The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 97

"Outpouring" the creative
forces manifest compactly and
as a whole, yet from the
beginning of the Evolutionary
or "Indrawing" stage, there is
manifested the Law of
Individualization - that is the
tendency to separate into
Units of Force, so that finally
that which left THE ALL as
unindividualized energy
returns to its source as
countless highly developed
Units of Life having risen
higher and higher in the scale
by means of Physical, Mental
and Spiritual Evolution.
The ancient Hermetists use
the word "Meditation" in
describing the process of the
mental creation of the
Universe in the Mind of THE
ALL, the word "Contemplation"
also being frequently
employed. But the idea
intended seems to be that of
the employment of the Divine
Attention. "Attention" is a
word derived from the Latin
root, meaning "to reach out; to
stretch out" and so the act of
Attention is really a mental
"reaching out; extension" of
mental energy, so that the
underlying idea is readily
understood when we examine

into the real meaning of
"Attention."
The Hermetic Teachings
regarding the process of
Evolution are that, THE ALL,
having meditated upon the
beginning of the Creation having thus established the
material foundations of the
Universe - having thought it
into existence - then gradually
awakens or rouses from its
Meditation and in so doing
starts into manifestation the
process of Evolution, on the
material mental and spiritual
planes, successively and in
order. Thus the upward
movement begins - and all
begins to move Spiritward.
Matter becomes less gross; the
Units spring into being; the
combinations begin to form;
Life appears and manifests in
higher and higher forms and
Mind becomes more and more
in evidence - the vibrations
constantly becoming higher.
In short, the entire process of
Evolution, in all of its phases,
begins and proceeds according
to the established "Laws of the
Indrawing" process. All of this
occupies aeons upon aeons of
Man's time, each aeon
containing countless millions