Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-20
Love and Hate

Love and Hate
of orr constant readers asks
o explaIn what effect the mental
"a of love and hate, respectively,
on the SYSTEM; also, whether or
one can cultivate a mental state
I'VE exclusively.
ese are hard mental nuts to crack,
I shall try my hardest to crack
\, rather, make an attempt to do
because the same questions sug-
I'd themselves to me after n dis
ion with an educated Individual
1t matters of more or less impor-
hile the discussion was going on
ed a word that Is too often abused,
whenever / would mention 1t my
,nent said: "I hate that word"
i've been thinking over since that
lent whether my opponent really
s. the word 1 used or hates me for
& 1t.
have learned anything at all
3 I attained the age of discretion,
@ Is one thing / give myself credit
knowing very well, namely, that
never people do not agree with
they will either abuse or hate
And the abnormal, mental state
iate that the majority of mortals
n to cultivate more than anything
is responsible for the well-nigh
slble place called "heaven on
h."
be sure, conditions are different
W from what they used to be. say,
iousand years ago; in other words,
ole are not as intolerant, bigoted,
ressive, or prosecuting now as they
in times past; but. broadly speak
the long wished and prayed-for
ven on earth does not exist. That
iii exist i'm time, and every mortal
feel it's benign influence, no one
a doubt. For with every degree Of
.llectual developmnt exhibited by
\ there is a corresponding degree Of
ven on earth.
, times past for the sake of a mere
mon entertained by a finite and, In
ense, crude being, he or she was
Ter burned at the stake or made to
penance or submit to some other
N of unnatural punishment; but
ditions are different today. An in
ldual may now entertain any kind
opinion, and so long as he or she
S not try to impose it on somebody
/, 1t goes well with him or her.
,re is only one notable exception.
, exception l have reference to Is
[ doctors of medicine can still i'm
@ their opinions, not on intelligent
pie, but on people less favored in
ectually. Even medical bigots,
yever, will in time be relegated to
past, for truth travels fast in mod
times.
,eople who conceive an infinite power
II rules the universe know, nay,
|. that that power Is love. Love
lo ;,,G tho infinitn and
o are synonymous terms. To put
in other words, love Is the essence
the infinite-the power that rules
-, universe. That being the case q
De no one can deny it), what of
te, the counterpart Of love? Hate
mental condition cultivated by
ite-I say finite, remember-beings
means of suggestions from without
within. 1t follows, therefore. that
.e is, as 1t were, earthly, while love
heavenly.
is the easiest thing in the world
conceive why people should love,
it Is not so easy to comprehend
v they should hate. For, from
htever standpoint we consider finite
hgs, they are part and parcel OF
universe, and therefore related to
, another by chains that no human
ether we consider the animal king
n (and this includes mani from the
ndpoint of the philosopher or the
igiously inclined, or even the scien-
!, each and every breathing animal
lives it's existence from the same
irce-the infinite.
When the child inhales the first
,ath of life no degree of hate Is
nmingled with it. 1t inhales-it ex-
Ids it's lungs with air, the source
which is the same that gave it life,
nelly, the infinite. And all the time
t the child is not susceptible to sug
tion it inhales the same air from
same loving source. But life i'm
IS growth, and here the trouble be-
S.
he child while young belongs to it's
ents, and parents, unfortunately
Re their likes and dislikes, their be-
S and unbeliefs, their prejudices and