archetypes in every sphere of development. There is the tremendous pressure of the
potential power of the Samskaras both in the realm of matter and mind. But within the
limitations set by these different forces tending to mould the future there is, still, a
certain freedom of movement which makes it possible for the future to develop along
one of the many possible lines which open out from moment to moment. It is in this
way, therefore, that in the world of the Relative, influenced by the Divine Pattern on
the one hand and the momentum of the past on tfye other events move forward towards
their final consummation.
Having understood the significance of the phrase ‘difference of paths’ let us
now see how these different paths merely represent the emergence of different proper-
ties in the substratum, i.e. Prakrti. The path taken by the course of events, if we ana-
lyse it carefully, is nothing else than a particular series of phenomena in a particular
order, each element of this series, in its turn, being nothing more than a particular
combination of properties or Dharmas which are all inherent in Prakrti. If we repre-
sent, for the sake of illustration, these different properties by A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I,
J, K , L,etc.
Fig. 13then different courses of events may be represented by different series of phenomena
in the following manner: