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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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