Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26
CREATION DIVINE,
SAYS BHARATI
LIFE MADE UP OF TWENTY
FOUR PRINCIPLES
Hindoo Preacher Declares the human
Mind Is a Playground Of Animal
and Divine, and One Must
Predominate

Baba BnuIaIi uVi' , Al.
last night in the Krishna temple ','N a.
inc for his subject, "The DIVINE, tne
Human and the Animal" He saiu Ill
part. l., ossantia1lv divine
mr.. to be more accurate npsol".oay a,,.o,,ao,
VI, t -. IN essence. The divine essence
u, Ire absolute purity pervades a
n,olecule of earth as much as IL per
vades God. All creation may pc
summed m i'm that orie word-lite'
life is the manifestation of the work
ing of the creative principle OF the an
existent God. Out of this one creative
principle spring other principles 10
manifest life. These subsidiary spe-
nitic nrinciples are intelligence, ego,
mind. the ten senses and their objects
sound. touch, form, taste, smell ana
tho compounds of these objects called
the elements. These twenty-four
principles make up this whole life
called creation or universe, and every
mart thereof, every minute atom, mas
in it these twenty-four principles. And
these twenty-four principles, again,
are pervaded by that fundamental
nrinciples--love, God, divine essence
MolecuIe Unconscious
"The molecule of earth, however, is
unconscious of the composing prln-
ciples, the principle of it's conscious
s-intelligence-not being opened as
vet. Nor is that principle of conscious
ness opened until the molecule reaches
the stage of man in it's upward evo-
luton. The molecule begins to mani
fest life by opening the sense prin-
ciples one by one. At first 1t opens
only one principle, touch, and shoots
I'D as a blade of grass, in which this
principle of touch in action, draws
Juice from the earth for its susie
nance. Through thousands upon
thousands of plant forms 1t passes,
and by drawing the magnetism, by
that sense of touch, Of higher life
forms. it succeeds in opening the other
sense principles, through which 1t as
sumes animal forms, from the tiniest
to the biggest. -.
"Then it passes to the forms of
what we call the intelligent animals.
But, however. intelligent-looking may
be an animal, such as the monkey,
the first three principles OF life are
not omen in them. These are the
mind, ego and intellect, which is the
name for consciousness In Individual
entities. These three work together,
for the mind, the principle of think
ing, cannot think without center TO
think from. This center of the mlnu
ia the ego which is lf-consciousness,
and these two principles are dnt IunS-
toned with the principle of intellect.
the deciding principle, the principle OF
reason. In the monkey these first
three principles are on the verge OF
being opened. The moment they are
opened the monkey evolves into q
mana very savage man, more amman
than man. Yet he is man, for he is
self-conscious, which the monkey is
not. The monkey has a mind, too
hut he is unconscious of that mind,
andt hence cannot control its work
Evolution Long Process
"From a savage man to be evolved
into a civilized man is a long process,
involving thousands of reincarnat1ons
through absorbing the magnetism OF
well-regulated and refined mentalitles.
The savage mans mentality partakes
more of the animals instincts and pro-
cIivities. But when he succeeds in be-
ing born in civilized human family
the basic principle of life called soul
the part of the all-pervading God in
man-is on the verge of being opened.
When. through association with the
thoughts Of God-conscious men, his
mind is turned to God, the God
without him and the God within, ne
begins to be divine. The more con-
stantly his mind dwells on God the
more divine he becomes When he has
developed within himself unbroken
God-consciousness, he leaves the
human planes and passes on to the
sniritual planes where spiritual be-
ings. called "Siddhas' in Sanskrit and
angels in biblical language. live, ur-
dergoing greater and greater purih-
cation in order to reach that perfect
all-soul consciousness which translates
them into the realm of the absolute
the abode oe absolute love and happi-
ness which is called bliss because Of
it's absoluteness.
All Depends on Mind
1.-THE human mind is the playground
of the animal and the divine. When
the animal instincts preponderate IN
II man has not realized his manhood.
When the divine instincts prepon-
derate. through thinking on the di-
Vine,F then only man cognizes his man
hood for perfect manhood is divinity
itself. This is meant when it is said
that God has made man in his own
image. So long as man occupies his
mind with the pleasures and objects
of the senses, so long he is an animal.
The divine In him Is there all the
same, but his mind not being con-
scious of it he fails TO be even human,
though possessing human shape. But
once his mind turns inwards into the
soul-the realm OF the divine--he abb
serbs itn attributes through dwelling
on it--peace and harmony, and mani
tests them in his acts which always
demonstrate charity, compassion, hu-
mility and affection for all Good S
creatures. They at last ripen into the
cardinal attributes of his soul. his
real self love for God and all that
has sprung from him-the richest and
highest prize of human as well as di-