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list is not definitive!Indeed, nothing about iN:fFiE EtrGNNNING EugeneHalliday could be defined with certainty,for his talents seemedto denythe limitation which definition implies.He lhe L\as the word. and Tn begrnnrng transcendedall ourdefinitions. Ithe wordwrs with Godand the word wasCod. That is asapl a slan for an)thing Those of you who knew Eugene to do with Eugene Halliday as can be Hallidayneed no persuadingofhis genius. imagined. The word in all its forms, the Thoseofour rcaderswho cometo him only Logos which is the manifestationof the via thispublication will, I am sure,frnd the Creator God, this was the conceptwhich manin his words. ruled his li{b. Exceptthat it was morethan a In theReview we will publishHalliday concept,forhe hadembodied it into his very writingswhich do notfit easilyor obviously and was a living exampleof substance, he into his Collectedworks. we will print its working. All his life he wrote, spoke, Hallidaypoems and pictures and we will be listenedto, the Word in all its myriad forms. happy to consider contributionsfrom This Review is readersstrictly on the intendedto reflect and ln thisissue themeof thisReview. comment upon the ]lfe I (A maximumof 1500 work of Eugene TheSoul by ELrgeneHalliday 7 tttords at the mohenl, 5 Halliday,and to discuss please, ancl far lote, "Not Two Mantrasby DonaldS. Lord 6 his ideas. rry SoEasy by MonicahDowney 7 not monel!) We wtll ideas, but l,4e ideas," 7 includeyoui views and would be his reply to Successby EugeneHalliday 8 questions in a letter this. He believedthat l6 page, (please keep every man who sub- t7 them as shorl as ISHVAL t7 stantialised a concept possible, please!)and Somethrngto Sieep On by E.FL t7 g'ven to hrn] was we will be happy to Poenby DavldMahlowe 2l entitledto call that con- ).1 publish the times of cepthis. in thathe had evenls. tneenngs ano made it liis own. But classes which are nevedheiess.the mode and clarity with linl(edto the work ofEugene Halliday. which our subject expounded univelsal As the Reviewdevelops, there will, I truthslent a logic to their expressionwhich am sure,be otherfeatures ofinterest which I for one have neverheard bettered. will demandinclusion. EugeneHailiday refusedany definition I rvill be very glad to hear from you, of himself exceptas sinply "adist".He and I hopeyou will feel ableto recommend refered here to the Renaissanceideal ofthe the Halliday Review to olhers. The u,ider aftist as man himself, the measureof all the netthe betterlIn the meantime,welcome things and the microcosm of the to thefirst edition ofHR! rnacrocosm. As in all things, Halliday embodiedtl'e Loncepl.He $as a painter. TheEditor modeller, musician. dramatist. writer, teacher,phiiosopher, poet and scientist.The The Hallidav Review Autumn 1997

"Man fhe Halhla, Rlvq lhtit t DtriJ Maht ,L!) $ Pfitntutt hr rht seven. becamea living ",not man Lttlchrt { Prcrr, slthte cattd!., S.h t LLre, ottttkr. Kntt$ni, chcrhtu t* t 6 tsD. dnl print l ht the atL & Thnllt Prt$ n)ltflontul acquired a soul, as if man first existed without a soul and was then given one. picture A.boutorur cover Man L! a soul, that is. the spirit or breath of life, inside a body made of the This wasdesjgned originally by EH asa theatre "dusl programme.The figDrein theh€avens is theCreator ofthe ground".that rr. ofmaner.Man ofthc Tim€ Play,the Overseerol rheCreat Globe is spirit and matter: spirit from God's "brcath Theat.e.His hair is the synbol of His hiearchical breathinginto him the of life", and power, in sreamingabundance to flowingoutwards matter from his physical body madeofthe constitulea world Thecurtains serve a dualpurpos€ "dust to hide aid to reveal.Thcy opento showlo the ofthe ground". initirteihe secrets ofthe dilinedrama.They close to Iide e$entialsflom peripheraleyes.Thecurtalns also When spirit entersinto associationwith dividethe phy ofTime into!cts. Theirmovine folds matter in a body the spirit becomesa soul: areanother image oinovin8 power,like the flowin8 ''andman becamea livrng soul". Soul is that the dexlersrde 1s locks of God above.Nore divrnespirit dwelling in a materialbody da.kermd stroneerin outlinefian lhe sinisterside. This is to remindus ofthe polarisednature ofbe'ng Within the material,physical body, the asmale (dexter) and iemale (sinister). Ascftivere$ is rherole ofthe nra1e.rccepti!iry that ofdre female. embodiedspirit, or soul, undergoesvarious The gre.t Globe of life c.nnol cxst rvitholt the experiences.By theseexperiences the soul inreracrionofdresc xvo. To preferone lo dreother rs becomes progressively more and more aucre of itself .r5 a polentrall)crealive The candleslresymbols oflhe Trinitywhich lights thc procesresofrhe World Dramalvnh force,fomr being, an image of the supreme creator, God. How doesexistence in a physicalbody gr\e suchexpeflencel C physrcJlbody is "Dust" Wearc concernedin evtathinE \e rlo und dre made of the "dust of the ground". \rith the pnblen oJ saul . We tehd to use the \rotd \a'asthe ancientsymbol for tlretiny padicles l..,-lt. oal r"h ,rk de!ac .'hdt lt,et neda ht , This is \|hat EH said abo t the sou! we call materialatoms. All physical bodies are made of material atoms. Ail materiai atoms offer IIHE SOIL]L resistancewhen force is applied to them This resistanceis the basisof the value of by EupleneFtralliday the physical body to the soul. Only in the presenceofresistance does the soul become et us say at oncethat man doesnot awarcofitselfas a creativebeing. ,ave otpo.ue.s,ra soul as one may we would not be l'nveor possessa tllngthat onemay pick up Without resistance as beings able to or put down at wiil. Man does not l1dvea consciousof ourselves energyto overcome soul;he is a soul. apply forces,to expend oppositionand build things, to erect great "And the Lord God formed man ofthe cathedmls,to throw bridges across wide dust of the ground, and breathedinto his dvers, to drive tunnelsbelow the earthfor nostrils the breathoflife; and man became undergroundraihvays, to rocket men to the a living soul." These are the words in the moon. secondchapter ofthe book ofGenesis,verse lfhe Hallidav Review Autumn 1997

