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“The acceptance of this hypothesis is the first and essential step towards the development of the next phase of human consciousness; its truth and value will be rapidly revealed to those who proceed to its practical employment in scientific and philosophical research. “The technique of this new method is not difficult to acquire, because it is the natural expression of the phase of human consciousness into which man is now passing. The faculty of external observation has been perfected, the next step is the development of the capacity for interior cognition until a similar standard of perfection has been reached. “Interior cognition is the external aspect of meditation. Therefore the scientist must pass from external observation to meditation and, in the state of meditation, employ interior means of cognition. The meditation which he will employ will be that of knowledge. “The meditation of knowledge will reveal every secret to him who learns the art of its employment as an instrument of research; its purpose is to lead the student to communion with the divine mind, within which all knowledge is contained. The consciousness of the Logos is represented in man by his inner mind, which is the core of his mental self; its presence ensures the future development of his intellect to that point at which it will be merged with the universal intelligence. That consummation— foreordained from the beginning— will be attained by every man at the close of the evolutionary cycle; a reflection of it may be obtained in advance by means of the meditation of knowledge. “As the ruler of men discovers the meaning of omnipotence by uniting himself with the will of God and then is able to release the power of the One Will, and the lover of man discovers the meaning of omnipresence by uniting himself with the love of God and, releasing His wisdom and His love, is filled with a divine compassion, so the knower must unite himself with the One mind if he would discover the meaning of omniscience and acquire universal knowledge. “Will, love, knowledge, these three are the divine attributes in man and constitute the promise of his triple union with God. As an Adept he will employ them all; as a scientist he begins by concentrating upon one. First he must discover the divine point within himself—the centre of the circle of his being; then he must learn to move the point until a line is formed, and from the line a square, and from the square a cube, for the cube is the symbol of the divine knowledge employed to give perfect understanding of the material universe.