Chapter 7 T H E M E N T A L U N I V E R S E KEY TERMS Before working the other exercises in this chapter, write definitions of each of the key terms from the chapter. mental ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ emanating ___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Mind ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ SUMMUM ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Spirit ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ collective consciousness ____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ presence ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ string proportions __________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ superior ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ transcends __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ proceed _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ emanation ___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ sages _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ fragments ___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Correspondence ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ obstacles ___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ pro-create __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ cloning _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ pervades ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ mentality ___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ thinking ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ mundane _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Fatherhood __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Motherhood __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Gender ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ womb ________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ evolution ___________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ instinctive _________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ destiny _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ aeons _______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY AND REVIEW This summary, when completed with answers, gives you a comprehension of the primary points of the chapter in the text. Fill in the blanks with words or phrases that complete the ideas. "The universe is ____________________, emanating from the ________________ of SUMMUM." -- Summum SUMMUM is ______________! This statement needs to be examined at this point. Spirit is the _______________ of the __________________ in which the ________ grand _____________ are poised in opposition or SUBJECTIVE OBSERVATION to one another. Spirit is the "_________" force Energy produced as a result of ______________ observation of Itself (the copulation). The process of observation or attention, director indirect, _________________ the ___________________ of the structure of Creation. The ___________________ consciousness of the _____________ of Creation establishes the ______________ of the universe. It is similar to the human body, in which billions of ______________ cells (units) make it up to be what it is. Spirit is a name that humankind gives to the concept of , infinite, _______________ __________; the essence of Creation; the BOND between NOTHING and POSSIBILITY; the joining together and splitting apart of the mental "_____________________ _______________________" of the subjective NOTHING and POSSIBILITY. It can be called the "real essence." It means living ________. Now proceed to a consideration of the nature of the universe as a whole and its parts. What is the ___________________? You have seen that there can be ______________ outside of _______________. Then is the universe SUMMUM? No, it is not. The universe seems to be made up of _________________ UNITS and is constantly _______________. In this sense it does not measure up or conform to ideas as previously stated. For if the ___________ is not SUMMUM, it must be nothing. If the universe exists at all or _______________ to exist, it must proceed in some way from ____________________. It must be an emanation from SUMMUM, for _____________ cannot come from nothing alone. From what could ______________ have created it? Some philosophers have answered this question by saying that ______________ created the universe from ITSELF, that is, from the being and essence of SUMMUM. This will not do, for _____________________ cannot be subtracted from or divided, altered or __________________. What is the universe if it is not ____________________, not created by SUMMUM having separated Itself into fragments? What else could it be? Of what else can it be made? This is a great question. Examine it carefully. You find here that the Principle of ________________ (chapter three) will come to your assistance. The Mind of Creation is not a "____________________" mind but has all thought contained within it in _________________. Thought is an event and all events are produced by the _______________________ bond between the Grand Opposites, NOTHING and POSSIBILITY. Infinite events within a finite moment -- this describes the _____________ of __________________ (SUMMUM). "SUMMUM creates in Its Infinite __________ infinite universes which exist for aeons of _______________; and yet to ____________, the creation, development, decline, and death of a billion universes is as the time of the _____________ of an eye." -- Summum For example, there are ____________ and _____________ "Gods" or creators that act in some of the infinite dimensional fields created by SUMMUM. The Summum philosophy is that ________________, in Itself, is above Gender, as It is THE ________ from which the laws proceed and It