The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-02-04

"karma" IA a sanskrlt word mean
ing action whether Of thought word
or deed. Since there are no straight
lines In nature. every force tends %
return to tie protector. once this law
II recognized, we begin to see the phil
osophy underlying that homely adage'
Curses like chickens. come home to
roost" For 1900 Year, We In the vest
orn world have heard. "As a man sowH'
30 shall he reap" yet while gllbly re-
citing this. we SOW Canada thlstles and
then rail at fate because We do not
reap California peaches. WHY Sim
ply because the philosophy underlying
this is not Understood. We fail 20
see In man the master u the cause
but the slave Of the effect Nature 10
conquered by obedience 10 ita laws
Help Nature and work on with her,
and Nature will regard thee a. one oi
her creatures and will make obei-
sance." says the Voice Of silence.
karma. then. Is the law which ad-
iusis effects to causes on III planes II
is the ultimate law OF the universe 10
connection with the law u reblrths-'
relncarnaiion-lt explains the prob
lens which now are yoxlng us. u eH-
plains the unequal distribution OF cap
ital and labor. the distinction Of class
In society. OF sex In the Affairs OF life;
the apparent injustice Of birth one
man born IN a hoyel. another IN
palace, one an imbcclle. another win
vigorous. healthy lntellect one
reaching the age OF fourscore and zen
In peace and plenty. the other cut on
In his prime by a violent or "aociden-
tai" death. All that IL due to kar-
ma. either racial. national or lndivid-
ual Man In his efforts toward the ox'
panslon Of aelf-consclousnes throws
himself out OF harmony with coamle
law. the result OF the distord being
what we call pain and suffering. go
he learns that law has been Disregard
ed, and the ultimate result Is obedi-
ence TO law. the tendency ever being
to restore equilibrium.
The two doctrines which modern
Christianity lacks (hul which Jesus
tanght. are relncarnaiion and karma.
the one depending on the other. There
IL no miataking the words Of Christ;
with what measure ye mote Il shall
be measured TO you again" Another
passage teaching both doctrines "a
found In Matthew v. q, Verify say
unto thee. thou shalt by no means
come out OF thence tlll thou hast paid
the .uttermost fsrthlnr." imply ng tho
Kartnio ticsrthaf-dfW ne sodl back
TO rebirth. In Matthew H.. 10. the
statement Ia made clearly, III ye viii
receive A. this Elias. which was for
TO come" a positive declaration that
Elias had incartated IN John the Bap-
list. when "a, Disciples asked why
II was said that Elias would come be-
fore the Messiah His answer was;
ELIAS shall truli come hrH and re-
store all things, bot say unto you
that Elias IL cone already aud they
knew II not"
when the doctrine OF relncarnatlon
was stamped au a hercay at n general
council held by he early church after
the reign Of mental and spiritual dark
ness had set In that OF Karma went
also. with what measure ye mote
II shall be- measured TO you again"
gradually became dead letter IN the
church. the varlous atonomeut
wrongly interpreleil seeming TO Of
Ter an escape. aud 70 We have the yari-
Gus schemes To enable man to evade
the penalty Of his own wrong-dolng,
The doctrine Of Karma-absolut jus
tico- does not appeal tn weak natures
preferring To shift The responsibility OF
their misdeeds on 10 the shoulders OF
their Creator-an Idea which appears
to theosophlsts little short OF bias
/ phemy.
Let Us now take W the law OF Kar-
ma and Try " possible TO see how II
works. Science nov acknowledges
that thought proceeds action. that NO
action IA possible without the thought
or motive power behind Il: therefore
thoughts are Of the most Importance
Let us analyze this little. Suppose
we take a mind with no past activities
with nothing TO hinder Ms perfect free
dom tan imposslblllty which some OF
our "aeientlhc" psychologists assume. j
Suppose such a mind to evolve q
thought This thought repeated many
times. becomes a habit OF mind" sc
that Il runs automatically into this
particular mold. Suppose the grow
ing mind nov dlsappuves OF this par.
tloular form Of thought Tor Thought
form'9-tnds Il a hlndance. The viii
by repeated efforts can change thu
mental tendency and direct the
thoughts into other channels. Re
peated eovetous desires Will crystalliz,
Into thefts when the ouportuniiy
comes Thoughts directed toward
helping humanity viii erystalllre into
deeds OF unexpected herolsm. How
often we hear q said. mi had stopped
to think ! should no, have done H.
The saturated mental solution needed
only the additional crystal 10 solidlfy
into action. As long as We have IN,
power 10 stop and think" We hay,
not yel reached the danger line: ",
are stu master OF the cause" Tn,
liability to stop and th,pl,n on IN,