The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-09


reincarnate as soon as possible, so that
she may possibly have already re-assum-
ed a physical body, and as much as been
limited at by our leaders. To persons I'M
acquainted with the great laws described
by Theosophy, this will seem wild as
sertion; but we justify it through the
very fact that Nature is never capricious
and that her laws always work equally
in all directions and at all periods of
life whether before or after death Thus,
in the same way as 1t is possible for hui
man beings to shorten their physical
lives SO also it is possible for some to
shorten the space of time which orGinar-
lily separates what we call death from
our next reincarnation. only the motive
must be different. We all know that the
incarnate Ego can put a premature end
to his physical life from various reasons,
and by various methods, from the selfish
committing of suicide to avoid suffering
or to escape the consequences of a crime,
up to the generous, noble sacrifice of
running into deaths hands in order to
save the existence of others, or to ac-
complish a duty. Similarly, but only
through "a still greater, nobler, purer
sacrifice of thorough unselfishness, the
disncarnate Ego can renounce his ap-
pointed time of happiness and life in
Heaven, thereby shortening the interval
between two successive reincarnationS,
and quickly assuming again another
physical body, for the purpose of carry
ing out some great work for the benefit,
the uplifting of humanity. OF course, at
our present stage of evolution, very few
Egos are yet advanced enough in knowl-
edge, wisdom and abnegation to be not
only capable but even DESTROYS of. will
ing and ready for such a tremendous sac
rifice as must be the exchanging of the
bliss of spiritual life for the suffering and
burdens of physical life; yet some such
Egos do exist, and they belong to the
phalanx of helpers and saviors who APP
pear in the flesh whenever humanity
needs a special help, a peculiar leader;
whether it be an Attila or Napoleon, a
Confucius or a Mahomed. But the law
is the same, whether the sacrifices be
that of laying down the physical body to
save others, or of renouncing Devachau-
ic bliss, to help mans evolution; and the
Ego who makes the sacrifice is assisted
through it by those glorious masters who
watch over the human souls at all the
periods of their passage through the
three great planes of life. Conditions are
arranged by them for the prompt finding
of a suitable body, and This can be done
without violating any of the laws of ma
ture, since it is also known that the or
binary man, who dies a sudden violent
DEATH reincarnateS much more quickly
than the average, through the intensity
of his desire for reSSming his interrupt
ed earthly life. Thus IL is a fact that,
for few years after wars and epidem-
les which abruptly carry away many
souls, the proportion of births rapidly in
creases in order to restore the equilibri-
UNI of numbers and to give a chance for
reincarnation to the souls who wish for
it.
Such being the case, If H. p. 3. has
already reincarnated, or will soon take
up another body, our constant remem-
brance of her last personality through
White Lotus Day, will strengthen the
bond between herself and US and will
help us to keep ready to receive and as
simulate the new teachings, whether
brought by herself or by new messen-
ger of the masters of knowledge. Thus
our gratitude may turn to our own adj
vantage. And it is thing worthy of
notice that, in India-that country of the
highest spiritual knowledge and most
earnest spiritual devotional life-our Lo-
tus Day concentrations are not only
kept up religiously, but the expressions
of love, of thankfulness, of admiration
for H. P. B. and her work are growing
every year more pathetic. But if the
Hindus, those excellent judges in oc
cult matters, so readily recognize and
proclaim their debt to II. P. B., we, of
tue WSSleEH TdCGS-WllO owe ItI So uluCl
more, since our ignorance. of the teach
ings she brought was SO much greater
we need not feel ashamed or 10th to
proclaim our kind remembrances of her
last personality; whether already REIN
carnated or still pursuing her own evo-
luton on the appropriate planes of the
world, the work she did remains as a
precious monument, in which students
find an inexhaustible mine of informa-
Al
fore its Importance is thoroughly reeog-
nized. Therefore, this alone would justi-
fly the keeping of White Lotus Day, and
1 hope our Honolulu branch will never
grow tired of celebrating it with becom-
ing respect.
And L shall now thank the kind friends
who so readily respond to our invitation,
and come to help us by oetaoinshrdlu
and come to help US in our commemora-
ton.
Mrs. Davis said: I'm looking back
upon that brilliant figure cast upon the
screen of time, we that love the name
of H. P. b. see two characteristics
shine forth with a briiliancy that not
only inspires us with hope, but inspires
the whole world. 1t is not news to you,
but it may be to some of our guests
to know who our great teacher was.
She was born in almost the highest cir
cles of that autocratic land of Russia,
having royal blood in her veins, hay
ing vast wealth and power. Almost
everything the world had to offer was
yielded to her. All she gladly gave up
that she might go out into the world
and expound this philosophy She asked
nothing in the way of the worlds
goods. I say that because the world
has maligned and called her an advent
uress. She cast riches aside before she
took up our great work. We who know
her life know how utterly unselfish she
was when she began her mission in this
world. The two features uppermosr in
her personality were to aspire to the
highest and spurn the lowest. When
H. P. B. came into the world, it was
fast setting towards materialism. 1t
was when the tide was strongest that
that heroic soul stepped forth into the
food"
Mrs. Davis related the events of the
teachers life, her great mastery over
the subject that made the world wopd-
er while she was in the land Of the liv-
ing, and the work she left others to