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Power�察�as stated in the last lecture�察�we shall seek in it the fountain´head of 

Form as well as of Power�此�and as a logical deduction from this we shall 

look to it to give form to our thoughts and feelings。 If the principle is once 

recognised       the  sequence      is  obvious。     The   form    taken    by   our   outward 

conditions�察�whether of body or circumstance�察�depends on the form taken 

by our thoughts and feelings�察�and our thoughts and feelings will take form 

from     that   source    from     which    we    allow    them     to  receive    suggestion。 

Accordingly   if   we   allow   them   to   accept   their   fundamental   suggestions 

from the relative and limited�察�they will assume a corresponding form and 

transmit them to our external environment�察�thus repeating the old order of 

limitation in a ceaselessly recurring round。 Now our object is to get out of 

this circle of limitation�察�and the only way to do so is to get our thoughts 

and feelings moulded into new forms continually advancing to greater and 

greater   perfection。   To   meet   this   requirement�察  �therefore�察  �there   must   be   a 

forming power greater than that of our own unaided conceptions�察�and this 



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is to be found in   our realization of the Spirit as the Supreme Beauty�察  �or 

Wisdom�察  �moulding   our   thoughts   and   feelings   into   shapes   harmoniously 

adjusted   to   the   fullest   expression�察  �in   and   through   us�察  �of   the   Livingness 

which Spirit is in itself。 

     Now this is nothing more than transferring to the innermost plane of 

origination�察  �a   principle   with   which   all   readers   who   are   ;in   the   thought; 

may be presumed to be quite familiarthe principle of Receptiveness。 We 

all   know   what   is   meant   by   a   receptive   mental   attitude   when   applied   to 

healing     or   telepathy�察   �and   does    it  not  logically    follow    that   the  same 

principle may be applied to the receiving of life itself from the Supreme 

Source�拭  �What   is   wanted�察  �therefore�察  �is   to   place   ourselves   in   a   receptive 

mental attitude towards the Universal Spirit with the intention of receiving 

its forming influence into our mental substance。 It is always the presence 

of a definite intention that distinguishes the intelligent receptive attitude of 

mind from a merely sponge´like absorbency�察�which sucks in any and every 

influence that may happen to be floating round�此�for we must not shut our 

eyes to the fact that there are various influences in the mental atmosphere 

by which we are surrounded�察�and some of them of the most undesirable 

kind。 Clear and definite intention is therefore as necessary in our receptive 

attitude as in our active and creative one�察�and if our intention is to have 

our   own   thoughts   and   feelings   moulded   into   such   forms   as   to   express 

those of the Spirit�察�then we establish that relation to the Spirit which�察�by 

the conditions of the case�察�must necessarily lead us to the conception of 

new ideals vitalised by a power which will enable us to bring them into 

concrete   manifestation。   It   is   in   this   way   that   we   become   differentiating 

centres of the Divine Thought giving it expression in form in the world of 

space   and   time�察  �and   thus   is   solved   the   great   problem   of   enabling   the 

Universal to act upon the plane of the particular without being hampered 

by    those    limitations    which     the   merely    generic    law    of   manifestation 

imposes      upon    it。  It  is  just  here  that  subconscious       mind    performs     the 

function of a ;bridge; between the finite and the infinite as noted in my 

;Edinburgh       Lectures   on   Mental   Science;   ��page        31���察  �and   it   is   for  this 

reason that a recognition of its susceptibility to impression is so important。 

     By establishing�察�then�察�a personal relation to the life of the Spirit�察�the 



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sphere of the individual becomes enlarged。 The reason is that he allows a 

greater intelligence than his own to take the initiative�察�and since he knows 

that   this   Intelligence   is   also   the   very   Principle   of   Life   itself�察  �he   cannot 

have any fear that it will act in any way to the diminution of his individual 

life�察  �for   that   would   be   to   stultify   its   own   operationit   would   be   self´ 

destructive action which is a contradiction   in terms to the conception of 

Creative Spirit。 Knowing�察�then�察�that by its inherent nature this Intelligence 

can only work to the expansion of the individual life�察�we can rest upon it 

with the utmost confidence and trust it to take an initiative which will lead 

to far  greater results   than any  we  could forecast   from the  stand´point  of 

our own knowledge。 So long as we insist on dictating the particular form 

which the action of the Spirit is to take�察�we limit it�察�and so close against 

ourselves avenues of expansion which might otherwise have been open to 

us�察�and if we ask ourselves why we do this we shall find that in the last 

resort it is because we do not believe in the Spirit as a FORMING power。 

We   have�察  �indeed�察  �advanced   to   the   conception   of   it   as   executive   power�察�

which   will   work   to   a   prescribed   pattern�察  �but   we   have   yet   to   grasp   the 

conception of it as versed in the art of design�察�and capable of elaborating 

schemes of construction�察�which will not only be complete in themselves�察�

but   also   in   perfect   harmony   with   one   another。  When   we   advance   to   the 

conception of the Spirit as containing in itself the ideal of Form as well as 

of   Power�察 �we   shall   cease   from  the   effort   of trying to   force   things into   a 

particular   shape�察  �whether   on   the   inner   or   the   outer   plane�察  �and   shall   be 

content   to   trust   the   inherent   harmoniousness   or   Beauty   of   the   Spirit   to 

produce      combinations       far  in  advance      of  anything     that  we    could    have 

conceived ourselves。 This does not mean that we shall reduce ourselves to 

a condition of apathy�察�in which all desire�察�expectation and enthusiasm have 

been quenched�察�for these are the mainspring of our mental machinery�察�but 

on the contrary their action will be quickened by the knowledge that there 

is working at the back of them a Formative Principle so infallible that it 

cannot   miss   its   mark�察  �so   that   however   good   and   beautiful   the   existing 

forms may be�察�we may always rest in the happy expectation of something 

still better to come。 And it will come by a natural law of growth�察�because 

the   Spirit   is   in   itself   the   Principle
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