The First Mountain (f)

(3.21) Extremes are designated by distinctive names such as inside and out, top and bottom, light and dark, good and bad.

Extremes/polarity is necessary for the movement of energy.

(3.22) These are not separate entities but parts or aspects of the whole.

A positive and the negative are equally necessary components of energy.

(3.23) Universal Mind-–the eternal energy from which all things proceed–is the creative principle of the spiritual, mental, and physical, world.

Unlimited Creative potential (Universal Mind) is eternal spiritual energy that interacts with the mental (forces) and physical (biological) worlds.

(3.24) We are related to this creative principle by our ability to think.

Thought is the circuit through which this energy travels.

(3.25) Thought is the seed that results in action; action results in form.

Thought inspires action. Activity results in the creation of new conditions (form).

(3.26) Form depends upon the rate of vibration.

The rate of vibration is determined by the quality of our directed attention.

(3.27) The rate of vibration may be changed by mental action.

A change in thought (mental action) results in a change in the rate of vibration.

(3.28) Mental activity depends upon polarity–action and interaction between the individual and the Universal.

Mental activity (thought) is the conduit between the individual (conscious mind) and the Universal Mind (subconscious). We can change our subconscious defaults through intentional conscious thought.

(3.29) Creative potential originates in Universal but can manifest itself, only, through the individual.

Unlimited creative potential is a quality of the Universal. This potential is manifested in the individual through the subconscious mind, as demonstrated by our predominant mental attitude.

(3.30) The Individual is so important because the Universal is static and requires energy to start it in motion. This is furnished by food which is converted into energy and–in turn-allows the individual to think. When he stops eating he stops thinking. Then he no longer acts upon the Universal. There is, consequently, no action or interaction. The Universal is pure mind in static form; mind at rest.

The individual generates physical energy through the consumption of food. This physical energy empowers the individual to think, which allows the individual to interact with unlimited creative potential inherent to the Universal.