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and   through   them   of   new   conditions�察  �depends   on   our   realizing   in   the 

Divine   Mind   the   architype   of   mental   perfection�察  �at   once   as   thought   and 

feeling。 But when we find all this in the Divine Mind�察�do we not meet with 

an infinite and glorious Personality�拭�There is nothing lacking of all that we 

can understand by Personality�察�excepting outward form�察�and since the very 

essence of telepathy is that it dispenses with the physical presence�察�we find 

ourselves in a position of interior communion with a Personality at once 

Divine and   Human。 This is that   Personality of   the   Spirit   which   St。  John 

saw in the apocalyptic vision�察�and which by the very conditions of the case 

is the Alpha and Omega of Humanity。 

     But�察  �as   I   have   said�察 �it   is   simply  GENERIC   in   itself�察  �and   it   becomes 

active and specific only by a purely personal relation to the individual。 But 

once more we must realize that nothing can take place except according to 

Law�察�and therefore this specific relation is nothing arbitrary�察�but arises out 

of   the   generic   Law   applied   under   specific   conditions。   And   since   what 



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makes   a   law   generic     is   precisely   the  fact   that   it  does   not   supply   the 

specific conditions�察�it follows that the conditions for the specializing of the 

Law must be provided by the individual。 Then it is that his recognition of 

the originating creative movement�察�as arising from combined Thought and 

Feeling�察  �becomes   a   practical   working   asset。   He   realizes   that   there   is   a 

Heart and Mind of the Spirit reciprocal to his own heart and mind�察�that he 

is not dealing with a filmy abstraction�察�nor yet with a mere mathematical 

sequence�察�but   with   something   that   is   pulsating  with   a   Life  as   warm  and 

vivid and full of interest as his ownnay�察�more so�察�for it is the Infinite of 

all that he himself is。 And his recognition goes even further than this�察�for 

since this specialization can only take place through the individual himself�察�

it logically follows that the Life�察�which he thus specializes�察�become HIS 

OWN life。 Quoad the individual it does not know itself apart from  him。 

But this self´recognition through the individual cannot in any way change 

the   inherent   nature   of   the   Creative   Spirit�察  �and   therefore   to   the   extent   to 

which   the   individual   perceives   its   identification   with   himself�察  �he   places 

himself under its guidance�察�and so he becomes one of those who are ;led 

by the Spirit。; Thus he begins to find the Alpha and Omega of the Divine 

ideal    reproduced      in  himselfin     a  very    small    degree    at  present�察   �but 

containing the principle of perpetual growth into an infinite expansion of 

which we can as yet form no conception。 

     St。 John sums up the whole of this position in his memorable words�此�

;Beloved now are we the Sons of God�察�and it doth not yet appear what we 

SHALL be�察�but we know that when He shall appear ��i。e。�察�become clear to 

us�� we shall be like Him�察�for ��i。e。�察�the reason of all this�� we shall see Him 

as He is; ��I。 John iii。 2��。 



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           THE CREATIVE POWER OF 

                               THOUGHT。 



     One   of   the   great   axioms   in   the   new   order   of   ideas�察  �of   which   I   have 

spoken�察�is that our Thought possesses creative power�察�and since the whole 

superstructure depends on this foundation�察�it is well to examine it carefully。 

Now the starting point is to see that Thought�察�or purely mental action�察�is 

the only possible source from which the existing creation could ever have 

come     into   manifestation     at  all�察 �and   it  is  on  this  account    that  in  the 

preceding   addresses   I   have   laid   stress   on   the   origin   of   the   cosmos。   It   is 

therefore not necessary to go over this ground again�察�and we will start this 

morning's enquiry on the assumption that every manifestation is in essence 

the expression of a Divine Thought。 This being so�察�our own mind is the 

expression      of  a   Divine    Thought。     The   Divine    Thought     has   produced 

something which itself is capable of thinking�察�but the question is whether 

its thinking has the same creative quality as that of the Parent Mind。 

     Now   by   the   very   hypothesis   of   the   case   the   whole   Creative   Process 

consists   in   the   continual   pressing   so   forward   of   the   Universal   Spirit   for 

expression through the individual and particular�察�and Spirit in its different 

modes      is  therefore   the  Life   and   Substance     of  the   universe。   Hence     it 

follows that if there is to be an expression of thinking power it can only be 

by    expressing     the  same    thinking    power     which    subsists   latent   in  the 

Originating Spirit。 If it were less than this it would only be some sort of 

mechanism and would not be thinking power�察�so that to be thinking power 

at all it must be identical in kind with that of the Originating Spirit。 It is 

for this reason that man is said to be created in the image and likeness of 

God�察  �and   if  we  realize that   it   is   impossible   for  him  to   be otherwise�察 �we 

shall    find   a  firm    foundation     from    which    to   draw    many     important 

deductions。 

     But if our thought possesses this creative power�察�why are we hampered 

by adverse conditions�拭�The answer is�察�because hitherto we have used our 

power   invertedly。   We   have   taken   the   starting   point   of   our   thought   from 



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external   facts   and   consequently  created   a   repetition   of   facts of   a   similar 

nature�察�and so long as we do this we must needs go on perpetuating the old 

circle of  limitation。 And�察�owing   to the  sensitiveness   of the subconscious 

mind to suggestion��See Edinburgh Lectures�察�chapter V。��we are subject 

to   a   very   powerful   negative   influence   from   those   who   are   unacquainted 

with affirmative principles�察�and thus race´beliefs and the thought´currents 

of our more immediate environment tend to consolidate our own inverted 

thinking。     It  is  therefore    not  surprising     that  the   creative    power    of   our 

thought�察�thus   used   in   a  wrong   direction�察�has   produced the   limitations   of 

which   we   complain。   The   remedy�察  �then�察  �is   by   reversing   our   method   of 

thinking�察�and instead of taking external facts as our starting point�察�taking 

the inherent nature of mental power as our s
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