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because he seeks guidance�察�and he both seeks and receives according to a 

Law which he is able to recognize�察�so that he no more sacrifices his liberty 

or dwarfs his powers�察�than does an engineer who submits to the generic 

laws of electricity�察�in order to apply them to some specific purpose。 The 

more   intimate   his   knowledge   of   this   Law   of   Reciprocity   becomes�察  �the 

more he finds that it leads on to Liberty�察�on the same principle by which 

we   find   in   physical   science   that   nature   obeys   us   precisely   in   the   same 



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degree to which we first obey nature。 As the esoteric maxim has it ;What 

is   a   truth   on    one    plane    is  a   truth   on    all。;   But   the    key   to   this 

enfranchisement of body�察�mind�察�and circumstances is in that new thought 

which   becomes   creative   of   new   conditions�察  �because   it   realizes   the   true 

order of the creative process。 Therefore it is that�察�if we would bring a new 

order   of   Life�察  �Light�察  �and   Liberty   into   our   lives   we   must   commence   by 

bringing a new order into our thought�察�and find in ourselves the starting 

point   of   a   new   creative   series�察  �not   by  the   force   of   personal   will�察  �but   by 

union with the Divine Spirit�察�which in the expression of its inherent Love 

and Beauty�察�makes all things new。 



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             THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT。 



     The   three   preceding   lectures   have   touched   upon   certain   fundamental 

truths in   a  definite  orderfirst   the nature   of   the   Originating   Spirit   itself�察�

next the generic relation of the individual to this All´embracing Spirit�察�and 

lastly the way to specialize this relation so as to obtain greater results from 

it   than   spontaneously   arise   by   its   merely   generic   action�察  �and   we   have 

found   that   this   can   only   be   done   through   a   new   order   of   thought。   This 

sequence       is  logical   because     it  implies    a  Power�察    �an   Individual    who 

understands the Power�察�and a Method of applying the power deduced from 

understanding   its   nature。   These   are   general   principles   without   realizing 

which it is impossible to proceed further�察�but assuming that the reader has 

grasped their significance�察�we may now go on to consider their application 

in greater detail。 

     Now this application must be a personal one�察�for it is only through the 

individual that the higher specialization of the power can take place�察�but at 

the same time this must not lead us to suppose that the individual�察�himself�察�

brings the creative force into being。 To suppose this is inversion�察�and we 

cannot      impress    upon     ourselves     too   deeply    that   the   relation   of   the 

individual to the Divine Spirit is that of a distributor�察�and not that of the 

original creator。 If this is steadily borne in mind the way will become clear�察�

otherwise we shall be led into confusion。 

     What�察    �then�察  �is  the   Power     which    we    are   to  distribute�拭   �It  is  the 

Originating Spirit itself。 We are sure that it is this because the new order of 

thought always begins at the beginning of any series which it contemplates 

bringing into manifestation�察�and it is based upon the fact that the origin of 

everything is Spirit。 It is in this that its creative power resides�察�hence the 

person who is in the true new order of thought assumes as an axiomatic 

fact   that   what   he   has   to   distribute�察  �or   differentiate   into   manifestation   is 

nothing else than the Originating Spirit。 This being the case�察�it is evident 

that the PURPOSE of the distribution must be the more perfect expression 

of the Originating Spirit as that which it is in itself�察�and what it is in itself 

is emphatically Life。 What is seeking for expression�察�then�察�is the perfect 



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Livingness       of  the   Spirit�察  �and   this  expression      is  to  be   found�察   �through 

ourselves�察  �by   means   of   our   renewed   mode   of   thought。   Let   us   see�察  �then�察�

how   our   new   order   of   thought�察  �with   regard   to   the   Principle   of   Life�察  �is 

likely  to   operate   In   our  old   order   of   thought   we   have   always   associated 

