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God and v e r f f y i n g R i s P r e s e n c e a s t h e One U n i v e r s a l B e i n g , t h r o u a t h e g r a d u a l u n f o l d i n g of t h e s e c n e t p r o c z s s e s of C r a a t i o n which have u n t i l now been unknown t o mln, M a b i l i t y t o pkove God a s a s c i e n t i f i c f a c t and b r i n g H i m y w i t h i n t h e r a n g a of m a n P s compre'nension through i n c o n t r o v e ~ t i b l e
June of 1921,
I w i l l n o t d e s c r i b a t h a t phsnomenon h z r e , f o r i t w i l l be
f u l l y d e s c k i b e d i n t h e f o l l o w i n g pages, e x c e p t t o e x p l a i n t h a t t h e s e a t of s e n s a t i o n becomes c o n p l 3 t e l y seveked from i t s c e n t e r i n g c o n s c i o u s Mind f o r i n t e r v a l s , followed by i n t e ~ v a l sof p a r t i a l awakeness of b o d i l y s e n s i n g . Curing t h e s e i n t e r v a l s of com-
p l e t a s e v e r a n c e one becomes wholly Mind, t h e One Mind of God, i n which I s a l l - k n o w l e d g e , all-powez and a l l - p r e s e n c e , During a l l
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N a t u ~ a l l yt h e e n t i k e t y of t h z s e c r e t s of Clkeation weke mine t o know e s a complete and c o n s 1 s t k n t cosmogony whleh a n a b l e d m e t o v i s i o n the universe a s a whole, U n d e r l y i n g a l l of i t was a
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fundamental p r i n c i p l e whlch i s s o s i m p l e t h a t I f e l t t h a t I c o u l d g a t h e k t h e g r e a t s c i e n t i s t s of t h e world t o g e t h e k and g i v a them t h a t e n t l k e p ~ i n c i p l ei n a few m i n u t e s , f o r I had been aware t h a t s c i e n c e h a s baen s e a k c h i n g f o p such a n u n d s k l y i n g p k i n e i p l e which would a p p l y t o a l l phenomena f o p d e c a d e s , T h i s I prepaped t o do by p u r c h a s i n g a t e x t book of s c i e n c e ( ~ u n c a n ~ s Knowledge) t o f a m i l i a r i z e myself w i t h t h e p k e s a n t New s t a t e of s c i e n t i f i c kmowledge, f o r b e f o r e m i l i u m i n a t i o n I knew y n o t h i n g ~ h a t s O t 3 ~ eof s c i e n c e , P To my amazement I found t h a t t h e
e n t i r e cosmogenetfc t h e o r y of s c i e n c e was s o u c l i k z God and N a t u r e t h a t , w h i l e r e a d i n g i t , I f e l t t h a t t h e s z laws, h y p o t h e s s e s and o t h e r c o n c l u s i o n s c o u l d n o t p o s s i b l y have been w k f t t e n by men of o u r day f o p t h e y weke s o f a k a f i e l d from f a c t t h e y seemed more l i k e t h e c o c j u r i n g s of A s t h u ~ i a ns a g e s who t o l d of t h e f l a t e a r t h upheld a t i t s f o u r c o r n e r s by huge a l e p h a n t s a s t h e i k cosmogznetLc concept, As I kead t h e s e u n n a t u r a l t h e o r i e s and laws i t g ~ a d u a l l y dawned upon m e t h a t t h e s e pkfmal i d e a s weke so f i x e d w i t h i n t h e m e n t a l straucture of s c i e n c e t h a t i t would be mom t h a c f o o l h a ~ d y t o attempt t o c a p q out m plan, y The s c i e n c e I r e a d was s o u t -
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t e r l y complax t h a t i t was beyond t h e a v e r a g e comprehension w h e ~ e a s t h e s c i a n c e of God Os p l a n i n GJatuke which I wished t o g i v e was s o simple t h a t anyone of avekage i n t e l l f g e n c a could m a s t e r i t without difficulty,
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t h e o l d p i c t u r e of what I s w ~ o r g
