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the dore lectures on mental science(辻親僥讐恙)-及13何蛍
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thinking�察�and instead of taking external facts as our starting point�察�taking
the inherent nature of mental power as our starting point。 We have already
gained two great steps in this direction�察 �first by seeing that the whole
manifested cosmos could have had its origin nowhere but in mental power�察�
and secondly by realizing that our own mental power must be the same in
kind with that of the Originating Mind。
Now we can go a step further and see how this power in ourselves can
be perpetuated and intensified。 By the nature of the creative process your
mind is itself a thought of the Parent Mind�察�so�察�as long as this thought of
the Universal Mind subsists�察�you will subsist�察�for you are it。 But so long as
you think this thought it continues to subsist�察 �and necessarily remains
present in the Divine Mind�察�thus fulfilling the logical conditions required
for the perpetuation of the individual life。 A poor analogy of the process
may be found in a self´influencing dynamo where the magnetism
generates the current and the current intensifies the magnetism with the
result of producing a still stronger current until the limit of saturation is
reached�察�only in the substantive infinitude of the Universal Mind and the
potential infinitude of the Individual Mind there is no limit of saturation。
Or we may compare the interaction of the two minds to two mirrors�察 �a
great and a small one�察�opposite each other�察�with the word ;Life; engraved
on the large one。 Then�察�by the law of reflection�察�the word ;Life; will also
appear on the image of the smaller mirror reflected in the greater。 Of
course these are only very imperfect analogies�察�but if you car once grasp
the idea of your own individuality as a thought in the Divine Mind which
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is able to perpetuate itself by thinking of itself as the thought which it is�察�
you have got at the root of the whole matter�察�and by the same process you
will not only perpetuate your life but will also expand it。
When we realize this on the one hand�察�and on the other that all external
conditions�察�including the body�察�are produced by thought�察�we find ourselves
standing between two infinites�察 �the infinite of Mind and the infinite of
Substancefrom both of which we can draw what we will�察 �and mould
specific conditions out of the Universal Substance by the Creative Power
which we draw in from the Universal Mind。 But we must recollect that
this is not by the force of personal will upon the substance�察�which is an
error that will land us in all sorts of inversion�察�but by realizing our mind as
a channel through which the Universal Mind operates upon substances in a
particular way�察�according to the mode of thought which we are seeking to
embody。 If�察 �then�察 �our thought is habitually concentrated upon principles
rather than on particular things�察�realizing that principles are nothing else
than the Divine Mind in operation�察�we shall find that they will necessarily
germinate to produce their own expression in corresponding facts�察 �thus
verifying the words of the Great Teacher�察 �Seek ye first the Kingdom of
God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you。;
But we must never lose sight of the reason for the creative power of
our thought�察�that it is because our mind is itself a thought of the Divine
Mind�察�and that consequently our increase in livingness and creative power
must be in exact proportion to our perception of our relation to the Parent
Mind。 In such considerations as these is to be found the philosophical
basis of the Bible doctrine of ;Sonship�察─ �with its culmination in the
conception of the Christ。 These are not mere fancies but the expression of
strictly scientific principles�察�in their application to the deepest problems of
the individual life�察�and their basis is that each one's world�察�whether in or
out of the flesh�察�must necessarily be created by his own consciousness�察�and�察�
in its turn�察�his mode of consciousness will necessarily take its colour front
his conception of his relation to the Divine Mind to the exclusion of light
and colour�察 �if he realizes no Divine Mind�察 �and to their building up into
forms of beauty in proportion as he realizes his identity of being with that
All´Originating Spirit which is Light�察�Love�察�and Beauty in itself。 Thus the
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great creative work of Thought in each of us is to make us consciously
;sons and daughters of the Almighty�察─�realizing that by our divine origin
we can never be really separated from the Parent Mind which is
continually seeking expression through us�察 �and that any apparent
separation is due to our own misconception of the true nature of the
inherent relation between the Universal and the Individual。 This is the
lesson which the Great Teacher has so luminously out before us in the
parable of the Prodigal Son。
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THE GREAT AFFIRMATIVE。
The Great Affirmative appears in two modes�察 �the cosmic and the
individual。 In its essence it is the same in both�察�but in each it works from a
different standpoint。 It is always the principle of Beingthat which is�察�as
distinguished from that which is not�察�but to grasp the true significance of
this saying we must understand what is meant by ;that which is not。; It is
something more than mere non´existence�察 �for obviously we should not
trouble ourselves about what is non´existent。 It is that which bath is and is
not at the same time�察 �and the thing that answers to this description is
;Conditions。; The little affirmative is that which affirms particular
conditions as all that it can grasp�察 �while the great affirmative grasps a
wider conception�察 �the conception of that which gives rise to conditions。
Cosmically it is that power of Spirit which sends forth the whole creation
as its expression of itself�察 �and it is for this reason that I have drawn
attention in the preceding lectures to the idea of the creation ex nihilo of
the whole visible unive
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