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the dore lectures on mental science(脑科学讲座)-第21部分

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limitlessly from the Infinite that we are apt to overlook; but as we come to 

realize that the soul is itself a reflection and image of the Infinite Spirit 

and a clear recognition of the cosmic creative process shows that it cannot 

be anything elsewe find that it must possess this power; and that…in fact it 

is   our   possession   of   this   power   which   is   the   whole   raison   d'etre   of   the 

creative process: if the human soul did not possess an unlimited power of 

differentiation from the Infinite; then the Infinite would not be reflected in 

it;   and   consequently       the   Infinite   Spirit    would     find   no   outlet   for   its 

CONSCIOUS recognition of itself as the Life; Love; and Beauty which it 

is。 We can never too deeply ponder the old esoteric definition of Spirit as 

〃the Power which knows itself〃: the secret of all things; past; present; and 

future   is   contained     in   these   few   words。   The   self    …recognition   or     self… 

contemplation of Spirit is the primary movement out of which all creation 

proceeds;  and   the   attainment   in   the individual   of   a  fresh   centre  for   self… 

recognition is what the Spirit GAINS in the processthis GAIN accruing 

to   the   Spirit   is  what    is  referred   to  in   the  parables     where    the   lord   is 

represented as receiving increase from his servants。 

     When       the  individual     perceives      this  relation    between      himself    and 

Infinite Spirit; he finds that he has been raised from a position of slavery 

to one of reciprocity。 The Spirit cannot do without him any more than he 

can do without the Spirit: the two are as necessary to each other as the two 

poles of   an   electric battery。 The  Spirit is   the  unlimited essence  of  Love; 

Wisdom;   and   Power;   all   three   in   one   undifferentiated   and   waiting   to   be 

differentiated        by    APPROPRIATION;               that    is;   by     the    individual 

CLAIMING to be the channel of their differentiation。 It only requires the 

claim to be made with the recognition that by the Law of Being it is bound 

to   be   answered;      and   the   right  feeling;    the  right   seeing;    and   the   right 

working   for   the   particular   matter   we   have   in   hand        will   flow   in   quite 

naturally。   Our   old   enemies;   doubt   and   fear;   may   seek   to   bring   us   back 

under bondage to Baali; but our new stand…point for the recognition of the 



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All…originating      Spirit   as  being    absolutely    unified    with   ourselves     must 

always be kept resolutely in mind; for; short of this; we are not working on 

the    creative   levelwe     are   creating;   indeed;    for   we   can    never   divest 

ourselves of our creative power; but we are creating in the image of the old 

limiting   and   destructive   conditions;   and   this   is   merely   perpetuating   the 

cosmic   Law   of   Averages;   which   is   just   what   the   individual   has   to   rise 

superior     to。  The    creative   level   is  where    new    laws   begin    to  manifest 

themselves in a new order of conditions; something transcending our past 

experiences and thus bringing about a real advance; for it is no advance 

only to go on in the same old round even if we kept at it for centuries: it is 

the steady go…ahead nature of the Spirit that has made the world of to…day 

an   improvement   upon   the   world   of the   pterodactyl   and   the   icthiosaurus; 

and we must look for the same forward movement of the Spirit from its 

new starting…point in ourselves。 

     Now it is this special; personal; and individual relation of the Spirit to 

ourselves which is typified by the names Ishi and Hephzibah。 From  this 

stand…point   we   may   say   that   as   the   individual   wakes   up   to   the   oneness 

with    the   Spirit;   the  Spirit   wakes     up   to  the   same    thing。   It  becomes 

conscious of itself through the consciousness of the individual; and thus is 

solved the paradox of individual self…recognition by the Universal Spirit; 

without   which   no   new…creative   power   could   be   exercised   and   all   things 

would continue to proceed in the old merely cosmic order。 It is of course 

true that in the  merely generic  order  the  Spirit must be   present   in   every 

form of Life; as the Master pointed out when He said that not a sparrow 

falls to the ground without 〃the Father。〃 But as the sparrows He alluded to 

had been shot and were on sale at a price which shows that this was the 

fate    of  a  good     many    of   them;    we   see   here   precisely    that   stage   of 

manifestation       where     the  Spirit   has   not   woke     up   to   individual    self… 

recognition; and remains at the lower level of self…recognition; that of the 

generic or race…spirit。 The Master's comment; 〃Ye are of more value than 

many sparrows〃 points out this difference: in us the generic creation has 

reached   the   level   which   affords   the   conditions   for   the   waking   up   of   the 

Spirit to self…recognition in the Individual。 

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posing or straining after effect about it。 If YOU have to pump up the Life; 

who     is  going    to   put   the  Life   into   you    to  pump     it?  Therefore     it  is 

spontaneous or nothing。 That is why the Bible speaks of it as the free gift 

of   God。   It   cannot   be   anything   else。 You   cannot   originate   the  originating 

force;    it  must   originate    you:   but   what    you   can   do   is  to  distribute    it。 

Therefore immediately you experience any sense of friction be sure there 

is   something   wrong   somewhere;   and   since   God   can   never   change;   you 

may be sure that the friction is being caused by some error in your own 

thinkingyou are limiting the Spirit in some way: set to work to find out 

what it is。 It is always LIMITING the Spirit that does this。 You are tying it 

down   to   conditions   somewhere;   saying   it   is   bound   by   reason   of   some 

existing forms。 The remedy is to go back to the original starting point of 

the   Cosmic   Creation   and   ask;   Where   were   the   pre…existing   forms   that 

dictated   to   the   Spirit   then?   Then   because   the   Spirit   never   changes   it   is 

STILL THE SAME; and is just as independent of existing conditions now 

as it was in the beginning; and so we must pass over all existing conditions; 

however apparently adverse; and go straight to the Spirit as the originator 

of new forms and new conditions。 This is real New Thought; for it does 

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