a l l y i n f f l t k a t i n g some new i d e ~ ? b o u t t h * 6hernents ~ f m a t t e r a d u r i n g m y s a v e n g z a r s of t h e Fr2sidancy of T h e S o c f a t y of A r t s and S c i e n c e s , such a s m work on hqjrogen which l e d t o t h e d i s c o v e r y y of i t s I s o t o p e s and heavy w a t e i , and by c h a ~ l t i n geha two a t o m i c bomb e l e m e n t s which I t h e n copg?lghtsd un,der t h e names of U l a i . : 3 i a m acd Uriurn, Twenty y e a r s l a t s r -hay were i s o l a t e d and renarnad
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w o P l d without ~ ~ e d i b u t t h a t d i d n o t m a t t e ~ , Tiauth e v e n t u a l l y t ,
f o r c e s k e c o g n i t i o n and I c o u l d a f f o r d t o be wise and w a i t u n t i l I had w o r t h i l y pkepaked f o r t h e d a y when t h e L i g h t could s o f u l l y ke f o c u s i e d upon t h e t r u t h t h a t i t s r e c o g n i t i o n could n o t be avaded, The fundamental cosmogony of s c i e n c e which s o amazed m was e what might be termed a t r a n s i e n t , d i s c o n t i n u o u s , unbalanced oneway universa which had a b e g i n n i n g aeons ago by t h e unsxplained and u n e x p l a i n a b l e f o p m a t i o n of a tremendous flamfng mass of h e a t which i s slowly r a d i a t i n g away by s p l i t t i n g i n t o s m a l l e s masses which expand w i t h i n t h e m s e l v e s , and f ~ o meach o t h e k , u n t i l t h e y e v e n t u a l l y end i n h e a t d e a t h ,
O u t of t h i s u n n a t u r a l t h e o r y came t h e f i r s t and second laws
of thermodynamics which have no v a l i d i t y whatsoever, f o p t h e p r e mise t h a t h e a t i s e n e r g y , upon which t h e y a r e founded, h a s no validity, The r e s u l t a n t one-way u n i v e r s e allowed f o p no compen-
hill, God Is univessaP body i s a two-way compsnsating, c o n t i n u o u s and e t e ~ n a l n i v e ~ s e sf a b s o l u t e b a l a n c e i n eveky e f f e c t of mou tion, Genepatien e q u a l s r a d i a t i o n , ccmpkession e q u a l s expansion,
t h e red h a l f of t h e speef;rum e q u a l s t h e blue h a l f , s o l i d m a t t e r b s l a n c e s t h e p o t z n t i a l of its s u r ~ o u n d 9 n gspace f n e v e q wavz f i e l d , and each one sf e v e r y o p p o s i t z p a i r n o t o n l y b a l a n c e s w i t h i t s o p p o s i t e b u t boaans i t s o p p o s i t e through s e q u e n t i a l intzrchangz,
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Every mass i n t h e u n i v e k s e b r e a t h e s o u t and i n , r h y t h m i c a l l y , There a r a no e x c e p t i o n s t o t h f s law which e v e r y n e b u l a , s u n , p l a n e t o r e l e c t r o n of a n atom obeys, b u t f n v a r y i n g f ~ e q u e n c i s sa p p r o p r i ate to their potential, Your b k e a t h f r e q u e n c y may be tsn,,pap minc+a~
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c o u n t l e s s o t h e r f ormed b o d i e s a p p a a r a s s e p a r a t e i d e a s a l l a x t e n d ed from t h e One, and a l l from each o t h e r . And t h a t i s a11 t h a t man d o e s . He a l s o t h i n k s t h o u g h t forms
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imaged forms of m u l t i p l e t h i n g s and g i v i n g them formed b o d i e s i n t h e image of t h e f r i m a g i n i n g s . A A E YOUR Oh% GENIUS W KN There i s n o t h i n g t h e g r e a t e s t g a n i u s i n t h e world c a n do t h a t you c a n n o t d o . You h a v e t h e same i n h e r i t a n c e t h a t h e h a s . Tha
I n ot - -h e k -- words
