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FIRST : T h i s p l a n e t w h ic h we h a v e b e e n c a l l i n g t h e e a r t h i s t h e o n l p l a n e t i n t h e U n i v e r s e . I t i s , i n f a c t , THE u n i v e r s e .
SECOND: I t i s a h o l l o w s p h e r e w i t h a c u r i o u s c r u s t , o r s h e l l , m anym i l e s i n t h i c k n e s s .
THIRD: On t h e i n s i d e o f t h i s c r u s t a r e m o u n t a i n s a nd p l a i n s a n dl a k e s a n d r i v e r s a nd c o n t i n e n t s a n d o c e a n s , j u s t a s we h a ve b e e nt a u g h t e x i s t e d on t h e o u t s i d e o f t h e s h e l l o r c r u s t .
FOURTH: We a n d a l l a n i m a l l i f e l i v e o n t h e i n s i d e o f t h i s s p h e r e a
t r a v e l a ro u nd on t h e i n s i d e j u s t a s w ea re s u p po s ed t o l i v e a n d t r a v eon th e o u t s i d e .
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pow e r r a d i a t e s f r o m , a n d t h i s c e n t r e p o i n t g i v e s u s w ha t we now kn oas the SUN.
SIXTH: The Moon a nd t h e s o - c a l l e d p l a n e t s a r e w i t h i n t h i s g r e a ts p a c e , a s a l s o a r e t h e " h e a v e n s ” , t h e c lo u d s an d a l l t h a t e x i s t sa bo ve t h e s u r f a c e o f t h e e a r t h .
SEVENTH: The g r e a t s p h e r e , o r c e l l , o r t h e s h e l l o f t h i s s p h e r e , r
v o l v e s on an a x i s j u s t a s we h a v e b e e n t o l d t h e e a r t h r e v o l v e s , maki n g a c o m p l et e r e v o l u t i o n e v e r y 24 h o u r s .
EIGHTH: One h a l f o f th e s u r f a c e i n s i d e o f t h i s s h e l l i s i n d a r k n e sc a l l e d N i g h t , a n d t h e o t h e r h a l f i n l i g h t , c a l l e d Day; a n d t h e r e v o l v i n g o f t h e s h e l l c a u s e s d ay to c h an ge i n t o n i g h t a nd n i g h t i n t od a y .
NINTH: The s o - c a l l e d p o l e s a n d m a g n e t i c p o i n t s a r e p o i n t s o f p o l a r i t y on t h e s u r f a c e o f t h e s h e l l ; a n d t h e warm b e l t s a nd c o l d p o lo f t h e e a r t h ’ s s u r f a c e e x i s t o n a c c o u n t o f m a g n e t i c - c o n d i ti o n s w h i cwe w i l l s t u d y l a t e r o n.
TENTH: F rom t h e c e n t r e , w h e r e t h e p ow e r a n d f o r c e o f t h e u n i v e r s er a d i a t e s t h r o u g h t h e S un ’ s r a y s , comes a l l t h e e n e rg y t h a t i s u s e d n a t u r e f o r c r e a t i o n . T h i s e n e r g y m a n i f e s t s i n a l l c h e m i c a l s a nd a la n i m a l l i f e b e c a u se o f i t s r a t e s o f v i b r a t i o n s . The s o - c a l l e d f o r co f g r a v i t a t i o n i s NOT a p u l l t o w a rd t h e e a r t h , b u t i n s t e a d a c e n t r if u g a l f o r c e r e s u l t i n g fro m t h e r e v o l u t i o n of t h e s h e l l o r c e l l , c a ui n g e v e r y t h i n g i n s i d e o f t h e s h e l l t o b e p u sh e d f ro m t h e c e n t r e o f t h e s h e l l t o w a rd i t s i n n e r s u r f a c e . T h e r e f o re g r a v i t a t i o n , a s we si t m a n i f e s t e d , i s NOT a p u l l , b u t a PUSH. T h i s m e an s , t h e n , t h a ta l l s uc h l a w s a nd p r i n c i p l e s a s a r e b a s ed u pon g r a v i t a t i o n b e i n g a
p u l l a r e f a l s e , a n d t h e l a w s o f s p e o i f i c g r a v i t y a n d w e i g h t a r e f a la nd t h e r e f o r e t h e c h e m i ca l s t a n d a r d of n a t u r e ’ s m a n i f e s t a t i o n s c an n
b e p r o p e r l y j u d g e d by s u c h a t h i n g a s s p e c i f i c g r a v i t y . N e i t h e r c at h e n a t u r e o f any of G o d ' s m a n i f e s t a t i o n s be j u dg e d u n l e s s a l l t h eo l d t h e o r i e s b e r e v o l u t i o n i z e d .
ELEVENTH: The e m a n a t i o n s fr o m t h e c e n t r e o f t h i s c e l l , o r u n i v e r s ea r e i n t h e f o rm o f a g r e a t VITAL FORCE t r a v e l l i n g t o w a r d th e s h e l li n many f or m s o f u n d u l a t i o n s a nd r a t e s o f v i b r a t i o n s , a nd a c c o r d i n gt o t h e r a t e s o f v i b r a t i o n s do we h a ve a l l f or m s o f m a t t e r a nd l i f eon t h i s e a r t h . The s p ac e b e tw e e n t h e c e n t r e p o i n t a nd t h e s h e l l i sf i l l e d w i t h th e s e v i b r a t i o n s a n d t h i s s p ac e i s t h e g r e a t COSMICSPACE a n d i t i s c h a r g e d w i t h COSMIC MIND o r t h e c o n s c i o u s n e s s o f G o
TWELFTH: The e m a n a ta t i o n s f rom t h e c e n t r e a r e o f a POSITIVE NATUREa nd t h e s h e l l h a s become c h a rg e d w i t h a n e g a t i v e p o l a r i t y , t h e r e f o r
t h e u n i v e r s e , o r g r e a t c e l l , IN w h ic h we l i v e i s a h ug e m a g n e t i c b a l l o r s p h e r e a n d a l l t h a t e x i s t s i s a r e s u l t o f t h i s m a g n e t i s m .
