130 Evolution of Life and Form. 



complete. There are three aspects, we recollect, 

 which the evolving Self has to unfold. We must 

 add to this a comprehension of the nature of these 

 aspects, when externalised ; for we did not yester- 

 day, for lack of time, glance quite precisely at the 

 characteristic outer mark of each aspect of life. As 

 these aspects modify the evolution of form, the 

 form cannot be understood unless its relations to 

 the aspects of life be realised. We have, as we 

 know, to show forth Knowledge, Bliss, and Being. 

 These will come out as powers into the world of 

 form as evolution reaches its later stages, and the 

 form will be able to express those powers of the 

 evolving life. Knowledge, showing forth through 

 form, has as its power Intelligence ; Bliss, shown 

 forth through form, has as its power Love; Being, 

 shown forth through form, has as its power Exist- 

 ence ; so that the fundamental aspects may be said 

 severally to manifest as the powers of intelligence, 

 of love, of existence. Otherwise put, the nature of 

 intelligence is knowledge, the nature of love is 

 bliss, the nature of existence is being. The in- 

 telligence, love and existence of our worlds are the 

 manifested Knowledge, the manifested Bliss, and 

 the manifested Being of the Self. That is the out- 

 ward aspect of the Self as the other is the inner 

 aspect, and these characteristic natures seek their 



