The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03

true self. ~
sus Who're shall man siad truth, II ne
seeks atep enough In himself he viii 6nA
~ 'tvsaied' He may become conscious OF
.ne IRVINE spark that Is within him. II
ms thought and desire be steady and I'm.
naVsring' his motive pure. no may enter
tue ininost sanctuary OF his own ,emnle
ttor your body Is the temple of tho lJai,
splrlt'N) and in the inmost center az thnt
sanctuary sanctuary he VIII find the germ Of truth.
e meu awakened TO consciousness VIII be.
come burning and a shining lisht,
me search for truth nv cbnecntrot,on
mnu incubation Is the truest worship, Tho
lnost earnest prayer; because seeking ths
ruin rs seeking the means OF knowing The
viii OF the Eternal, aud knowing that will,
~, IN, ruin. VIII enable us TO say, md feel
my VIII be done, on Garth and IN Jle,y.
en-, and 1t is the truest religion bneanse
.nen the man 'knoweth the will Of nv
rather, and doeth IT, b n. -
Il IN order to the finding Of tho truth md
the attainment OF the self conscious soul
~ IS NOT necessary TO retire into Jungle.
"nu becoming misanthrophist aud feed
On me products OF ones own morbid mag
nation. The struggles arising from tina
niais ana annoyances OF every day life are
.ne pest school In which TO gain the mas
terry over the animal MANTLE best novit
ate ior the ieophyte, for here the contest
rs severe and long continued, here are no
-" 'uSns VI ttsls LOT WHICH ne may pre-
pare or brace himself. At the most UNI
expected moments, or in apparently the
safest places, he is subject to the attacks
| OF the forces of the astral plane, or OF the
elementals he has attracted to his own
4 sphere. Each moment may bring its own
| temptation and Its own Victory or defeat.
10 'renounce the world" does not mean
to look with indifference or contempt upon
| the progress of the world--to take no in
| terest in the grand discoveries of science
ana mechanics in which the true occultist
| perceives new manifestations of divine
wisdom. and in which he reioices because
he knows that such manifestations are
made instruments who have become fitted
Tor the work. and that Therefore each
marks the divine villa step in evolution
To lose interest In humanity, to avoid the
| stern duties of life or to neglect ones
FAMILY would work a result exactly con-
| trary to that desired for ii would tend 10
the promotion OF selfishness which IS the
| most virulent enemy to spiritual advance.
10 renounce self mean3 10 conquer the
sense OF physical personality, and to free
| oneself from the love If those things which
| that physical personality desires 1t means
TO live in the worll, Tut not cling to the
world.
Let me illustrate Just what mean by
the last sentence: Suppose a ship to be |
wrecked and the passengers and crew TO |
De cast away upon an uninhabited island |
which was but sparsely provided with the |
necessaries of life Here the nature of |
the different members of the party would |
be at once manifested. The despairiug |
ones would cast themselves supine upon the |
sand; the superstitious would resort to /
prayer for n miraculous delverance; the |
selhsh man, Selling upon what food he /
could and seeking the best shelter, would |
Appropriate it to himself and only steal out |
from thence to beg or f1lch the share OF |
n nttt ha Aal .
whom the spiritual ego is the living mo-
tive power-will first of all strive TO per- |
celve the truth as regards their position, |
prospects and resources, and then he |
prays. Prays! How? BY turning all his |
thought inward in an earnest appeal to
the spark of divine wisdom within him |
to direct his efforts. He may be rough, |
unlearned man, who, If asked what he was
doing would reply, only considering, or |
a cultured scientist who would say that |
he was seeking the the solution OF the
problem but, my friends. they would |
both be doing exactly the same thing
seeking aid from divine source, and that
source within themselves. And if that
prayer is earnest, that is, II the thought
be sufficiently concentrated, then Will the
answer surely come in the shape of that
manifestation of the divine spirit, which
we call invention, and which is the order
from the spirit that is to the mind that
knows to the body that does to arise and
work Then will these men go to work.
with such material as nature furnishes; |
some to raise n rude shelter for the NC |
men, the children and the sick. others to |
seek food, yet others to find fuel and make |
fire. and you will surely find that tho best |
effort of each man is put forth for the
benefit of all, without thought Of self, and
Is directed toward making their temporary
abiding place as endurable as possible.
While he tolls he cries to the despairi,g
ones, Come and aid us; we viii make
things pretty comfortable yeti" to the
superstitious, Come aid us; God helps
those that try TO help themselves" and
against the selfish he sits a guard, lest
they should sneak in and murder The chill
dren in order to steal their food. Then
the faint-hearted. taking courage, rise and
aid the work; the women bring weak but
willing hands to such work as they can
do, and their words of praise and eneour-
agement infuse new strength into the
weary limbs of the men-their smiling
thanks are these mems best reward
From desolation and misery arise COM
parative comfort. THE result of the in
dustry and invention of man. say the
orthodox and the materialist NO" says
the occultist "the work OF the divine spirit.
manifested through the physical instru-
ment, man"
But, mark you, these people, while strlv-
ing TO make their enforced residence on
the Island as endurabie 10 all as possible,
have never regarded 1t as their permanent
home. From the first day their flag has
been displayed from the highest headnnd;
each night watchful care has kept blazing
their signal fire on the cliH, ana WIEN al
last comes the ship that rescues them,
they leave the island with joy, abandon
all the improvements and expedlents that
caused them so much labor without a Cd c.
and turn joyfuly towards the more con-
genial SURROUNDINGS and larger opportuni-
lies of home. They carry With them but
one treasure, but that is of great salue-
i is their experience formed character and
heir love for each other love born oil
mutual sufferlngs and self-sacrifces.
Friends that island Is the world and We
ire the crew that is cast away upon II.
md while we pray and labor TO make Our
ojourn upon IL endurable for all as pos
ible. let us not learn TO consider II either
mir permanent abiding place or The uni