The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

The proceedings of the Theosophical
society were opened by reading an ex-
tract from Light on the PATH
Seek the way by retreating within,
Seek the way advancing boldly without.
Seek it not by any one road. To each
temperament, there is one road which
seems the most desirable. But the way
is not found by devotion alone; by ardent
progress, by self-sacrifcirg labor, by
studious observation OF life
Mrs. A. j. Webster read chapter from
Magic, White and Black, which dealt
with what to us is the Ideal and the
benefits derived from it.
The highest desire which any reason
able man can cherish is to become per-
feet Every person must have an ideal
before him, otherwise he would perish.
The world is composed of two spheres,
the internal and the external Most men
fix their thoughts on the external, hence
their ideals are not high. AS soon as
the ideal is fulfilled it ceases to be such.
Artists and poets often have glimpse
of d higher state. The ecstatic worship
per's ideal is realized when he sees float
ing before him his Redeemer. When
Juliet's mortal ideal was lost she died.
This shows that only immortal Ideals
lead to eternity and the higher life.
Truth is the real ideal to be sought.
Where is it to be found is the question
asked. The answer given is, within
myself When man becomes conscious
of the truth then is his higher power or
ego awakened and he is then one of the
illuminates.
When man will direct his powers so
that the interior world is visible to him
then will he gain true knowledge.
At present scientists scott at things
they cannot understand, and so has it
been in the past. When the rotundity of
he h first 1~.na l,.nA
laughed to scorn. When the inventors
of railroads, steamships and teiegraphs
showed the world that such things could
be, they were regarded as idle theorists.
Nevertheless it has been proven that pro-
gress is inevitable and although it may
appear as an ideal to one generation to
the next it becomes reality.
Mind is merely known as the intel
lectual power of man. Thus the external
form is endowed with all power when in
reality it is the least part of the true
ego.
So long as our ideas are chained to this
prison house of day, so long will the
lueals be mortal and man will perish.
Today the intellectual and emotional
parts of man are considered separate fac
tors. Men pride themselves on being
guided solely by the emotions they do
not proc.alm the fact. He who is led
by either the emotions or the intellect
fails to known the true ideal.
curing the external man, hence when an
epidemic breaks out they are powerless.
They know the muscles, the bones, and
certain apparent ills. Do they know the
real man? Do they know nature in all
her manifestations? If they could see
the real back of the external shell they
would not SO often be at sea. 1t has
been said that medicine is a curse
instead of a blessing. When med
cal men will study the interior
man instead of the exterior only then
will they discover remedies for disease
which are ideal in all paths of life and
the light of reason and knowledge will be
unfolded.
"Truth still lives" 1t resides on the top
of mountain" called Faith into the
eternal Law of Good. 1t shines deep into
the interior world of man, and sends
its divine influence down into the valleys
and wherever the doors and windows are
open to receive it; there will it dspel
the darkness, rendering men and women
conscious of their own Godlike attributes
and guiding them on the road to perfec-
ton, until, when all their struggles have
ceased and the law has been restored,
they will find permanent happiness in the
realization of the highest universal ideal.
The Lotus circle talked about what the
Fountain Said. They learned from it's
whisperings LAS you sow so shall you
reap The young people had this idea
SO clearly illustrated to them that the
lesson will be very beneficial