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selection and adaptation of means to ends�察�and thus distributes energy and
life in accordance with a recognizable scheme of cosmic progression。 It is
therefore not only Life�察 �but also Intelligence�察 �and Life guided by
Intelligence becomes Volition。 It is this primary originating power which
we mean when we speak of ;The Spirit�察─�and it is into this Spirit of the
whole universe that we must enter if we would reproduce it as a spring of
Original Life in ourselves。
Now in the case of the productions of artistic genius we know that we
must enter into the movement of the creative mind of the artist�察�before we
can realize the principle which gives rise to his work。 We must learn to
partake of the feeling�察 �to find expression for which is the motive of his
creative activity。 May we not apply the same principle to the Greater
Creative Mind with which we are seeking to deal�拭�There is something in
the work of the artist which is akin to that of original creation。 His work�察�
literary�察�musical�察�or graphic is original creation on a miniature scale�察�and
in this it differs from that of the engineer�察�which is constructive�察�or that of
the scientist which is analytical�察�for the artist in a sense creates something
out of nothing�察�and therefore starts from the stand´point of simple feeling�察�
and not from that of a pre´existing necessity。 This�察�by the hypothesis of the
case�察 �is true also of the Parent Mind�察 �for at the stage where the initial
movement of creation takes place�察 �there are no existing conditions to
compel action in one direction more than another。 Consequently the
direction taken by the creative impulse is not dictated by outward
circumstances�察�and the primary movement must therefore be entirely due
to the action of the Original Mind upon itself�察�it is the reaching out of this
Mind for realization of all that it feels itself to be。 The creative process
thus in the first instance is purely a matter of feelingexactly what we
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speak of as ;motif; in a work of art。
Now it is this original feeling that we need to enter into�察�because it is
the fons et origo of the whole chain of causation which subsequently
follows。 What then can this original feeling of the Spirit be�拭 �Since the
Spirit is Life´in´itself�察�its feeling can only be for the fuller expression of
Lifeany other sort of feeling would be self´destructive and is therefore
inconceivable。 Then the full expression of Life implies Happiness�察 �and
Happiness implies Harmony�察 �and Harmony implies Order�察 �and Order
implies Proportion�察�and Proportion implies Beauty�察�so that in recognizing
the inherent tendency of the Spirit towards the production of Life�察�we can
recognise a similar inherent tendency to the production of these other
qualities also�察�and since the desire to bestow the greater fulness of joyous
life can only be described as Love�察�we can sum up the whole of the feeling
which is the original moving impulse in the Spirit as Love and Beautythe
Spirit finding expression through forms of beauty in centres of life�察 �in
harmonious reciprocal relation to itself。 This is a generalized statement of
the broad principle by which Spirit expands from the innermost to the
outermost�察�in accordance with a Law of tendency inherent in itself。
It sees itself�察�as it were�察�reflected in various centres of life and energy�察�
each with its appropriate form�察 �but in the first instance these reflections
can have no existence except within the originating Mind。 They have their
first beginning as mental images�察 �so that in addition to the powers of
Intelligence and Selection�察 �we must also realise that of Imagination as
belonging to the Divine Mind�察 �and we must picture these powers as
working from the initial motive of Love and Beauty。
Now this is the Spirit that we need to enter into�察 �and the method of
doing so is a perfectly logical one。 It is the same method by which all
scientific advance is made。 It consists in first observing how a certain law
works under the conditions spontaneously provided by nature�察 �next in
carefully considering what principle this spontaneous working indicates�察�
and lastly deducing from this how the same principle would act under
specially selected conditions�察�not spontaneously provided by nature。
The progress of shipbuilding affords a good example of what I mean。
Formerly wood was employed instead of iron�察 �because wood floats in
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water and iron sinks�察 �yet now the navies of the world are built of iron�察�
careful thought showed the law of floatation to be that anything could float
which�察�bulk for bulk�察�is lighter than the mass of liquid displaced by it�察�and
so we now make iron float by the very same law by which it sinks�察�
because by the introduction of the PERSONAL factor�察 �we provide
conditions which do not occur spontaneouslyaccording to the esoteric
maxim that ;Nature unaided fails。; Now we want to apply the same
process of specializing a generic Law to the first of all Laws�察�that of the
generic life´giving tendency of Spirit itself。 Without the element of
INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY the Spirit can only work cosmically by a
GENERIC Law�察�but this law admits of far higher specialization�察�and this
specialization can only be attained through the introduction of the personal
factor。 But to introduce this factor the individual must be fully aware of
the PRINCIPLE which underlies the spontaneous or cosmic action of the
law。 Where�察 �then�察 �will he find this principle of Life�拭 �Certainly not by
contemplating Death。 In order to get a principle to work in the way we
require it to�察 �we must observe its action when it is working spon;
taneously in this particular direction。 We must ask why it goes in the right
direction as far as it doesand having learnt this we shall then be able to
make it go further。 The law of floatation was no
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