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been   fully   realized。   For   these   reasons   the   student   should   endeavour   to 

realize more and more perfectly�察�both in theory and practice�察�the law of the 

relation   between   the   Universal   and   the   Individual   Minds。   It   is   that   of 

RECIPROCAL   action。   If   this   fact   of   reciprocity   is   grasped�察  �it   will   be 

found   to   explain   both   why   the   individual   falls   short   of   expressing   the 

fulness of Life�察�which the Spirit is�察�and why he can attain to the fulness of 

that expression�察�just as the same law explains why iron sinks in water�察�and 

how it can be made to float。 It is the individualizing of the Universal Spirit�察�



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by    recognizing    its  reciprocity   to  ourselves�察   �that  is  the  secret  of  the 

perpetuation and growth of our own individuality。 



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       THE NEW THOUGHT AND THE 

                             NEW ORDER。 



     In   the   two    preceding     lectures    I  have    endeavoured       to  reach    some 

conception of what the All´originating Spirit is in itself�察�and of the relation 

of   the   individual   to   it。   So   far   as   we   can   form   any   conception   of   these 

things   at   all   we   see   that   they   are   universal   principles   applicable   to   all 

nature�察  �and�察  �at   the   human   level�察  �applicable   to   all   men�此  �they   are   general 

laws   the   recognition   of   which   is   an   essential   preliminary   to   any   further 

advance�察�because progress is made�察�not by setting aside the inherent law of 

things�察   �which     is  impossible�察    �but   by   specializing     it  through    presenting 

conditions   which   will   enable   the   same   principle   to   act   in   a   less   limited 

manner。   Having   therefore   got   a   general   idea   of   these   two   ultimates�察  �the 

universal   and   the   individual�察  �and   of   their   relation   to   one   another�察  �let   us 

now consider the process of specialization。 In what does the specialization 

of    a  natural   law    consist�拭   �It  consists   in   making     that   law   or  principle 

produce   an   effect   which   it   could   not   produce   under   the   simply   generic 

conditions   spontaneously   provided   by   nature。   This   selection   of   suitable 

conditions      is  the   work    of   Intelligence�察   �it  is  a  process    of   consciously 

arranging      things    in  a  new    order�察  �so   as  to  produce     a  new    result。   The 

principle   is   never   new�察  �for   principles   are   eternal   and   universal�察  �but   the 

knowledge that the same principle will produce new results when working 

under new conditions is the key to the unfoldment of infinite possibilities。 

What   we   have   therefore   to   consider   is   the   working   of   Intelligence   in 

providing specific conditions for the operation of universal principles�察�so 

as to bring about new results which will transcend our past experiences。 

The process does not consist in the introduction of new elements�察�but in 

making new combinations of elements which are always present�察�just as 

our ancestors had no conception of carriages that could go without horses�察�

and   yet   by   a   suitable   combination   of   elements   which   were   always   in 

existence�察  �such   vehicles   are   common   objects   in   our   streets   today。   How�察�

then�察�is the power of Intelligence to be brought to bear upon the generic 



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law   of   the   relation   between   the   Individual   and   the   Universal   so   as   to 

specialize   it   into   the   production   of   greater   results   than   those   which   we 

have hitherto obtained�拭�

     All    the  practical    attainments     of   science�察  �which     place   the   civilized 

world of to´day in advance of the times of King Alfred or Charlemagne�察�

have been gained by a uniform method�察�and that a very simple one。 It is by 

always       enquiring      what    is   the    affirmative     factor    in    any    existing 

combination�察�and asking ourselves why�察�in that particular combination�察�it 

does not act beyond certain limits。 What makes the thing a success�察�so far 

as    it  goes�察  �and    what    prevents     it  going    further�拭   �Then�察   �by    carefully 

considering       the  nature    of  the   affirmative     factor�察  �we   see   what    sort  of 

conditions to provide to enable it to express itself more fully。 This is the 

scientific   method�察  �it   has   proved   itself   true   in   respect   of   material   things�察�

and there is no reason why it should not be equally reliable in respect of 

spiritual things also。 

     Taking this as our method�察�we ask�察�What is the affirmative factor in the 

whole   creation�察  �and   in   ourselves   as   included   in   the   creation�察  �and�察  �as   we 

found in the first lecture�察�this factor is Spiritthat invisible power which 

concentrates´the primordial ether into forms�察�and endows those forms with 

various modes of motion�察�from the simply mechanical motion of the planet 

up   to   the   volitional   motion   in   man。   And�察  �since   this   is   so�察  �the   primary 

affirmative      factor    can   only    be   the   Feeling    and    the   Thought     of   the 

Universal Spirit。* Now�察�by the hypothesis of the case�察�the Universal Spirit 

must be the Pure Essence of Life�察�and therefore its feeling and                       thought 

can only be towards the continually increasing expression of the livingness 

which it is�察�and accordingly the specialization�察�of which we are in search�察�

must   be   along   the   line   of   affording   it   a   centre   from  which   it   may   more 

perfectly realize this feeling and express this thought�此�in other words the 

way   to    specialize    the   generic    principle   of   Spirit   is  by   providing    new 

mental conditions in consonance with its own original nature。 

     * See my ;Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science。; 

       The scientific method of enquiry therefore brings us to the conclusion 

that the required conditions for translating the racial or generic operation 

of   the   Spirit   into  a  specialized     individual     operation     is  a  new   way   of 



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THINKING   mode   of   thought   concurring   with�察  �and   not   in   opposition   to�察�

the essential forward movement of the Creative Spirit itself。 This implies 

an   entire   reversal   of   our   old   conceptions。   Hitherto   we   have 
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