The herald., 1897-02-15
SEEKERS FOR THE TRUTH
"Christ Considered in The Hindu Light"
at Odd Fellows Hall
Bods Chickshu Instructs Class on the Bha-
gavat Oita-Theosophists Meet
At BIavatsky Hall

Christ in the Hindu Light was the SUBJ
Brahmacharin Bodhabhikshu said that
nearly 1000 years have passed since the
lands on the borders of the Jordan were
blessed with the presence of that gen.
tie, meek Shepherd, who now leads the
focks of the western world under the
command of his magic wand; nearly 1000
years have passed away, but the life of
Christ remains a mystery. His life is
being interpreted from thousands and
thousands of pulpits every Sunday
and yet it is mystery.
Man is indeed destined to be Cod
even man, like ourselves. even helpless
sinners are some day to be divine, to be
as perfect as the Father In heaven. 1t
is mans supreme destiny, that he Is to
be identified with the divine and CO.
operate with him in his work, which is
the superintendence of the universe.
That Is mans destiny; that is man $
goal-and the Christ reached that goal
AS the chemist analyses and sees the
composition of substances in his labor
atory in the same way truths regarding
religion, regarding our nature, regard
ing the future destinieS of man, can be
verified. 1t is a great mistake, indeed,
and it is due to our ignorance that We
suppose that religious truths are al
ways to- be taken on faith; that there Is
no means of arriving at truth, positively
truth that surpasses the reach of NOR
tai ken. 1t is due toour ignorance alone.
There is sure method, and that method
is withdrawing from the outside and
going within-introspectio We all
know truth as it is, know the whole of it,
when we know ourselves; for man is the
microcosm in every sense of the word
Whatever there is in the whole universe,
you will find the same (not only it's cor
respondence, but the same as whole)
in man. Man is the universe; man is
censubstantial with the cosmos, with
God himself. And it is by studying man
in other words, by knowing our own
nature-we know all.
The finding of truth begins by leaving
the physical behind, leaving the OBJ
jects of sense behind, and reaching the
ideal; from there to the primordial.
from there to the truth itself. In order
to know truth, you must be able to leave
the physical body behind; it must be
left here as "cold and deserted tomb, -
as Lord Lytton puts it, while your spir-
1T must be able to wander from star to
star and converse face to face with
those exalted being whom you call an
gels and archangelS.
The first part of the Christ's life has
been ignored for these 1000 years, sys-
tematically and regularly. Study this
and you will find him in solitude, in the
wilderness of Judea, of Gallilee east
ward to the plains of india too, perhaps
watch him there, seeking truth in the
calm solitude of nature. Christ retired
from the world, like all great teachers
do, to mediate in the solitude of the
wilderness. Seventeen years of his life
have never been studied by the scholars
in the west. Christ, after this long, un-
interrupted period of meditation, has
reached the abode of truth, has reached
the temple where truth shines in it's full
glory. Then could he truly exclaim
MY Father and are one"