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Where the eyes of the spiritual man are open, this will be a true and penetrating spiritual perception. WHERE THE EYES OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN ARE OPEN THIS WILL BE A TRUE AND PENETRATING SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION
is Control, and immediately upon it follows perception, understanding, insight. Take a trite example. Supposing one is walking in an Indian forest. A charging elephant suddenly appears. The man is excited by astonishment, and, perhaps, terror. But he exercises an effort of will, perceives the situation in its true bearings, and recognizes that a certain thing must be done; in this case, probably, that he must get out of the way as quickly as possible. Or a comet, unheralded, appears in the sky like a flaming sword. The beholder is at first astonished, perhaps terror-stricken; but he takes himself in hand, controls his thoughts, views the apparition calmly, and finally calculates its orbit and its relation to meteor showers. These are extreme illustrations; but with all knowledge the order of perception is the same: first, the excitation of the mind by the new object impressed on it; then the control of the mind from within; upon which follows the perception of the nature of the object. N THE PERCEIVING CONSCIOUSNESS IS CONTROL AND IMMEDIATELY UPON IT FOLLOWS PERCEPTION UNDERSTANDING INSIGHT TAKE A TRITE EXAMPLE SUPPOSING ONE IS WALKING IN AN INDIAN FOREST A CHARGING ELEPHANT SUDDENLY APPEARS THE MAN IS EXCITED BY ASTONISHMENT AND PERHAPS TERROR BUT HE EXERCISES AN EFFORT OF WILL PERCEIVES THE SITUATION IN ITS TRUE BEARINGS AND RECOGNIZES THAT A CERTAIN THING MUST BE DONE IN THIS CASE PROBABLY THAT HE MUST GET OUT OF THE WAY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE OR A COMET UNHERALDED APPEARS IN THE SKY LIKE A FLAMING SWORD THE BEHOLDER IS AT FIRST ASTONISHED PERHAPS TERROR STRICKEN BUT HE TAKES HIMSELF IN HANDS CONTROLS HIS THOUGHTS VIEWS THE APPARITION CALMLY AND FINALLY CALCULATES ITS ORBIT AND ITS RELATION TO METEOR SHOWERS THESE ARE EXTREME ILLUSTRATIONS BUT WITH ALL KNOWLEDGE THE ORDER OF PERCEPTION IS THE SAME FIRST THE EXCITATION OF THE MIND BY THE NEW OBJECT IMPRESSED ON IT THEN THE CONTROL OF THE MIND FROM WITHIN UPON WHICH FOLLOWS THE PERCEPTION OF THE NATURE OF THE OBJECT
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