The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-05
KARMA AND ETHICS.
Third Lecture of The0sophist
William Q. Judge.
Right Means, Right Thought and Right
Action arrival To-Day of the Presi-
dent-Founder, H. S. 0lcott.


Last evening William Q. Judge delivered
lecture in Odd Fellows Hall, on HKarma
and Ethics F." before another large audience.
He 1,os introduced hyF r Remha Presi-
a.. 80 49, 60, 60 Pronan - ,ha
", ueu' VI .he uoiuoh ""to oi"n1n VI ''0
1heosopnlcal society.
1T is necessary for US to inquire what is
man from theosophical standpoint ?" he
snid. s.The other evening told yon man is
- oo,,,,osjta son+orota hoin,r do,oIo,,iro
npOs,'o' a % 'e,"s' ooo;1,
oI Hi Vi 'he seven piaiits' Le' US ConceiHe
him as one enyeloped In SIX vehicles, each
vehicle being a vehicle for the element one
above it. There is the body material, which
Ua coo thap tho .dasire hodv tha astral bodv
ord tho nnssiors 1'boco fonr vobicIas are
wLot oro 1oi5 dou,, 81 doo,b tha ofhar, are
,a, - -. - - ., 80 90 h+n,o
TonIpoSeu VI wha' uio AliU"il W 10 DO a INC
Duuuha anu Mahas' souI. splIit anu ihllu ;
Inc man we see decays al ueatn the Iedi
man lives on forever, anu III Is thiS leaI
man thal leeIS ana KNOWS "nat are true
ethics
THE MEANING OF ETHICS
"What is the meaning of the word 'ethic?
Ethics are said in the dictionary to be the
science of human conduct; code of rules.
without there being standard of ethics for
the world at large. The Chinese have one
code OF ethics; the BuddhlShlS have their
ethics. The latter say right means, right
thought, right action The Christians
have their ethics. They are founded on the
golden rule do unto others, etc., but the
ethics are not practiced. The code is only Il
theory. We have this nation of ours eXter-
mnating the Indians. the sons OF the soil.
Again, there is business code, which Is In
contradiction and opposite to the religious
code. So there is no necessity for us to say
our code is the Christian code, We can only
adopt it, add to it, aud make it operative
When TOlstOi makes recluse Of himself
and his family the world laughs. Yet he Is
following the Christian code closer than the
So-called enlightened nations Of the west. IL
the Christian code, as laid down by Christ,
we're to be followed by the Christian(?)
nations they would have to disarm.
THEosoPHIC CODE.
THE tbeosophfc code is that men are
brothers, touching each other Dramatically.
M matter how much you may think this
nation or that people are diverse from you,
Yet they are of the human brotherhood.
Every man H. the whole breadth of the uni
verse is vibrating with every other man.
There is nothing that can make the real
man think otherwise, though seeming man
hood thu ough stress OF friction makes an
eternal warfare for existence, the desire to
subject and disOwn.
what y,u SOW yOu shall reap. Sow the
wind and you shall reap the whirlwlnd.
That is karma. karnIa Is the law of
cause and effect Action is based
upon thought. As We think so we
ACT, and as we think of the Chi
nese in China so is the Influence
of our thoughts in America. TIL ere are
many proofs in all books, from The Bible.
ere 81. Paul says, God is not Knocked,
meaning (as we think, that is, as we sow
God allows US to reap. to the Vedas and
Koran As a man thinks the convolutons
of his brain becomes deeper and more pro-
nuunced. 1t is known that Napoleon head
grew after he had become Consul and still
more when he became Emperor Every
thing goes to show the effect of thought on
objective natures. We arrive at this conclu-
sion just the same as the scientist or materi-
alst when be discovers his atom. which no
one ever saw and may never see, but which