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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. Or we may illustrate this principle thus. 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 OR WE MAY ILLUSTRATE THIS PRINCIPLE THUS
kes that soul live on canvas. These stages of perception are described in this way, to lead the mind up to an understanding of the piercing soul-vision of the spiritual man, the immortal. 44. The same two steps, when referring to things of finer substance, are said to be with, or without, judicial action of the mind. We now come to mental or psychical objects: to images 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, 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. THAT SOUL LIVE ON CANVAS THESE STAGES OF PERCEPTION ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS WAY TO LEAD THE MIND UP TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PIERCING SOUL VISION OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN THE IMMORTAL SUTRA FORTY FOUR THE SAME TWO STEPS WHEN REFERRING TO THINGS OF FINER SUBSTANCE ARE SAID TO BE WITH OR WITHOUT JUDICIAL ACTION OF THE MIND WE NOW COME TO MENTAL OR PSYCHICAL OBJECTS TO OBJECTS 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
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