The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-04

turns" lie said, so it Isl O Yalnay-
alkya. But when the sun has set,
what is then the light OF mano'
"Tne moon is then his light; for by
the LIGHT Of the moon ne sits and
moves about, does his work and re
turns 80 it is, O Yainayalkya, But
o Yainayalkya, when the sun has set,
and the moon has set, what Is then
the light OF man." Fire IS then his
light: for by the light of fire he
sits and moves about, does his work
and returns" 80 it is, o Yainavalk-
va But, when the sun has set, and
the moon has set, and the fire has
gone out what is then the light of
man." speech is then his light; for
by the light of speech he sits and
moves about, does his work, and re-
turns. Therefore, o King, when one
cannot see ones ewn hand, yet
when a voice II heard. one goes
toward it, 80 it is. o Yainavalkya.
But, when the sun has set and the
moon has set, and the fire has gonc
ont, and no speech is heard, what
is then the light Of man." "The
Self (Atman) is then his light; for
by the light of the self he sits and
moves about, does his work and
returns" What is Self" And here
no reply follows. Paul Elmer More
remarks about this: "One feels al
most as if an apology were demand
ed fer Offering such naive dialogues
as examples of world-famed phil.
osophy. and indeed, only after long
reading of these sacred books, when
the grotesque and infantile imagery
has lost its strangeness to us do
we begin to feel the upift in this
endless seeking after the ruth"
The dag Of atonement may serve
for every one of us, as dav in
which We must s'op to consider
what our life is; Is Il the right kind
of life that we are 10 pursue One
day in he year our religion adnor-
isbes us TO make a lalt to our rash
life. to throw off our daily burdens
to loosen the fetiers Of selfishness,
ennu, and strife by which we are
continually bound, TO free ourselves
from the animal instincts and give
thought to our better nature, so that
We may get new strength. new in
spration. for, what is life without
feeling, without higher ideal. with
out ioya and without aspiration? We
DO not confess our sins and short
comings TO men. we do not seek
from a mortal being, but
We lay bare our hearts before the
Heavenly 'Father, who knows our
most secret thoughts, from whom
alone we can get forgiveness, and
by whose light alone we may attain
happiness and bliss When we aspire
further to the light of man. we dis
cover that besides the licentious
pleasures inculcated daily by Demons 2,
worshipers. there is a pleasure re-
su!tant Of noble achievements; and ia
every vocation of life We NAV find
the same bliss and happiness. Man
can create happiness, for himself and
others, out OF misery: the very task
that makes him miserable can make
him happy. IL he realize, by restrain
ing his senses and submitting to his
deeper self, what real bliss and hap
piness is: he could then perceive
the deep meaning Of life, he would
not theE destroy and mar his happi-
ness with his own hands. and then
complain of his misery.
There are great and noble tasks to
be accomplished in life; tasks that
would lead us to happiness and beat
itude, tasks that would sweeten our
life, every moment of our life: and
no man is too small and no time too
short to accomplish them.