伊浪窮徨慕 > 将砿凪麿窮徨慕 > the dore lectures on mental science(辻親僥讐恙) >

及14何蛍

the dore lectures on mental science(辻親僥讐恙)-及14何蛍

弌傍�� the dore lectures on mental science(辻親僥讐恙) 忖方�� 耽匈4000忖

梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈��梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈��梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何��
!!!!隆堋響頼��紗秘慕禰厮宴和肝写偬堋響��




continually increasing degrees of livingness to which we need assign no 

limits�察�for it is the expansion of the Infinite within ourselves。 

     This�察  �as   it   appears   to   me�察  �is   the   hidden   meaning   of   the   two   trees   in 

Eden�察�the   Garden of the Soul。   It is   the distinction between a knowledge 

which is merely that of comparisons between different sorts of conditions�察�

and a knowledge which is that of the Life which gives rise to and therefore 

controls conditions。 Only we must remember that the control of conditions 

is   not   to   be   attained   by   violent   self´assertion   which   is   only   recognizing 

them as substantive entities to be battled with�察�but by conscious unity with 

that All´creating Spirit which works silently�察�but surely�察�on its own lines of 

Life�察�Love�察�and Beauty。 

     ;Not   by   might�察  �nor   by   power�察  �but   by   My   Spirit�察  �saith   the   Lord   of 

Hosts。; 



                                                  53 


´ Page 54´

                         THE DORE LECTURES ON MENTAL SCIENCE 



                THE WORSHIP OF ISHI。 



     In Hosea ii。 16 we find this remarkable statement�此�And it shall be at 

that day�察�saith the Lord�察�that thou shalt call Me Ishi�察�and shalt no more call 

Me Baali;�察�and with this we may couple the statement in Isaiah lxii。 4�此�

;Thou      shalt  be   called   Hephzibah�察    �and    thy  land   Beulah�察   �for   the  Lord 

delighteth in thee�察�and thy land shall be married。; 

     In both these passages  we   find a   change of   name�察  �and since   a   name 

stands for something which corresponds to it�察�and in truth only amounts to 

a   succinct   description�察  �the   fact   indicated   in   these   texts   is   a   change   of 

condition answering to the change of name。 

     Now the change from Baali to Ishi indicates an important alteration in 

the relation between the Divine Being and the worshipper�察�but since the 

Divine Being cannot change�察�the altered relation must result from a change 

in the stand´point of the worshipper�此�and this can only come from a new 

mode   of   looking   at   the   Divine�察  �that   is�察  �from   a   new   order   of  thought 

regarding it。 Baali means Lord�察�and Ishi means husband�察�and so the change 

in   relation   is   that   of   a   female   slave   who   is   liberated   and   married   to   her 

former master。 We could not have a more perfect analogy。 Relatively to the 

Universal   Spirit   the   individual   soul   is   esoterically   feminine�察  �as   I   have 

pointed out in ;Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning�察─�because its function is 

that   of   the   receptive   and   formative。   This   is   necessarily   inherent   in   the 

nature   of   the   creative   process。   But   the   individual's   development   as   the 

specializing medium of the Universal Spirit will depend entirely upon his 

own conception of his relation   to it。 So long as he only regards it as   an 

arbitrary power�察�a sort of slave owner�察�he will find himself in the position 

of a slave driven by an inscrutable force�察�he knows not whither or for what 

purpose。 He may worship such a God�察�but his worship is only the worship 

of fear and ignorance�察�and there is no personal interest in the matter except 

to   escape   some   dreaded   punishment。   Such   a   worshipper   would   gladly 

escape from his divinity�察�and his worship�察�when analyzed�察�will be found to 

be little else than disguised hatred。 This is the natural result of a worship 

based upon   UNEXPLAINED   traditions   instead   of   intelligible   principles�察�



                                                54 


´ Page 55´

                          THE DORE LECTURES ON MENTAL SCIENCE 



and is the very opposite of that worship in Spirit and in truth which Jesus 

speaks of as the true worship。 

     But    when     the  light   begins    to  break    in  upon    us�察 �all  this   becomes 

changed。 We see that a system of terrorism cannot give expression to the 

Divine Spirit�察 �and   we  realize the  truth of   St。 Paul's   words�察  �He hath not 

given us the spirit of fear�察�but of power�察�and of love�察�and of a sound mind。; 

As   the   true   nature   of   the   relation   between   the   individual   mind   and   the 