is not subject to them. In your mundane concepts you have spoken of the Fatherhood of ___________ and the _______________ of Nature -- of God, the _____________ Father, and Nature the __________________ Mother -- and thus have instinctively acknowledged the Principle of _______________ in the universe. Is it any wonder that you, the child, feel that instinctive reverence for _________________; the feeling you call "_________________ "; the respect and ____________ for _______ _____________ _________? Is it any wonder, when you consider the works and wonders of nature, that you are overcome with a mighty feeling which has its roots deep in your esoteric _____________? For such is the ____________ of humankind as stated by the Summa Individuals. Death is not real, not even in the relative sense. It is but birth to a new life. When you ____________ your body, you ______________ to another field of life. You go on, and on, and on, to higher and still higher levels of life, for aeons of time. MATCHING EXERCISE Write the number of the appropriate answer in the blank corresponding to the description. There is one correct answer for each blank. ______ emanates from the Mind of SUMMUM 1. humans 2. mentally ______ SUMMUM is 3. Correspondence 4. I AM GOD ______ the universe seems to be made up 5. sex of many units and is constantly 6. gods 7. nature ______ If the universe exists at all, or 8. Gender seems to exist, it must proceed 9. universe in some way from, or emanate from 10. spirit 11. SUMMUM ______ Some humans, indeed, realizing 12. changing that SUMMUM is EVERYTHING, and they exist, have jumped to the conclusion that they and SUMMUM are identical. They have filled the air with shouts of ______ The old axiom, "As above so below," is an axiom from the Principle of ______ pro-creation or reproducing their kind by sexual reproduc- tion or cloning, are self multiplications accomplished by ______ the only way in which SUMMUM can create is ______ a material manifestation of Gender is ______ there are male and female creators and ______ the Motherhood and the Universal Mother are known as ______ the Divine Father and Universal Mother are terms relating to the Principle of RESEARCH EXERCISE Using the Systematic Law of Learning, apply the following Principles. 1. Find a source to create the universe which is different than the source described in chapter seven. a. Prepare an explanation of the physical creation of the universe with established scientific facts about the BIG BANG. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ b. Now using your previous explanation of the physical creation of the universe, explain the source of the BIG BANG -- where and how it came about. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 2. The discussion of Gender mentioned names of the female and male states. a. Research as many listings and references as you can for the female and male states mentioned in literature. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ b. Explain the relationship of Gender to Nothing and Possibility. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ STUDY AND REVIEW QUESTIONS Formulate answers to these questions. Refer to both your text and your lecture notes. You need not write out the answer in full sentences, but make notes on all the details you would include in a full answer. Review your answers with someone else in the class after each of you has completed the exercise. 1. Write the Summum axiom for chapter seven. 2. What is Spirit and why? 3. What is Spirit the effect of and why? 4. How is creation's copulation involved in creating spirit? 5. Explain the collective consciousness of the units of creation. 6. What does the Humankind body have in common with the material universe? 7. Describe Living Mind. 8. Give an explanation of what the universe is. 9. Describe how the universe is constantly changing. 10. Give a description of what SUMMUM creates the universe from. 11. Why cannot SUMMUM create the universe from Itself? 12. Who makes the claim "I AM GOD," and what is the result? 13. Explain how the Principle of Correspondence is involved in chapter seven. 14. Explain how the Mind of Creation and the "thinking" mind are different. 15. Give an explanation of how SUMMUM creates the universe. 16. Explain Gender and the relationship it has to the creation of the universe. 17. Give an explanation of why death is not real and why. MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The Universe is Mental, emanating from a. the BIG BANG six thousand years ago. b. E=MC-2. c. the Mind of SUMMUM. d. the giant pool of cosmic milk and the enormous egg. 2. Spirit is the effect of the EVENT in which the two grand opposites are poised in opposition or SUBJECTIVE OBSERVATION to a. minor passages found in scripture. b. the inner carnal physical man. c. the Principle of Correspondence. d. one another. 3. Spirit is the "life" force energy produced as a result of Creation's observation of a. the inhumanities of Humankind. b. the super novas. c. Itself (the copulation). d. none of the above. 4. The collective consciousness of the units of Creation establish the a. presence of the universe. b. presence of consciousness. c. total amount of billions of units. d. need for the unity of consciousness transcendent to the structure of the opposition. 5. The human body with its billions of individual cells (units) is similar to a. the organization of institutions of higher learning. b. the units of Creation. c. all the points listed in question (4). d. none of the above. 6. As the cells within the body change, so does a. all existence change and alter. b. the feeling for past life regressions. c. the philosophy of the individual. d. the condition of the body change. 