Is the Divine Manifestation, God?
Yes, and yet not in Essence. A Divine Manifestation is as a mirror
reflecting the light of the Sun. The light is the same and yet the mirror
is not the Sun. All the Manifestations of God bring the same Light; they
only differ in degree, not in reality. The Truth is one. The light is the
same though the lamps may be different; we must look at the Light not at
the Lamp. If we accept the Light in one, we must accept the Light in all;
all agree, because all are the same. The teaching is ever the same, it is
only the outward forms that change.
The Manifestations of God are as the heavenly bodies. All have their
appointed place and time of ascension, but the Light they give is the
same. If one wishes to look for the sun rising, one does not look always
at the same point because that point changes with the seasons. When one
sees the sun rise further in the north one recognizes it, though it has
risen at a different point.