Material rcsistance is the means soul or individual spirit and undergoes wherebyman'ssoul becomes able to conhol experienceswhich chamcterise it in certaln itseli The resistanceof the earthto the ways.The way the soul is characterisedand child's feet enablesthe child to walk. thepuposes it embracesdetermine its value Gravityopposes the child'seffort to stand to othersouls and to God. uprightand in so doingpresses the child's feet to the ground. Resistanceoffered by one man to anotherin a wrestlingmatch allows the contestantsto testtheir degreeof strength andskill. Resistanceoffered by one man to anotherin a verbalargument allows each man to test his ability to expresshrs meaningand to exposesweaknesses in the other'sargument. Resistanceoffered by one group to another in the field of politics allows membersof the groupto testthe validity andviability ofthefu political views. Resistancemakes possible the growth of the humansense of responsibilityand obligationin everyfield of activity.And resistancemakes a man's soul more and moreaware ofitselfas a possibleopponent Foerntry EugeneFlalliday to or co-workerwith, every other soul - and with God. Into Thy handsI commend Beforethe creationofthe univeNethe my spirit,for Spiritofcod dweltin Itself,beyond all that mankind can comprehend.when God thereare no others createdthe universeHe madepossible the thatwill upholdme embodimentof His Spiritin separateforms, thatwill defendme someofwhich are human. The Spirit ofcod breathedinto thehuman form is lhesoul thatwill feedme Thematerial body of manat death must thatwill in love fall againback to the "dustof the ground" me fiom whichit came.The soul ofman, as the chastise inbreathedSpirit of God, must at death thatI maybecome also returnto its sourcein God. oneof suchhands. When the Spi t of Cod entersthe physicalbody of manit makesitselfinto a

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Hdttidq' w.ts |ery fn eutt sue o1 IHR we hapc to leoture a l,Mbol ol uniw\al signiJicdnce. Eusene linstsrenr upon the \alueol:ttnbols Theystinulate deep inwanl wisdom, and b kg it inb a.ce$ible coksciousness.The srnbot. he sdid,contaircd fur norc inlbmation than the extende.lprcre bl nhich it cauld be eqlained! h h,ld detths ||hich wa s ds suchcannot ddetruately canler' The notes ||hich arconpanr this slmbol )rere wti en bNE H, but he dlso taught thdt one should look at lhe svhboLa d let it sPeakto one Diahouttrying to interytrct it h)r ifiellectual neans mechanical beings. For only in the ofthe "l will", "Eye-Will"is IlledirtationGiuidlc mechanicalitytranscended. Only ifone can actuallythink and feel the meaningof the his symbolcontains the words"l will", andactuaiise this original significanceof meaning can one free oneself "l". the letter This letterstands from the laws goveming the for thefirst personsingular, the merely material processof the knowing object of all world. knowledge,the acting subject of Consciouswill is the only all action. the supreme"lAM" force in ihe The "l will, "Eye-will" or non-mechanical Conscious Intelligent Power universe.Not to be conscious, consciously to which creates, sustainsand not to be able machine.To developsthe Universe. will, is to be a mere becomeconscious of oneselfas Becausethis Intelligent an "1", and "eye". a World- Person is infinite. there is Watcher,is the flrst prerequisite nowhere where it is not. of freedom, of self- Wherever lntelligent Porver determination. operates it is this same coiumn Inteliigent Power. wherever The vetical the "1" thereis a sufficientlysensitive representsihat aspectof will, organismthis IntelligentPower which appearsas unified in our maymanifest as an individuated the anti-gavity force observer,a watcherarld dircctor being, the force which stretches ofrvorldevents. upwards againstthe downward pull of the earth, against the To incrcasethe sensitivity deadweight of matteras such. lt of one'sorganism is to be able is by this will to opposethe downwardpull to manifest more and more of the original of the earth.the inertia of dead weight of Intelligence-Porver,n'rore of Intelligenceand matter.lh.rl we m.j) conquetIhe lendencies Will. To decreaseone's sensitivityis to of the physical body and the mechanical decreaseone's powerto manifestInlelligent Jssociatronprocesses occuning in thebrain wi . Only by actually conquering these qe grrnlhe lreedornwhich is Everyconscious being can feei in some rendenciescan degree"l will". lf a beingcannol in actual potentiallyours. "l practicethink or feel wili", thatbeing may The flames issuing from the column be placedin the calegoryof non-consclous The HallidavReview Autumn 1997

The flamesissuing from the column World Watcher,not the "Eye",the "1".The signify the fire ofaspiration,the desirefor Observeris not the observed.This is the freedom,from which is generatedthe light grcatformula confering freedomon all who of consciousnessin the "I". without rnrs understandit. aspimtion nothing worthwhile can be our symbolmust serveto rcmind us to attained in any field in any world. say,"l am theEye, the World Watcher,the Aspirationis the spearheadof evolving Observer.I am not the world I watch, not splnt. theobsewed idea or emotion.I amthe Eye, The Eye over the vertical colurnn pureconsciousness-power, untouched by the representsthat aspectof the "I" which we world. telm the Observer,the world Watcher. So sayingwe shallgain freedom from Consciousnessis itself a catalystand has the tlranny ofthings and ideasand emotion power by its mere presenceto change whichwould otherwise enslave us. things.This is signifiedby the radiating linesproceeding from theEye. TheEye thus represents the Seerofall things,the World Watcherwith which every ']IWO consciousbeing is essentiallyone. Only USEtrUL M.ANTR..A.S when a man becomesaware of himselfas by Donald S. Lord sucha watcher.such an Eye.can he begin consciouslyto direct his life towardsits rfhere aremany mantras which propergoal. I are found to be useful when temponl life is proving difficult. The As longas one is unawarethat one is an Buddhist"Om mani padmehum" is one Eye,a World Watcher,so longwill onebe example.Another is the very short"Jesus identifledwith someparticular part of the Prayer"used by someRussian Orthodox world, with someparticular body, or some Christians. particularidea-complex or emotionalstate. EugeneHalliday had two sayings Identificationwith any object(thing, which many of us have found extremely ideaor emotion)places one under the laws useful in times of difficulty or pain. One o^vFhiho fhrr ^hiF^f was "l must have neededthe lesson",a By continuouslyremembering the "1", sayingwhich makesself-pity impossible; the "Eye",the World Watcher,which one theother was "it's interesting".It is amazing truly is; by seeingthe real freedomof what thosetwo sayingscan allow us to consciousnessfrom the objects presented to assimilate. it, freedomof consciousnessand wili rs Compassionfor thepain ofothers ls gained. And with the gaining of this still essential.The man who "fell among fieedomfear depafis and one truly beginsto thieves"may have "needed the lesson",but live.Hence the magic fomula, "Onlywhen the GoodSamaritan tended his wounds,and one can tmly say, I AM, doesone reaily sawthat he was taken care of. beginto live". The world rs an object.something observed.lt is not the Observer,not the lflae Hallidav Review Autumn 1997

