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other, nor from one Region to the next. Just as solids,
liquids, and gases are all together in our bodies,
interpenetrating one another, so are the different Regions of
the Des ire World wit hin us also. We may again compare the
lines of force along which ice-crystals form in water to the
invisible causes originating in the Desire World, which
appear in the Physical World and give us the incentive to
action, in whatever direction it may be.
The Desire World, with its innumerable inhabitants,
permeates the Physical World, as the lines of force do the
water—invisible, but everywhere present and potent as the
cause of everything in the Physical World.
THE WORLD OF THOUGHT.The World of Thought also consists of seven Regions of
varying qualities and densities, and, like the Physical World,
the World of Thought is divided into two main divisions—
the Region of Concrete Thought, comprising the four
densest Regions; and the Region of Abstract Thought,
comprising the three Regions of finest substance. This
World of Thought is the central one of the five Worlds from
which man obtains his vehicles. Here spirit and body meet.
It is also the highest of the three Worlds in which man's
evolution is being carried forward at the present time, the
two higher Worlds being practically in abeyance as yet, so
far as man is concerned.
We know that the materials of the Chemical Region are
used in building all physical forms. These forms are given
life and the power of motion by the forces at work in the
Etheric Region, and some of these living forms are stirred
into activity by means of the twin Feelings of the Desire
World. The Region of Concrete Thought furnishes the mind-