The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 126

The thermometer shows many
degrees of temperature, the
lowest pole being called "cold"
and the highest "heat."
Between these two poles are
many degrees of "heat" or
"cold" call them either and you
are equally correct. The higher
of two degrees is always
"warmer" while the lower is
always "colder." There is no
absolute standard-all is a
matter of degree. There is no
place on the thermometer
where heat ceases and cold
begins. It is all a matter of
higher or lower vibrations.
The very terms "high" and
"low" which we are compelled
to use are but poles of the
same thing-the terms are
relative. So with "East and
West" - travel around the world
in an eastward direction and
you reach a point which is
called west at your starting
point and you return from that
westward point. Travel far
enough North and you will find
yourself traveling South, or
vice versa.
Light and Darkness are poles
of the same thing, with many
degrees between them.
The musical scale is the same,
starting with "C" you move

upward until you reach another
"C" and so on, the differences
between the two ends of the
board being the same, with
many degrees between the two
extremes. The scale of colour
is the same-higher and lower
vibrations being the only
difference between high violet
and low red. Large and Small
are relative. So are Noise and
Quiet, Hard and Soft follow the
rule. Likewise Sharp and Dull.
Positive and Negative are two
poles of the same thing, with
countless degrees between
them.
Good and Bad are not absolute
- we call one end of the scale
Good and the other Bad, or one
end Good and the other Evil,
according to the use of the
terms. A thing is "less good"
than the thing higher in the
scale but that "less good"
thing, in turn, is "more good"
than the thing next below it and so on, the "more or less"
being regulated by the position
on the scale.
And so it is on the Mental
Plane. "Love and Hate" are
generally regarded as being
things diametrically opposed
to each other, entirely