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the dore lectures on mental science(辻親僥讐恙)-及22何蛍
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of new forms and new conditions。 This is real New Thought�察�for it does
not trouble about the old things�察�but is going straight ahead from where we
are now。 When we do this�察�just trusting the Spirit�察�and not laying down the
particular details of its actionjust telling it what we want without
dictating HOW we are to get it we shall find that things will open out
more and more clearly day by day both on the inner and the outer plane。
Remember that the Spirit is alive and working here and now�察�for if ever
the Spirit is to get from the past into the future it must be by passing
through the present�察�therefore what you have to do is to acquire the habit
of living direct ´from the Spirit here and now。 You will soon find that this
is a matter of personal intercourse�察�perfectly natural and not requiring any
abnormal conditions for its production。 You just treat the Spirit as you
would any other kind´hearted sensible person�察 �remembering that it is
always there;closer than hands and feet�察─�as Tennyson saysand you will
gradually begin to appreciate its reciprocity as a very practical fact indeed。
This is the relation of Hephzibah to Ishi�察�and is that worship in Spirit
and in truth which needs neither the temple in Jerusalem nor yet in
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Samaria for its acceptance�察�for the whole world is the temple of the Spirit
and you yourself its sanctuary。 Bear this in mind�察 �and remember that
nothing is too great or too small�察 �too interior or too external�察 �for the
Spirit's recognition and operation�察�for the Spirit is itself both the Life and
the Substance of all things and it is also Self´recognition from the stand´
point of your own individuality�察 �and therefore�察 �because the Self´
recognition of Spirit is the Life of the creative process�察�you will�察�by simply
trusting the Spirit to work according to its own nature�察�pass more and more
completely into that New Order which proceeds from the thought of Him
who says�察 �Behold I make all things new。;
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THE SHEPHERD AND THE
STONE。
The metaphor of the Shepherd and the Sheep is of constant occurrence
throughout the Bible and naturally suggests the idea of the guiding�察�
guarding�察�and feeding both of the individual sheep and of the whole flock
and it is not difficult to see the spiritual correspondence of these things in
a general sort of way。 But we find that the Bible combines the metaphor of
the Shepherd with another metaphor that of ;the Stone�察─�and at first sight
the two seem rather incongruous。
;From thence is the Shepherd the Stone of Israel�察─ �says the Old
Testament ��Genesis xlix。 24���察 �and Jesus calls himself both ;The Good
Shepherd; and ;The Stone which the builders rejected。; The Shepherd and
the Stone are thus identified and we must therefore seek the interpretation
in some conception which combines the two。 A shepherd suggests
Personal care for the welfare of the sheep�察�and an intelligence greater than
theirs。 A stone suggests the idea of Building�察 �and consequently of
measurement�察�adaptation of parts to whole�察 �and progressive construction
according to plan。 Combining these two conceptions we get the idea of the
building of an edifice whose stones are persons�察�each taking their more or
less conscious part in the constructionthus a building�察 �not constructed
from without�察�but self´forming by a principle of growth from within under
the guidance of a Supreme Wisdom permeating the whole and conducting
it stage by stage to ultimate completeness。 This points to a Divine Order in
human affairs with which we may more or less consciously co´operate�此�
both to our personal advantage and also to the furtherance of the great
scheme of human evolution as a whole�察 �the ultimate purpose being to
establish in ALL men that principle of ;The Octave; to which I have
already alluded�察�and in proportion as some adumbration of this principle is
realized by individuals and by groups of individuals they specialize the
law of race´development�察�even though they may not be aware of the fact�察�
and so come under a SPECIALIZED working of the fundamental Law�察�
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which thus differentiates them from other individuals and nationalities�察�as
by a peculiar guidance�察�producing higher developments which the merely
generic operation of the Law could not。
Now if we keep steadily in mind that�察�though the purpose�察�or Law of
Tendency�察�or the Originating Spirit must always be universal in its nature�察�
it must necessarily be individual in its operation�察 �we shall see that this
universal purpose can only be accomplished through the instrumentality of
specific means。 This results from the fundamental proposition that the
Universal can only work on the plane of the Particular by becoming the
individual and particular�察 �and when we grasp the conception that the
merely generic operation of the Creative Law has now brought the human
race as far as it can�察 �that is to say it has completely evolved the merely
natural GENUS home�察�it follows that if any further development is to take
place it can only be by the co´operation of the individual himself。 Now it
is the spread of this individual co´operation that the forward movement of
the Spirit is leading us to�察�and it is the gradual extension of this universal
principle that is alluded to in the prophecy of Daniel regarding the Stone
cut out without hands that spreads until it fills the whole earth ��Daniel ii。
34 and 44��。 According to the interpretation given by Daniel�察�this Stone is
the emblem of a spiritual Kingdom�察�and the identity of the Stone and the
Shepherd indicates that the Kingdom of the Stone must be also the
Kingdom of the Shepherd�察 �and the Master�察 �who identified himself with
both the Stone and the Shepherd�察�emphatically declared that this Kingdom
was�察 �in its essence�察 �an interior Kingdom;the Kingdom of Heaven is
within you。; We must look for its foundation therefore�察 �in a
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