The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #23 October 2014 | Page 36

Universe Relationship
through Gratitude
This is the principle that the
Universe of Wholeness
represents a collective
intelligence that can be
personalized as a single
Universal Entity. Thus, in this
model of inference, there are
only two entities in the entire
cosmos: the Individual entity
and the Universal Entity.
Inasmuch as the individual is
impressionable and constantly
changing to adapt to new
information, so is the Universal
Entity, which is a dynamic and
living template of potential
energies and experiences that
are coherent and as knowable
as a friend's personality and
behaviour.
The Universal Entity is
responsive to the individual and
its perceptions and expressions.
It is like a composite omnipersonality that is imbued with
Source Intelligence and
responds to the perceptions of
the individual like a pool of
water mirrors the image that
overshadows it. Everyone in a
human instrument is indeed, at
their innermost core, a
sovereign entity that can

transform the human
instrument into an instrument
of the Sovereign Integral.
However, this transformation is
dependent on whether the
individual chooses to project an
image of a Sovereign Integral
upon the "mirror" of the
Universal Entity, or project a
lesser image that is a distortion
of its true state of being.

The principle of universe
relationship through
gratitude is primarily
concerned with consciously
designing one's self-image
through an appreciation of
the Universal Entity's
supportive "mirror".
In other words, the Universal
Entity is a partner in shaping
reality's expression in one's life.
Reality is an internal process of
creation that is utterly free of
external controls and
conditions if the individual
projects a sovereign image
upon the mirror of the
Universal Entity.
This process is an interchange
of supportive energy from the
individual to the Universal
Entity, and this energy is best
applied through an