Orderly Trend

<p>“Orderly” means: “In order; arranged or disposed in order; observant of order or method; not disorderly; keeping order; well regulated; free from disorder or confusion; characterized by good order; according to established order or method; according to due order or method; duly; regularly; etc.” “Trend” is a word derived from an old root meaning “a circle; a ring; round; etc.” and

its present accepted meaning is: “to move around or about; to extend or lie in a particular direction; to run; to stretch;

inclination in a particular direction,” or strictly: “to proceed in a particular direction.” Its use in the Arcane Teaching implies a

“proceeding or moving forward,” and also (in the esoteric sense) cyclic progression. Thus the Cosmos is held to “trend” in an “orderly, regular, established” manner, according to Cosmic Laws, and under The Law. Evolution is a manifestation of Orderly Trend and Sequence.</p>

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In the place of Fatalism, Destiny, and Predestination, the Arcane Teaching offers the Orderly Trend under Cosmic Laws

inherent within the Cosmos, proceeding as Law, Order and Sequence. Not the result of arbitrary fiat or decree, but the result of natural laws proceeding in regular order, as the Cosmos evolves toward Cosmic Consciousness and All‑Knowledge.

When the Cosmos is resolved into Infinite Nothingness, then we find naught existent but The Law. And The Law is the only

thing left upon which to fix the Final Blame—if blame there be. Fix it so, if you will. If it belong to The Law—give to It Its own. But The Law is no Person—no Being—It is Absolute Law—constant, unchanging, invariable, eternal. In Law we find the only refuge in our highest flights of thought, reason, or imagination. It is not a Law Giver—it is Law in Itself.</p>