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All the people have formed a god in the world of thought, and
that form of their own imagination they worship; when the fact is that
the imagined form is finite and the human mind is infinite
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the infinite is greater than the finite, for imagination is accidental (or
non-essential) while the mind is essential; surely the essential is greater
than the accidental.
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Therefore consider: All the sects and peoples worship their own
thought; they create a god in their own minds and acknowledge him
to be the creator of all things, when that form is a superstition—thus
people adore and worship imagination (or illusion).
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The Essence of the Divine Entity and the Unseen of the unseen
is holy above imagination and is beyond thought. Consciousness doth
not reach It. Within the capacity of comprehension of a produced (or
created) reality that Ancient Reality cannot be contained. It is a different
world; from it there is no information; arrival thereat is impossible;
attainment thereto is prohibited and inaccessible. This much is
known: It exists and Its existence is certain and proven—but the
condition is unknown.
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All the philosophers and the doctors know that It is, but they were
perplexed in the comprehension of Its existence and were at last discouraged,
and in great despair they left this world. For the comprehension
of the condition and mysteries of that Reality of realities and
Mystery of mysteries there is need for another power and another
sense. That power and sense is not possessed by mankind, therefore
they have not found any information. For example: If a man possess
the power of hearing, the power of tasting, the power of smelling and
the power of feeling but no power of seeing, he cannot see. Hence,
through the powers and senses present in man the realization of the
Unseen Reality, which is pure and holy above the reach of doubts, is
impossible. Other powers are needed and other senses required. If
those powers and senses are obtained, then information can be had;
otherwise, not.
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1. | Infinite in regard to imagination, for without the mind there would be no imagination. [ Back To Reference] |