42 Evolution of Life and Form. 



two the positive and negative of modern science 

 evolution is started and the serpent spiral begins 

 to turn and turn round that axis. They call the 

 axis Mount Mandara, and they call the spiral coil 

 the serpent Vasuki while the axis rests on Hari as 

 a pivot; they call the positive and the negative 

 forces the Gods and Demons'; and their churning of 

 the ocean gives rise to the materials of the universe. 

 Aye ! That is from the seer, who, looking at the 

 ocean of matter, described pictorially what the eyes 

 of the spirit beheld there ; while the other is the 

 dry scientific statement of the modern thinker, who 

 works out his magnificent generalisation as the 

 result of his study of the forms. The seer and the 

 scientist have met. 



I shall show you, when I come to deal with life, 

 that modern science is coming towards our view of 

 life. I shall give you, from the latest declarations 

 of our modern scientific teachers, points which will 

 show you how they are climbing towards the ancient 

 view which is found in our sacred books ; and I will 

 now finish this first part of our subject this morning 

 by one plea addressed to all of you, which I would 

 pray you to think over at your leisure. 



There is but One Life, the I/ife of God, within 

 everything in His universe. No life save His life, 

 no consciousness save His consciousness, no thought 



