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very different from the Pantheism of the schools and cults. Pantheism is defined as "the doctrine that God consists in the combined forces and laws manifested in the existing Universe," or that "the Universe taken or conceived as a whole is God." These definitions do not fit the conception of the Absolute, of the Yogi Philosophy --- they seem to breathe but a refined materialism. The Absolute is not "the combined forces and laws manifested in the universe," nor "the universe conceived as a whole." Instead, the Universe, its forces and laws, even conceived as a whole, have no existence in themselves, but are mere manifestations of the Absolute. Surely this is different from Pantheism.
We teach that the Absolute is immanent in, and abiding in all forms of Life in the Universe, as well as in its forces and laws --- all being but manifestations of the Will of the One. And we teach that this One is superior to all forms of manifestations, and that Its existence and being does not depend upon the manifestations, which are but effects of the Cause.
The Pantheistic Universe --- God is but a thing of phenomenal appearance, but the Absolute is the very Spirit of Life --- a Living, Existing Reality, and would be so even if every manifestation were withdrawn from appearance and expression --- drawn back into the source from which it emanated. The Absolute is more than Mountain or Ocean --- Electricity or Gravitation --- Monad or Man --- It is SPIRIT --- LIFE --- BEING
