Course XXXII - Teaching 2: Definitions of Hes’ Words
- HE IS NOT.
The Non-Manifested One does not admit definition; His definition would be His negation. - HE IS ONE.
The manifestation is Unity, totality of the Universal Spirit. - ALL ARE ONE IN HIM.
In manifestation, Unity acquires illusory plurality. - HE IS BOTH OUR DESTINY AND OUR PURPOSE.
Manifested Spirit and illusory plurality are one and the same. - HE IS OUR BEGINNING AND OUR END, FOR HE IS ALL.
The Unity of the Spirit is entirely present in all forms of living. - HE WAS BEFORE; HE IS NOW; HE IS ALWAYS; AND BEFORE?…
The Non-Manifested One and manifestation are not two spirits, for HE that IS never ceases to be He that Is Not. - HE WAS IN ABSOLUTE REST.
The Eternal One does not admit any cogitation. - WAS HE OMNIPOTENT? WAS HE OMNIPRESENT? WAS HE OMNISCIENT?
Attributes of the manifestation disappear at once when one considers the Eternal One as Non-Manifested One. - HE IS NOT. HE IS NOT. HE IS NOT.
Neither matter, nor mind, nor manifested spirit is distinguishable in the Non-Manifested One. - NOW HE IS AT UNIVERSAL WORK; HE RETURNS TO MANIFESTATION. When one takes God as Manifestation, at once a differentiation takes place.
- LIFE OF ALL LIVES.
In manifestation, Spirit with no life ,or life with no Spirit, is non-existent. - BEING OF ALL BEINGS.
Any man is a mini-God, considering his chances. - POWER OF ALL POWERS.
Cosmic energy is different as to its appearances, but equal as to its foundation. - REFLECTION OF ALL THINGS.
The Spirit has a unique procedure to Create, and this procedure is reflected in any other similar procedure. - HE IS THE CENTER.
The center is the closer potential part to the Non-Manifested One. - HE IS THE RIGHT.
God Manifested is primordial male essence. - HE IS THE LEFT.
God Manifested is primordial female essence. - HE IS ABOVE.
The First Idea is Personal God-Creator. - HE IS BELOW.
Multiple ideas are Satan –or destructive factor. - HE MADE THE WORLDS.
God recognizes Himself spontaneously in His Creation. - ALL CREATED THINGS ARE IN HIM.
In relation to the Divine, quantitative values of an atom are equivalent to quantitative values of the Sun. - HE IS BOTH BREATH AND LIFE, AND HE MADE THE WORLDS.
God’s Breath is consciousness-idea, and God’s Life is phenomenon-will. - BUT, WHAT ARE THE WORLDS?
Consciousness-idea and phenomenon-will do not differ at all. - THEY ARE HIM.
God is neither confined in His Creation nor outside it; but He Is. - HE IS ONE, CENTER OF ALL THINGS.
The Unity is ever integral. - HE IS TWO –BOTH MATTER AND SPARK.
In manifestation, God is Him and His reflection. - HE IS THREE: PRIMARY POWER, REFLECTION OF BIGNESS IN SMALLNESS, LINKED BY HIS PERPETUAL MANIFESTED DIVINITY.
Primary Power is Creational Mind; Reflection of bigness in smallness is Material Life; and His Perpetual Manifested Divinity is Foa’s Energy. - HIS EXTREMITIES ARE FOUR: THEOGONY, COSMOGONY, THEURGY AND PHYSICS. Four is symbol of the three basic qualities materialized.
- HIS WISDOMS ARE FIVE, AND WITHIN THE REACH OF MAN.
When the lower aspect, namely number four, is brought into motion, it becomes number five by efforts. - SIX SACRED CHANDELIERS ILLUMINATE THE ALTAR IN HIS TEMPLE: FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY; OBEDIENCE, POVERTY AND CHASTITY.
These are initiation steps toward human perfection. - BUT ALL THINGS ARE DIVIDED BY NUMBER SEVEN; DISCIPLE, CALCULATE, AND YOU WILL GET THE COUNT OF THE UNIVERSE.
Seven is symbolic number of the Divine in man. - EIGHT IS NUMBER OF ITS HARMONIES; FOUR ABOVE AND FOUR BELOW. DIVINE AND HUMAN, DAY AND NIGHT, PAIRS OF OPPOSITES KNOWING ONE ANOTHER, AND NEVER MEETING.
This is symbol of Universal Harmony; as above, so below.
- NINE IS NUMBER OF ITS DIVINE BUILDERS, OF ITS DISTRIBUTORS, AND OF ITS MAKERS.
Creation of the Cosmos is made in this way: One mind, one energy and one matter launching the idea; one mind, one energy and one matter transmitting it; and one mind, one energy and one matter bringing it into effect.
- TEN IS NUMBER OF PERFECT UNION… PEACEFUL HEAVEN. SILENT NIRVANA. OLYMPUS OF REALIZATION.
The number ten is symbol of the Individual Spirit returning to the Universal Spirit.