Spirit, Life, Soul, Substance, Law and Unity are all coexistent and coeternal with each other. The only thing that changes is form.
Life makes things out of Itself by becoming the thing that It makes; there is no effort in the process.
Conscious Mind and Spirit mean the same; they denote that part of the Trinity which is Self-Knowing or God.
Subconscious and Subjective Mind, Soul and Mental Medium, Universal Subjectivity or Law, all have the same meaning; they denote that part of the Trinity which acts as Law.
Body, Creation or the manifest Universe, is simply the result of the Trinity which acts as Law.
Body—Creation or the manifest Universe—is simply the result of the Knowingness of Spirit through Law.
One element alone is really self-conscious and that is Spirit. Both Law and Manifestation are automatic and must react to Spirit.
Soul or Subjective Mind, Substance or unformed matter, and Conscious Spirit permeate all things and all people. There is an Intelligence acting through everything, and everything responds to intelligence.
It cannot be too plainly stated that Spirit, or Conscious Intelligence, is the only Self-Assertive Principle in the universe. "Spirit is the power that knows Itself," and is the only power that is Self-Knowing. Everything else is subject to Spirit. The sole and only operation of Spirit is through Its Word. The Word, acting as Law through Substance, produces Creation.
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