Universal Mind becomes clearer�察�we find it to be one of mutual action and 

re´action�察�a perfect reciprocity which cannot be better symbolized than by 

the relation between an affectionate husband and wife。 Everything is done 

from   love   and   nothing   from   compulsion�察  �there   is   perfect   confidence   on 

both sides�察�and both are equally indispensable to each other。 It is simply 

the carrying out of the fundamental maxim that the Universal cannot act 

on   the   plane   of   the   Particular   except   through   the   Particular�察  �only   this 

philosophical axiom develops into a warm living intercourse。 

     Now   this   is   the   position   of   the   soul   which   is   indicated   by   the   name 

Hephzibah。 In common with all other words derived from the Semitic root 

;hafz; it implies the idea of guarding�察�just as in the East a hasfiz is one 

who guards the letter of the Koran by having the whole book by heart�察�and 

in many similar expressions。 Hephzibah may therefore be translated as ;a 

guarded one�察─�thus recalling the New Testament description of those who 

are    ;guarded     into   salvation。;    It  is  precisely    this   conception     of   being 

guarded by  a superior   power that   distinguishes the  worship of   Ishi  from 

that of Baali。 A special relation has been established between the Divine 

Spirit   and   the   individual   soul�察  �one   of   absolute   confidence   and   personal 

intercourse。 This does not require any departure from the general law of 

the    universe�察   �but   is  due   to   that  specializing      of  the   law   through     the 

presentation   of   special   conditions   personal   to   the   individual�察  �of   which   I 

have   spoken   before。   But   all   the   time   there   has   been   no   change   in   the 

Universal   Spirit�察  �the   only   change   has   been   in   the   mental   attitude   of   the 

individualhe has come into a new thought�察�a clearer perception of God。 

He has faced the questions�察�What is God�拭�Where is God�拭�How does God 

work�拭�and he has found the answer in the apostolic statement that God is 

;over all�察�through all�察�and in all�察─�and he realises that ;God; is the root of 



                                                 55 


´ Page 56´

                         THE DORE LECTURES ON MENTAL SCIENCE 



his   ��the   individual's��    own    being�察   �ever   present    IN   him�察  �ever   working 

THROUGH him�察�and universally present around him。 

     This realization of the true relation between the Originating Spirit and 

the   individual   mind      is   what  is   esoterically   spoken    of  as   the  Mystical 

Marriage in which the two have ceased to be separate and have become 

one。 As a matter of fact they always were one�察�but since we can apprehend 

things    only   from   the    stand´point    of   our  own    consciousness�察     �it  is  our 

recognition of the fact that makes it a practical reality for ourselves。 But an 

intelligent   recognition   will   never   make   a   confusion   of   the   two   parts   of 

which   the   whole   consists�察  �and   will   never   lead   the   individual   to   suppose 

that he is handling a blind force or that a blind force is handling him。 He 

will neither dethrone God�察�nor lose himself by absorption in deity�察�but he 

will recognize the reciprocity of the Divine and the human as the natural 

and logical outcome of the essential conditions of the creative process。 

     And   what   is   the   Whole   which   is   thus   created�拭  �It   is   our   conscious 

PERSONALITY�察  �and             therefore   whatever      we   draw    from   the   Universal 

Spirit    acquires    in  us   the  quality    of  personality。    It  is  that  process    of 

differentiation of the universal into the particular of which I have so often 

spoken�察�which�察�by a rude analogy�察�we may compare to the differentiation 

of the universal electric   fluid into specific sorts   of power   by its passage 

through suitable apparatus。 It is for this reason that relatively to ourselves 

the   Universal   Spirit   must   necessarily  assume   a   personal   aspect�察  �and   that 

the aspect which it will assume will be in exact correspondence with our 

own conception of it。 This is in accordance with mental and spiritual laws 

inherent in our own being�察�and it is on this account that the Bible seeks to 

build up our conception of God on such lines as will set us free from all 

fear of evil�察�and thus leave us at liberty to use the creative power of our 

thought affirmatively from the stand´point of a calm and untroubled mind。 

This stand´point can only be reached by passing beyond the range of the 

happenings of the moment�察�and this can only be done by the discovery of 

our   immediate   relation   to   the   undifferentiated   source   of   all   good。   I   lay 

stress on these words ;immediate; and ;undifferentiated; because in them 

is   contained     the  secret   of   the  whole     position。   If  we   could    not   draw 

immediately from the Universal Spirit our receiving would be subject to 



                                                56 


´ Page 57´

                          THE DORE LECTURES ON MENTAL SCIENCE 



the limitations of the channel through which it reached us�察�and if the force 

which   we   receive   were   not   undifferentiated   in   itself   it   could   not   take 

appropriate form in our own minds and become to each of us just what we 

require     it  to  be。   It  is  this  power     of  the   human      soul   to  differentiate 

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

realize that the soul is itself a refle

卦指朕村 貧匯匈 和匯匈 指欺競何 壘��0�� 家��0��

低辛嬬浪散議