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the dore lectures on mental science(脑科学讲座)-第4部分

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We     cannot    imagine     such   a   thing   as  mechanically       induced    love。   But 



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anything which is formed so as to automatically produce an effect without 

any volition of its own; is。nothing but a piece of mechanism。 Hence if the 

Originating   Mind   is   to   realize   the   reality   of   Love;   it   can   Only   be   by 

relation to some being which has the power to withhold love。 The same 

applies to the realization of all the other modes of livingness; so that it is 

only in proportion; as the individual life is an independent centre of action; 

with the option of acting either positively or negatively; that any real life 

has   been   produced   at   all。   The   further   the   created   thing   is   from   being   a 

merely mechanical arrangement; the higher is the grade of creation。 The 

solar   system   is   a   perfect   work   of   mechanical   creation;   but   to   constitute 

centres     which    can   reciprocate     the   highest   nature    of  the   Divine    Mind; 

requires not a mechanism; however perfect; but a mental centre which is; 

in itself;  an independent   source of   action。  Hence by  the   requirements of 

the case man should be capable of placing himself either in a positive or a 

negative relation to the Parent Mind; from which he originates; otherwise 

he would be nothing more than a clockwork figure。 

     In this necessity of the case; then; we find the reason why the life; love; 

and beauty of the Spirit are not visibly reproduced in every human being。 

They ARE reproduced in the world of nature; so far as a mechanical and 

automatic   action   can   represent   them;   but   their   perfect   reproduction   can 

only   take   place   on   the   basis   of   a   liberty   akin   to   that   of   the   Originating 

Spirit itself; which therefore implies the liberty of negation as well as of 

affirmation。 

     Why;   then;   does   the   individual   make   a   negative   choice?   Because   he 

does not understand the law of his own individuality; and believes it to be 

a law of limitation; instead of a Law of Liberty。 He does not expect to find 

the starting point of the Creative Process reproduced within himself; and 

so he looks to the mechanical side of things for the basis of his reasoning 

about life。 Consequently his reasoning lands him in the conclusion that life 

is   limited;   because   he   has   assumed   limitation   in   his   premises;   and   so… 

logically cannot escape from it in his conclusion。 Then he thinks that this 

is   the   law   and   so   ridicules   the   idea   of   transcending   it。   He   points   to   the 

sequence of cause and effect; by which death; disease; and disaster; hold 

their sway  over  the  individual; and   says   that sequence is   law。 And   he  is 



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perfectly right so far as he goesit is a law; but not THE Law。 When we 

have only reached this stage of comprehension; we have yet to learn that a 

higher law can include a lower one so completely as entirely to swallow it 

up。 

     The fallacy involved in this negative argument; is the assumption that 

the law of limitation is essential in all grades of being。 It is the fallacy of 

the old shipbuilders as to the impossibility of building iron ships。 What is 

required is to get at the PRINCIPLE which is at the back of the Law in its 

affirmative   working;   and   specialize   it   under   higher   conditions   than   are 

spontaneously   presented   by   nature;          and   this   can   only   be   done   by   the 

introduction       of   the   personal     element;     that   is  to   say   an    individual 

intelligence capable of comprehending the principle。 The question; then; is; 

what   is   the   principle   by   which   we   came   into   being?   and   this   is   only   a 

personal application of the general question; How did anything come into 

being?     Now;     as   I  pointed    out   in  the   preceding      article;  the   ultimate 

deduction   from   physical   science   is   that   the   originating   movement   takes 

place     in  the   Universal     Mind;     and   is  analogous      to  that   of   our   own 

imagination; and as we have just seen; the perfect ideal can only be that of 

a being capable of reciprocating ALL the qualities of the Originating Mind。 

Consequently man; in his inmost nature; is the product of the Divine Mind 

imaging      forth   an   image    of   itself  on   the  plane    of  the   relative   as   the 

complementary to its own sphere of the absolute。 

     If we will therefore go to the INMOST principle in ourselves; which 

philosophy       and   Scripture    alike   declare    to  be   made     in  the  image     and 

likeness of God; instead of to the outer vehicles which it externalizes as 

instruments through which to function on the various planes of being; we 

shall   find that   we have reached   a   principle   in  ourselves   which   stands   in 

loco dei towards all our vehicles and also towards our environment。 It is 

above them all; and creates them; however unaware we may be of the fact; 

and relatively to them it occupies the place of first cause。 The recognition 

of   this   is   the   discovery   of   our   own   relation   to   the   whole   world   of   the 

relative。   On   the   other   hand   this   must   not   lead   us   into   the   mistake   of 

supposing that there is nothing higher; for; as we have already seen; this 

inmost   principle   or   ego   is   itself   the   effect   of   an   antecedent   cause;   for   it 



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proceeds from the imaging process in the Divine Mind。 

     We thus find ourselves holding an intermediate position between true 

First Cause;  on   the one hand;  and the  world of secondary  causes   on the 

other; and in order to understand the nature of this position; we must fall 

back on the axiom that the Universal can only work on the plane of the 

Particular   through   the   individual。   Then   we   see   that   the   function   of   the 

individual is to DIFFERENTIATE the undistributed flow of the Universal 

into suitable directions for starting different trains of secondary causation。 

     Man's place in the cosmic order is that of a distributor of the Divine 

power;   subject;     however;   to    the   inherent   Law     of  the   power    which    he 

distributes。 We see one instance of this in ordinary science; in the fact that 

we never create force; all we can do is to distribute it。 The very word Man 

means distributor or measurer; as in common with all words derived from 

the Sanderit root M
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