Cosmic Consciousness | Page 4

there is a phase of
human experience, much more rare but becoming somewhat general,
that transcends phenomena of every kind.
The western world has given to these experiences the term "cosmic
consciousness," which term is self explanatory.
The Orientals have long known of this goal of the soul, and they have
terms to express this, varying with the many types of the Oriental mind,
but all meaning the same thing. This meaning, from our Occidental
viewpoint, is best translated in the term liberation, signifying to be set
free from the limitations of sense, and of self-consciousness, and to
have glimpsed the larger area of consciousness, that takes in the very
cosmos.
This experience is accompanied by a great light, whether this light is
manifested as spiritual, or as intellectual power, determines its

expression.
The object of this book is to call attention to some of the more
pronounced instances of this Illumination, and to classify them,
according as they have been expressed through religions enthusiasm;
poetical fervor; or great intellectual power.
But we have also one other argument to make, and this we present with
a conviction of its truth, while conceding that it must remain a theory,
until proven, each individual, man or woman, for himself and herself.
The postulate is this: immortality (i.e. godhood) is bi-sexual. No male
person can by any possibility become an immortal god, in, of and by
himself; no female person can be complete without the "other half" that
makes the ONE.
Each and every SOUL, therefore, has its spiritual counterpart--its
"other half," with which it unites on the spiritual plane, when the time
comes for attainment of immortality.
Sex is an eternal verity. The entire Cosmos is bi-sexual. Everything in
the visible universe; in the manifest, is the result of this universal
principle. "As above so below," is a safe rule, as far as the IDEA goes.
This hypothesis does not preclude perfection above, of that which we
find below, but any radical reversion or repudiation of nature is
inconceivable.
"Male and female created he them." This being true, male and female
must they return to the source from which they sprung, completing the
circle, and gaining what?
_Consciousness of godhood; of completeness in counterpartal union.
Not absorption_ of consciousness, but union, which is quite a different
idea.
Out of this counterpartal union a race of gods will be born, and these
supermen, shall "inherit the earth" making it a "fit dwelling place for
the gods."
This earth is now being made fit. This fact may seem a far distant hope
if we do not judge with the eyes of the seer, but its proof lies in the
emancipation of woman. Its evidences are many and varied, but the
awakening of woman is the cause.
This awakening of woman constitutes the first rays of the dawn--that
long-looked for Millenium, which many of us have regarded as a mere
figure of speech, instead of as a literal truth.

The argument is not that there has been no individual awakening until
the present time; but that never before in the finite history of the world
has there been such a general awakening, and as it is self evident that
conditions will reflect the idea of the majority, the fact that woman is
being given her rightful place in the sense-conscious life, proves that
the earth will be a fit dwelling place for a higher order of beings than
have hitherto constituted the majority.
The numerous instances of Illumination, or cosmic consciousness
which are forcing attention at the present time, prove that there is a
_race-awakening_ to a realization of our unity with Om.
Another point which we trust these pages will make clear is this:
So-called "revelation" is neither a personal "discovery," nor any special
act of a divine power. "God spake thus and so to me," is a phrase which
the self-conscious initiate employs, because he has lost sight of the
cosmic light, or because he finds it expedient to use that phraseology in
delivering the message of cosmic consciousness.
If we will substitute the term "initiation," for the term "revelation," we
will have a clearer idea of the truth.
Perhaps some of our readers will feel that the terms mean the same, but
for the most part, those who have employed the word "revelation," have
used it as implying that the plan of the cosmos was unfinished, and that
the Creator, having found some person suitable to convey the latest
decision to mankind, natural laws had been suspended and the
revelation made.
It is to correct this view, that we emphasize the distinction between the
two words.
The cosmos is complete. "As it was in the beginning, it is now and ever
shall be, worlds without end."
A circle is without beginning or end. We,