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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 

of the thought in the thing is a matter of gradual development。 This is a 

point which we must never lose sight of in our studies�察�and we must never 

lose sight of the perfection of the thing in the thought because we do not 

yet   see   the   perfection   of   the   thought   in   the   thing。   Therefore   we   must 

remember that man�察�as we know him now�察�has by no means reached the 

ultimate of his evolution。 We are only yet in the making�察�but we have now 

reached      a  point    where     we   can    facilitate   the   evolutionary      process     by 

conscious   co´operation   with   the   Creative   Spirit。   Our   share   in   this   work 

commences   with   the   recognition   of   the   Divine   ideal   of   man�察  �and   thus 

finding the pattern by which we are to be guided。 For since the person to 

be    created    after   this   pattern    is  ourself�察   �it  follows    that�察  �by   whatever 

processes the Divine ideal transforms itself into concrete reality�察�the place 

where   those   processes   are   to   work   must   be   within   ourselves�察  �in   other 

words�察�the creative action of the Spirit takes place through the laws of our 

own mentality。 If it is a true maxim that the thing must take form in the 

thought before the thought can take form in the thing�察�then it is plain that 

the    Divine     Ideal    can   only    be    externalized      in  our    objective     life  in 

proportion   as   it   is   first   formed   in   our   thought�察  �and   it   takes   form   in   our 

thought   only   to   the   extent   to   which   we   apprehend   its   existence   in   the 

Divine Mind。  By  the   nature of   the  relation   between   the  individual   mind 

and the Universal Mind it is strictly a case of reflection�察�and in proportion 

as the mirror of our own mind   blurs or clearly reflects   the image of the 

Divine ideal�察�so will it give rise to a correspondingly feeble or vigorous 

reproduction of it in our external life。 

     This     being    the   rationale    of  the   matter�察   �why    should     we    limit   our 

conception of the Divine ideal of ourselves�拭�Why should we say�察 �I am too 



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mean   a   creature   ever   to   reflect   so   glorious   an   image;   or   ;God   never 

intended   such   a   limitless   ideal   to   be   reproduced   in   human   beings。;   In 

saying   such   things   we   expose   our   ignorance   of   the   whole   Law   of   the 

Creative      Process。    We    shut   our   eyes   to   the  fact   that   the  Omega      of 

completion already subsists in the Alpha of conception�察�and that the Alpha 

of conception would be nothing but a lying illusion if it was not capable of 

expression in the Omega of completion。 The creative process in us is that 

we    become      the   individual    reflection    of   what   we    realize   God    to   be 

relatively to ourselves�察�and therefore if we realize the Divine Spirit as the 

INFINITE potential of all that can constitute a perfected human being�察�this 

conception must�察�by the Law of the Creative Process�察�gradually build up a 

corresponding image in our mind�察�which in turn will act upon our external 

conditions。 

     This�察�by the laws of mind�察�is the nature of the process and it shows us 

what St。 Paul means when he speaks of Christ being formed in us ��Gal。 iv。 

19�� and what in another place he calls being renewed in knowledge after 

the image of Him that created us ��Col。 iii。 10��。 It is a thoroughly logical 

sequence of cause and effect�察�and what we require is to see more clearly 

the Law of this sequence and use it intelligentlythat is why St。 Paul says 

it   is  being    ;renewed      in  knowledge;�此      �it  is  a   New     Knowledge�察      �the 

recognition of principles which we had not previously apprehended。 Now 

the   fact   which�察  �in   our   past   experience�察  �we   have   not   grasped   is   that   the 

human mind forms a new point of departure for the work of the Creative 

Spirit�察�and in proportion as we see this more and more clearly�察�the more 

we   shall   find   ourselves   entering   into   a   new   order   of   life   in   which   we 

become less   and less   subject to the old limitations。 This is not   a   reward 

arbitrarily   bestowed   upon   us   for   holding   dogmatically   to   certain   mere 

verbal statements�察�but it is the natural result of understanding the supreme 

law of our own being。 On its own plane it is as purely scientific as the law 

of chemical reaction�察�only here we are not dealing with the interaction of 

secondary   causes   but   with   the   Self´originating   action   of   Spirit。   Hence   a 

new force has to be taken into account which does not occur in physical 

science�察�the power of Feeling。 Thought creates form�察�but it is feeling that 

gives vitality to thought。 Thought without feeling may be constructive as 



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in some great engineering work�察�but it can never be creative as in the work 

of   the   artist   or   musician�察  �and   that   which   originates   within   itself   a   new 

order   of   causation   is�察  �so   far   as   all   pre´existing   forms   are   concerned�察  �a 

creation ex nihilo�察�and is therefore Thought expressive of Feeling。 It is this 

indissoluble       union    of  Thought      and    Feeling    that   distinguishes      creative 

thought      from    merely     analytical     thought     and    places    it  in  a   different 

category�察�and therefore if we are to afford a new starting´point for carrying 

on   the   work   of   creation   it   must   be   by   assimilating   the   feeling   of   the 

Originating Spirit as part and parcel of its thoughtit is that entering into 

the Mind of the Spirit of which I spoke in the first address。 

     Now      the   images     in   the   Mind     of   the   Spirit   must    necessarily      be 

GENERIC。 The reason for this is that by its very nature the Principle of 

Life   must   be   prolific�察  �that   is�察  �tending   to   Multiplicity�察  �and   therefore   the 

original     Thought´image         must    be  fundamental       to   whole    races�察  �and    not 

exclusive to particular individuals。 Consequently the images in the Mind 

of   the   Spirit   must   be   absolute   types   of   the   true   essentials   of   the   perfect 

development of the race�察�just what Plato meant by architypal ideas。 This is 

the perfect subsistence of the thing in the thought。 Therefore it is that our 

evolution   as   centres of   CREATIVE   activity�察 �the   exponents of   new  laws�察�

and   through   them   of   new   conditions�察  �depends   on  
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