There is an infinite power within man, a power that is beyond comprehension and which is Divine. But he makes no effort to recognise it. If a man did not have this power, how could he have gone to the moon? What is the power that makes the earth revolve around itself? It is not any machine or mantra. The power is within the earth itself. This energy, present in man and in other objects, has been characterised as Cosmic Energy. What is this Cosmic Power? The Sun derives its energy and effulgence from this Cosmic Source. It is the same Cosmic Source that accounts for the power of the human mind and the marvellous power of the eye to see the most distant stars. But this boundless power is being recognised and exercised by each one according to the level of one’s development. The same electrical energy is used for a variety of purposes: for heating, lighting, operating a fan, etc. Likewise, the divine Cosmic Energy in human beings is used by different persons for varied purposes. Because of his ability to manifest this hidden, boundless Cosmic Energy, man is described as a vyakti (one who manifests). Humanness consists in the manifestation of what is hidden and invisible in man. This energy in man is an Adi-shakti (Primordial Power).