy of the satisfaction
of the cry for spiritual bread. The Law of Life heeds these cries for aid and
nourishment and responds accordingly, but along the lines of the highest
wisdom and according to the real requirements of the individual.