The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-05-10

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.thh. frft II fgflfH to rotfihii.tirH yrt lii'
tls tr.Hn. Hri essentially i0 that N w.
.r me- possible rIrrHrnaion. She hrr.
a.If often a1'I that lu hcr ntdof tu con.
tnu. ihe great vufk tu which che lad
.H.yut,l her l.at physical ne. rhp would
r..UUnf nate aF soon aH possible, En iIat
'sht may possibly have already rc.n.Huu.
Cd o. physical body. and a. much ns been
hlutod at hy our leaders To persons un-
acquainted with ihp rro1t laws described
by Th,1sUphy. this viii seem wild as
srrtiuu. hut We Justify IL through the
very fsrt that nature is never caprIcious
lud that her laws always work equally
Iu all dlrprton and az an periods of
life. whether before or after death. Thus,
Boz the same way ag 10 is possible FOR hu-
man beings Co shorten their physical
lives. go also IL is possible FOR some 10
. shorten the space OF time which ordinar-
I ly separates what we call death from
our next rcincarnaton. only the motive
/ must be different We an know that the
I iucarnatc Ego can put premature end
/ t. his physical lie from various reasons,
and by various methods, from the selfish
committing Of suicide to- avoid suffering
or TO escape the consequences OF crime,
up TO the generous, noble sacrifice OF
running into deaths hands In order to
oomrlsh a duty. Similarly, but only
through a still greater, nobler, purer
sacrifice of thorough unselhshness, the
dis.nCarnatc Ego can renounce his ap-
pointed time of happiness and life in
Heaven, thereby shortening the interval
between two successive reincarnatlons,
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 desirous of, Will
| ing and ready for such 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
f1gos do exist, and they belong to the
phalanx of helpers and saviors who ap-
pear in the flesh whenever humanity
needs a special help, a peculiar leader
whether Ii be an Attila or a Napoleon,
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 1t 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 suitable body, and this can be done
without violating any of the laws of ma
ture, since IL is also known that the or
dinary man, who dies u sudden, violent
death, reincarnates much more quickly
than the average, through the intensity
of his desire for resuming his interrupt
ed earthly life. Thus it 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-
um of numbers and to give chance for
reincarnation to the souls who wish for
1t.
Such being the case, II II. Z. B. has
already rencarnated, 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 ad-
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 commemoratons are not only
of love, of thankfulness. of admiration
for II. 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. +. b., We, of
the western races-who owe her so much |
more, since our ignorance of the teach |
ings she brought was SO much greater
we need not feel ashamed or 10th to |
lot. LIT, hnr
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- Z
tion, and many generations Will pass be- /
fore its importance is thoroughly recog- |
nized. Therefore, this alone would justi- /
fy the keeping of White Lotus Day, and |
l hope our Honolulu branch will never ]
grow tired of celebrating it with becom-
ing respect
And ! 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-
tion.
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 brilliancy that not
only inspires us with hope, but inspires
the whole world. 1t is not news to you,
but il may be to some of our guests
to know who our great teacher was.
She was born in almost the highest cir
,les of that autocratic land of Russia,
having royal blood in her veins, hav-
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 nskel .
nothing in the way OF the worlds
goods. | say that because the word .
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 unseifsh she .
was when she began her mission in this .
world, The two features uppermost In .