The KybalionHermeticismMystical / EsotericEnglishShareThe Kybalion 10Project Gutenberg - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableProject GutenbergLanguageEnglishEspañol‹The Kybalion 1The Kybalion 2The Kybalion 3The Kybalion 4The Kybalion 5The Kybalion 6The Kybalion 7The Kybalion 8The Kybalion 9The Kybalion 10The Kybalion 11The Kybalion 12The Kybalion 13The Kybalion 14The Kybalion 15The Kybalion 16The Kybalion 17The Kybalion 18The Kybalion 19The Kybalion 20The Kybalion 21The Kybalion 22The Kybalion 23The Kybalion 24The Kybalion 25The Kybalion 26The Kybalion 27The Kybalion 28›The All Is Spirit! But What Is Spirit? This Question Cannot Be Answered,The Kybalion 10ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1for the reason that its definition is practically that of THE ALL, which cannot be explained or defined. Spirit is simply a name that men give to the highest conception of Infinite Living Mind--it means "the Real Essence"--it means Living Mind, as much superior to Life and Mind as we know them, as the latter are superior to mechanical Energy and Matter. Spirit transcends our understanding, and we use the term merely that we may think or speak of THE ALL. For the purposes of thought and understanding, we are justified in thinking of Spirit as Infinite Living Mind, at the same time acknowledging that we cannot fully understand it. We must either do this or stop thinking of the matter at all. 2Let us now proceed to a consideration of the nature of the Universe, as a whole and in its parts. What is the Universe? We have seen that there can be nothing outside of THE ALL. Then is the Universe THE ALL? No, this cannot be, because the Universe seems to be made up of MANY, and is constantly changing, and in other ways it does not measure up to the ideas that we are compelled to accept regarding THE ALL, as stated in our last lesson. Then if the Universe be not THE ALL, then it must be Nothing--such is the inevitable conclusion of the mind at first thought. But this will not satisfy the question, for we are sensible of the existence of the Universe. Then if the Universe is neither THE ALL, nor Nothing, what Can it be? Let us examine this question. 3If the Universe exists at all, or seems to exist, it must proceed in some way from THE ALL--it must be a creation of THE ALL. But as something can never come from nothing, from what could THE ALL have created it. Some philosophers have answered this question by saying that ‹Previous chapterThe Kybalion 9Next chapterThe Kybalion 11›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg