The history of man reflects not a linear progression in time, but is a history of ascendency.  It is the history of developing aspects of Truth reflected in progressive civilization.  Nothing, in the entire 4.5 billion year history of this planet has come even close to equalling the majestic achievement of human civilization which is so sadly belied today, and rejected, and denied.  The real face of mankind is not defined by its time-line progression which is minute when compared to that of the dinosaurs.  It is defined by what man has discovered of his own boundless identity, and has been made manifest in a civilization that no other development on this planet has equalled.

The concept called the fourth dimension, of Spirit, may be a very difficult one to grasp.  It has been quietly hinted at throughout this book.  In such cases it was referred to as a none-linear geometry of perception as compared to a linear space/time geometry of thinking.  The linear time/space geometry of perception reflects the way humanity has been taught to regard itself.  This way of thinking is rather primitive, and is actually quite unrelated to the natural dynamics of life.  In the linear space/time geometry, humanity regards itself as left to its own devices in a vast sea of space and time.  Here, man's relationship to history is virtually nonexistent.  History is regarded as something that is gone, past, over and finished, that presents a nice story perhaps, but has no real value into today's world in any tangible sense.  Let us explore this linear dimension a bit in relationship to man's spiritual development.

Appendix P shows a linear view of human history in which various historic events are lined up in the sequence in which they occurred.  This representation, however, has no true relationship to reality.  It indicates that Noah's influence ended at the time that Noah ceased to be or was limited to the time period at which the Noah story was compiled by some spiritually alert scribe or writer.  This is largely the way mankind regards its history.

In real life, however, things are different.  The essence of what the Noah concept stood for has been carried quietly forward throughout history, to the present day.  It has, to some degree, molded the human society, shaped its attitudes, and influenced who and what we are today.  Thus, the Noah episode is not one that can be measured in any linear fashion framed by points in time.   Rather it becomes an underlying layer that supports human civilization as a whole.  It is a spiritual domain that is related to safety, to caring, and even to love, as we had been pointed out earlier in Volume 3.  Naturally, the same holds true for all the other great events in history in which a vital aspect of human capability was brought to light.

This transformation changes the linear history into layers of continuous relevancy, each of which adds to the stature of man by revealing another facet or increment of an apparently endless progression of mental and spiritual unfoldment.  Appendix Q illustrates this type of a developing progression which is quite different than the linear space/time geometry of thinking which sees but isolated incidences in a progression of time.

The non-time-based progression of scientific and cultural development that represents vast unfolding riches of discoveries of fundamental principles which are ever valid, brings to light a constantly richer identity of man that rests on all that which has been discovered before, rather than being limited to that is being perceived and demonstrated today in an environment of enforced regression of self-perception.  It presents a measure by which the identity of man is to be known.  It represents the true development of man in a course of an intelligent unfolding towards infinity or the design of infinite divine Principle.

Christ Jesus indicated that his 'doctrine' was not his own, but represented a perception of Truth which itself has no beginning.  Thus, the layers that are portrayed in Appendix Q must be seen as not being tied to a specific historic event, but as founded in infinity, without beginning or end.  Thus, the unfolding measure of man represents an unfolding measure of an infinite idea, the divine idea man, or divine image.

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