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A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga792
this mighty truth there has come a feeling that “All is Nothing,” which idea
is embodied in their teachings and writings. But this is merely the Negative
Phase of the Truth—there is a Positive Phase which comes as one advances.
The Negative Phase shows us that all that we have considered as real and
permanent—the foundations of the Universe itself—is but a mental image
in the mind of the Absolute, and therefore lacks the fundamental reality that
we had previously associated with it. And realizing this, we are at first apt
to feel that, indeed “all is nothing,” and to fall into a state of apathy, and lack
of desire to play our part in the world. But, then, happily the reaction sets
in, sooner or later, and we begin to see the Positive Phase of the Truth. This
Positive Phase shows us that while all the forms, shapes, and phenomena
of the Universe are but parts of a great show-world, still the essence of all
must be Reality, itself, else there would not be even the “appearance” of a
Universe. Before a thing can be a Mental Image, there must be a Mind to
hold that Mental Image, and a Being to possess that Mind. And, the very
essence of that Being must pervade and be immanent in every Image in that
Mind. Just as You are really in your Mental Images, as well as they in You, so
must the Absolute be in Its Mental Images, or Creations, or Thought Forms,
as truly as they are in the Mind of the Absolute. Do you see this plainly?
Think well over it—ponder it well—for in it lies the Truth.
And so, this Positive Phase of the Truth, is far from depressing—it is the
most stimulating conception one can hold, if he but grasps it in its entirety and
fulness. Even if it be true that all these shapes, and forms, and appearances,
and phenomena, and personalities, be but illusion as compared to the inner
Reality—what of it? Are you not then assured that the Spirit within Yourself
is the Spirit of the Absolute—that the Reality within You is the Reality of the
Absolute—that you are, because the Absolute is, and cannot be otherwise?
Does not the Peace, and Calm, and Security, and Bliss that comes to you with
this Realization, far more than counterbalance the petty nothings that you
have discarded? We think that there can be but one answer to this, when
you have fully Realized the Truth.