SOtrASY THR ||ill tuhlish the paens ol EH and others. by Monicah Downey Poetry is the conresscd cryeiekce o[ sohethins a soneohe,and cannothe nrdwlled in a curson Elance A poem hdsto be tea.!. and spokei. at least rerllyill so simple.God r. three tones (head, hedi ahd hellt) If the toeh Jts conpLicated,thit is becduseso nuch is rsimperfect. How sou'ds IperliclioD.l\lan cande$ed inta it. Persewre in allawing the poem to can man become more evolved, mote perfect,more Godlike? Easyl wejust draw nearerto God..Just as we arewith all our frailties,because we knowthat two beings in closecontact affect each other. God is Thc ElacledGrass biggerthan us so He canaffect us without losinganything in the contact.Is therean by EugemeFllallidlay effecton Cod by thisconlJ(ll Ycs. He i. plea.edby the.rpproach3nd Hi. qualilie. beginto irnpartthemselves in us,just simply by drawingclose. He can'thelp it. Soifyou The biadedgrass spears into the sky wantto bemore wise. kind, good, etc..Just Makingwar on God. spendtime with Him. lt reallyis thatsimple God doesnot shield Himself; He is not there. He is down in the sap ln the grassthat points to the sky. Thereis no sky; it has Rolleditselfup into The earththat grows Throughthe grass, The gmssthat threatens The god in the sky. The Halliday Review Autumn 1997

thata weed'sgreen blade can break asunder. Foernhy joan Crane Oh lovelysecret selfthat cannot be found Hello. by marking'here lies the spot'. How areyou today? Oh Communion,who canI talk to I am verywell, thankyou, butyou... How areyou? Or wouldI be afraid,now, Pleasetell me how you are. to releasemy passion Wouldit not be lovely into yourface? to knowthat we loveeach other andthat we reallyare concemed abouthow theother lS?

Leaveit. Undemeathare the everlasting arms SUCCESS And we knowhow we are,don't we? by Eugene Halliday

We knowhow we are. You area volcano. hereis no ultimatedualism, for You are a Satumineshape two absolutely different revolvingon a coldaxis. substancescould not interelate. You keepup appearances, Thusthe ultimate is a continuoussubstance You keepnot appearing. of which all apparentdifferences are but You area rose.Hello, rose. modalities.The ancients used a conceptof At leastI knowyou, near at hand Aether as the ultimate of which the in your sweetindifference, 'elements'(or basicdifferentiations) were But you nodand shake youl sweetness calledearth, water, air andfire, the Aether whenI sayHello. then being called the quintessence(fiffh essence).the'Akasha' of Hinduthought. Hellomaggot. Later the Ether,a supposedmedium Helloblack hole. filling all space,was viewedas neededto Hellotable. Sorry, leg, explain the phenomenon of light- for havingignored you. propagation,but was later abandonedas HelloUniverse. unnecessary,light itself being redefined Thereis morecommunication as photons(quanta of light) needingno With thethought ofyour mediumfor theirpropagation. microscopicenormity thanin theignorance ofparts. Theultimate continuA (not continuum, for the 'm' impliesclosure, and camot be appliedto the absolute)is infinite sentient Ohshuddering hell ofconcrete particular power,a two-aspectedprerequisite for the thatcannot create a sperm, lfhe Halliday Revierv Autumn 1997 explanationofconsciousness and its actual island. Insularity is individuality. Internal contents(S & P). Motion setup in any zone subdivisionis furtherindividuation, as seen of the continuA is conveyed to all other in subdivisionofcells oforganisms derived zonesofthe continuA. Using the term ASP from a primary mono-ceil. for Absolute SentientPower we may say Each individual being is a zone of thatthe ASP is the ultimatecause ofits own motion ofthe ASP markedoff from othcrs conlenls,cnd lh.t all conlenlsare modalilies by its peripheralzone ofrotation. of it. Motion is basically a contraction- expansionaltemation or vibration. As such Corffunicationbelween indivrduals i" a motionis oflhe natureofsound (which is by exchangeofmotion mutuallyreinforcing. alternatecompression-decompression), we Communication is exchange of defence may say that the basic motion of the capacities.Failure to communicateoccurs Ultimalcrs soUnd. Hence 'ln lhe beginning where motion sentout from one individual was the Word". Chladnifigures demonstrate doesnot reinforcemotion of the recipient. the relation between sound vibration and Reductionofmotion is a movementtowards formative force (Nama-rupa). lessening of life-expression,or towards maximum entropy(the Hind! pralaya). Eachphenomenon may be viewed asa m:nife.tatronof sound.Thal hurnon hernng "Death" is a division of a motiorr- rnay be insensitiveto all but a very small conlplex and has degrees.There is no range of sound vibrations does not absolutedeath, for that would be absolute "death" invalidatethis. non-motion.The ofan individual is the disintegration of a motion-compiex As sound,every phenomenalstructure previouslyrelatively integrated. is subjectto the law of hamonics and must resonate with all other phenomena An individual motion-complex is a accordingto its partials. structure in and of the ASP. Each coDsrIuenlmotion ol lhe complexhrs ils Panralsr.sub-diri.ions of Ihe basic own resonancerelations with all others of sound of tlle ASP) relate as concordantor the ASP. Each frequencyor vibratory rate discordantas their fiequenciesor vibratory "level" nTaybe viewed as a function of a or mtes are easily mutually assimilableor not ''piane 'easily' ofberng.Thus in thehuman being - beinga matterofdegree. thereare "levels"of being,the lowestof Waves of sound may reinforce each which may be called the gross physical other, or cancel each other out. level, correspondentwith the mrnerallevel Reinforcement is 3mllifrcrlron: cancellatron of ratrer andexempLfied nrost obr iouslr ir is an approach to siience. Silence and the solidbones. Next to this is the vegetable darkness are cancellation phenomena. (water, liquid) level; then the animal (frre, Sound and light are reinforcement desire)level; lhen the human (air. intellect) phenomena. level; then the super-human (either or volitionalsound - vocare: invocarc)level, Relatively insulated vibmtion zones in which is initiative; then the holistic or function as "beings".A "being" is an monadic(spirit-soul) level. insulatedmotion complex. A11levels are iinked by resonance,the Insulation is by rotation of motion, law of harmonics, which controls all which makes each zone an "insula" or The Hallidav Review Autumn 1997 intenelationsofall phonicstructures ofthe to the end, knowing that the dignity of ASP. humannessconsists in honouriflg self- committal to the Law of , the Law of Theway to successin any field is found ResonantHarmonics. by the study of the laws of sound propagationand of hamonicresonance. All Successdepends on conceivingoneself existentsarc related by theselaws. asmodal expression of ASP.To conceive oneself thus is to pariake of and resonate Theultimate form ofrelationis thatof with the purposeof the ASP, and thus to Tmth.This is Torah(n'r]r). All harmonious receiveabsolute sentient power backing ln inrerrelationsareofTruth. All drsharmonies all one does,so gainingtransformation of areofUntruth or falsities,i.e. fallings out of oneselfand the worldwithin n'l = HR True relation.Absolute Truth is absolute HierarchicR. inter-relationof all forms. Rulesofmood-control. "Mood" is state of being, mode of actionof a motion-complexor individual, 1. Associateonly with beings of tendencyto respondto receivedstimuli m positivemood- certainways. "Mood" (^rrd, Grcek maiesthai) 2. Hold incessantlyto creative impliesa predispositiontowards experience, lntenhons. a seeking for somethingconceived as furtheing somepurpose of being.Moods 3. Visualisethe goal as alreadyln areenergy-states tending towards degrees of principleattained. elevation or depressionaccording to 4. View all destructivenessas anticipationof successor failurein some misguidedand false. given project. Moods are creative or destructivein some degree.Habitual or 5. Maintain inner silence(the No- enduring mood depends upon innate Mind) in orderto allow Truth to rise up tendenciesand will to reinforceor oppose from within. these.(The three moods; Tamas,Rajas, 6. Seeyour selfas ofthe divinespirit, Sattva).Destructive, injurious or negative a sonofGod. moods are best combattedby deliberate focussingon constructive,helpful, positive 7. Rememberthe ASP is the All-tn- moods."Spend no strengthdenying evil; all, andyour self asits agentin the world, steadfastlyaffim thegood." without which it cannot manifest its ildividual powersof cteati'rity. La ilaha illa Creative,helpful moods are made permanentby continuouswilled effort to be positive.We are to assertincessantly the Success in anything implies a orientationtowards success. All successful manifestationofthe True Self,the ASP of men havethought of themselvesas such, whichthe selfofman is a modality.Success and have deliberatelyheld the mood of is thehappy outcome ofa trueeffort of will success. towardsa worthy goal. Thereis no true successbut that which allows some The successmood is oneofconscious developmentor manifestationofthe power will, confidencein the Torah,that Truth ofthe ASPthrough some individual. shallfinally prevail. with courage ro persisr