discoverad your S e l f . The g r e a t e s t m i r a c l e t h a t c a n happan t o you i s t h a t wond=rf u l d i s e o v a p y o f y o u r S e l f , t h e d f v f n e power wnfch l i e s w i t h i n y o u r S e l f , and t h e u n l i m i t e d knowledge which you unknowingly h a v e which you c o u l d n e v e k a c q u i r 3 from books o r u n i v e ~ s i t i u s i n a thousand y e a r s , One of t h e r z a s o n s you have n o t y s t made t h a t marvelous d i s c o v e r y i s becaust-: m e d i t a t i o n i s s t i l l new t o t h z human r a c e a n 3 i s s l o w l y b e i n g d i s c o v e k e d by men, one by one, a s e a c h one b e g i n s t o h e a r t h a t " I n n e r Voice of t h e s p i r i t r P which i s f o r e v e r c a l l i n g
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U n t i l t h a t time men weke kuled by t h e i r s e n s e s and t h e f ~ As soon a s humans began t o t h i n k and h o w t h s y began Wokship t h z n began, sun-worship,
instincts,
t o s u s p e c t a s u p e r i s k Being,
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man l e d him
th t o t h e s p i p f t u a l i d e a of many g o d s , ----- e n t o one God, Through t h e e e n t u k i e s of m e d i t a t f o n , o r communion batween the p h y s i c a l s e n s e s of men and t h e i k s p f k i t u a l i n s p f ~ a t f s n , t h e gznfus of some unfolded beyond o c h e r s , T h f s g r a d u a l u n f o l d i n g h a s been
a t a k i n g p l a c e duping s ~ v e s a l g e s of man u n t i l now a ned s t a g e of t h e human rPaca i s u n f o l d i n g which i s t h e dawn of t h e Cosmic Age,
Thz g r e a t masses of mankind a m n o t y e t Paady f o p cosmic knowing
few m i l l i o n s who ape raadg t o become t h e seed of t h e new r a c e of cosmic man, The t e s t f o r a s c e k c a i n f n g t h d a v e r a g a number of t h o s z who are P2ady f o k t h i s h i g h e k s t e p upward I n t h e u n f o l d i n g of t h a man-idea i s n o t a r e l i g i o u s one, i t i s a e u l t u k a l one.
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f o r example, a b o u t 7000 people out of 8,000,000 paople love t h e h i g h e ~i n s p i r a t i o n a l rhythmic c r e a t i o n s of t h e wokld s g r e a t geni u s e s who i n t e r p p e t t h e healatbeat of N a t u r e f o r t h e S o u l s of men. These same few shun n o i s y ckowds, shuddek a t Jazz music which d i s - -__C---
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i n g i f you bzcome f u l l y i l l u m i n e d w i t h i t , b u t i n each communion with God you g e t a l f t t l e more of i t each time your Soul t o u c h e s the Universal Soul, o b j e c t i v e form, a s k fop ask fop it You always g e t t h a t which gou ---i f $ou ----w i t h P
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it.
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I t cornzs t o you i n a t i m e l e s s f l a s h i n t h e language of L f g h t which
God uses t o t a l k t o you and m when we wish t o t a l k wfth H i m , e Having t h u s a c q u i r e d t h a t p a k t of t h e One Whole Idea which you have asked f o k i n youk h e a p t , you t h e n t h i n k i t i n t o t h e form of a concept by imagining i t i n t o a form, may be m i s t y , ole n e b u l o u s a t f i k s t , i s s t i l l nabulous, over and oves --T h i s e o n c a p t u a l form
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D e c e n t r a t e t o t h s zeko of t h e L i g h t a g a i n ,
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you mope c l e a ~ l ys e e t h e image of i c i n y o u ~i n s p i k e 3 i m a g i n i n g ~ , So long a s it i s s t i l l i n eKCbky0 do n o t g l v e i t b i r t h i n t o t h e o b j e c t i v e u n i v e ~ s es f form and m o t i o n , Dwell - - u n t i l i t on It becomes - @ l e a k t o ~ o u r c n a r v i s i o n as i a s the -body you give - becomes c l e a r t o your o u t e r v i s i o n . it
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spend t i m e on i t p h y s i c a l l y , o t h e r w i s e i t w i l l b e i m m a t u r e .
