Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1904-07-14
why?
BY Grace NJ. Brown.

Does 1t not seem sometimes that the
mind Is one huge Interrogation point
with the incessant why's which are
constantly intruding? What an I'M
portant bit of the language that little
word Is to be sure. From the very be-
ginning OF consciousness, when we
wonder why the sky is blue and what
We are here for, until the wonderins
Is particularized into the form of won
dering why everything does not move
just exactly to suit us, there are al
ways the questions.
And the queer part Of 1t is that we
are always expecting other people to
answer those questions for us, when
the very fact that we are capable of
asking them proves that we are equal
ly capable OF answering them.
yes, 1t Is mighty word, that wee
why" At every corner it intrudes.
Facing every barrier it stands. Only
waiting for the solving of the prob
lem which II represents to leave US
with the clearer vision.
why" Is the dominant word of the
child, and sometimes we think we are
weary OF the sweet baby voice. WIZ
DO l have to be good? Why are ttIng.
MamS.Svhy. why. why? But the bean.
tiful part OF II Is that when the human
being develops the capacity of oucs-
tioning, he has passed the plane of the
animal consciousness and has entered
into human consciousness. He Is de-
veloping the power OF selecting from
the universal life-energy for himself
and so growing more and more into
the cosmic consciousness. So the
thing to do with the little restless
mind is to show 1t how easily ii can
answer its own questions. and how
much more satisfactory the answers
will be when they come from the
source Of its own divine, human con.
sciousness.
The universe surrounds you. It's
mighty forces enfold you. Within
you Is the knowledge of all it's mys.
teries, whether you have come into
the understanding Of them or not. In
reality there are no mysteries. A my,.
tery Is something just out of the plane
OF our understanding. A thing which
is mysterious today may be perfectly
clear tomorrow.
The awakening soul always wants
to know. II is continually question.
ing, although II may not be effectively
conscious that in its own depths is the
answer to its questions.
Let your mind be hospitable to thes
why's. III they come to you. you must
have attracted the thought and You
must need its expression. So encour.
age the questions. concentrate upon
them. and think them into clearness.
as II were, whether they seem to be.
long to you or not.
II Is great mistake to accept state
ments which appear untrue to you. to
try TO believe things which do not ap-
peal to your sense OF reason Just be
cause some one says so. or even be-
cause generations before you have ac-
cepted them as true.
IL Is even greater mistake to force
your opinion upon others. Whoever
tries to compel another to believe
blindly something Just because to him
IL seems to be right. or whoever tries
to control another by an effort of the
Will Is an injurer OF humanity no mat
ter what his intention may be.
What a glorious thing IL will he
when people dare to think and to live
their own lives In the way which IL
true to them! How we shall come
Into freedom when we are true to our
selyesi How we shall abandon all the
little bypocrisies which are so much
more common than we realize. ana
above all. how we shall cease to apolo.
gize to ourselves.
When the heart vibrates to the high.
est within itself. and II filed with the
everything forces of the soul, Il vi
brates In freedom and I'm Joy. IL Is
easy TO intercept the light OF the sun.
but IL Is far easier to let the light
shine on you. The way to let the lIght
shine upon you. the way to know
things. Is TO touch the universal mind
for yourself as you will when you
solve yonr own problems and answer
your own why's.
No one can answer your questions
for you any more than he can ask
them for you. OF than he can dlges,
your food for you. 10 II good 10 ask
the question because by asking you
formulate them In your mind. and the
answer from some one else suggests
an easier way. perhaps. but II n your
mind that must respond to its own
demands.
Possibly this may seem Incorrect