Life with the physical bodylife has been for us the supreme physical fact。 

Now�察  �however�察  �we   know   that   Life   is   much   more   than   this�察  �but�察  �as   the 

greater   includes      the   less�察  �it  includes   physical   life   as  one   mode      of  its 

manifestation。   The   true   order   does   not   require   us   to   deny   the   reality   of 

physical life or to call it an illusion�察�on the contrary it sees in physical life 

the completion of a great creative series�察�but it assigns it the proper place 

in that series�察�which is what the old mode of thought did not。 

     When we realize the truth about the Creative Process�察�we see that the 

originating      life  is  not   physical�此   �its  livingness     consists    in  thought    and 

feeling。 By this inner movement it throws out vehicles through which to 

function�察  �and   these   become   living   forms   because   of   the   inner´principle 

which   is   sustaining   them�察  �so   that   the   Life   with   which   we   are   primarily 

concerned in the new order is the life of thought and feeling in ourselves 

as the vehicle�察�or distributing medium�察�of the Life of the Spirit。 

     Then�察�if we have grasped the idea of the Spirit as the great FORMING 

Power�察�as stated in the last lecture�察�we shall seek in it the fountain´head of 

Form as well as of Power�此�and as a logical deduction from this we shall 

look to it to give form to our thoughts and feelings。 If the principle is once 

recognised       the  sequence      is  obvious。     The   form    taken    by   our   outward 

conditions�察�whether of body or circumstance�察�depends on the form taken 

by our thoughts and feelings�察�and our thoughts and feelings will take form 

from     that   source    from     which    we    allow    them     to  receive    suggestion。 

Accordingly   if   we   allow   them   to   accept   their   fundamental   suggestions 

from the relative and limited�察�they will assume a corresponding form and 

transmit them to our external environment�察�thus repeating the old order of 

limitation in a ceaselessly recurring round。 Now our object is to get out of 

this circle of limitation�察�and the only way to do so is to get our thoughts 

and feelings moulded into new forms continually advancing to greater and 

greater   perfection。   To   meet   this   requirement�察  �therefore�察  �there   must   be   a 

forming power greater than that of our own unaided conceptions�察�and this 



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is to be found in   our realization of the Spirit as the Supreme Beauty�察  �or 

Wisdom�察  �moulding   our   thoughts   and   feelings   into   shapes   harmoniously 

adjusted   to   the   fullest   expression�察  �in   and   through   us�察  �of   the   Livingness 

which Spirit is in itself。 

     Now this is nothing more than transferring to the innermost plane of 

origination�察  �a   principle   with   which   all   readers   who   are   ;in   the   thought; 

may be presumed to be quite familiarthe principle of Receptiveness。 We 

all   know   what   is   meant   by   a   receptive   mental   attitude   when   applied   to 

healing     or   telepathy�察   �and   does    it  not  logically    follow    that   the  same 

principle may be applied to the receiving of life itself from the Supreme 

Source�拭  �What   is   wanted�察  �therefore�察  �is   to   place   ourselves   in   a   receptive 

mental attitude towards the Universal Spirit with the intention of receiving 

its forming influence into our mental substance。 It is always the presence 

of a definite intention that distinguishes the intelligent receptive attitude of 

mind from a merely sponge´like absorbency�察�which sucks in any and every 

influence that may happen to be floating round�此�for we must not shut our 

eyes to the fact that there are various influences in the mental atmosphere 

by which we are surrounded�察�and some of them of the most undesirable 

kind。 Clear and definite intention is therefore as necessary in our receptive 

attitude as in our active and creative one�察�and if our intention is to have 

our   own   thoughts   and   feelings   moulded   into   such   forms   as   to   express 

those of the Spirit�察�then we establish that relation to the Spirit which�察�by 

the conditions of the case�察�must necessarily lead us to the conception of 

new ideals vitalised by a power which will enable us to bring them into 

concrete   manifestation。   It   is   in   this   way   that   we   become   differentiating 

centres of the Divine Thought giving it expression in form in the world of 

space   and   time�察  �and   thus   is   solved   the   great   problem   of   enabling   the 

Universal to act upon the plane of the particular without being hampered 

by    those    limitations    which     the   merely    generic    law    of   manifestation 

imposes      upon    it。  It  is  just  here  that  subconscious       mind    performs     the 

function of a ;bridge; between the finite and the infinite as noted in my 

;Edinburgh       Lectures   on   Mental   Science;   ��page        31���察  �and   it   is   for  this 

reason that a recognition of its susceptibility to impression is so important。 

     By establishing�察�the

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