The herald., 1896-11-22
UNIVERSALLY OF BEING

UNIVERSALLY OF BEING
There is very much deeper meaning
than some suppose to what Paul wrote
to the Romans, "None liveth to himself,
and no man dieth to himself" Here we
have Biblical recognition of the theory
of the oneness, the solidarity and inter-
dependence of all things. 1t follows,
then, that the atom is as necessary to
the universe as is the world. But that
is very old philosophy. and it may be
said to be altogether true-a demonstra-
BILE genealogical and psychological fact
for man necessarily lives and moves
and has his being under the same law of
growth and maintenance that supports
and sustains the boulder in the noun
tain and the tree in the forest 1t fol-
lows, too, that 1t is of as much conse-
quence to the whole that the boulder and
the tree fulfill their destiny as it is that
man should fulfill his, and hence it is
a violation of the law of being to unnec-
essarily retard the unfoldment of any
thing that Is inanimate--is there any
mate-that is not potentially, at least. a
living, thinking thing? For besides the
wrong done the thing hindered in its
growth. the act reflects back upon the
doer, and is likely to encourage him to
still other similar acts and thus all
things are disturbed.
The doctrine of the universally of
being teaches that the waters which flow
to the sea are as dear to the heart of the
Universal Whole as is the blood that
flows through the arteries of the might
lest of men, and that the one is as neces-
sary as the other to the fulfillment of the
destiny of the universe, and to the un-
foldment of the individual entity. If
is law of nature that entities of lower
order may be appropriated for food or
for whatever else may be required for
the preservation of higher order, but
nowhere in the economy of existence is
there law that sanctions the taking of
life, the life of anything, wantonly. The
divinity which shapes the course OF a
mans journey through the worlds of
existence is his own acts, and every act
sends out and into the path Of others far
reaching influences for good or evil. It
is true. altogether true. that every man
is more or less his brothers keeper, and
that no one can escape the consequences
Of his acts upon his own life nor of the
influences they exert in the lives Of
others. None of US liveth unto himself,
and no man dieth to himself. The inter-
dependence of all things-the universal
ity of being-is seen in all things.
The relation between, say, what Is
called inert matter and akasa, or what
scientists call "ether," is close and inti-
mate. In fact. 1t is held by very many
that they are merely different mani
festations of the same Cause. To illus
trdte lhat proposition: Ice is inert mat
ter. Apparently it is the most lifeless of
all matter, yet under the influence of a
certain process it becomes water, next
steam, next superheated steam and
finally that completely invisible sub
stance which fills the inter-plan notary
region IT, then, there be an evolution
ary process by which ice is evolved into
ether, may not Evolutionary processes
take ether and involve it into ice? If the
law of evolution and involution cannot
do that then it is not universal law.
1t has limitations and it's operation is
subject to the caprice, we might saw. of
still higher law, which, if true, makes
the doctrine of the universality of being
and the interdependence of all things
an untenable proposition Bnt assum-
ing that the proposition is a demonstra
BILE fact; If ice may be evolved. il fol-
lows that every other thing NAV not
only be advanced to akasa, but beyond
to the very essence of things-Universa
Ldfs-and also brought from thence and