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The Ascending Series of Substance
(Book 1 Chapter XXVI)

Introduction

 

Here are the main points in greater detail:

The Ascending Scale of Substance Among Planes
-There is an ascending scale of substance from matter to spirit. As we move to higher planes, that plane is less bound to the form it is more subtle, flexible, interactive, interchangeable, unified, invisible, and infinite. [Also the higher the plane the greater the subtlety, culminating in Supermind which is beyond subtle, is causal. The more subtle, the more powerful; the greater permanence in its being, the greater its potential, plasticity, range in its becoming. Also, the higher the plane, the greater the consciousness.]

-In Matter Conscious Force masses itself more and more to resist other masses of Conscious Force. As we move up the scale towards the vital and mind that reverses.
 
How Man Enables Higher Scale of Substance
As man ascends among the planes, he brings out corresponding higher possibility in the grades of the substance. He is thus the great instrument of higher forms of substance, of evolution itself. When he reaches the Supramental plane he enables the greatest possibilities for himself, and for substance (including a divinized body). This reflects the functioning possibility of Supermind. One result is the divinization of the human body.