The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 93

occult truth concealed by
these carelessly uttered
words? The commonly used
expression is a survival of the
ancient Hermetic Maxim
quoted above.
As The Kybalion says, "To him
who truly understands this
truth hath come great
knowledge."
And, this being so, let us seek
this truth, the understanding
of which means so much.
In this statement of truth - this
Hermetic Maxim - is concealed
one of the greatest
philosophical, scientific and
religious truths.
We have given you the
Hermetic Teaching regarding
the Mental Nature of the
Universe - the truth that "the
Universe is Mental - held in the
Mind of THE ALL."
As the Kybalion says, in the
passage quoted above,
"All is in THE ALL."
But note also the co-related
statement that, "It is equally
true that THE ALL is in ALL."
This apparently contradictory
statement is reconcilable
under the Law of Paradox.
It is moreover an exact
Hermetic statement of the
relations existing between THE

ALL and its Mental Universe.
We have seen how "All is in
THE ALL" - now let us examine
the other aspect of the
subject.
The Hermetic Teachings are to
the effect that THE ALL is
Imminent in ("remaining
within; inherent; abiding
within") its Universe and in
every part, particle, unit, or
combination, within the
Universe. This statement is
usually illustrated by the
Teachers by a reference to the
Principle of Correspondence.
The Teacher instructs the
student to form a Mental
Image of something, a person,
an idea, something having a
mental form, the favourite
example being that of the
author or dramatist forming
an idea of his characters; or a
painter or sculptor forming an
image of an ideal that he
wishes to express by his art.
In each case, the student will
find that while the image has
its existence and being, solely
within his own mind, yet he,
the student, author, dramatist,
painter, or sculptor, is, in a
sense, immanent in; remaining
within; or abiding within, the
mental image also. In other