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unimaginable grandeur,angelsof worlds,Gods

of countless systems, rismg ever higher, with

consciousnessexpandedtoembracevasterareas,

offeringcountlessobjects forworship,extending

lovmghandstohelp,the Fathersand Mothers

of thesystemsthatrollmspace-allthatheart

canlongfor,all that aspirationcan soar to,all

thatreasoncandemand. Througheachpours

out the One Life, in each is expressed some

marvel of the else unintelligible Glory; They

revealpartof Thatwhich eludes allgrasping

intotality;somesomightyandsovastthatThey

sustain a universe, someso individually tender

that a child, unafraid, might nestle on Their

breast.

InEasternI^antheismtheOneandtheMany

are distinguished in thought, whilethe funda-

mentalunity- the Manybeingbut raysof the

One,manifestedcentresof consciousness,chan-

nels of the One, each in His measure-is

neverleft out of sight. "He verilyisall the

Gods." "Theycall HimIndra, Mitlra,Var-

una, andAgni." *'He whois Brahma,who

is Indra and Prajapati, is all these Gods."

{Brihadaranyakopanishad,quotationsfromthe

Shruti, in Commentary on the Fourth Brah-

mana,chap,i.) TheGodstrulyliveasseparate

intelligences, but theyno moremar the divine