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THE HOLY TRINITY.
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standing, fixing itself upon the two, pronounces the dictum, 'I (am) This not.' Thus, there are three steps in the process of world-making, namely,
(1) the relaxation of tension,
(2) the breaking up of the This' into countless fragments, i.e., bodies and objects, and
(3) the simultaneous affirmation and denial of the 'This,' that is, of the innumerable diversified forms of matter.
We may call these steps the three waves* of the activity of Life.
* The three life-waves, as described above, do slightly differ from the three life-waves of the Theosophists, but the difference is hardly of any importance. The third wave is said to descend no lower than the upper mental plane ; but it seems to us that that statement acquires significance only when applied to its patent and not to its latent aspect. For, if the fountain-head from which these currents proceed is an all-pervading being or thing, they must be present everywhere in nature. If we substitute the terms Will, Wisdom and Activity in place of the three Logos, we must concede that all the three, being different aspects of the one reality, interpenetrate one another, and that in each aspect the remaining two are also present, although in a latent or sub-latent form. Besides, if man can develop the spiritual element in him so as to bring about the
marriage' of his soul with pure Spirit on the higher mental plane, he must have the element of Spirit in him already, since proper union cannot take place between dissimilar things. Thus, what is meant by the third life-wave not descending lower than the arupa' level of the mental plane is that pure Spirit, as such, does not descend to regions below the plane indicated, although in its latent or sub-latent condition it is all-pervading. When the individual soul is spiritualized, and its consciousness awakened on the spiritual plane, it is like a bride adorned and ready for her union with the Self. This is, at least, how we understand the significance of the third life-wave described in Theosophical literature. As regards the merit of the doctrine, the reader is already familiar with the truth concerning the principle of pervasion,
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