(THE CIRCLES)[29th March 1987]

[Redbook3:53-55][19870329:1210](THE CIRCLES)[29^th March 1987]

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Union with God*, as discussed (I believe) by St. John of the Cross and others, must be, for a Human living within the Separation, relative, not absolute – I should have thought. Love, and the deliberate choice of Love, marks the beginning of the movement specifically towards Union. Given the relative nature of Union within the Separation, the Inner Circle progress may in fact take the form of a spiral: each Station being present on each revolution of the spiral, but each revolution bringing the traveller nearer to the Centre.

(Similarly, the Outer Circle progress may consist of (i.e. be represented on) a series of spirals, or perhaps more helpfully a set of concentric circles, from each of which to the next outer or inner(?)** the traveller may 'jump' at certain points. This representation allows for the fact that while many (or all) people go round the Outer Circle, and many go more than once, I am not convinced that each progress takes one further from the centre, necessarily. However, I don't really know.)

*[The meaning of the concept 'God' is discussed elsewhere.]

**[circle, presumably.]

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