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cosmos becomes denser than it is in Universal space,
between Solar Systems.
When God has thus prepared the material for His
Habitation, He next s ets it in order. Ever y part of the syst em
is pervaded by His consciousness, but a different
modification of that consciousness in each part or division.
The Cosmic Root-substance is set in varying rates of
vibration and is therefore differently constituted in its
various divisions, or regions.
The above is the manner in which the Worlds come into
being and are fitted to serve different purposes in the
evolutionary scheme, the same as the various rooms in the
house are fitted to serve the purposes of everyday life in the
Physical World.
We have already seen that there are seven Worlds.
These Worlds have each a different “measure” and rate of
vibration. In the dens est World (t he Phys ical) t he measure of
vibration, though in the case of light-waves reaching a rate
of hundreds of millions per second, is nevertheless
infinitesimal when compared to the rapidity of the vibration
in the Desire World, which is next to the Physical. To get
some conception of the meaning and rapidity of vibration,
perhaps the easiest way is to watch the heat vibrations rising
from a very hot stove, or from a steam radiator near a
window.
It must be borne constantly in mind that these Worlds
are not separated by space or distance, as is the earth from
the other planets. They are states of matter, of varying
density and vibration, as are the solids, liquids and gases of
our Physical World. These Worlds are not instantaneously
created at the beginning of a day of Manifestation, nor do
they last until the end; but as a spider spins its web thread by