As we drift along in a boat on the smooth surface of a river, we
note many familiar appearances. Delicate winged creatures dart
about, swallows flash to and fro, here and there fishes leap up,
and zephyrs waft petals of flowers and seeds of plants over the
placid mirror. In the shallow pool we note aquatic creatures and
weeds growing among the pebbles, and thus we see the material
depth. But suddenly there is a change. The bottom of the river
vanishes, and there comes into view a second depth. The arched
heavens are mirrored there, and we look down into measureless
azure. When darkness comes the moon and stars are reflected in
the depths.
It is so when we come under higher spiritual influences. These soon
supersede the view of the things that are merely of the earth earthy.
There is a second and heavenly depth of meaning below the whole
superficies of this mundane sphere of experience.
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=Derelicts=--See CONSERVATION.
=Descent to Evil=--See EVIL, BEGINNINGS OF.
=Design=--See VOICE, THE HUMAN.
=Design, A, Removed=--See REMINDERS, UNPLEASANT.