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Successmay be attainedat anylevel of failure.Loss of personalintegrity is dis- being, physical, aesthetic,mentational, solulion.corrupLron. dealh. Success is logological,volitional or hexon-monadic. relativeto individualinnate capacities, to The highestsuccess involves all of these availableopportunities, to the environmental simultaneously,and fulfils the purposeof improvementpossibilities, to the personal rheASP in acl.and all beingsin rhecosmic relationshipswith otherliving beings,to the structureare thereby benefited. attitudeheld in the presentto the pastand futue. Absolutesuccess is possibleonly for ara merelypnvale advanlage is 1o aim and in the ASP. Temporalsuccess is to mis-understandthe ASP, and to make contingentupon temporal possibilities. oneselfascapegoat for universaleducation, by which others receivethe benefit of Oneis to useone's powers to thebest of enlightenmentas to the effectsof merely one'scapacities to rcform one's self as a privateadvantage purcuit. vehicle of the ASP. One is to seizethe opportunitiesthat arepresented. One is to Thecosmic structure is heldtogether by fulfil one's duties to society wherever ASP to establisha mutually the will ofthe possible.One is to adjustto therealities of advantageousinterrelationship between all one'senvironment to improveit. "Reform" is definedby one'spurpose, beings.Success is the changeof one'smood, attitudeor innate capacities, environmental action,to determinechange of relationto relationsto otherbeings, and opportunities, persons and things and environment. theassumption of thegoal. Unfavourableconditions are the besttest of Theliving beingmust be consciousof one's ability to reform. Conscious his intention, define the means to its recognitionof theneed for continualreform attairunent,note what aidsand what opposes is a conditionofsuccess. Each day one is to his will, and deal with these,wherever set up in oneself the determinationto possible,indirectly, for the indircctraises improveon yesterday-Every person has a theleast opposition. rightand duty and responsibility to succeed ''Spirit relatively to his innate capacitles, operatesonly tndireclly". lhat is. oppotunities and envircnmental in lheline of leasrresistance. Spirit. like air possibilitiesof relationship.Each person has andwater, iinds a way roundall obstacles, a life-positioninto which he may bestfit. going over, under, or otherwise,as the possibilitieswill "l Persistentinvestigation of occasionrequires. Spirit doesnot shout revealthis in theNow-Here situation. Work will havemy own wayrr.To adjustto the according to ability develops further environmentis the bestway of adjustingthe abilities.Obstacles are to be overcome. environmentto one'sselfand to thepurpose oftheASP. Watchingfor changesof circumstance avoids missing of opportunitles. To be alert to opportunitiesof Oppotunityis the openingof a new door, furtheringthe work, to useto the bestof thepossibility ofentering a newworld. one'sab'lirres what one ha. ofralents, this is to work for the ASP andone's self. Every Environment is the opportunity- honourableeffort builds true character. providerand occasionfor developmental work. To makethe best ofan environmentls Merelymate al attainmentssecured at thesoul's stimulus to developmentalaction. rhecosr ofpersonal integrity result finclly in

