And just as THE ALL arouses itself from the meditation upon the Universe, so does Man (in time) cease from manifesting upon the Material Plane, and withdraws himself more and more into the Indwelling Spirit, which is indeed "The Divine Ego.
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We commit a folly when we attempt to deny the existence of Matter in the relative aspect.
And, yet, THE ALL does create and manifest, and seems to find some kind of satisfaction in so doing.
Life and Mind can never evolve from blind Energy or Force, for the reason given a moment ago: "Nothing can rise higher than its source--nothing is evolved unless it is involved--nothing manifests in the effect, unless it is in the cause.
" And all are simply degrees of the same thing, as you will see if you will but think a moment.
If its "internal nature," or "creative instinct," compelled it to do anything, then the "internal nature" or "creative instinct" would be the Absolute, instead of THE ALL, and so accordingly that part of the proposition falls.
But this will not do, because THE ALL cannot transfer or subtract a portion of itself, nor can it reproduce or multiply itself--in the first place there would be a taking away, and in the second case a multiplication or addition to THE ALL, both thoughts being an absurdity.
(2) THE ALL must be INFINITE, for there is nothing else to define, confine, bound, limit; or restrict THE ALL.
"--The Kybalion.
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They reserve the "strong meat for men," while others furnish the "milk for babes.
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One pursuing such inquiries travels around and around in the labyrinth of thought, until he is lost to all sane reasoning, action or conduct, and is utterly unfitted for the work of life.
Not at all!
Strictly speaking, there cannot be said to be any "Reason" whatsoever for THE ALL to act, for a "reason" implies a "cause," and THE ALL is above Cause and Effect, except when it Wills to become a Cause, at which time the Principle is set into motion.
This process is called the stage of Involution, in which THE ALL becomes "involved," or "wrapped up," in its creation.
But, then, he may have intended to apply the axiom of his philosophy, that: "The lips of Wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding," believing that even his advanced students did not possess the Understanding which entitled them to the Teaching.
Without this Master-Key, Mastery is impossible, and the student knocks in vain at the many doors of The Temple.
The ancient Hermetists considered this Principle as one of the most important mental instruments by which man was able to pry aside the obstacles which hid from view the Unknown.
They have learned how to USE it, instead of being USED BY it.
It includes all forms of that which we call Matter, and all forms of that which we call Energy or Force.