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And an examination of these reports form a proper subject of inquiry, particularly as they agree with the reports of the Illumined on higher planes. " "THE ALL" is Infinite Living Mind--the Illumined call it SPIRIT!

"When the ears of the student are ready to hear, then cometh the lips to fill them with Wisdom. In this little book, of which this is the First Lesson, we invite our students to examine into the Hermetic Teachings, as set forth in THE KYBALION, and as explained by ourselves, humble students of the Teachings, who, while bearing the title of Initiates, are still students at the feet of HERMES, the Master.

This is more than a mere poetic figure of speech--it is an idea of the actual process of the creation of the Universe. We go into the matter here, merely to show that we recognize the question, and also the absurdity of the ordinary answers of metaphysics and theology.

No one has called the Buddha either nerve-broken or insane, though after that tremendous psychic experience which gained him the name of the Enlightened One he returned from the world of true perception with teaching perfectly staggering to the opinions concerning life and death held by the world at large. Not Energy or Force as the materialists use the terms, for their energy and force are blind, mechanical things, devoid of Life or Mind.

" The difference is merely in degree. Is this not so?

Is it any wonder that, when you consider the works and wonders of Nature, you are overcome with a mighty feeling which has its roots away down in your inmost being? To the pure, all things are pure; to the base, all things are base.

But your Universe is the mental creation of a Finite Mind, whereas that of THE ALL is the creation of an Infinite. The Principle of Gender (see Lesson I.

There is no Power outside of THE ALL to affect us. And there are millions of millions of such Universes in existence within the Infinite Mind of THE ALL.

That idea is merely a distortion of the ancient teachings on the subject. In each case, the student will find that while the image has its existence, and being, solely within his own mind, yet he, the student, author, dramatist, painter, or sculptor, is, in a sense, immanent in; remaining within; or abiding within, the mental image also.

" visionary and illusory, because he happens to be able to grasp the truth that the Laws are Mental in nature, and simply Mental Creations of THE ALL. While the purposes of this little book do not allow us to enter into an extended discussion of, or explanation of, the subject of these different planes, still we think it well to give a general description of the same at this point.