W i t h t h e s e TWELVE FACTS, w h i c h r e a l l y c o n t a i n m an y m o re f a c t s , wec a n s e e a t o n c e how much l i k e t h e s m a l l e s t c e l l s o f p r o t o p l a s m t h eu n i v e r s e r e a l l y i s . We c a n s e e now w h a t t h e a n c i e n t s m e an t w he n t hs a i d : "As a b o v e so b e l o w . " We c a n s e e now why i t w a s w e l l t o u n d es t a n d s o m e t h i ng o f wh at c e l l s a r e a n d how t h e y l o o k u n d er t h e m i c r os c o p e , a n d why we w a r n ed t h a t t h e r e a r e n o e x c e p t i o n s t o n a t u r e * sl aw s ; f o r a l l n a t u r e i s i n t h e f o rm o f a c e l l , c e l l s w i t h i n c e l l s ,t h e u n i v e r s e b e i n g t h e b i g g e s t c e l l , t h e l i t t l e c e l l o f p r o t o p la s m ,t h a t b e i n g t h e l i f e o f an a n i m a l , b e i n g b u t a m i n a t u r e o f th e b i gc e l l , t h e u n i v e r s e .
I n o u r f u t u r e l e c t u r e s we m u st t a k e u p ea c h o ne o f t h e s e f a c t s a nde l a b o r a t e up o n t he m , e v en t o t h e m i n u te a n a l y s i s o f t h e n a t u r e o f t h e e ne rg y t h a t r a d i a t e s f ro m t h e c e n t r e a n d c r e a t e s a l l . l i v i n gt h i n g s a s w e l l as a l l g r o s s m a t t e r .
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b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d e a c h s t e p a s we p r o g r e s s .
A nd s o t o t h o s e o f u s who i n t h e p a s t h a v e r e a d o r h e a r d o f t h e COSMIC MIND and COSMIC SPACE, t h e r e ope ns up be f o re u s a new v i s t a anda n ew p h i l o s o p h y . We c a n s e e a n d r e a l i z e n ow how s u c h a C os mi c S p ac an b e ch a rg e d w i t h i n t e l l i g e n c e o r a p e r f e c t c o n d i t i o n o f a t t u n e -m en t , b e c a u s e t h a t sp ac e i s NOT AN ENDLESS an d LIMITLESS sp a c e , aswe h av e b e en t o l d h e r e t o f o r e , b u t a l i m i t e d s p a c e , a n e n c l o se d s p a cWe know t h a t t h e s p a c e w i t h i n a r oo m o r e v e n a l a r g e h a l l c a n b e s oc h a rg e d w i t h s u b t l e v i b r a t i o n s o f one k i n d o r a n o t h e r t h a t p e r so n se n t e r i n g t h e r oom f e e l t h o s e v i b r a t i o n s a nd s e n s e t hem i n a m an ne r t h a t i s u n m i s t a k a b l e . I t h as al w a ys b ee n d i f f i c u l t f o r t h e s t u d e n to f o c c u l t p h i l o s o p h y t o u n d e r s t a n d how t h e g r e a t Cosmic S p a ce , b e g in i g n n ow h er e a nd e n di n g n ov /h er e, l i m i t l e s s a nd e n d l e s s , c o u l d b ec h a r g e d w i t h v i b r a t i o n s a n d a C os mic M in d w h i ch w o u ld n o t b e c h a ng i n g o r e v e r p a s s i n g aw ay.
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c e n t r e o f o ur U n i v e r s e a n d t h a t t h e DIVINE M ind i s t h e i n t e l l i g e n c et h a t r a d i a t e s i n t o s p a c e w i t h t h e g r e a t LIGHT a nd f i l l s t h e Cosm icw i t h t h a t M i nd , - t h e r e b y m a k i n g t h e g r e a t COSMIC MIND, l e s h a l l s e eh ow t h e u n i v e r s e w a s c r e a t e d f r o m t h i s LOGOS a n d , a s we go a l o n gs t e p by s t e p , n o t o n l y w i l l t h e g r e a t m a t e r i a l l aw s a nd p r i n c i p l e so f t h i s u n i v e r s e r e v e a l t h e m s e l v e s t o u s i n a m an ne r m ore e a s i l y u n d e r s t o o d t h a n t h e o l d s c h o o l s h av e e v e r b e e n a b l e t o p r e s e n t t h em ,
b u t we s h a l l a l s o d i s c o v e r t h e TRUE God a n d r e a l i z e t h e g r e a t DIVI NITY t h a t p e r v a d e s t h e U n i v e r s e an d i s , i n t r u t h , i n e v e ry c e l l o f o u r b o d i. e s , i n e v e r y b r e a t h we t a k e , a n d i n e v e r y p a r t o f o u r m i nda nd th i n k i n g .
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