The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-26

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The SystsTtxs 81 Sleep aad D~ash. vas
fhs esotscs o. tie second lecture o. the
course roS III Sroeess OF delivery % Dr.
Alan 0riAsEs sn TneosoyhieAs naIs. 81
Third avenue. Among the large ssa.enee
last night ssrs seine de~p shaskess and
strict AsIe1tisu sAs given 70 he s1eaker's
remarxs- The subject vas considered ia
the aisEt OF the .aw Of ana-ogy ane cosre-
spon<enc<. which he csaszec wAs synony-
NOUS aitn sheosophicsi teschin9s
Sleep and death are analogous states.
TIE same causes producs both, namely.
too much ne. There Are three distinct
tag>s Of sleep: The Nightmare. the cesp
esesp and the conscious ssamner states.
Death. also has three states OF conscious
ness. exactly corresponding 20 siesp states.
An understanding Of the Causes wfsseh pro-
oues Inc latter. and OF what trsnspsres
therein. gives knowledge Of The fsYnser.
L&fe forces wear out the eody. break
down il molecules and destroy the bran
cells. causing dissolution and what 10
known a. death OF The body. The Soul.
the Thinker. survives the body. and re-
s.des in Its thought body 1.-THE TncoTr xpss-
be Body OF the TsstAmsnt1. ard after
rest. corresponding IN every particular 10
sie<p, asskens. constructs ard incArnatss
In Gnethsr physlcz. human body which
never before exissed. Thus. too much life
causes death. and this II the rationale Of
death.
what occurs during ordinary sleep. and
the longer sleep. mssca led death s-for
death 10 but . rest . sleep and a dream
ing for ordinary nsortais. The nrsr stage
o. sleep ID the nightmare, which 10 4 crit
lea. state. for II Is neither s.eeping nor
waking. ou; the border land between
tho two. The Thinker has not yet los,
Grasp upon the waking or enter
ness Of steep. Those who are swsyed by
the passions Of the lower nature Daring
waking hours DO not pass beyond fh,s
stage. ana II their whole lives are keyed
to the lower nature. upon death OF the
hedy and dexeriion Of II by the soul the
latter enters Kama Loka- or what Roman
Catholicism calls Pursstory. which 10 tho
realm Of low desires and unsatiSfed EARTH
~ lonsinxs. corresponding exactly 70 the
low state Of consciousness Of the pas,
earth life. Indeed. this state 10 simply
. continuation Of Low mental states Of the
life tuss csosed
In both sleep ana death review Is made
Of The events OF the day and life asst ex-
pertenced. for we make our sleep and
death states by the thought. deeds and
desires Of our waking hours Some men
fear to sieep ard 20 die. for one and the
same reason Their thoughts and deeds
are evil. which in sleep and death they
I've over and over again. thus repeating
the bitter experiences Of their waking
hours. No soul can be prayesi or paid
out OF purgatory- The die has been cast
the seed sown. In It's last past earth ilfe
and there Is no escape from mental tor
ture antil the causes which produced IL
are burnt Away In corresponding effects.
How scanned and wrinkled by passion
are the faces Of many upon awakening
How old ard hard are the faces Of some
new born babes. The reason for both Is
the same. Both have been r1dely aroused
from the nightmare stages OF sleep and
death where and when the lower passions
ran rampant. They have not enjoyed re.
fresh'ng. ressfui slumbers, but INDUCED IA
. revei OF passionate desire which was A
review ard continuation Of their careers
OF rictirx o. last past making lives. They
could not pass on to realms OF real and re-
freshtrx rest. nor commune with pure be-
inxs OF higher thought creations. simply
hecsuse they were therisesve. impure ara
did net during waking hours I've In their
higher natures Whatsoever q man sovs.
that ahall he also reap
The secossd stage or death n analogous
TO the same stage OF sleep The soul As-
csuse OF higher aspirations thar usually
sway In ordinary earss life paeses or be-
ycne tAe nightmare stage 'nsc iser s.eep
and thus escsp pes from most OF the Iilu-
ssszss vf "aEFk sfEWfSs aaD X should he
known that when ws are awake and think
we are least domsrates nv Illusions. n
reality we are more Influenced by ire de-
ceptson OF the serses than nj any other
time TIE departed soul In the second
stage has. for the time cut f--e from,
earth and earthly interests: those who re-
man are still ens-csses by them
'7she third stage OF death e IDENTICAL
with the conscious slur.ner % s,rsn
wherein the soul Is FREE from the Illusions
% SELF ard sessaous existence When an
Individual has. by a knowledge OF the laws
governing she rr>ccss-. freed the soul from
al. trammels OF xensuous existence Ne can
'nstsntarsously and at VII throw n.
rrsnd into shis n.ghsr state. He is then
out ~ the physical and I'm the thought
ihe harr's~s OF tire ard space. hut pro-
cseds With the power OF a trained s-.r ard
with the speed OF thought. upon his pre-
determined n1issser-
Evolution Is ladder with snngsnerahla
rounds Alsruisrs, patience and the cor
se.ersscus * large OF snisv dual duty
however srpsrenfls snsi E11 escart. seem %
Re re way TO attain great ecafeveF- Ants
ard N~AiEe the grErfe~ prs~ss = fssfes
which are ROW 4 NY prophessea ny he
exran3nv soul The deals % this rse.
provided We remain true 70 era ard
s,r.vs rersixfertiv for their reafza rsan
become the Aetuaisties OF fssurs aves--ana
ne rsoA sTors falls"
On Sunday sFKh, Dr Gr'rfths vii DE-
liver ere ks.rd lecture az his course Sub
sect. sTaecusa ton ard Hvpact SIR All
lectures are frye. ard held in Taecso ps1soal
ball. Sc Third avenue.