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only think of all events therein as happening' in sequence : but 

 eliminate Time and the whole of Creation is there as an 

 Instantaneous Thought of God. Under the dominion of Time 

 we appear to be in a similar position to that of a being whose 

 senses are limited to one-dimensional space, namely, to a line, 

 we can only have cosnizance of what is in front and behind, we 

 have no knowledge of what is to the right or left, we appear to 

 be limited to looking leugtliwise in Time whereas an Omniscient 

 and Omnipresent Being looks at time crosswise and sees it as a 

 whole. A small light when at rest appears as a point of light, 

 but when we apply quick motion, the product of Time and 

 Space, to it, we get the appearance of a line of light, and this 

 continuous line of light, formed by motion of a point, is, I think, 

 analogous to the Physical Universe appearing to our finite 

 senses as continuous in Time duration and Space extension, 

 though really only comprised in the Xow and the Here and the 

 whole of Creation being an instantaneous Thought. X con- 

 sideration of our limitation under the dominion of Space may 

 also be useful to sliow how impossible it is for us to hope to see 

 by our Senses the iveality or by our Thoughts to know the 

 Spiritual. Our Senses and Thoughts are limited to a Space of 

 three dimensions and we can therefore only see or know that 

 part of the Spiritual which is or can be represented to us in 

 three dimensions : a beino- whose senses were limited to a 

 Universe of one dimension, namely, a line, could have no real 

 knowledge of another being who was in a Universe of two 

 dimensions, namely, a flat surface, except so far as the two- 

 dimensional being could be represented within his line of 

 Sensation ; so also the two-dimensional being could have no 

 true knowledge of a being like ourselves in a universe of three 

 dimensions : — To his thoughts, limited within two dimensions, a 

 being like ourselves would be unthinkable, except so far as our 

 nature could be made manifest on his plane ; so can it be seen 

 that we, limited by our finite senses to Time and Space, and 

 our consciousness dependent upon that limited basis of thought, 

 can only know that aspect of the Keality which can be mani- 

 fested within that range of thought, namely, as Motion or what 

 we call Physical phenomena. 



Do we not then see clearly that the Physical Ego comprised 

 in what we call "I am," "I perceive," " 1 think,'' "I know," 

 " I remember," is transient and has only to do with the 

 progress of the Race : it is the Shadow or Image in the Physical 

 Universe of that Personality wliich Transcends Time and 

 Space ; take away a small portion of the brain and ^lemory 



