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pears in the opposite direction to Love's action - first in the form of flora, then of fauna

and, lastly, of man, though, at first sight, this fact may seem paradoxal.

One may notice the same complex process of growth and development in the heart
of each of these notes. In each of the three cases, this process follows an inner

descending scale. It is unleashed by the impetus of the reflux, operating then as an

active force, which ensures the general growth of organic life. In order to cross over to
the stage of development, a complementary voluntary effort is required. In the floral

gamut, it takes the form of agricultural work: it is the conscious, voluntary effort of the

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cultivator which fills in the interval between the FA and the MI of this scale , and the
Earth brings forth more fruit. If this effort ceases, the ploughed land and the orchards

will return to their primitive state: the rose will become eglantine again. The same goes
for the fauna and for man himself as we will see further on.

The process of development, such as we have defined it, represents a refinement of

organic life on Earth: thus this transmitting station reacts responds with enhanced
sensitivity to the impact of the energy that proceeds from Absolute I, and which is

directed towards it by Absolute II.

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The effects and causes represent the succession of scales, whose sequence, at the cosmic
level, is made according to cycles. The three great driving investigators in man: hunger, sex and
fear, force him to take initiatives, to hurl himself in constructive or productive work.