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Everyright is alsoan obligationto develop Suchwork developedHomer, Socntes, furthercapacities. Moses,Jesus, Paul, Buddha, Lao Tse,and all great men. Shakespeareworked and Cosmicenergy works for development gatheredthe fruits of all menavailable to of its potentials.It is for the individualto him in his day. cooperatewitb it. So far as he workswtth courageand worthyintent, he will recerve An individuallife dedicatedto such cosmicsupport- 'Rights' are capacities and work mustattain it, for Cosmoswill aid it. rnlenlionsto attaingoals within rhe cosmic Magnetismin the individualis orientationto purpose.Cosmos strives to rcalise its theOne purpose ofthe ASP,the attainment purposethrough individuals. An individual of beautiful order by act of conscious, is a structureof purposesof cosmos. reflexivewill aimedat Cosmosas the will Cosmos(= beautifulorder), is the purpose of the ASP. The magneticbeing draws oftheASP. naturallyto it the conditionsof success. Magnetismis theproduct ofunity of willed Health is a ight and duty to work o entation.To will the One thing ( ASP wholly for Cosmos.The individualis a purpose,Cosmos is to be purein heart. microcosmosin andofthe macrocosmos. ), "Purityof heartis to will one thing".The Cultureis the subjectionof appetiteto One thing unifies all levels of being, law, and is the gloundof whole success. physical,aesthetic, time-mentational, etemal Innatepowers, environmental opportunities logological, individual volitional, andright life-relations confer the best estate, cosmo-monadic. andmaintain it. Magneticqualities arc to be made Cosmic intention includes right consciousso that onemay cooperatewith individual intention. Cosmos fits the them.Unconscious magnetism, the result of individual for specific successes;the unconsciouswork towards unity, may indiridualworks be"t if he behevesthrs. presentopporhrnities unrealised and missed Theremust be faith in Cosmicintention if by the unconsciousindividual. Physical the individual is to draw upon Cosmrc magnetismmay draw physicalfactors for energy.Each person has a specificfunctlon which one may not be ready. So with for Cosmos,and is to wo.k to discloseand psychicalmagnetism. Spiritual magnetism realise it. Tlis function is essentialto also. The most eflbctive magnetism Cosmic Wholeness.Cosmos backs the combinesall threein full awareness.I see a individualwho works for Cosmos.The ASP truth;I loveiti I will it; it happens. energiseseach and every sincere worker for The mob desiresuccess. but do not its purpose,from thesimplest mono-cell to study its laws. Mood is determinant. themost compiex living form. Successdepends on it for it conferswhat One is to work for physicalhealth as unity onehas. The fulfilment ofthe law of conduciveto higherwork. One is to will to successdemands all that oneis. Onemust believein Cosmicpurpose, honour it with conceiveoneself as a monaddestined for work, physical, mental, psychical and success,an agent ofthe cosmicintention of spiritual.By suchwork one orientatesall the ASP. To "conceive"is to capture elementsofone's being in onedirection, and togetherthe elements ofone's being that one sobecomes a magnetfor success. wills to defineconceptually as worthy of

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Being.That is worthy of Being which rs In thehealthy body, energy stores itself destinedetemally to subsist by differentiatingcells and creating thereby higherform-functions. ln life it buildsmore Within man is the pinciple of I AM, than it destroysor wastes.Activity, if the will of the ASP towards Cosmos, excessive,tears down more than it rebuilds. BeautifulBeing Order.l AM, Eheiehasher The right amount of activity provokes Eheieh,is the principlethat is basicto all effectiveand more efficient rebuilding and meaningfullife. Onlywhen one is theI AM createsdemands for furtherimprovements, modehas life value.Whatever ddves one and suppliesinterest-energy in increased towardsI AM awarenessis good;whatever amounts.Not only physical activity ls destroysit is bad. required,but also activity of feelingand Vitality of body is of the ASP in that emotionand mentation and intellect; etc. All body'splace. lr ismagnelo-electric. Body is is process, magneto-electro-chemical, ASPenergy in a certainform. Body energy aestheticmentational, logical, volitional, workscontinually to build,break-down and within the sphereof the I AM. Body is a rebuildthe form. Ifpositive it rebuildseach motion-complexin continuouschange, timebefter; ifnegative it breaksdown more movingtowards either ectropy or entropy. than it rebuilds.Building structuresand In the body, forces attain their highest storesenergy. Breaking-down sets energy realisationand, ifnot continuallyreposited ftee,which ifnot usedfor re-building,will there,collapse into dispersalmotions. The be lost.Activity releasesstored energy and process ectropy/entropyis continuous. preparesthe way for rebuildingof used which triumphsdepends upon the degreeof parts. if there is positiveinlerest in awarenessof the I AM. Body is instantly rebuilding.Otherwise it merelyloses energy extant,vanishes and reappears.Physical to theenvironnent. healthis themaintenance ofequilibrium by cosmic forces,which flow thrcugh the Body is built by Cosmicenergy, the body-complex. Ill-health results fiom ASPactive in creatingindividual vehicles of impedanceof this flovr',the impedances irswill. The I A\y'characlerises rhebody in beingphysical, psychical, mentational or accordwith purposeconsciously held. We volitional,etc. live in the ASP field and draw on it according to purposes, conscious or Symptoms of tiredness, distress, unconscious.Mind seeksto utilise thcsE discomfort or pain indicate need for field-energiesin accordwith its defined remedial action to restore equilibrium. goals.If its purposesare consistentwith Unimpededenergy in the body is the cosmicpurpose, it receivescosmic backing. conditionof health.Impedance resulting If not, it is at war with its own groundof from body conditionsor mood-statesact being,and so contradicts itselfand fails back onto the incomingcosmic forces. In healthall energiescooperate with eachother Body is process,a passingthrough of andwith cosmos. cosmic energiesin a given locus. The energiesgain their highestexpression Twoor more bodies ofsimilar vibration throughembodiment and the I AM aware- cooperate to the benefit of all. ness.Body without I AM awarcnessis a Unhamonious vibrations result in machine;with I AM awareness,it is a centre conflictingvibrations vr'hich impede each cfcreativeinitiative, a probeofthe ASP. other'sfree action.

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Body characteris builded by mood and stimulate circulation. Hand friction ln mind.The state ofthe innerselfdetermirEs drying aids energydistribution. all.The high purpose in theselfcl€vates all Moming should begin with deep- body-processesto their most efficient level. breathingand full muscle-tensingfollowed Harmonyofaction offorces is thekey by relaxation in a body-temperaturebath. to life. Body is an instrumentofthe I AM. Foot andhip bathsare helpful. Mind mediatesbetween body and the I AM Sunlight supplies energy. Moonlight sellilfmind cc.epts the IAM ruleslhere is calms.To appreciatenight, sleepwhere the harmony. If mind is detemined by outer day-sunhas done its work on the earth. contingenciesthere is disharmony.If mind givesthe I AM commandsto body, body rs Recreationis re-creation,the maker of brought into harmony after a period of' health.Play with interesti.e. all partsofthe readjustment.The I AM confersunity on all organismused. The I AM is to be involved levelswhen obeyed,gives to all energiesthe in play as in work. The I AM tones the unifying purpose. orgarism. The I AM mind builds a more efficient body. Do not think of other than The healthy body is a perfect the action performed.Blood flow follows expressionof the ASP intention to create lnnervatlon. cosmoswithin the individual as instrument. The I AM of micro and macro-cosmosts Wisdom accepts the advice of the non-differentir1 purpose. In the I AM both greater wisdom. But will, courage and the cosmosesinteract harmoniously to the forward grasp of health are better than benefitofboth. orthodoxmedicines. Sleep allows re-building of the Sex-power retained refines the organism.Rest pedods between work-times organism:wasted it destroysit. Viewed as removestoxic by-productsofactivity. Food merelyphysical, it reducesman to animal thoroughly masticated and digested level.Spiritualised as an expressionofASP cheerfullyreplaces lost energies; it is to be polarisation it elevatesthe self to I AM eatenin peaceand thankfulness.Excessrve 1eve1. brain-activity robs digestive processesof Unwilled body-motionswaste energy. energy. Excessive fbod intake robs the The uncheckedemorions dissipate it. brain. Blood florv is to be equaiised Purposelessthought scatters the mind. throughout the organisn. Pure air is the Negative emotions create toxins in the condition for beneficial breathing and organism.Positive emotions raise functional function,and is to be inbreathedthrough the levels. Memory of positive moments nose. Slow, deep breathinglengthens life. recreatespositivity. Positive images ofthe calms the nind and wanns the heart.Cold future create it positively. Distinguish air on the spineimpedes energy flow. Water betweenlower ego reactivity and the I AM is best drulk at blood temperature.Body will. posture,if correci, has a lengthenedspine, doesnot slump,does not crosslegs. lnternal The healthy self vibrates in hamony cleannessallows efficiert body repair.A hot with the ASP purposeand reinforcesit. and bath hrrms lhc ccll!. \{ arm \\ ater l: is cooperativewith it. bei[g both its servant sufficient for cleansing. Cool shorve$ andits representativeand agent. Because the

