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also the field of evolution of the most exalted Beings in our
Cosmos. They alone can endure and advance by means of
the terrific solar vibrations. The Sun is the nearest approach
we have to a visible symbol of God, yet it is but a veil for
That which is behind. What That is cannot be uttered
publicly.
When we try to discover the origin of the Architect of
our Solar System, we find that we must pass to the highest
of the seven Cosmic Planes. We are then in the Realm of
The Supreme Being, Who emanated from the Absolute.
The Absolute is beyond comprehension. No expression
nor simile which we are capable of conceiving can possibly
convey any adequate idea. Manifestation implies limitation.
Ther efor e, we may at best characterize the Absolute as
Boundless Being; as the Root of Existence.
From the root of Existence—The Absolute—proceeds
the Supreme Being, at the dawn of manifestation. This is
THE ONE.
In the first chapter of John this Great Being is called
God. From this Supreme Being emanates The Word, the
Creative Fiat “without whom was not anything made,” and
this Wor d is t he alone-b egott en Son, bor n of His Father (the
Supreme Being) before all worlds—but positively not
Christ. Grand and glorious as is Christ, towering high above
mere human nature, He is not this Exalted Being. Truly “the
Word was made flesh,” but not in the limited sense of the
flesh of one body, but the flesh of all that is, in this and
millions of other Solar Systems.
The First Aspect of the Supreme Being may be
characterized asPOWER. From this proceeds the Second
Aspect,THE WORD; and from both of these proceeds the
Third Aspect,MOTION.
From this threefold Supreme Being proceed the seven