Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-05-21
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A hat Can Outrun tho Electr
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A Mahatma Can Outrun tho Electr {
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New YORK, May 14.-"There is more
evidence of the existence of mahatmas
than there is that Napoleon and Jesus
existed" So spoke William Q. Judge
in n lecture before the Aryan Theo-
sophical society at 144 Madison ave.
nue.. The theosophists Of Gotham
were there for the purpose of finding
out the best way to become mahatmas.
The theosophical definition Of ma
hatmas is very long, but if you want a
newspaper definition it is n human
being SO wise hat he knows all
things in the universe and can con-
troll the elements ut will. 1t can
be either a lady or n gentleman,
for in Mahatmadom the right of
woman suffrage is conceded. There
were about 200 people at the meeting.
They were intelligent looking, and
most of them wore bullying foreheads.
n"hf Ot vii~ auoivuvo wviv women
Mr.. Judge is secretary of the American
branch of the theosophical. society.
He was intimately acquainted with
the late Nine. ~Blavatsky, and has
spent many years in India in Sanskrit
research. Mr.. Judge defined a ma
hatma as n perfect human being. He
said it took thousands of years to be-
come SO. Man, he declared, was q
part of a universal and divine spirit.
There was no God. Man was his own
God. This universal spirit could per-
ceive only through intuition. 1t was
nt,nn ttnraGnnA nnI rpnnnatkatt
Evolution demanded that 1t should
gain experience on earth.
In order to know all things In the
universc-and man has n right to, for
he is a part Of tit was neces airy for
men to go through every experience
and stage of humanity. This could
not be possibly gathered in one life.
So 1t was necessary to be reborn per,
haps thousands of times. A law
known rs Karin, among the Hindoos
was the law Of equitable adjustment.
1t vas q law of cause and effect
Thought could travel as we'll as sound
and electricity. Every thought and
action in life rebounded back to the
n who set it in motion, whether 1t
vas good or evil. At death the net
result Of the thoughts and actions Of
that life were added to the travelling
ego and enriched 1t that much in ex-
p%erience. Then the spirit went away
to n temporary heaven and there re-
NAMED in a state of dreamy bliss until
the laws of nature should declare IL
ready for another incarnation. The
object of all this was that the perfect
man should be evolved. When that
stage was reached man would discard
his physical body and return to his or
iginal purely spiritual state, knowing
all things in the universe. But this
earth was not all. The same trip
would have to be made on all the plan
cts. A mahatma vas one Of these per-
fected human beings, it was explained.
After returning to the purely spirit
ual state some Of these perfected
beings returned for the benefit of
m ankind to earth. This necessitated
their going back into flesh. Mahatmas
made their homo In no particular
place. Their knowledge of the laws
of nature was so complete that they
could travel from San Francisco to New
York in a jiffy, and they could COM
with each other instantly,
regardless Of distance and without
wires OF any kind.