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creative power of mind lies every possibility of form. 

 So in man is later evolved the next aspect, that of 

 A'nanda, where unity is recognised instead of 

 diversity. Chit, in man, is the intelligence that 

 knows, that separates and divides and analyses, and 

 it has to do with the multiplicity of forms and with 

 their inter-relations ; A'nanda is the wisdom that 

 realises the unity of all things, and that accom- 

 plishes union, thus finding the joy that lies at the 

 very heart of life ; last of all in human evolution, is 

 developed the third and highest aspect of Deity, 

 Self-Existence, the Unity that lies beyond union, and 

 this can be developed in man only because man is 

 one with the Eternal in his nature. By this evolution, 

 in ages to come, through the countless kalpas that 

 lie in front, Ishvara after Ishvara arises, each as the 

 fruitage of a universe, to carry on still more mightily 

 the will of the " One without a second," and to mani- 

 fest something of that perfection to the whole of the 

 then manifested nature. Such, very roughly, is the 

 course of human evolution into divinity, and this 

 is carried on by races succeeding one another ; as 

 we come to the higher Root-races of man, to those 

 that we speak of as the Fifth, in which we are, the 

 Sixth, that shall succeed us, and the Seventh that 

 finishes this cycle of human evolution, we learn that 

 the characteristic of each of these three Root-races 



