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each   with   its   appropriate   form�察  �but   in   the   first instance   these   reflections 

can have no existence except within the originating Mind。 They have their 

first   beginning   as   mental   images�察  �so   that   in   addition   to   the   powers   of 

Intelligence   and   Selection�察  �we   must   also   realise   that   of   Imagination   as 

belonging       to  the   Divine    Mind�察    �and   we    must    picture    these   powers     as 

working from the initial motive of Love and Beauty。 

     Now  this is the   Spirit   that   we   need to   enter   into�察  �and the   method   of 

doing   so   is   a   perfectly   logical   one。   It   is   the   same   method   by   which   all 

scientific advance is made。 It consists in first observing how a certain law 

works   under   the   conditions   spontaneously   provided   by   nature�察  �next   in 

carefully  considering   what   principle   this   spontaneous   working   indicates�察�

and   lastly   deducing   from   this   how   the   same   principle   would   act   under 

specially selected conditions�察�not spontaneously provided by nature。 

     The progress of shipbuilding affords a good example of what I mean。 

Formerly   wood   was   employed   instead   of   iron�察  �because   wood   floats   in 



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water   and   iron   sinks�察  �yet   now   the   navies   of   the   world   are  built   of   iron�察�

careful thought showed the law of floatation to be that anything could float 

which�察�bulk for bulk�察�is lighter than the mass of liquid displaced by it�察�and 

so   we   now   make   iron   float   by   the   very   same   law   by   which   it   sinks�察�

because      by    the   introduction     of   the   PERSONAL           factor�察  �we    provide 

conditions   which   do   not   occur   spontaneouslyaccording   to   the   esoteric 

maxim   that      ;Nature     unaided     fails。;  Now     we    want    to  apply    the  same 

process of specializing a generic Law to the first of all Laws�察�that of the 

generic      life´giving    tendency      of  Spirit    itself。  Without     the   element     of 

INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY the Spirit can only work cosmically by a 

GENERIC Law�察�but this law admits of far higher specialization�察�and this 

specialization can only be attained through the introduction of the personal 

factor。 But to introduce this factor the individual must be fully aware of 

the PRINCIPLE which underlies the spontaneous or cosmic action of the 

law。   Where�察  �then�察  �will   he   find   this   principle   of   Life�拭  �Certainly   not   by 

contemplating   Death。   In   order   to   get   a   principle   to   work   in   the   way   we 

require     it  to�察 �we   must     observe    its  action    when     it  is  working     spon; 

taneously in this particular direction。 We must ask why it goes in the right 

direction as far as it doesand having learnt this we shall then be able to 

make      it  go    further。   The     law   of   floatation     was    not   discovered       by 

contemplating the sinking of things�察�but by contemplating the floating of 

things which floated naturally�察�and then intelligently asking why they did 

so。 

     The   knowledge   of   a   principle   is   to   be   gained   by   the   study   of   its 

affirmative   action�察  �when   we   understand   THAT   we   are   in   a   position   to 

correct the negative conditions which tend to prevent that action。 

     Now Death is the absence of Life�察�and disease is the absence of health�察�

so to enter into the Spirit of Life we require to contemplate it�察�where it is 

to be found�察�and not where it is not´ ´we are met with the old question�察�

;Why seek ye the living among the dead�拭─�This is why we start our studies 

by   considering   the   cosmic   creation�察  �for   it   is   there   that   we   find   the   Life 

Spirit   working   through   untold   ages�察  �not   merely   as   deathless   energy�察  �but 

with a perpetual advance into higher degrees of Life。 If we could only so 

enter   into   the   Spirit   as   to   make   it   personally   IN   OURSELVES   what   it 