l4 The Hallidav Review Autumn 1997 healthyself vibratesin harmonywith the createsthat which is anticipated.The future ASPpurpose, it is magnetic;and so attracts is madein the present.Posit in the present what is conducive to its further instantonly thatwhich is worthyoffuture development. and permanentexistence, and instantby instant reaffirm it. Wlat is not re-affimed The animalwith no I AM awareness instant by instant will either vanish or maybe "healthy"at its own low level(as an becomean inert pattemand an impedanceto emasculatedox), but it lacksmagnetism. A futher attaiffnents. vr'ell-bredhorse has I AM awarenessln some degree, and so is magnetic.A Truewill-power is not objectiveforce well-bred,well developedman is moreso. at grossmaterial level. Gross objective force can command iDner agrcement. True The magnetic,compelling power of will-powerdoes not demandsubmission of healthis the resultof obedienceto ASP anothe/swill, but gains its cooperation. purpose.Faith creates coumge and energises Truewill capturesother will by showingit mind andbody. The will is magneticwhen its advantageto be caught.True will 1s it assumesthat victory is coming.To try magneticand makes allies. It controlsevents withoutfaith in resultsis will un-energised. andcircumstances by harmonisingthem and To tD Io forceresults by sheerobjective improvingenvircnment. It achieves its goals attackis brutishness.To takea firm stand by conferringfieedom and insight. Extemal andrefuse to moveis minerality.To assume forcedestroys more than it canbuild- resultsare coming by magnetic1aw is the way of theI AM. True will proceedsfrom the innermost soulto passthrough all levelsofbeing down Readindifferently and gain no benefit. to the outemostphysical. True will is the Readwith interestand intent to appropriate, soul in action and vibratesthe whole and gain good fruits, and so become organismas its vehicle.It is an instant magnetic.The I AM attractswhat its repositingof the goalto be attainedin the interestscall for. It is alert, anticipating, brainand body. It is non-self-contradictory. energetic,and permanently so. It willsone rhrng at a timeand so maintains Obedienceto cosmic law allows its unity. It is powerful, vibratory, universallife-force to flow throughone's continuous,unific, persuasive,persistent, organism.Energy is the inner affirmationof hamonious,magnetic. It makesintelligent work. Individual intent and character use of conditions.It is the I AM rn determinethe degreeof magneticpower opemtion. whichwill manifestthrough the organism. (To be co tinued in the next issue The healthy body is the perfect expressionofcosmic forces there localised. It is the resultof obedienceto Law, Torah (repetitionofpositive creative action). The physicalis determinedby thepsychical, and this by the mental,intellectual. volitional and episcopalawareness. Energy is the work-affirmerwithin. Anticipation of results in accordwith the lavr'of magneticwill

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my head?No, not unless I arn currently 'into' thebooks, identifying with themas I readthem, so comingunder their influence. Why is that influenceso temporary?

lle are happy to print your leuen on any Yet if I do get going on a subject corcened with Euge^e Ha iday and his challenging question that demands deep wo* In the interests ofspace, we nay have to edt thought, out pop the relevant '' alld then. If it is necestary, pteare fugive 6. Ed. my 'ball' is rolling. But why cannot I remember'truths' bang bang bangjust like that? Is my memory of deep truths a function of extemal stimuli only, or long contemplation,when they eventuallystart to flow? I have a total of 40 transcriptionsof text takenfrom tapes.They arc,for the most I could not be more enthusiastic part,a verbatimrecord of Eugene'stalks. aboutthe subjectmatter of the booksI have Wherepossible I haveincluded drawings sofar read...... so what is goingon, why am and diagramswhich were usedto illustrate I sucha dullard? the talks. UnfortunatelyI haveno recordof such illusfations from the early Liverpool talks.These would cefiainlyadd to the value (Perhapsyou havethe answer,Neil, \ehenyou of the texts, and I wouldbe interestedto say that if )ou are challenged, the ideas arc ayailable.EH alwaysrccohnetued us not b try to hearfrom anyonewho hascopies of such memorise,but to tust the inte\igence of the Here- diagrams. ow moment to bring the correct answer into \4,hena real needarises. In your inner If any readersare interestedI can consciousness centrc pu alreadJ know all therc is to know . supplythem with a list oftmnscriptions. Believingand operatingthat is theprcblen! Editor)

What is going on? I have read Reflexive Self-Consciousness3 times, Conquestof Anxiety4 times,Thrcugh the Bible I twice, and am halfway through Throughthe Bible lI. Ask me about the nub of any of those books and I would be struggling, without careful thought,to std, to give an answer.Yet I know the conceptsare in there,have sunk in andenriched my life, but can I comeup with anythingoff the top of

