In as much as the sense-world is a mere image in the mind, the mind acts as an instrument for the projection of its higher-self, i.e. The Soul. This higher-self or the God-consciousness is the basic, original, only real and eternal creative principle, and substance of all life. However, the dense clouds of our egoistic thoughts and beliefs over-shadow the effulgent soul within, and we fail to recognize and realise our Divine Inheritance. God-consciousness operates through the faculty of the mind. On the intellectual plane, we might be tempted to think of mind as creative possessing power. But, in reality, it is the omnipotent Divine Soul, which manifests through the mind in all physical form. It is merely the condition of mind which determines as to what we see and experience in the material world.