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you f i n d y o u ~ s e l f w o r k i n g a l o n e w i t h y o u r own
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T h i s c r e a t i v e pkocess r e q u i r e s
a technique b u t knowledge and i n s p i r a t i o n r e q u f r a s no t e c h n i q u e , Always remember t h a t God i s c r s a t i n g His u n i v e r s e by g i v i n g body forms t o Mind imagined f o ~ m s , Likewise you a r e c r a a t i n g y o u u n i v e r s e by g i v i n g o b j e c t i v e body forms t o youp imagined f o r m s . You must, howevzr, c o n c e i v e t h e i d e a f o r t h o s e forms b e f o r e you b e g i n t o b u i l d them i n t o your i m a g i n i n g s , them f u l l y b e f o r e b o r n i n g them o b j e c t i v e l y , Then you must imagine. When your imagined
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essence of meaning,
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i t i s , and i t i s p u k p o s e f u l even i f i t b u t u p l i f t s y o u p s e l f ,
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body t h a t you maks it a m a s t e k p i e c e by e x t e n d i n g your S o u l i n t o it by moment t o moment communion with God t o g i v e love t o y o u ~ r e a c tion.
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UNIVERSAL L A W ,
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pounding upon t h e s h o r e s a s e c h o e s of t h e h s a k t b e a t of t h e u n i v e r s e r e s o u n d i n g w i t h i n you, o r i f you h e a r t h e b r e e z e s w h i s p e ~ i n g i n t h e p i n e s w i t h y o u r i n n e r caps, t h e g l o k y of t h a t e c s t a s y w i l l soon drown o u t d r o s s t h o u g h t s of e a i a t h . M e d i t a t i o n t r a n s p o r t s gou -- world - s e n s i n g from t h e of the motion - t h i n g s - t e p i a l l y of ma
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i m a g i n i n g them c o s m i c a l l y ,
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t r a n s p o r t s you fkom t h e world of b l a t ~ n tsounds which s e a r t h e s e n s e s t o t h e wokld of rhythmic s i l e n c e s which i s w l t h o u t body, t h e seed t h e woaald of t h e S o u l and --- of t h i n g s u n b o ~ nwhich a w a i t -.
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rhythms of t h e S s u l q s h i g h heavens. Always i n y o u r d e e p medization t h e m u s i c of t h e s i l e n c e s f r m which sounds of e a r t h s p r i n g i s l i k e u n t o t h e aftelamath of t h u g r e a t syrnphonizs by cosmic m ~ s t e r swhich h a v e r e f o l d e d from sounds of e a r t h which y o u r ealas have h e a r d , i n t o y o u r v e r y S o u l which s t i l l h e a r s them i n t h e p u l s e b e a t of youp i m a g i n i n g , Never w i l l you h e a p t h e m e - t w o - t h r e e
. / ' '
of w a l t z rhythm i n t h e
S o u l qs h i g h h e a v e n s fsia t h a t 3 y n c o p a t i o n b ~ i n g s you q u i c k l y b a c k t o e a r t h and t o a w a r e n e s s of ~ o u r body a m o t i o n s and i t s s e n s u s . T h a t o n e - t w o - t h ~ z e lahythm malr3s you want t o d a n c e , To t h o s e who=
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s l e e p i n g , and h e h i m s a l f can awakan i t f f h e b u t l i s t z n s l o n g enough, and o f t e n enough t o 3 e khythms of t h e S e u l q s h i g h heavens t o awaken ~ a c o g n i t i o nof t h e L f g h t which i s w f t h f n a l l men, The s t o r y i s t o l d t h a t Ziamond Jfm B r a d y t h u s awakensd h i s s l e e p i n g i n n s ~ a l f q u i t u accidentally, S
H e bought a n a u t o m a t i c
p i a n o a n 3 many j a z z and f o x t r 3 t recolads f o s h i s w o ~ l d l yf r i 3 n 3 s and o r d e r e d many c l a s s i c ~ e c c 2 d sfola h i s "high-baaow" f r f e n - l s , of whom h e had many, Whfle p l a ~ l n gt h e s e c l a s s f c s e c o r d s he
