The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-05-19

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dividual life is sacred and serves high
purpose. In this sense theosophy teels
an interest and sympathy in every work
which has for its object the eleyation OF
humanity and in its own way aids and
assists.
Reincarnation and Karma are two
principal and important facts forthe full
understanding of which those who desire
theosophical knowledge should study.
It's literature on these'as well as all its
truths is larges explicit and constantly
growing. Heresy and partial knowledge
cannot be depended upon to give exact
truth upon these important subjects.
Reincarnation is a subject which has
been closely looked into, studied and ac-
cepted by too many keen and critical
minds to be idly considered. From the
standpoint of a partial knowledge, no
one is qualified either to accept or reject
it. The more it is studied, the more ap-
parent it becomes. Theosophy asserts
that by no other known truth can the
apparently unjust conditions and in
equalfties of Individual life he accounted
for than upon that of reincarnation
and karma Itrests solely and entirely up
on the law of cause and effect. Itasserts
that given cause always produces an
effect sooner or later of the same nature
upon the same plane, always however
attend by the impulse which the individ-
ual consciousness gives to it, and that
this is an an additional reason why this
impulse should be eleyating and upward.
That the condition of man in the present
lite with all his peculiar physical, men,
tai, moral and spiritual characteristics
is the effect of causes set up in previous
life, and the causes now set in motion by
him will determine his future state in
another incarnation, which conditions
may be made the means of his now rapid
development and growth.
Man is dual in his nature, The spirit
which is eternal in its essence having no
beginning or ending is the real and true
self which manitests through the lower
and transient animal or personality but
that each incarnation is an advance by
so much as he by the causes he sets in
motion shall make it, until finally, the
spirit reaches point through develop
ment when incarnation becomes unnec.
cessary upon this earthly plane. At
death or within a short time after the
personality which must be distinguished
from the individuality or the irnmort al
spirit which has used the body as a
vehicle through which to express itself
disintegrates and like the body goes back
to the elements ofwhich it was composed,
all that the individuality or spirit has
acquired in any way which is by its
essence of a lasting nature, is stored up
by it for use in its next incarnation, so
a new expression or rebirth commences
upon the basis of the highest develop
ment of the last incarnation. The per-
sonality and it's yehicleIperishes when it's
usefulness is ended and the individuality,
the spiritual ego continues to exist and
to utilize again and again that phase of
existence or manifestation in matter
which is best adapted for it's growth,
and which ultimately fit it to merge into
infinite consciousness; man is therefore
to large degree the arbiter of his own
destiny. The path along which he must
PROGRESSES always ready for his footsteps
but whether he will hasten or loiter on
the way, whether he will suffer or enjoy
depends upon himself.
Theosophy teaches that the individual
may rise superior to time, place and cir
cumstance if he so wills. that the door of.
universal knowledge is open for all who
seek it, to all who desire admittance to
the temple of wisdom. Purity of Lie and
nature not alone according to this local
standard of the time in which we live.
but by the concentrated wisdom of the
ages and as given out by the greatest
teachers, such as Jesus, Budda and others
should be our constant guide. The purer
and higher the impulse the more rapid
the development or the growth of the
higher self within each one of us. 1t is
the embodiment ofthe flower of humanity
which shall gradually ripen into the
perfect fruit.