The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-13

death, post norton states and the
evolution OF many kingdoms OF nature
not found elsewhere"
d adopts have bodies?"
There are many degrees of adeprs
each one has a body corresponding t
his degree of development. The lower
orders have bodies similar in form
n degree of density to our own
Those of higher degree have more
ethereal bodies. The latter have the
power to make n use bodies suita-
bic for any temporary work they may
undertake. With them the body is ar
instrument to be made, used anG
thrown aside at will. But each adept
has his permanent. called the thought
body, which is not bound by h limi
tations of time and space, and which
may be projected at will through enS
substance to any distance by the
power of thought"
Where do adopts Iive?"
Strictly speaking they have no per
manen habitation. Being on a higher
plane of development tina ourselves
they are beyond the pale of laws thai
govern US, but still are subject TO the
laws of their w plane. India is fire.
quently cited as their abode but, to my
mind, it is quite as reasonable to pre-.
sumo that, in view of their nature
objects and character of work they
are in this country as we'll as else
where"
How They Are Met.
"If they are here why don't we meet
them?"
Perhaps we do meet some of them.
1T is stated somewhere that you
might have an adept in your house
for years and yet not know him as
such. A Door might be in the
presence of a gentleman and scientist
OF great attainment, yet remain ignor-
ant of his character and attachments
Although the ignorance of the for<er
would not alter the status of the lat
ter, it would prevent him from Snder-
standing and approaching the scholar.
Exactly so as to u relation to adopts
They are imbued with aitruism and
work for the elevation of the race. no
FOR themselves, and do that work more
often unknown to those whom they
benefit. In fact they care little
whether they are known or not. To
merge their consciousness with the
consciousness of nature to work on
lmperSonally for mans liberation from
evil and ignorance is their object. To
be known would but tend to crafty
egotiSm, vanity and other purely
m qualities, and thus defeat their
grand object, which is to assist the
great orphan-hNmanity-in its ma~ch
towards the goal of a higher life.
The master of wisdom is like the
star hung in spacial depths, which
gives light to all but takes none itself.
While the ordinary mar is actuated
by motions of selfshness, egotism and
Vanity, strives almost solely for tEo
interest and welfare of himself. his
family and immediate associates, and
proceeds upon h plan that he can
not only attain happiness and success
for himself n those dependent upon
him. but even at the expense of the
suffering of others 1t is thus our
own condition which isolates us from
the masters, who stand ready to ap-
proach and make themselves known to
us when we are ready. In truth they
patiently wait until we learn, through
experience Us there any other way p.
that to be happy ourselves we must
strive to make others happy; Thai to
attain true progress we must help
others progress. Then we may know
them, because, having become like
them in motive knowledge and action.
self-impoSed barriers fall away. OPEN
ing up a channel of conscious com
munication between the great ones
and ourselves.
"The race surely tends toward the
goal. But who shall say hat there
are not those who have already
reached it? There have beer and NAV
YET be. many saviours of the race
those who give their best thought
energy, life itself in service for
humanity. Such We're Buddha. FARO
aster, Jesus, Boehme, ParaceIsus.
Blavatsky and other great souls VIII
like beacon lights, illumine the course
of human history"