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"Man becomes the collective center of spiritual as well as material forces, so that the divine spirit may manifest itself in his being." (Pup 297) "God has opened the doors of ideal virtues and attainments before the face of man. He has created in his being the mysteries of the divine kingdom. He has bestowed upon him the power of intellect so that through the attribute of reason, when fortified by the Holy Spirit, he may penetrate and discover ideal realities." (Pup 237) (32:2) "Man is the highest species because he is the possessor of the perfections of all the classes... As well as having the perfections of the mineral, of the vegetable, and of the animal, he also possess an especial excellence which the other being are without; that is, the intellectual perfections. Therefore man is the most noble of beings." (Bwf 331) (32:3) "The All- loving God created man to radiate the Divine Light and to illumine the world by his words, action and life." "Only the reality of man can become the mirror wherein the lights of God are revealed." (Pt 113; Pup 324- 5) (32:4) Purpose and Power: "Wishing to reveal Thyself, Thou didst call into being the Greater and the Lesser Worlds, and didst choose Man above all Thy creatures, and didst make Him a sign of both these worlds, O Thou Who art our Lord, the Most Compassionate!" (Bwf 70- 1) (32:5) "Having created the world and all that liveth and moveth therein, He... chose to confer upon man the unique distinction and capacity to know Him and to love Him-- a capacity that must needs be regarded as... the primary purpose underlying the whole of creation... Upon the inmost reality of each and every created thing He hath shed light on one of His names, and made it a recipient of the glory of one of His attributes. Upon the reality of man, however, He hath focused the radiance of all of His... attributes, and made it a mirror of His own Self." (Bwf 102- 3) (32:6) To know and to love Divinity is both the Purpose and power of creation and of man.
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