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Or we may illustrate this principle thus. OR WE MAY ILLUSTRATE THIS PRINCIPLE THUS
 mind. It is precisely by comparing, arranging and superposing these mind-images that we get our general notions or concepts. This process of analysis and synthesis, whereby we select certain qualities in a group of mind-images, and then range together those of like quality, is the judicial action of the mind spoken of. But when we exercise swift divination upon the mind images, as does a poet or a man of genius, then we use a power higher than the judicial, and one nearer to the keen vision of the spiritual man. 45. Subtle substance rises in ascending degrees, to that pure nature which has no distinguishing mark. As we ascend from outer material things which are permeated by separateness, and whose chief characteristic is to be separate, just as so many pebbles are separate from each other; as we ascend, first, to mind-images, which overlap and coalesce in both space and time, and then to ideas and principles, we finally come to purer essences, drawing ever nearer and nearer to unity. CTS IN THE MIND IT IS PRECISELY BY COMPARING ARRANGING AND SUPERPOSING THESE MIND IMAGES THAT WE GET OUR GENERAL NOTIONS OR CONCEPTS THIS PROCESS OF ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS WHEREBY WE SELECT CERTAIN QUALITIES IN A GROUP OF MIND IMAGES AND THEN RANGE TOGETHER THOSE OF LIKE QUALITY AS THE JUDICIAL ACTION OF THE MIND SPOKEN OF BUT WHEN WE EXERCISE SWIFT DIVINATION UPON THE MIND IMAGES AS DOES A POET OR A MAN OF GENIUS THEN WE USE A POWER HIGHER THAN THE JUDICIAL AND ONE NEARER TO THE KEEN VISION OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN SUTRA FORTY FIVE SUBTLE SUBSTANCE RISES IN ASCENDING DEGREES TO THAT PURE NATURE WHICH HAS NO DISTINGUISHING MARK AS WE ASCEND FROM OUTER MATERIAL THINGS WHICH ARE PERMEATED BY SEPARATENESS AND WHOSE CHIEF CHARACTERISTIC IS TO BE SEPARATE JUST AS SO MANY PEBBLES ARE SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER AS WE ASCEND FIRST TO MIND IMAGES WHICH OVERLAP AND COALESCE IN BOTH SPACE AND TIME AND THEN TO IDEAS AND PRINCIPLES WE FINALLY COME TO PURER ESSENCES DRAWING EVER NEARER AND NEARER TO UNITY
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