7. Spirit is a name that humankind gives to the concept of infinite, a. blessings from on high. b. living mind; the essence of Creation. c. Ghosts. d. all of the above. 8. Spirit transcends your understanding, and you use the term merely that you may think or speak of a. the Soul. b. SUMMUM. c. those things not understood but felt. d. mysterious and unknown. 9. If the universe exists at all or seems to exist, it must proceed in some way from a. the seven masters of consciousness. b. a heavenly human-like creator. c. love. d. SUMMUM. 10. Some humans, realizing that SUMMUM is EVERYTHING, and recognizing that they exist, have jumped to the conclusion that they and SUMMUM are identical. They have filled the air with shouts of "I AM GOD!", to the laughter of the public and a. then been crucified. b. sorrow of the sages. c. find earth bound spirit who give them guidance. d. none of the above. 11. Allowing for the Principle of Correspondence, you are justified in considering that SUMMUM creates the universe MENTALLY, in a manner akin to the process whereby humans a. find new and meaningful personal relationships. b. create solutions to problems of world injustice. c. create mental images. d. discover by research into ancient writings. 12. SUMMUM creates in Its Infinite Mind infinite universes which exist for aeons of a. time. b. years. c. centuries. d. space-time. 13. The Principle of Gender is manifested in all fields of life; material, mental and a. found not to have effect in certain religions. b. spiritual. c. stronger Gender is the answer to balance. d. still it is interrelated with tender. 14. For example, there are male and female a. "Gods" or creators. b. Humankind. c. animals. d. all of the above. 15. The Summum Philosophy is that SUMMUM, in Itself, is above Gender, as It is THE LAW from which the a. different projections emanate. b. laws proceed, and It is not subject to them. c. inner esoteric filings which complete the bonding. d. none of the above. 16. In your mundane concepts you have spoken of the Fatherhood of God and the Motherhood of Nature -- of God, the Divine Father, and Nature the Universal Mother -- and thus have instinctively acknowledged the Principle of a. Gender in the universe. b. Rhythm in the universe. c. Pressure in the universe. d. Nothing and Possibility in the universe. 17. The masculine principle displayed by SUMMUM stands, in a way, apart from the actual mental creation of the universe. It projects Its Will toward the feminine principle, the womb, which may be called a. a very large vacuum. b. the meeting of the two creators. c. nature. d. the coming together of the occult forces. 18. If you prefer the old figure of thought, you may think of the masculine principle as a. masculine dominance. b. male chauvinism. c. inferior force. d. God the Father. 19. The part of your mind in which the mental generation is accomplished may be called the a. Pituitary. b. Hypothalamus. c. Intuitive. d. Me. 20. Is it any wonder that you, the child, feel that instinctive reverence for a. non-vegetarian meals. b. the owner of Nieman Marcus. c. SUMMUM. d. well established family life. 21. It is THE MOTHER MIND that you are pressing close up to like a. a message received from positive affirmations. b. the channel who receives information from the mind of their disembodied guide. c. a babe to the breast. d. all of the above. 22. There are billions and billions of universes in existence within the Infinite Mind of a. the president of the United States. b. Bernie. c. SUMMUM. d. the GRAND WIZARD. 23. There are beings with powers and attributes higher than humankind has ever dreamed of a. or written of in there short stories. b. the gods possessing. c. when influenced by mind altering drugs. d. before they started remembering their dreams. 24. Yet these beings were once as a. tall buildings swaying in the breeze. b. you. c. inert matter. d. without life or form, just molded from clay. 25. Death is not real, not even in the relative sense. It is but birth to a new life. When you leave your body, you a. progress to another field of life. b. never return to visit friends and relatives unless you say the proper affirmation. c. have a silver cord attached to your navel so you cannot get lost. d. discover that you learn more about life because you do not have a body to deal with. 26. Just as it is impossible to destroy matter (only transform its nature), it is impossible for a. the open mind to comprehend this book. b. humankind to exceed their highest expectations. c. the atom to be accelerated beyond the speed of sound. d. death to destroy you. 27. You are dwelling in the Infinite Mind of SUMMUM, and your possibilities and opportunities are a. controlled by the GNP. b. dependent on your status in life. c. infinite. d. dependant on belonging to the right religion. A N S W E R S ANSWERS TO SUMMARY AND REVIEW mental, Mind modified SPIRIT SUMMUM effect, EVENT, two Correspondence opposites thinking life, Creation's silence established copulating foundation, collective Mind, Creation units, presence Mind individual space-time, SUMMUM living mind twinkling string proportions male, female mind SUMMUM universe LAW nothing, SUMMUM God many Motherhood, Divine changing Universal universe Gender seems SUMMUM, religion SUMMUM reverence, THE FATHER MIND something, SUMMUM being SUMMUM DESTINY SUMMUM leave, progress ANSWERS TO MATCHING EXERCISE 9, 10 12, 11, 4, 3, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 ANSWERS TO MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. c 8. b 15. b 22. c 2. d 9. d 16. a 23. b 3. c 10. b 17. c 24. b 4. a 11. c 18. d 25. a 5. b 12. d 19. d 26. d 6. d 13. b 20. c 27. c 7. b. 14. a 21. c