The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-02-26

ideal with which we starred.
This ideal involves the per-
sistence of the individual lfe-stream
through repeated earth-lives-each
one the strict result of the deeds of
the former, and receiving by an inn
partial and immutable law, the exact
conditions OF existence for which the
soul has fitted itself in the past
Thus, through many stages, the uni
verse realizes itself-ever one, yet in
various grades OF manifestation-ever
unfolding, yet doomed to battle with
the forces; by means OF which tgrows.
Students CT Theosophy, more, per-
haps, than ony others, are brought
face to face nth the deep mystery OF
Being. For them Nature has COM
prehensiveness which completely out
measures the wisdom OF the wisost
human systems, since it includes them
all, and yet remains unapproachable.
Though compelled to stand uncov-
cred before the profound unknowahle-
ness OF Life, Theosophists can yet
claim, By the application of their
fundamental principles, clearer in
sight into the purposes ofNature than
has been attained by other schools OF
thought. They see in the mystery of
Being conception that includes also
the idea of non Being-the condition
of absolute and limitless Existence of
which Being is but transitory stage,
and towards which it can advance
only by effort.
The evils OF matter, then, do not, in
reality, mar the progress of the Uni
verse; they support its life by giving it
the means whereby to win its immor-
tality. Nature can make no mistake.
Suffering is good, and failure is good,
and the waste places OF this stage
shall be the paradises Of the next, for
the Universe is ever unfolding from
it's divine germ, and all that appears
in it, having pre-existed from everlast-
ing in the Ideal Mind, must be a part
OF the divine process.
In recognizing the vast unfolding of
an ideal consciousness, on the same
lines as those by which plant unfolds
from its germ, we perceive fitness
and q harmony in all things, which
those are apt to miss who view the
Universe from one of it's transient
stages only. The Theosophical key
note of agreement in difference, con-
joined with the endless evolution OF
the One Principle, unlocks many an
otherwise fast-closed door. 1t estab-
fishes, moreover, a system OF ethics
on q thoroughly philosophical basis.
Teaching that, though the potencies
OF differentiation are varied, Spirit is
one in it's essence and in every phase
OF its manifestation, it inculcates the
principle OF unity and atruism as the
essential of Theosophical life
No other point is insisted upon, for
in the recognition of Brotherhood and
Love lie all the Law and the Prophets.
Theosophy sees in this all-pervading
principle, as applied to ethics, the
nucleus OF force which shall revolution
ize the world.
1t is the road along which the Uni
verse moves in it's slow, grand march
towards perfection. and they who re-
alize their oneness with the Whole, in
purpose and end, must mold their
lives in accordance with it's laws.
Selfishness or separateness is the
absolute destroyer OF the purposes OF
nature. In the lower kingdoms it is
necessary as a means OF acquiring I'M
ity, knowledge and frmer basis OF
existence; in mankind who has entered
upon larger life, the bestial should
be lost in the divine, the sense Of sep
arateness in the nearer vision OF the
Whole.
Such is an imperfect outline of the
philosophy of Theosophy-the record
of divine Universe issuing from q
divine Source and journeying towards
a divine UItimatum, the Alpa and the
Omega OF all things.