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Thus we see a rose as that particular flower, with its colour and scent, its peculiar fold of each petal; but we also see in it the species, the family to which it belongs, with its relation to all plants, to all life, to Life itself. So in any day, we see events and circumstances; we also see in it the lesson set for the soul by the Eternal. THUS WE SEE A ROSE AS THAT PARTICULAR FLOWER WITH ITS COLOUR AND SCENT ITS PECULIAR FOLD OF EACH PETAL BUT WE ALSO SEE IN IT THE SPECIES THE FAMILY TO WHICH IT BELONGS WITH ITS RELATION TO ALL PLANTS TO ALL LIFE TO LIFE ITSELF SO IN ANY DAY WE SEE EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES WE ALSO SEE IN IT THE LESSONS SET FOR THE SOUL BY THE ETERNAL
ption of the object as a unity, as a whole, the perception of its essence. First, the details must be clearly perceived; then the essence must be comprehended. When the two processes are equally balanced, the true onepointedness is attained. Everything has these two sides, the side of difference and the side of unity; there is the individual and there is the genus; the pole of matter and diversity, and the pole of oneness and spirit. To see the object truly, we must see both. 13. Through this, the inherent character, distinctive marks and conditions of being and powers, according to their development, are made clear. By the power defined in the preceding sutra, the inherent character, distinctive marks and conditions of beings and powers are made clear. For through this power, as defined, we get a twofold view of each object, seeing at once all its individual characteristics and its essential character, species and genus; we see it in relation to itself, and in relation to the Eternal. E FOUR SO WITH US ALSO WE ARE SEEKING THE MEANING OF OUR TASK BUT THE MIND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A MOMENT OF SLACKENED ATTENTION AND FLITS OFF FROM ONE FRIVOLOUS DETAIL TO ANOTHER TILL WE SUDDENLY COME BACK TO CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER TRAVERSING LEAGUES OF SPACE WE MUST LEARN TO CONQUER THIS AND TO GO BACK WITHIN OURSELVES INTO THE BEAM OF PERCEIVING CONSCIOUSNESS ITSELF WHICH IS A BEAM OF THE OVER SOUL THIS IS THE TRUE ONE POINTEDNESS BRINGING OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS TO A FOCUS IN THE SOUL SUTRA THIRTEEN THROUGH THIS THE INHERENT CHARACTER DISTINCTIVE MARKS AND CONDITIONS OF BEING AND POWERS ACCORDING TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT ARE MADE CLEAR BY THE POWER DEFINED IN THE PRECEDING SUTRA THE INHERENT CHARACTER DISTINCTIVE MARKS AND CONDITIONS OF BEINGS AND POWERS ARE MADE CLEAR FOR THROUGH THIS POWER AS DEFINED WE GET A TWOFOLD VIEW OF EACH OBJECT SEEING AT ONCE ALL ITS INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ITS ESSENTIAL CHARACTER SPECIES AND GENUS WE SEE IT IN RELATION TO ITSELF AND IN RELATION TO THE ETERNAL
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