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The Sixth Lesson: Within the Mind of the One.801
are ready for them, without any attempt to attribute to them an authority
such as just mentioned. Our reference to this high source of the teachings
was made because of its general acceptance in the Eastern countries, and by
occultists generally.
The Yogi teachings inform us that, in the Beginning, The Absolute formed
a Mental Image, or Thought-Form, of an Universal Mind—that is, of an
Universal Principle of Mind. And here the distinction is made between this
Universal Mind Principle, or Universal Mind-Stuff, as some have called it,
and the Infinite Mind itself. The Infinite Mind is something infinitely above
this creation of the Universal Mind Principle, the latter being as much an
“emanation” as is Matter. Let there be no mistake about this. The Infinite
Mind is Spirit—the Universal Mind Principle is “Mind-Stuff” of which all
Finite Mind is a part. This Universal Mind Principle was the first conception
of The Absolute, in the process of the creation of the Universe. It was the
“Stuff” from which all Finite Mind forms, and is formed. It is the Universal
Mental Energy. Know it as such—but do not confound it with Spirit, which
we have called Infinite Mind, because we had no other term. There is a
subtle difference here, which is most important to a careful understanding
of the subject.
The Yogi teachings inform us that from this Mental Principle there was
developed the Universal Principle of Force or Energy. And that from this
Universal Force Principle there developed the Universal Principle of Matter.
The Sanscrit terms for these Three Principles are as follows: Chitta, or the
Universal Mind Substance, or Principle; Prana, or the Universal Energy
Principle; and Akasa, or the Universal Principle of Matter. We have spoken
of these Three Principles, or Three Great Manifestations, in our “Advanced
Course” of lessons, which followed our “Fourteen Lessons,” several years
ago, but it becomes necessary for us to refer to them again at this place in
connection with the present presentation of the subject. As was stated in the
lessons just mentioned, these Three Manifestations, or Principles, are really
one, and shade into each other. This matter has been fully touched upon