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he bzcame c o m p l e t e l y t r a n s f omed
culturally,
t o the music which e x c i t e s body e m o t i o n s , f o r t h e y a r e good when and t h e rhythms of p r o p e r l y d i v i d e d between t h e rhythms of e a ~ t h heaven, W need t o l i v e g l o r i o u s l y on e a r t h a s w e l l a s i n t h e e
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LESSON
NU.MBEW
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Copyrightad 1950 by Walter 3 u s s e l l Continuation of
FURTHER ZONSIDERING TECHN IQUE There i s much c o n f u s i c ~regalading t h e r e l a t i o n of an i n s p i r e d i d e a t o t h e technique of i t s e x p r e s s i o n . Thousands of times I
have heard people s a y , "I could never be a n a k t f s t f o r I could not even draw a s t r a i g h t l i n e " , For t h i s keason I would l i k e t o expand
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r e p e a t e d and such a ~ e c o r d i z gof a k e n d f t i o n by a mastek may even be imrneasukably b e t t e k t h a c t h e technique of a human, f o p t h e a u t o m a t i c r e c o r d e r mag recc?d much of t h e Soul of t h e r n a s t a r s s t e c h n i q u e while - h e human twith h i --s
have
7 -
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technique
s e n s e s b u t be lackLng i n S o u l ,
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J u s t a s a n i n s p i p e d cczception i s t h e r e s u l t of a conference between youk Soul and t h e Uzfveksal 3ouk t o produce a thought-body s o must youp r e n d i t i o n i n t o a matelafa1 body continue t h a t Soul t o 17
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Paga 18
Soul confepence,
Evelay t e c h n i c a l r e n d f t f o n of a p a f n t f n g , a sym-
The n a t u r e of God f s t o g i v e o u t H i s l o v e f o r r e g i v i n g .
3
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n a t u r s of t h e m a s t e r must be t o g i v e o u t l o v e t o f n s p f r a o t h e r s t o regfve l o v e ,
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Paderawski o r G a b r i l o w f t s c h pkac t i c e - s c a l e s and f i n g z r e x e r c i s e s , The m t h i n k i n g l i s t e n e r might anamel a t such " s k i l l f g , w h i l e one s who l i s t e n s w i t h i n n e r e a r s haalas t h ~i l e n c e of t h e S o u l e v e n i n onePspracticing. The Soul. a l o n e c a n g i v e -- , out love
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sende- - g e ~ f e c tt e c h n i c a l r e p r s d u e t i o n ----l o v e n a t u r e a but i f the of God i s n o t it it i s f o r t h e a p t of i s no i - - - f n - - - n o t a r t - - - - a n y t h i n g - -t-n the s k i a ck bu i th ---l l of r e n d e r i n g - v i s i b l e - a u d f b l e t h i n g -t -n- e beaut which t e of t h of S~ u l ~ o 2and l o v e -z n l x -h- s t i l l n e s s - -e L i g h t - g o can t o It l i e s t h e cliffzkence between t h e g e n i z r - give. - -, And theaaein ----of tha and - - mastek - S o u l l e s s m e d f o c ~ i t g , That w i t h God fm --i s whg youk c o n s t a n t communion --- I s n a e e s s a p y 9
God must
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c r e a t i o n of God and man. " F i v e yeakg o f t h i s and h i s m i n i s t e r ~looked o u t ovela thd 1 o v z l y w a l l c u l t i v a t e d f i d l d s and s a i d : you w i t h t h i s b e a u t i f u l f a r m ,
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b e a t of God's b o d y ,
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If t h - s - -a t i- n o t h i s motive, - - - i n c r e a s a - -t g i v d n him - h a s 3nrichzd and i f an. i s no he himself Q expepfence and b e t t e ~judgement - - management i n the of
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he wants t h a n t h e m a t e r i a l i s t .