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which at onceseve6 and binds togetherthe creationsofAd. Art is itselfthecreator of the kinds of men, for each man is characterisedby the activity of his being. Us ah essential prerequisite to " P is thecorrect placing or categorising meaningful discussion, said EH, first from which aris€s defineyour terms." Ir1this column,we will of all things whatever, include deJinitionshelpful to study clarity ofthought S is th€ separativeactivity which con- stitutesthe proceduresofanaMcal sci€nce. tl.A.R.P.5.6* p"c"t h*ans) These five are modalities of the Absolute R€ality which never manifests the order of appearancein ttme Tn itself other thao in thesemodalities. I(history) and therefore of evolutionarynecessity. Hierarchy(of powers) 'f,ormal Art definitionsare circular and no I escape is possible by further definition. Science Without a hierarchy of powe$, no art is rotatory.what rsbefore would havebeen possible, for Art requires f,xistence Lexistence is Being. Being is the the impositionof order inro a numberof non-rotatorysubstance ofwhich the rotatory diverseelements. modalityis existence. without rhecreations of Art. Religion would not havearisen, for Religionis man's relation to the Creative Power which manifeststhrough ArL ISHVAL Without Religion, Philosophy would not have appeared,for Philosophyis only the rationalisationof the revealedcontent of ISHVAL is, of course,the shoftened Religion. name of the Institute for the Study of Without Philosophythe mind of man HierologicalValues, the organisationwhich would have lacked the disciplinewhich was founded in 1963 for the purpose of alonemakes Science possible. propagatingthe ideasinherent in the work of Eug€neHalliday. He was its founderand H is the power which by its inherency Chairmanuntil his deathin I 987. crcates the forms which constitute the elementsand relations ofAft. ln his private notebook,EH described what he called "The Bible of ISIryAL". A is theActivity whichitself is Art. (ISH VAL h€ glossedas MAN VALUE, and LAV ISH mercy. R is the Ruling Vibrationalfunction

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"All things are modalities of a TIIE FUTURE OF ISFIVAL continuumofsentient power. All selyesare INTHENOW sentieht power committed to act as obseryationpoihts. As sehtientpower all There is no question about the selvesare non-different.As idehfirtedr)ith continuanceofISHVAL. It is not merclya uniqueindividuated obseruation poihts, all finite organisation based mercly in a selvesdffir. particula!place. In its tlue senseISIryAL is Honour all different viewpoints. the etemally-supportedfunction of the examinationof and by Man (ISH) of his Love all selves as modalities of the possibilitiesofbeing. [t is alwaysat rrork, " Infnite SentientPower. LAV-ISHIy maintainedby AbsolutePower That concise statementis an intense whereverthere is an intelligencewilling to ^^.-r. rL- G,-^1i^- compressionof Eugene'swork, and his int€nt for the organisationhe named and What is required is an unswerving brought into being. This is how he defined devotion to the ideals laid down in the Hierologicalvalues. works of EH. This is in itself a success 'Thosevalues contained in the saled guarantee.Any activity which is in accord writings of v,orld . Thesevalues with the developmertalwill of the A.S.P. field is empowered.Any activitywhich is derive from the ltimate source of all values, of which humoh yalues constitute contraryto that Love is not empoweredand one expression- comp lex. mustfinally fail. From the identityof the ultimatesource While the etemalverity of the ISHVAL of all values comes the concept of the conceptis not to be questioned,we haveto ultimatenon-duality of humanpurposes and recognisethe physicalchanges ollunar time in the world's affairs.ISHVAL at Parklands Jiom this the necessityof honoufing those purposes insofar as they do not refute has changedcontinuously over the years, themselves." ard will continueto do so. The attemptto preservea statusquo is anti-God.What has When the Founderdeparted, his work to be affirmed constantlyis the changeless continuedat Parklands,morc or lessas he natureofthe INTENT TO ISHVAL. had set it out, for another seven years. During this time the projectof publishing If one becomesattached to the finite The CollectedWorks of EugeneHalliday appurtenancesof ISHVAL, such as its wasbegun. audiencesand their numbers,the house calledParklands, the grounds,the upkeep, When the decisionwas takento leave andso on, suchperipheral identification rs Parklands,a meditationtook placein which ego-stimulated.We arc not to image lhe essentialspirit of EH wasinvoked to ourselveseither to successor failure,but be give a messageabout the futureofISHVAL. contenlonly to be servantsof the living In this first issueof The Halliday Review, it God. seemsapprop ate to recall that meditation, which sets out the raison d'etre of the ISIryAL is composedin anyone place organisation which he founded so many or timeofthat beingor thosebeings whose yearsago. Here it is. will is to serveit. Wherethese instruments are not, ISIryAL is not. How many times

18 The Hallidav Review Autumn 1997 have we to remind ouNelvesof this fact? Stupid Man and the Ahsolute "Wheretwo or three are gatheredtogether" is enough, so long as it is in HIS (ISH) Whenone sees a stupidman one should "There name.In sucha case,you are ISHI/AL. say, is the Absolute disguisedas a stupid man." When one seesa genius one The chief dangeris inertia, the falling should say, "Therc go€s the Absolute into routines,and the subsequentreliance on disguisedas a genius.' So lvith all other joyous thes€ to prop oneself up. Lifc is a beings. The Absolute assumesall these adventure,not a pleasurepursuit. lt is to be foms to €ducatethe humansoul, which is lived in the wholly involvedNOW moment, its 'belovedson". which includes both past ard fuhue, but doesnot becomeidentified with either. Am I in this now-herc-moment performing to the best of my ability that DANGER OF TOO RAPID fimctionwhich will enhanceISIIVAL? That is to be the touchston€.The great ISH or DEVELOPMENT IHS or SHIlohfirnction says to us, "Lo! I am with you alwaysl"We haveto be sulethat we can truthfully say the sameto ISH, that I am includw this shortpiece not only JESHUgod-man whose service is love, "Lo! because of the i trihsic value of the I am with you always!" warhing, but also becouseit refers to the GrcatSwbol which appeorsso manytitues Today,three and a halfyears after that in EH's work From this symbolofthe cross rfieditatioh i4)aspenned, the situation is ot in the cilcle can be extrapolatedthe ,,ehole changed.ISHyAL is verymuch alive, and meaningofpolarised existence.DM very much contihui g to propagate the ideals to which our Founder subsctibed. Perhaps the most comptehensiveof those man'sfeeling awareness oflhjngs ideals is Eugexe Halliday's definition of Tfa I grows faster lhan his capacityto love. 'l,ove is the willingnessto developthe integratehis experiences into his goveming potential of being." So long as in out conceptlink€d to his referencename, then, various classesand tall6 and activities lve in effect, he explodes,i.e. his energiesfly coktinue to serue that greot Law of Love, out beyondhis referencecentre. then it matters ot in what place, in what terms and in v,hose ame oveft ot covert, For safe developmentthere must first we conti ue the tvork be establish€da stablercference centre to which one's name has been fasten€d,ard Finally we are working ourself.But for this stablereference centre must be suchthat the name of out self is ISHVAL. Wemust to it canbe assimilatedall the significances leam to love the hame,and theh we can of one's experience. Thus the stable lealh to love the ofit and the being function referencecenhe must bo ofform basicto all towardswhom it is directed.DM. phenomena,or must be able to reduceall things to one thing. A good sl,rnbol of such a stable referencecenfe is lhe imageof thecross in

