Course XXXI - Teaching 6: The Non-Manifested One

The Non-Manifested One does not admit definition or refusal, because by refusing or affirming it, one would establish a differential tenet, even in its Absolute aspect, and this cannot be.
The purest and more angelic being can dare to consider the indissoluble unity of the Divine Manifestation; and even the indestructible totality of the Universal Spirit, and even the Fundamental Principle of the Universe, but he cannot consider the Non-Manifested One.
But, the Non-Manifested One and Manifestation are not two Spirits; He who is, never stops being what He Is Not. Besides, in relation to the Non-Manifested One, it is meaningless to say Non-Being and Being. So, the Non-Manifested One does not admit reflection, sense, principle, end, void, fullness or nothing. Any cause of differentiation and any attribute of Manifestation disappear immediately when the word Non-Manifested One is uttered.
If one wants to demonstrate the value of the Divine Manifestation by establishing such affirmation on the word non-manifested, even this cannot be; the Non-Manifested One is demonstrated by the Manifestation, and this is a proof, in Se, of the Non-Manifested One.
How can the Non-Manifested One understand in Se the Manifestation?
To the Non-Manifested One, negation itself becomes meaningless; even matter, energy and mind become meaningless. Even the Spirit is not distinguishable or indistinguishable in the Non-Manifested One.
It seems logical the existence of a clear division between the Non-Manifested One and Manifestation. But it is not so.
This is a sacred and inexplicable mystery; the worst heresy would be to try a demonstration of why and when the differentiation actually takes place.
No Great Being dared to mention or discuss the Non-Manifested One.
The very word Non-Manifested One is no more than a figure, and has no sense or similarity in relation to the truth.
A student of Theology should cover himself with his white veil and remember that he who would hear to name God by His true name should die; he should feel a deep, silent and overwhelming respect before these figured suppositions about something that is impossible to understand totally.
A student should get used to dissuade the beginners from investigating these problems that God reveals whom He wants and how He wants to.