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the dore lectures on mental science(辻親僥讐恙)-及10何蛍

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the   Spirit   is   in   itself   the   Principle   of   Increase。   They   will   grow   out   of 



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present   conditions   for   the   simple   reason   that   if   you   are   to   reach   some 

further point it can only be by starting from where you are now。 Therefore 

it   is   written�察   �Despise   not   the   day   of   small   things。;   There   is   only   one 

proviso attached to this forward movement of the Spirit in the world of our 

own surroundings�察�and that is that we shall co´operate with it�察�and this co´ 

operation consists in making the best use of existing conditions in cheerful 

reliance on the Spirit of Increase to express itself through us�察�and for us�察�

because we are in harmony with it。 This mental attitude will be found of 

immense       value    in  setting   us  free   from    worry    and   anxiety�察   �and   as  a 

consequence our work will be done in a much more efficient manner。 We 

shall do the present work FOR ITS OWN sake�察�knowing that herein is the 

principle   of   unfoldment�察  �and   doing   it   simply   for   its   own   sake   we   shall 

bring to bear upon it a power of concentration which cannot fail of good 

resultsand this quite naturally and without any toilsome effort。 We shall 

then    find   that   the   secret   of   co´operation   is   to   have   faith   in   ourselves 

because we first have faith in God�察�and we shall discover that this Divine 

self´confidence is something very different from a boastful egotism which 

assumes a personal superiority over others。 It is simply the assurance of a 

man who knows that he is working in accordance with a law of nature。 He 

does not claim as a personal achievement what the Law does FOR him�此�

but on the other hand he does not trouble himself about outcries against 

his presumptuous audacity raised by persons who are ignorant of the Law 

which he is employing。 He is therefore neither boastful nor timorous�察�but 

simply     works     on   in  cheerful    expectancy      because     he   knows     that  his 

reliance is upon a Law which cannot be broken。 

     In this way�察�then�察�we must realize the Life of the Spirit as being also 

the Law of the Spirit。 The two are identical�察�and cannot deny themselves。 

Our recognition of them gives them a new starting point through our own 

mentality�察�but they still continue to be the same in their nature�察�and unless 

limited     or  inverted    by   our   mental    affirmation     of   limited   or   inverted 

conditions�察 �they  are  bound   to   work out   into   fuller  and   continually  fuller 

expression of the Life�察�Love�察�and Beauty which the Spirit is in itself。 Our 

path�察  �therefore�察  �is   plain�察  �it   is   simply   to   contemplate   the   Life�察  �Love�察  �and 

Beauty   of   the   Originating   Spirit   and   affirm   that   we   are   already   giving 



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expression to it in our thoughts and in our actions however insignificant 

they may at present appear。 This path may be very narrow and humble in 

its   beginning�察  �but   it   ever   grows   wider   and   mounts   higher�察  �for   it   is   the 

continually expanding expression of the Life of the Spirit which is infinite 

and knows no limits。 



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                    ALPHA AND OMEGA。 



     Alpha   and   Omega�察  �the   First   and   the   Last。   What   does   this   mean�拭  �It 

means the entire series of causation from the first originating movement to 

the   final   and   completed   result。  We   may  take   this   on   any   scale   from   the 

creation of   a   cosmos   to  the   creation   of   a   lady's   robe。  Everything   has   its 

origin in an idea�察�a thought�察�and it has its completion in the manifestation 

of that thought in form。 Many intermediate stages are necessary�察�but the 

Alpha and Omega of the series are the thought and the thing。 This shows 

us   that   in   essence   the   thing   already   existed   in   the   thought。   Omega   is 

already potential in Alpha�察�just as in the Pythagorean system all numbers 

are said to proceed from unity and to be resolvable back again into it。 Now 

it   is   this   general   principle   of   the   already   existence   of   the   thing   in   the 

thought that we have to lay hold of�察�and as we find it true in an architect's 

design of the house that is to be�察�so we find it true in the great work of the 

Architect of   the Universe。 When we   see this   we have   realized a general 

principle�察  �which   we   find   at   work   everywhere。   That   is   the   meaning   of   a 

general principle�此�it can be applied to any sort of subject�察�and the use of 

studying      general    principles     is  to  give    them    particular    application     to 

anything we may have to deal with。 Now what we have to deal with most 

of   all   is   ourselves�察  �and   so   we   come   to   the   consideration   of   Alpha   and 

Omega in the human being。 In the vision of St。 John�察�the speaker of the 

words�察   �I   am Alpha   and   Omega�察  �the   First   and   the   Last�察─�is described   as 

;Like unto a son of man;that is�察�however transcendent the appearance in 

the vision�察�it is essentially human�察�and thus suggests to us the presence of 

the universal principle at the human level。 But the figure in the apocalyptic 

vision is not that of man as we ordinarily know him。 It is that of Omega as 

it subsists enshrined in Alpha�此�it is the ideal of humanity as it subsists in 

the Divine Mind which was manifested in objective form to the eyes of the 

seer�察�and therefore presented the Alpha and Omega of that idea in all the 

majesty of Divine glory。 

     But   if   we   grasp   the   truth   that   the   thing  is   already   existent   in  the 

thought�察  �do   we   not   see   that   this   transcendent   Omega   must   be   already 



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existent   in   the   Divine   ideal   of   every   one   of   us�拭  �If   on   the   plane   of   the 

absolute time is not�察�then does it not follow that this glorified humanity is 

a   present   fact   in   the   Divine   Mind�拭  �And   if   this   is   so�察  �then   this   fact   is 

eternally true regarding every human being。 But if it is true that the thing 

exists in the thought�察�it is equally true that the thought finds form in the 

thing�察  �and   since   things   exist   under   the   relative   conditions   of   time   and 

space�察�they are necessarily subject to a law of Growth�察�so that while the 

subsistence of the thing in the thought is perfect ab initio�察�the expression 

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