[FOURTH LECTURE.] 

 EVOLUTION OF FORM. 



MY BROTHERS, We are now to concentrate our 

 attention on the phenomenal side of the universe, 

 that is, on the varied appearances that surround us, 

 whether those appearances be visible to the physical 

 eyes or not ; for we must remember that the prin- 

 ciple of form is to be found in every stage of the 

 manifested universe, and that when the phrase 

 " the formless world " is used, the word " formless " 

 is only true in relation to the worlds below the one 

 so spoken of. All higher worlds are "formless" 

 regarded from below, that is, regarded by the organs 

 of perception which are fitted for exercise in the 

 lower world ; but if a person has developed the capa- 

 city to respond to the vibrations in any given world 

 of manifestation, then that world to him is a world 

 of form and not of formlessness. Everywhere 

 manifestation implies form, however subtle may be 

 the matter which composes it ; and you may re- 

 member that it is said in the Vishnu Purdna that 

 the one characteristic of matter which is always 



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