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It is primarily due to spiritual blindness, to blindness regarding the spiritual man, and ignorance even of his existence; for by this blind ignorance are closed the channels through which, were they open, the creative force could flow into the body of the spiritual man, there building up an immortal vesture. IT IS PRIMARILY DUE TO SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS TO BLINDNESS REGARDING THE SPIRITUAL MAN AND IGNORANCE EVEN OF HIS EXISTENCE FOR BY THIS BLIND IGNORANCE ARE CLOSED THE CHANNELS THROUGH WHICH WERE THEY OPEN THE CREATIVE FORCE COULD FLOW INTO THE BODY OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN THERE BUILDING UP AN IMMORTAL VESTURE
 form, the creative force will be drawn off, and become operative in building the body of the spiritual man, just as it has been operative in the building of physical bodies, through generation in the natural world. Perfectly concentrated Meditation on the nature of this force means, first, that rising of the consciousness into the spiritual world, already described, which gives the one sure foothold for Meditation; and then, from that spiritual point of vantage, not only an insight into the creative force, in its spiritual and physical aspects, but also a gradually attained control of this wonderful force, which will mean its direction to the body of the spiritual man, and its gradual withdrawal from the body of the natural man, until the over-pressure, so general and such a fruitful source of misery in our day, is abated, and purity takes the place of passion. This over pressure, which is the cause of so many evils and so much of human shame, is an abnormal, not a natural, condition. TUAL MAN HAS BEGUN TO TAKE FORM THE CREATIVE FORCE WILL BE DRAWN OFF AND BECOME OPERATIVE IN BUILDING THE BODY OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN JUST AS IT HAS BEEN OPERATIVE IN THE BUILDING OF PHYSICAL BODIES THROUGH GENERATION IN THE NATURAL WORLD PERFECTLY CONCENTRATED MEDITATION ON THE NATURE OF THIS FORCE MEANS FIRST THAT RISING OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS INTO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD ALREADY DESCRIBED WHICH GIVES THE ONE SURE FOOTHOLD FOR MEDITATION AND THEN FROM THAT SPIRITUAL POINT OF VANTAGE NOT ONLY AN INSIGHT INTO THE CREATIVE FORCE IN ITS SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS BUT ALSO A GRADUALLY ATTAINED CONTROL OF THIS WONDERFUL FORCE WHICH WILL MEAN ITS DIRECTION TO THE BODY OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN AND ITS GRADUAL WITHDRAWAL FROM THE BODY OF THE NATURAL MAN UNTIL THE OVER PRESSURE SO GENERAL AND SUCH A FRUITFUL SOURCE OF MISERY IN OUR DAY IS ABATED AND PURITY TAKES THE PLACE OF PASSION THIS OVER PRESSURE WHICH IS THE CAUSE OF SO MANY EVILS AND SO MUCH OF HUMAN SHAME IS AN ABNORMAL NOT A NATURAL CONDITION
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