The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-08-28

Mrs. VI. NJ. Thirds delivered
smother lecture on Theosophy last
Friday. She said, in part;
LADIES AND GgNrIgNEN - Spirit
Snd matter are regarded by TneoSo-
phists As the same thing-th9t Is, as
I the two sides ~ = coin, Joined for all
time, but presenting different aspects ;
spirit representing force, snd matter
I the clothing which nature has put on
Z in Sll her different aspects, Ii is the
Sncient thought that matter is the
clothing or passive side Of spirit. Ii
has been declared that there are seven
aspects in nature; and so in the uni
verse, being regarded as embodied
consciousness, there are always seven
great grades Of consciousness or intel
ligence. From the highest TO the
lowest, consciousness is everywhere.
On the highest planes il is perfectly
developed, aud there We say divine in
tellige0ce reignS. Intelligence and
life are eternal. From this plane Of
divine intelligence, all things have
come forth. Conscious life has always
energy of its own, the great primeval
forces which may change from plane
10 plane, but make the great sea Of
forces, however il may seem to Us.
The primeval force in nature is what
Is described in philosophy IS the
monad. Ii i life always acting in s
suitable medium.
II has been proven in the last few
years that sound produces form. Ii is
claimed 10y philosophers that from
sound have really originated all
forms, and. by the energy Of nature,
this has produced various forms on
various planes. From the plSne of
mind. this force speeds outward and
begins 10 produce ethereal forms. These
grow more sni more dense as the
energy moves from plane 10 plane.
Modern science tells Us that there il
70 design in syolution--that all Is the
result u blind force, and still binder
matter. To Us there is design every
where. To Us the evolution or unfold
menl Of any form implies some design
OF nature. Always we find some
model, something in the shape of a
design on which all things grow. To
our conception il is the mOnad, the
conscious life in nature, which has
woven the garments about the spirit,
and begins 10 unfold the cover it has
made, and out Of that garment 10
weave more conscious position, TO
lift il TO q higher plane. This concep-
ton Is radically different 10 modern
science. But il tells US what science is
beginning 10 explain more and more
what life Is.
According 10 our philosophy, when
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backward toward the spiritual, ii first
passes through the mineral kingdom,
then the vegetable, then the animal,
and finally 10 man. The great intelli-
genees have given OF their life TO all
the lower planes, but TO man alone is
given their divine intelligence. In
him intelligence has reached up near
IL 70 the divine plane. He has be-
come the temple Of the living God.
So this intelligence is reflected upon
him and regarded IS a ray of the d.
vine mind. Man Is 9 God i'm an ami
nal form. q promise OF divinity, hav-
ing 3 capacity for infinite unfold
ness
The theory Of cycles has been
adopted recently by some scientists.
Its. that all things come and 90 in
cycles, or circles. In our philosophy,
all these cycles are repeated, and
there Is no limit TO the number of
times that men shall come into
the world TO be perfected. Ia no one
life can any one individual be per-
fected. Nations and races must again
and again study the evolutiOns Of life
to become perfect. 1t can no longer be
denied that the world in the past has
seen many great civilizations, which
have not been lost, but have pro-
ceeded upward. Nations and races,
all decay, and their intelligence anew
succeeds.