l9 The Halliday Review Autumn 1997 the circle O. Here the circle rcpresentsa like it, it is not v€ry likely that you will try circumscribedzone within the infinite field to acl upon it. of SentientPower, The horizontalline Thinking is forming. Will is energising. representsthe passiveor substantialaspect Feelingis the evaluationof the relation of being, the material of experience.The betweenform and energy,idea and will. vertical line representsthe active or power aspectof reality, the spidt-initiative. To remember th€se: the situatiol m which one finds oneself; the passive elements of the situation; the active, initiating consciousnessin the situation;this SOMETHING TO SLEEP ON is to hold in one's handsthe fundamentals of conlrol. by Eugene Halliday

tTrhe endof anotherday.Time for bed I and sleep.Sleep is bestwhen we feel that we've had a goodday, that all ts DEVELOPMENTAL IfEMPO well with us.But maybewe haven'thad a goodday; maybe we feel that all is not well with us. Maybewe feel that the world being what it is, a// cannotbe well with anybody. TEM/PO is Time,?ower. At each How canall bewell with usifall is not well momentof time a certainamount ofpower- with the world in which we live? Without an quanhm is availableand by it certainthings iruler senseof securityhow can we sleep? may be done, in a certain manner, at a And how can w€ have a senseof inner certamIate. security if the world we live in is not secule? 'Wars, rumourc of wars, ever more powerfulweapons of destruction,nuclear bombsable to disintegratethe fabric ofour civilisation. Starvation and disease and death.How canwe feel secue,and sleep, TFIXNK.F'EEN-. WIN-L with thesespeches haunting our dreams? This is the problem for which all geat philosophiesand religionshave soughta Think clearlyin orderto discoverthe solution.Just this is the meaningof all Truth of the situation. Feel the truth man'sthought. What is the solution offer€d discoveredand /i,tei, Will stronglyto impel to us by the great religions and your organismto act upon the Truth. ?All greatsystems ofthought, It is no use being able to think clearly all deep inruitionsof truth agreein this: andso to discoverthe Truth, ifhaving found evenif theworld is notall righl.yet it is the Truth, you do not /ife t. If you do not possiblefor us to be right;even ifall is not

20 The Halliday Review Autumn 1997 woll with the world, yet it is possiblefor all responsiveto new challenges.'Spirit' still to be well with us. meansto us today what it meant to our ah.Fcf^r( I^no ao^ How can we live in a world of insecurityand yet know that we are secure? About 500 y€arsB.C. Heraclitus,the Theanswer given by all thegreat teachers is Gre€kphilosopher, had seenthe universeas that we live in more worlds than one. The an everliving fiery energy moving material world we see with our physical incessaltly according to its own laws or eyesis oneworld; but thereis anotherworld rcason or Logos. He saw this energy our physical eyes cannot see,a world the creatingand dissolving world upon world. prophetsand philosopheruhave called th€ He anticipated what today we call the spiritual world, a world of valuesof a uniformity of naturallaw- different order to material ones,a world m Otherthinkers made their contribution which nuclear weapons and radiation to humanthought. For the next few hundred diseasesand deathhave no place. y€ars religious and philosophical Many of us in this enlightened20'h discussionsoccupied the minds of all Century tend to fight shy of the word intelligent educatedmen. By the time the "spirit". "Spiritual values",if they ever youngJewish teacher. Jesus. appeared in belongedanywhere, seem to many ofus to Palestine,ideas of the nature of the world belong to anotherage. And so a word goes were fteely discussedin every crossing into disrepute. point of the tradercutes of the world. But to undeNtandourselves and the The idea, which today we kllow to be worlds we live in, we mustunderstand what true, that the material world is only a 'spirit' is. Throwingaway the word won't constuct of energy,a play of forces,was eliminatethe fact it standsfor. kno{n to Jesus,as to everyother intelligent youngman ofhis day. what did the philosophersand prophets of the ancient world mean by the word But Jesus went further than most 'spirit', or its equivalentin otherlanguages? thinkers of his day. He had a more Simply, they meant 'life-force' or 'life- persistent,thorcugh-going mind than his principle'.The Greekword 'pneuma'used contemporaies.He argued lhat. if matteris in the New Testamentfor spirit, meant only a play of forces,and thereforehas no breath or life principle. It appearcdto the existenc€of its own, we shouldplace the ancients that the air we brcathe was stressofvalue in the causativeenergy rather intimatelyconnected with the life-forcethey than on its materialeffects. throughthe universe of moving fell rufiing Matter is or y an effect of force. The things. universeofthings is the expressionofa self- Properlyrmderstood, the word 'spirit' is moving force, which the ancients called 'spidt'. a good word.We talk of a spiritedhorse, It is foolish to wo$hip an effect meaninga horsecharged with life-force; or rather than its cause.worship ol effects a spiriledwoman. meanirg a womanwho is ratherthan causeis idolatry. quelled; a spiritual man, not easily or Michelangelocarved a wonderfulfigure meadng a man who is life-positive, of David. Which is the morc intelligent, to vital,alert to newpossibilities, courageous, place the stressof value on the flgure, or

2\ The HallidavReview Autumn 1997 upon th€ creative inlelligence which producedit? This is notsuch a silly queslion as it might appear.There have been men ear Go4,thelrrd and who would havemurdered the artist in order Dentninceofmq nolcdsoul., to gain possessionof his works. There are leephcre mq b'onestn-, still misguidedmen who would do this. On stlui qeru.litir ; this basis we might divide men into two hcii"mcryrouisure*n, categodes: one kind of man values the T crcativewill and intelligencethat produces nd ordli-nc mlrsctes the great work; the other kind seeks to fl loosert6piiu possessthe work andvalues it more than its hcir rude embruce. creator. The first kind we might call T ou tlaor! mu bodu dotun worshippersofspirit, the qeative life-force, tn'ni4htb da*r- or God; the secondkind, worshippersof L €epdionl+ulness dn4.-r matter or Mammon. We must place th€ D mZrru-steeo- supr€m€value-shess on one or the other - hd tur'thqqitci of fL5lr thereis no middle course.It is goodfor us to T attni{}rt'- know on which to placeit. T dqnce widrthee u,hor Onething is certain:the eflect depends I Erterorrlu on the cause,not the causeon the effect. Effects perish, their cause remains. The world of materialeffects has a begiming GL*Haffi,[:*- andtherefore an end.Therefore the material world hasno ultimatesecurity. The world of DM cause,of force,of€nergy, spirit is etemal, endlessand thereforeabsolutely secure. To realisethis is to standat the point of decision.Between effect and cause,matter and spirit,we mustchoose. Something to sleepon. Goodnight.

rtMEN

A the Absolute Fire - Fire triad M the Cosmic Substance- Earthtriad E the Field of Sentience- Water triad Alllhednwings in this€dition are by EugeneHauiday N the Motion of Form - Air triad

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