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the dore lectures on mental science(辻親僥讐恙)-及3何蛍
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direction as far as it doesand having learnt this we shall then be able to
make it go further。 The law of floatation was not discovered by
contemplating the sinking of things�察�but by contemplating the floating of
things which floated naturally�察�and then intelligently asking why they did
so。
The knowledge of a principle is to be gained by the study of its
affirmative action�察 �when we understand THAT we are in a position to
correct the negative conditions which tend to prevent that action。
Now Death is the absence of Life�察�and disease is the absence of health�察�
so to enter into the Spirit of Life we require to contemplate it�察�where it is
to be found�察�and not where it is not´ ´we are met with the old question�察�
;Why seek ye the living among the dead�拭─�This is why we start our studies
by considering the cosmic creation�察 �for it is there that we find the Life
Spirit working through untold ages�察 �not merely as deathless energy�察 �but
with a perpetual advance into higher degrees of Life。 If we could only so
enter into the Spirit as to make it personally IN OURSELVES what it
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evidently is in ITSELF�察 �the magnum opus would be accomplished。 This
means realizing our life as drawn direct from the Originating Spirit�察�and if
we now understand that the Thought or Imagination of the Spirit is the
great reality of Being�察�and that all material facts are only correspondences�察�
then it logically follows that what we have to do is to maintain our
individual place in the Thought of the Parent Mind。
We have seen that the action of the Originating Mind must needs be
GENERIC�察 �that is according to types which include multitudes of
individuals。 This type is the reflection of the Creative Mind at the level of
that particular GENIUS�察 �and at the human level it is Man�察 �not as
associated with particular circumstances�察 �but as existing in the absolute
ideal。
In proportion then as we learn to dissociate our conception of
ourselves from particular circumstances�察�and to rest upon our ABSOLUTE
nature�察�as reflections of the Divine ideal�察�we�察�in our turn�察�reflect back into
the Divine Imagination its original conception of itself as expressed in
generic or typical Man�察�and so by a natural law of cause and effect�察�the
individual who realizes this mental attitude enters permanently into the
Spirit of Life�察 �and it becomes a perennial fountain of Life springing up
spontaneously within him。
He then finds himself to be as the Bible says�察 �the image and likeness
of God。; He has reached the level at which he affords a new starting point
for the creative process�察�and the Spirit�察�finding a personal centre in him�察�
begins its work de nova�察�having thus solved the great problem of how to
enable the Universal to act directly upon the plane of the Particular。
It is in this sense�察�as affording the requisite centre for a new departure
of the creative Spirit�察�that man is said to be a ;microcosm�察─�or universe in
miniature�察 �and this is also what is meant by the esoteric doctrine of the
Octave�察 �of which I may be able to speak more fully on some other
occasion。
If the principles here stated are carefully considered�察 �they will be
found to throw light on much that would otherwise be obscure�察�and they
will also afford the key to the succeeding essays。
The reader is therefore asked to think them out carefully for himself�察�
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and to note their connection with the subject of the next article。
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INDIVIDUALITY。
Individuality is the necessary complement of the Universal Spirit�察�
which was the subject of our consideration last Sunday。 The whole
problem of life consists in finding the true relation of the individual to the
Universal Originating Spirit�察�and the first step towards ascertaining this is
to realize what the Universal Spirit must be in itself。 We have already done
this to some extent�察�and the conclusions we have arrived at are�此�
That the essence of the Spirit is Life�察�Love�察�and Beauty。
That its Motive�察 �or primary moving impulse�察 �is to express the Life�察�
Love and Beauty which it feels itself to be。
That the Universal cannot act on the plane of the Particular except by
becoming the particular�察�that is by expression through the individual。
If these three axioms are clearly grasped�察 �we have got a solid
foundation from which to start our consideration of the subject for to´day。
The first question that naturally presents itself is�察�
If these things be so�察�why does not every individual express the life�察�
love�察�and beauty of the Universal Spirit�拭�The answer to this question is to
be found in the Law of Consciousness。 We cannot be conscious of
anything except by realizing a certain relation between it and ourselves。 It
must affect us in some way�察 �otherwise we are not conscious of its
existence�察 �and according to the way in which it affects us we recognize
ourselves as standing related to it。 It is this self´recognition on our own
part carried out to the sum total of all our relations�察 �whether spiritual�察�
intellectual�察 �or physical�察 �that constitutes our realization of life。 On this
principle�察 �then�察 �for the REALIZATION of its own Livingness�察 �the
production of centres of life�察�through its relation to which this conscious
realization can be attained�察�becomes a necessity for the Originating Mind。
Then it follows that this realization can only be complete where the
individual has perfect liberty to withhold it�察 �for otherwise no true
realization could have taken place。 For instance�察 �let us consider the
working of Love。 Love must be spontaneous�察�or it has no existence at all。
We cannot imagine such a thing as mechanically induced love。 But
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