Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15

IND IL ever occur to you that COM
1 fort is very large factor in the
~ essentials of success? Many fine
moter did not understand that in order
to get the full effect of his energy it
was first necessary to provide for his
own personal comfort SO that no part
of his power should be unnecessarily
consumed in antagonistic impulses called
out by an unfavorable surrounding con-
dtion.
Life is short and the best of us can
only develop about so much of power in
any given direction, and it is of the
highest Importance that we should get
the full benefit of what we have. I
therefore take pleasure in calling your
attention today to some of the most
important rules that must be observed
in order to obtain the best possible con-
ditions of comfort in your case.
What does comfort mean, as used in
the vitosophical sense? 1t means that
condition of body and personal situation
which allows every function to have it's
full play and gives to the individual
the ability to use all of his powers with
a feeling of pleasure and security in so
doing. In the grand table of vitosophy
the word comfort is found in the seventh
column classified as one of the elements
of happiness and is the fourth word in
that column. There are therefore three
things which must be obtained in ad-
vance of comfort, for the elements of
happiness must always be obtained in
their order or we will fall short of a
full realization. These three precedent
conditions are love, health and wealth.
No man can expect to be comfortable
who does not have love. The most un-
comfortable man in existence is the
selfish man who does not work for the
benefit of others. There must be asso-
citation in your life, and If you are living
a lonely existence without companion
ship in some form you can never ex-
pect to be comfortable. Take the grand
table of vitosophy and find the word
comfort in the last column and in the
fourth line of that column. Now run
back over the fourth line of the table
to the beginning and In the first column
on the fourth line the first word of the
line is companionshp, which is the start
ing point of all comfort. You can never
be comfortable alone. Do not try it.
Get into active association with some
one under some circumstances in some
laudable undertaking and manifest love
in your actions and you will find that
your companionship will Immediately en-
large; love will be returned to you with
full measure and you will be well along
toward the realization of this element
of happiness Do not curl UP in your
shell and say that no one cares for you
and that you cannot obtain love. That
is the reason. Nobody cares for you
because you are not caring for any one
You will have to warm up first.
A soon as you have established com
panionship and friendly assqciation, b
sure that you are promoting health. Refe
to the rules given in the second lessor
of this series and see that they are car
ried into effect. Other lessons will b'
| given you on health in this course, bu
| for the present the rules given in thai
lesson are as full as you need to attend
to at this time. Having established love
and health to a reasonable degree the
next consideration is that of wealth. Now
it does not follow that you must be a
millionaire in order to have enough wealth
to be comfortable. The reuired amount
of wealth is expressed in just what is
necessary to have a place to live and to
work, and when this is accomplished the
necessary materials for the work In hand
constitute about all the wealth that is