The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 94

words, the entire virtue, life,
spirit, of reality in the mental
image is derived from the
"immanent mind" of the
thinker. Consider this for a
moment, until the idea is
grasped.
To take a modern example, let
us say that Othello, Iago,
Hamlet, Lear, Richard III
existed merely in the mind of
Shakespeare, at the time of
their conception or creation.
And yet, Shakespeare also
existed within each of these
characters, giving them their
vitality, spirit and action.
Whose is the "spirit" of the
characters that we know as
Micawber, Oliver Twist, Uriah
Heep - is it Dickens, or have
each of these characters a
personal spirit, independent of
their creator? Have the Venus
of Medici, the Sistine Madonna,
the Apollo Belvidere, spirits
and reality of their own, or do
they represent the spiritual
and mental power of their
creators? The Law of Paradox
explains that both
propositions are true, viewed
from the proper viewpoints.
Micawber is both Micawber
and yet Dickens. And, again,
while Micawber may be said to

be Dickens, yet Dickens is not
identical with Micawber.
Man, like Micawber, may
exclaim, "The Spirit of my
Creator is inherent within me and yet I am not HE!"
How different this from the
shocking half-truth so
vociferously announced by
certain of the half-wise, who
fill the air with their raucous
cries of "I am God!" Imagine
poor Micawber, or the sneaky
Uriah Heep, crying: "I Am
Dickens"; or some of the lowly
clods in one of Shakespeare's
plays, eloquently announcing
that "I Am Shakespeare!"
THE ALL is in the earthworm
and yet the earth-worm is far
from being THE ALL. And still
the wonder remains that
though the earth-worm exists
merely as a lowly thing,
created and having its being
solely within the Mind of THE
ALL - yet THE ALL is immanent
in the earthworm and in the
particles that go to make up
the earth-worm. Can there be
any greater mystery than this
of "All in THE ALL and THE
ALL in All?"
The student will, of course,
realize that the illustrations
given above are necessarily