1 10 Evolution of Life and Form. 



of Divine life comes neither from the Third, nor 

 from the Second, but from the First lyOgos, there- 

 fore called Mahadeva, the Great God, the Supreme. 

 From Him comes the third impulse which is to 

 complete evolution, the third outpouring of life, 

 that only accomplishes its final evolution in this 

 age by methods of Yoga; therefore is He often 

 represented as the great Yogi, the great Guru, under 

 whose instructions the latest stages of evolution are 

 to be carried out. When that life-force comes down, 

 and the human Self is sent forth to occupy its 

 tabernacle, the ancient process is again repeated, 

 and it is only the germ of the highest life that is 

 given and not the completed life. Round it are 

 vehicles that are able to respond, round it are vehi- 

 cles that have the power of developing more highly, 

 that are already capable of sending in vibrations 

 arousing feeling in the life that they enclose, and 

 now enwrapped by the life of Vishnu this germ 

 of the Divine Self begins to stir and live as man. 



At first there comes from it very little response to 

 the life that is transmitted, very little answer to that 

 which is outside ; but what are the characteristics 

 of this infant Self, this spark of the Eternal Fire ? 

 Triple in aspect is the life in man as it is triple in 

 the Deity, and its characteristics are the same, Sat, 

 Chit, Ananda. We speak thus of Brahman, and 



