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involves the power to perceive and respond to all
the undulations of that world; therefore the
ordinary man has not yet perfect consciousness at
any level—not even in this physical world which
he thinks he knows.

Owing to lack of development, man is only
partially conscious in this world. It has always
seemed to me that it is this partial conscious-
ness that makes one feel only partly belonging
here as if some part of us were somewhere
else, and this is perfectly true. " Our citizenship
is in heaven " is true if we understand by that,
that 'we belong elsewhere and are merely
travelling towards our own kingdom. The
word "heaven" has been so misused that I
hesitate to use it, but I mean it to suggest the
place where we are all t( at one," where we
know no separation, where we shall see each
other face to face without mask.

The causal body is the permanent vehicle of
the ego in the higher mental world. In ordinary
people, we are told, that it is not yet active or
awakened; but as the ego unfolds his latent
possibilities through the long stages and process
of evolution, by the experiences gained and
lessons learnt on the physical plane, it
gradually is brought into action, which means
that the higher matter is brought into action.
Only as man becomes more and more perfect is