The FuturethatAwaits Us.^263
Breath in which all systems, all worlds, all
individuals,live,breathe,andexists. Letthere
be in your minds for a moment a picture of
that vast cycle of evolution—evolution as yet
unaccomplished,evolutionexistinginthethought
of the Logos but not in the facts of the
manifestation. Then,runningswiftly onwards
from that beginning, place before your minds
anotherpicture,thatofthemakingoftheplanes
of a universe, region after region: how the
energyof theLogosflashingforthpours Itself
outasAtma,the one Self,into a universe yet
to be,to make plane after plane in sevenfold
order; Itself the energy, the first spirit; and
the first matter but Its own outer aspect,the
ringwithinwhich Itlimits Itselfforthepurpose
ofmanifestation; then thisenergypassingout-
wards enfolded in that first matter as in a
garment,and its outer aspect again forming a
newphaseof matter,that ofthe secondplane,
so thatthe energyof the second plane is the
firstenergy plus first-plane matter, and round
thisthefreshdifferentiationofthematterofthe
secondplaneiswrapped; andsotheenergyof
thethird planeisthefirst energyplusfirst and
second-planematter,andtheouterlimitbecomes
third-planematter; and so on, makingregion
afterregion until the seven (the root-number
