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A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga804
The true teaching is that the process of Involution was accomplished by a
Principle involving itself in the lower Principle created within itself, and so
on until the lowest plane was reached. Note the difference—“Principles as
Principles” did this, and not as Individual Forms of Life or Being. There was no
more a “devolution” in this process than there was in The Absolute involving
itself in the Mental Image of the Mind Principle. There was no “devolution”
or “going down”—only an “involution” or “wrapping up,” of Principle, within
Principle—the Individual Life not having as yet appeared, and not being
possible of appearance until the Evolutionary process began.
We trust that we have made this point clear to you, for it is an important
matter. If the Absolute first made higher beings, and then caused them to
“devolute” into lower and lower forms, then the whole process would be
a cruel, purposeless thing, worthy only of some of the base conceptions
of Deity conceived of by men in their ignorance. No! the whole effort of
the Divine Will seems to be in the direction of “raising up” Individual Egos
to higher and still higher forms. And in order to produce such Egos the
process of “Involution” of Principles seems to have been caused, and the
subsequent wonderful Evolutionary process instituted. What that “Reason”
is, is Unknowable, as we have said over and over again. We cannot pry into
the Infinite Mind of the Absolute, but we may form certain conclusions by
observing and studying the Laws of the Universe, which seem to be moving
in certain directions. From the manifested Will of the Divine One, we may
at least hazard an idea as to its purposes. And these purposes seem to be
always in an “upward” lifting and evolution. Even the coming of the “Night
of Brahm” is no exception to this statement, as we shall see in future lessons.
From the starting of the process of Involution from the Mental Principle,
down to the extreme downward point of the grossest Manifestation of
Matter, there were many stages. From the highest degree of the Finite Mind,
down to lower and still lower degrees; then on to the plane of Force and
Energy, from higher to lower degrees of Principle within Principle; then on
to the plane of Matter, the Involutionary urge proceeded to work. When