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 higher atmosphere furnishes substance for the formation of the spiritual plane, and a still higher contributes to the Celestial plane. The Inmost, being proximate to the Divine Proceeding, as has been observed, is formed of substances higher than those that enter into the structure of the mind. (See Diagram III, page 181.)

The planes of the Spiritual Mind, like those of the Natural Mind, are not only composed of substances, but also of forms wrought in those substances. Life-forces, passing from the interior plane of the mind to the outmost, dispose the particles, atoms, and fibers so as to be in Correspondence with the forces that pass through the mind. The quality of life-force is dependent not only upon what is received from above or within, but also upon impressions from external forces, which impressions act as vessels for receiving the inflowing force.

The Inmost in each individual must receive alike from the Creator, for the Inmost is superior to the plane of the will, and its substance involuntarily takes upon itself the form of activity