The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-15

eeptions. He also has mind to an
alyze them both as concerning ex-
ternal objects and those concerning
his higher nature. Manas, the think
er, is the principle which is peculiar
to man. 1t has the faculty of dis
eliminating tetween good and evil,
and it should be needed, not shunned.
To take a Thing simply for a fact be-
cause you have an intuition, or to
rest solely upon what you call your
emotions, is simply to wreck the whole
possibility OF your progress. We
should constantly analyze our intui-
tons in relation to things to see if
they are correet and in accordance
with right reasoning. Things should
only be adopted as truths when in adj
dition to their being founded on inter
nal evidence they appeal to the under
standing as we'll.
All men have many selves. The ex-
ternal is a selfish personality; within
there are other selves that act from
mixed motives. The pure and true ma
ture is deep within us and is often hid
den by our other selves. People con-
stantly do things which they think are
prompted by unselfishness and yet it
is selfisnnsSs which gives birth to the
action. An old saying is that there is
John as his friends know him, John
as he knows himself, and John as God
knows him. This means that there is
the man who appears to others. evil
or good: mi5judged always; the indi-
vidual who lives alone saturated with
selfish motives; and the high,
calm, true, theosopilical self who waits
and stands behind with which we as
pire to, unite ourselves.
Our endeavor must be to get rid of
error and superstition. This can only
be done by the use of our analyzing
or sitting faculty by discrimination of
good and evil.
The object of the Philosophical So
ciety is to raise philosophers who are
true, who are strong, who have their
forces under control; men who under
stand other men and the world; above
all men who understand themselves.
Sages, who while they have deep in
buttons, at the same time have their
mental faculties we'll developed. To
depend on intuitionS without rejecting
upon them or reasoning about them
will lead humanity back to the paths
from which it has struggled so hard
to get away, the paths of error, super
stition, and fanatieism. Cultivate by
adj means the higher side of your ma
ture. Listen to the voice of the spirit
But While you thus aspire, while you
raise the soul and endeavoa, to be
true to your conscience, do not fail
also to employ your understanding.
Keep your religion but do not neglect
your reason.
The discussion which followed de-
yeloped the idea that calmness and
steadfastness are necessary more at
the present time than ever before. The
discriminating powers must be Guilt
waited and reason followed, not mere
intuition.
1t was suggested that women are
more prone to be led by intuition than
men. The gentlemen present were will
ing to- admit that a woman's intui-
lions are generally correct but after
all they agreed that it is better to fol-
low reason because there is more de-
pendence to be placed upon it than
mere internal perception. From intui-
ton they branched into spirituality
and their dictum was:
That wenen's lives as whole are
pufer than mems, heree their intui-
tons are clearer But there is enc
thing to be said in connection with
this idea. said a. gentleman present.
All world renowned spiritual ideas
have emanated from men, net women.
Women elevated the world and con-
tinue to do SO by the silent influence
OF the purity of their lives, but men
S@NC AOi III tuat'iiViuS stream OF lnSpl-
rational though which has guided the
world through the ages.
The Lotus circle met at Liberty pork
at 4;30 and adj the children present
enjoyed the hour spent in commun-
ion with nature and teachings which
appealed to the better side of their in
fantile minds.
Next Sunday evening the Theosoph-
lcai society will hpld a meeting at
Unity hall at s D. m. All who are
Interested in the subject are cordially
invited TO attend. Mr.. A. V. Tay,or
will be the speaker of the evening.
His subject is "A Glance at the Sa-
cred Books OF India and a short re-
view of the Bhagavad Glat Qusst.erls
and answers will be in order after
this address.