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l i v i n g i n t h e high heavens-the
t o come by h a v i n g d e m o n s t r a t e d h i s i m m o r t a l i t y .
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t o him f o r t h e lov3 h e gave t o you, ancl s o i s t h 3 whcl2 w o r l d , T h e m a p e o t h z r v a l u e s -money v a l u e s , - monsy v a l u e s hava than and are the of lev;-y no - meaning whatsoever u n l e s s t h e _ -- m a n i f a s t a t i o n --
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God s d n t a M e s u a ~ 2of
l o v z i n t o t h a world two thousand y e a r s a g o t o pmpa,ae m a r t s nind foAa tth thougk: of l o v e which was t h e n unborn i n hi:,
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t h o u g h t fw a s , s y m b o l s , a n d o t h e r e l e c t r i c a c t i o n s b u t r e c o r d s of t h o ~ g 3 : s a r e n o t t h o u g h t s . " ~ h a i t f n gi s e l e c t r i c 9- b u t e l e c t r i c i t y - - t k n o w i e d g d , i z no
t it i s bu th f ola - - -t- e m o t f v s t f n q powek - e x g r e s s i n g a o w l e i g e , "What r e l a t i o n i s my Mind t o r=;- b r a i n ? " QU-&STION.
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n a t u r e , E i s power a s y o u r power, and His knowing a s your knowing. M e d i t a t i o n i s f o r t h e purpose of a c q u i r i n g t h i s .awarene.s,p, And if you a c q u f r e d i t j u s t f o r t h e b l i s s of F t , f o r tha z c s t a s y and peace of i t f o p y o u r s e l f a l o n e t h a t i s n o t anough, f o r the Gcd n a t u r e i s p u r p o s e f u l and gou must be p u r p o s z f u l n a t u r e - -l o t h e r mzn f o r t h e i r c u l t u p a l u p l i i ' t , to al
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f a v o u r i t a s a y i n g s is t h i s : i s self inflictsd,
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You may jouknay t o t h a t e c s t a t i c worl3 i n God I s h i g h heavans f o r j u s t your S o u l ' s a s k i n g t h e S o u l s of t h f n g s , D e s i r e t h a t s t i l l n e s s w i t h i n y o u r Soul--and b z h o l d , you are t h a +,
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if m a n i f e s t e d , have f o r g o t t e n i t a s though
i t never were,
C e s i r e t h o u t h a t kingdom and behold i t s t a n d e t h b e f o ~ e thee. And i f t h e r e a p e t h o s e among men who a s k ; Wherein s h a l l
I s e e k t h a t kingdom of t h e s o u l s of u n c r e a t e d things, I s a y ; Go
thou and s e e k b e a u t y , And where s h a l l I f i n d b e a u t y ? You w i l l f i n d b --- e a u t y g i v i n g - -l o v e of 9 where l o v a 9i s for - beauty l i e s i n th3
and f t s -- regiving,
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couraged i f you d o n o t a t t a i n e x p e c t d h e i g h t s fmmzdfately. You would n o t a x p e c t t o p l a y t h e c l a s s i c s a t once i f you s t u d i e d music f o r t h a t would te new t h i n k i n g f o k you -and you w o u l d havs t o b e g i n w i t h s c a l e s and f i n g e r e x e r c i s e s , \%en you -b e g i n - t h i n k c o s m i c a l l y r o u w i l l advance r a p i 3 l y to
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of t h i n g s a r e born about which you c a n become i n f o ~ r n e d ,but f n formation concerning EFFECT fs n o t knowledge of' t h e f k CAUSE, Whatever emanazes fcom
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t o a c h i e v e t h e h f g h e s t p i n n a c l e of human e x p k e s s i o n , However, I f you need f u ~ t h e kc l a ~ f f f c a t i o nof anything which may n o t have been made s u f f ' f c f e n t l y @ l e a p t o you w k i t a
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