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

及16何蛍

the dore lectures on mental science(辻親僥讐恙)-及16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��




the Shepherd with another metaphor that of ;the Stone�察─�and at first sight 

the two seem rather incongruous。 

     ;From     thence    is  the  Shepherd     the  Stone    of  Israel�察─ �says   the  Old 

Testament   ��Genesis   xlix。   24���察  �and   Jesus   calls   himself   both   ;The   Good 

Shepherd; and ;The Stone which the builders rejected。; The Shepherd and 

the Stone are thus identified and we must therefore seek the interpretation 

in   some     conception     which    combines      the   two。   A   shepherd     suggests 

Personal care for the welfare of the sheep�察�and an intelligence greater than 

theirs。   A   stone    suggests    the  idea   of   Building�察   �and   consequently      of 

measurement�察�adaptation of parts to whole�察  �and progressive   construction 

according to plan。 Combining these two conceptions we get the idea of the 

building of an edifice whose stones are persons�察�each taking their more or 

less   conscious   part   in   the   constructionthus   a   building�察  �not   constructed 

from without�察�but self´forming by a principle of growth from within under 

the guidance of a Supreme Wisdom permeating the whole and conducting 

it stage by stage to ultimate completeness。 This points to a Divine Order in 

human   affairs   with   which   we   may   more   or   less   consciously   co´operate�此�

both   to   our   personal   advantage   and   also   to   the   furtherance   of   the   great 

scheme   of   human   evolution   as   a   whole�察  �the   ultimate   purpose   being   to 

establish   in   ALL   men   that   principle   of   ;The   Octave;   to   which   I   have 

already alluded�察�and in proportion as some adumbration of this principle is 

realized   by   individuals   and   by   groups   of   individuals   they   specialize   the 

law of race´development�察�even though they may not be aware of the fact�察�

and   so   come   under   a   SPECIALIZED   working   of   the   fundamental   Law�察�



                                               61 


´ Page 62´

                         THE DORE LECTURES ON MENTAL SCIENCE 



which thus differentiates them from other individuals and nationalities�察�as 

by a peculiar guidance�察�producing higher developments which the merely 

generic operation of the Law could not。 

     Now if we keep steadily in mind that�察�though the purpose�察�or Law of 

Tendency�察�or the Originating Spirit must always be universal in its nature�察�

it   must   necessarily   be   individual   in   its   operation�察  �we   shall   see   that   this 

universal purpose can only be accomplished through the instrumentality of 

specific   means。   This   results   from   the   fundamental   proposition   that   the 

Universal can only work on the plane of the Particular by becoming the 

individual     and   particular�察   �and   when    we   grasp   the   conception     that  the 

merely generic operation of the Creative Law has now brought the human 

race as far   as it can�察  �that is to   say it has completely evolved the   merely 

natural GENUS home�察�it follows that if any further development is to take 

place it can only be by the co´operation of the individual himself。 Now it 

is the spread of this individual co´operation that the forward movement of 

the Spirit is leading us to�察�and it is the gradual extension of this universal 

principle that is alluded to in the prophecy of Daniel regarding the Stone 

cut out without hands that spreads until it fills the whole earth ��Daniel ii。 

34 and 44��。 According to the interpretation given by Daniel�察�this Stone is 

the emblem of a spiritual Kingdom�察�and the identity of the Stone and the 

Shepherd       indicates   that   the  Kingdom       of  the  Stone    must    be  also   the 

Kingdom   of   the   Shepherd�察  �and   the   Master�察  �who   identified   himself   with 

both the Stone and the Shepherd�察�emphatically declared that this Kingdom 

was�察  �in   its   essence�察  �an   interior   Kingdom;the   Kingdom   of   Heaven   is 

within   you。;   We     must   look   for   its   foundation   therefore�察  �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�察�which is precisely the method by which science 

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

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

Universal Spirit�察�which is the source of all individual being�察�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�察�but which we dimly apprehend 

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



                                                62 


´ Page 63´

                          THE DORE LECTURES ON MENTAL SCIENCE 



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

say�察�in the air�察�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�察�and therefore�察�since he is in touch with 

the forward movement of the Spirit�察�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�察�we 

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

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�察 �we    might 

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

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

sometimes in modes more immediately bearing the aspect of the Shepherd�察�

and sometimes in modes more immediately bearing the aspect of the Stone�察�

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

from different points of view。 The subject is one of immense interest�察�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�察�and the 

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

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

the   history   of   the   future   also�察  �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�察 �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�察  �we   have   seen   that   the   first   stage   in   the   Creative   Process   is 

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



                                                 63 


´ Page 64´

                          THE DORE LECTURES ON MENTAL SCIENCE 



direction�察�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�察�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�察  �though   we   always   find   it 

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

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

threads   of   historical   evidence   connecting   the   different   branches   of   this 

race�察�increasing in their complexity and strengthening in their cumulative 

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

which we live�察�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�察�Egypt and India�察�Palestine and Persia�察�are brought 

into close contiguitya similar tradition�察�and even a similar nomenclature�察�

unite    the   mysterious      builders    of  the   Great    Pyramid     with    the  equally 

mysterious       builders    of   the   Round     Towers      of  Irelandand      the   Great 

Pyramid itself�察�perhaps antedating the call of Abraham�察�re´appears as the 

official seal of the United States�察�while tradition traces the crowning´stone 

in   Westminster   Abbey   back   to   th

卦指朕村 貧匯匈 和匯匈 指欺競何 壘��0�� 家��0��

低辛嬬浪散議