Martinus: Livets Bog, vol. 2, sect. 535

535. The absolute basic analysis of the Universe or of existing reality could never be put forward perfectly except in the form of this "threefold unity". This threefold manifestation constitutes exactly the foundation on which rests the whole of that "something's" appearance as a "living being". By virtue of "something No. 2", the first "something" can "create for itself its own visibility". This "visible appearance" is, as mentioned, "something No. 3". So this third "something" constitutes a visible manifestation of "something" which is, in itself, "invisible". Therefore this "appearance" is an illusion. It only appears as a reality produced, created or "imagined" from absolute reality, and under no circumstances can it ever be anything else. There will always be an insurmountable barrier between the absolute reality and the illusory or "created" reality. But because of this, the living being has every reason to consider itself only fortunate, for if these two forms of reality did not exist, there would be nothing called "consciousness", "manifestation" or "creation", and therefore no sensing, no life-experience and no knowledge of the cosmic identity of living beings. Death would be the absolute reality, while the absolute reality which now exists would be an illusion – or more accurately, an absolute "nothing" – as not even an illusion could be created; everything would be a complete dead silence. So the Universe would be an absolute "nothing" which – obvious to all alike – is the exact opposite of what reality really represents or constitutes.