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the dore lectures on mental science(脑科学讲座)-第23部分

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within   you。〃   We     must   look   for   its   foundation   therefore;   in   a   spiritual 

principle or mental law inherent in the constitution of all men but waiting 

to be brought into fuller development by more accurate compliance with 

its essential requirements; which is precisely the method by which science 

has   evoked   powers   from   the   laws   of   nature   which   were   undreamt   of   in 

former ages; and in like manner the recognition of our true relation to the 

Universal Spirit; which is the source of all individual being; must lead to 

an   advance   both   for   the   race   and   for   the   individual   such   as   we   can   at 

present scarcely form the faintest idea of; but which we dimly apprehend 

through the intuition and speak of as the New Order。 The approach of this 



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New Order is everywhere making itself vaguely felt; it is; as the French 

say; in the air; and the very vagueness and mystery attending it is causing a 

feeling   of   unrest   as   to   what   form   it   may   assume。   But   to   the   student   of 

Spiritual   Law   this   should   not   be   the   case。   He   knows   that   the   Form   is 

always the expression of the Spirit; and therefore; since he is in touch with 

the forward movement of the Spirit; he knows that he himself will always 

be   harmoniously   included   in   any   form   of   development   which   the   Great 

Forward   Movement   may   take。 This   is   the   practical   and   personal   benefit 

arising from the realization of the Principle which is symbolized under the 

two…fold   metaphor   of   the   Shepherd   and   the   Stone。   and   in   all   those   new 

developments which are perhaps even now within measurable distance; we 

can rest on the knowledge that we are under the care of a kind Shepherd; 

and under the formation of a wise Master Builder。 

     But   the   principle   of   the   Shepherd   and   the   Stone   is   not   something 

hitherto unheard of which is only to conne into existence in the future。 If 

there    were    no   manifestations       of  this  principle     in  the   past;  we    might 

question whether there were any such principle at all; but a careful study 

of the subject will show us that it has been at work all through the ages; 

sometimes in modes more immediately bearing the aspect of the Shepherd; 

and sometimes in modes more immediately bearing the aspect of the Stone; 

though the one always implies the other; for they are the same thing seen 

from different points of view。 The subject is one of immense interest; but 

covering such a wide range of study that all I can do here is to point out 

that such a field of investigation exists and is worth exploration; and the 

exploration brings its reward with it; not only by putting us in possession 

of the key to the history of the past; but by showing us that it is the key to 

the   history   of   the   future   also;   and   furthermore   by   making   evident   on   a 

large    scale    the   working     of   the   same    principle     of  Spiritual    Law     by 

cooperation       with    which     we    may     facilitate   the   process     of  our    own 

individual      evolution。     It  thus   adds    a  vivid    interest   to  life;  giving    us 

something   worth   looking   forward   to   and   introducing   us   to   a   personal 

future which is not limited by the proverbial three…score years and ten。 

     Now;   we   have   seen   that   the   first   stage   in   the   Creative   Process   is 

always      that   of   Feelinga     reaching…out      by   the   Spirit   in   a  particular 



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direction; and therefore we may look for something of the same kind in the 

development of the great principle which we are now considering。 And we 

find this first vague movement of this great principle in the intuitions of a 

particular race which appears from time immemorial to have combined the 

two   characteristics   of   nomad   wandering   with   their   flocks   and   herds   and 

the   symbolization   of   their   religious   beliefs   in   monuments   of   stone。   The 

monuments   themselves   have   taken   different   forms   in   different   countries 

and ages; but the identity of their symbolism becomes clear under careful 

investigation。   Together   with   this   symbolism   we   always   find   the   nomad 

character of the builders and that they are invested with an aura of mystery 

and   romance   such   as   we   find   nowhere   else;   though   we   always   find   it 

surrounding   these   builders;   even   in   countries   so   far   apart   as   India   and 

Ireland。 Then; as we pass beyond the merely monumental stage; we find 

threads   of   historical   evidence   connecting   the   different   branches   of   this 

race; increasing in their complexity and strengthening in their cumulative 

force as we go on; until at last we are brought to the history of the age in 

which we live; and finally most remarkable affinities of language put the 

finishing touch to the mass of proofs which can be gathered along all these 

different lines。 In this magic circle countries so remote from one another 

as Ireland and Greece; Egypt and India; Palestine and Persia; are brought 

into close contiguitya similar tradition; and even a similar nomenclature; 

unite    the   mysterious      builders    of  the   Great    Pyramid     with    the  equally 

mysterious       builders    of   the   Round     Towers      of  Irelandand      the   Great 

Pyramid itself; perhaps antedating the call of Abraham; re…appears as the 

official seal of the United States; while tradition traces the crowning…stone 

in   Westminster   Abbey   back   to   the   time   of   Solomon's   temple   and   even 

earlier。 For the most part the erewhile wanderers are now settled in their 

destined     homes;     but   the   Anglo…Saxon       racethe    People   of    the  Corner… 

Stoneare   still   the   pioneers   among   the   nations;   and   there   is   something 

esoteric in the old joke that when the North Pole is reached a Scotchman 

will   be   found   there。   And   not   least   in   the   chain   of   evidence   is   the   link 

afforded by a tribe who are wanderers still; the Gipsies with their duplicate 

of the Pyramid in the pack of cardsa volume which has been called 〃The 

Devil's     Picture   Book〃     by   those    who    know     it  only   in  its  misuse    and 



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inversion; but which when interpreted in the light of the knowledge we are 

now gaining; affords a signal instance of that divine policy by w
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