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evidently  is   in   ITSELF�察  �the   magnum  opus   would   be   accomplished。 This 

means realizing our life as drawn direct from the Originating Spirit�察�and if 

we   now   understand   that   the   Thought   or   Imagination   of   the   Spirit   is   the 

great reality of Being�察�and that all material facts are only correspondences�察�

then    it  logically   follows     that  what    we   have    to  do   is  to  maintain     our 

individual place in the Thought of the Parent Mind。 

     We have seen that the action of the Originating Mind must needs be 

GENERIC�察         �that   is  according      to  types    which     include     multitudes     of 

individuals。 This type is the reflection of the Creative Mind at the level of 

that    particular    GENIUS�察      �and    at  the   human      level   it  is  Man�察   �not   as 

associated   with   particular   circumstances�察  �but   as   existing   in   the   absolute 

ideal。 

     In    proportion     then    as  we    learn    to  dissociate     our   conception      of 

ourselves from particular circumstances�察�and to rest upon our ABSOLUTE 

nature�察�as reflections of the Divine ideal�察�we�察�in our turn�察�reflect back into 

the   Divine   Imagination   its   original   conception   of   itself   as   expressed   in 

generic or typical Man�察�and so by a natural law of cause and effect�察�the 

individual   who   realizes   this   mental   attitude   enters   permanently   into   the 

Spirit   of   Life�察  �and   it   becomes   a   perennial   fountain   of   Life   springing   up 

spontaneously within him。 

     He then finds himself to be as the Bible says�察 �the image and likeness 

of God。; He has reached the level at which he affords a new starting point 

for the creative process�察�and the Spirit�察�finding a personal centre in him�察�

begins its work de nova�察�having thus solved the great problem of how to 

enable the Universal to act directly upon the plane of the Particular。 

     It is in this sense�察�as affording the requisite centre for a new departure 

of the creative Spirit�察�that man is said to be a ;microcosm�察─�or universe in 

miniature�察  �and   this   is   also   what   is   meant   by  the   esoteric   doctrine   of   the 

Octave�察     �of  which    I  may    be   able   to  speak    more    fully   on   some    other 

occasion。 

     If   the   principles   here   stated    are   carefully   considered�察  �they   will     be 

found to throw light on much that would otherwise be obscure�察�and they 

will also afford the key to the succeeding essays。 

     The reader is therefore asked to think them out carefully for himself�察�



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and to note their connection with the subject of the next article。 



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                          INDIVIDUALITY。 



     Individuality      is  the  necessary     complement       of  the  Universal     Spirit�察�

which     was    the   subject   of   our   consideration      last  Sunday。    The    whole 

problem of life consists in finding the true relation of the individual to the 

Universal Originating Spirit�察�and the first step towards ascertaining this is 

to realize what the Universal Spirit must be in itself。 We have already done 

this to some extent�察�and the conclusions we have arrived at are�此�

     That the essence of the Spirit is Life�察�Love�察�and Beauty。 

     That   its   Motive�察  �or   primary   moving   impulse�察  �is   to   express   the   Life�察�

Love and Beauty which it feels itself to be。 

     That the Universal cannot act on the plane of the Particular except by 

becoming the particular�察�that is by expression through the individual。 

     If   these   three   axioms     are   clearly    grasped�察   �we    have   got   a   solid 

foundation from which to start our consideration of the subject for to´day。 

     The first question that naturally presents itself is�察�

     If these things be so�察�why does not every individual express the life�察�

love�察�and beauty of the Universal Spirit�拭�The answer to this question is to 

be    found    in  the   Law    of  Consciousness。       We    cannot    be   conscious     of 

anything except by realizing a certain relation between it and ourselves。 It 

must     affect   us  in   some    way�察  �otherwise     we    are   not  conscious     of   its 

existence�察  �and   according   to   the  way  in   which   it   affects us   we   recognize 

ourselves   as   standing   related   to   it。   It is this   self´recognition on   our   own 

part   carried   out   to   the   sum   total   of   all   our   relations�察  �whether   spiritual�察�

intellectual�察  �or   physical�察  �that   constitutes   our   realization   of   life。   On   this 

principle�察    �then�察  �for   the   REALIZATION           of   its  own    Livingness�察     �the 

production of centres of life�察�through its relation to which this conscious 

realization can be attained�察�becomes a necessity for the Originating Mind。 

Then     it  follows    that  this  realization    can   only   be   complete     where    the 

individual      has   perfect    liberty   to  withhold     it�察 �for   otherwise     no   true 

realization     could    have    taken   place。   For   instance�察   �let  us   consider    the 

working of Love。 Love must be spontaneous�察�or it has no existence at all。 

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�察�is。nothing but a piece of mechanism。 Hence if the 

Originating   Mind   is   to   realize   the   reality   of   Love�察  �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�察�so that it is 

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

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

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

merely mechanical arrangement�察�the higher is the grade of creation。 The 

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

centres     which    can 

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