The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-05-06
CONTROL THE THOUGHTS
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Looking around we see those I'M.
fortunate invalids, idiots and pow
erty stricken individuals; on the
other side others are i'll affluence
and happiness. We ask how can
people be so born? 1t is because
they have i'll a previous state
brought these things upon them
selves. 1t is like the keys on the
piano. In one life one little key is
open; after death another is opened
and so on. 1t is not essential to
taste vice to know it.
Thought is the most important
factor in life. Theosophy teaches
what to think and how to control
thought. 1t is hard to center the
thoughts. But until thoughts can
be controlled, the being cannot be
controlled. Thoughts come flutter-
ing in from all sides. Most are un-
pleasant, disagreeable, the thoughts
of other persons. Why then accept
them? When brains beat in unison
thoughts flow back and forth in
unison. Every thought creates a
mold. As you think, so you act;
as you act, so you become. The
boy creates the character of the
man. So in this life we create the
the character of ourselves in the
next life. In this life the man goes
on filling the mold with covetous
thoughts until in the next life the
mold bursts. So with ambition.
That mold bursts. The man in
this case wants to govern for self.
There are persons whose every eff
fort fails. Men remark about it
and pass on. Theosophists go far.
Their. They say that the man in a
previous life was all self. He is
paying the penalty Of selfishness.
God did not give genius to one
man and not to another. Genius
is the outcome of the work Of the
previous life. Hoffman, the famou:
child pianist, was musician in tn,
5 previous life. So with painters
the poets and all. All have a Ger
r tain amount of energy. 1t is frit
tered away, and the persons wonder
why the goal has not been reached
L Napoleon placed his energies aloni
= one straight line and walked up t,
: the pinnacle of his youthful ambi
ton. Therefore to be a genius don
fritter, don't lag.
The law of karma is cause an
effect; what you SOW that will yo
J. reap; evil for evil-good for goot
Such is karma. The inclination {
this law is always to adjust int
harmony. But in this process pair
suffering and evil are experienced
1t is these things that afflict th
= world. 1t is always the reapine
of what were previous sowings, an
should be taken with patience.
y Karma operates on the physics
and on the mental moral plan,
These effects are often distinct, tn;
is people often experience awft
mental suffering without physics
pain. Theosophy tells us 'Atten
to your own duty Put not tt
calumny of your own thoughts c
another. Opinions and judgmen
differ. Teach children to send
loving thought hard after an angl
one, when such escapes. Teach
to them so that it will become
habit
Be master of your thoughts. I
able to shelve your trouble, and
take it up only when necessar
After you are sorry for a thir
place it aside. Do not waste 20,
energy upon it. Direct your Ii
into purer, better channels.
mt Most Of you merely drift throue
life-not knowing where you can
as from, why you are here or width
III you are going. Theosophy e;
~ ~ plains these principles. 1t SHOW
ne us how we go on rushing from Ii
at to life; shows us why some s
through life happily and some in
miserable condition. In Il
heavenly state rest is found. {
returning to earth the soul tax
up character, like an actor b
Hamlet or his selected role.
Man and woman are of differe
natures, one gentle, the 9th
stronger. The soul enters one
one time and another at anothe
that both qualifications may be o
tanned. In families it often ha
pens that there is one child loath
from its birth. l have often e
planned to mothers that it was
| cause of lack of equilibrium /
! tween the souls. By showeril
. love upon the disfavored one, t
equilibrium is restored.
AT the end we merge into t
beautiful divine love of viii
Christ taught. Let us therefore
!, live to duty that we travel mo
] happily and enter more acceptat
~ into the home of rest.
After the lecture a number
questions, bearing upon the int
esting subjects so graphically pr
. sented, were propounded by mel
bers of the audience and we
answered in detail.