The Washington herald., 1914-09-06
KARMA
" Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap ="
BY DIR. W. w. BAKER

high seas or between far-distant con-
tinents? Many apparent wonders have
been evolved in very recent years-and
be assured that this is but an earnest Of
the future.
1t is but a step from the realm Of
physical law to the realm Of mental and
moral life. The mind of the thinker is
evidently ripe for new discoveries In
the past the efforts of our scientists have
been almost wholly confined to investi-
cations of physical laws but many
minds are now beginning to turn their
attention to higher thngs-are watching
with intense interest the efforts Of the
pioneers in this our modern age to solve
the riddle Of our existence. Opportuni-
ties are being offered and are being
seized a. every point by our advanced
students.
Invariability Of law is a guarantee of
success. The same result will follow the
same procedure. 1t Is the same with
human aCtion-the more II is based on
knowledge the more secure 1t is in its
forecastings-results can be foreseen.
planned. calculated upon II we are be-
trayed IT is because of our own ignor-
ance. Nature never betrays Increasing
knowledge means increasing power
Everything emanates from one life, is
supported by one life-God-and law Is
but an expression Of that Divine life. in
which there is no change-a foundation
immovable. secure. eternal.
The Two Minds.
The soul in man. the Ego. as many call
il, is the maker of Karma and must be
recognized as a growing entity, who in
creases in wisdom and in mentality as he
treads the path of evolution. For the
sake OF onvenience-although II be a
fact-we must post two minds the
higher and the lower Chigher and lower
manas as it is called in theosophy). The
higher mind is working on the spiritual
plane-the plane OF abstract thought in
full consciousness on its own plane, but
so yelled by the activities of the lower
mind as to he very seldom consciously in
evidence TO the vast majority Of human
ity. The lower mind is working on its
plane. but so yelled by emotions and sem
sations and the activities colored by the
desire nature as to be. to a great ex-
tent, blinded and is in possession of only
partial consciousness of its higher ele-
ments. As man evolves and the spiritual
part of him becomes more in evidence
the operations Of the higher mind become
more and more conscious, but at the pres
ent stage of humanity it is the lower.
concrete mind. the mind governed mostly
~ SAlV t4AlONlOllS anu ueSlIeS IndI we use
and that governs our actions.
Now, as thought takes precedence Of
acuons-that is, voluntary action. for. of
course. much of action is automatic-it is
TO thought mental action. that We must
attribute the initiative. and if this thought
he governed by the emotions and desires
you can readily see that clearness of per-
ception Is yelled. The less evolved and
the more emotional the individual the
less apt Is he to perceive the difference
between right and wrong. and the more
inclined is he to a selfish disregard of the
rights Of others. For this reason we
have the criminal class-be they low or
be they high in the social scale. From
the earliest times the guides and law
makers have recognized the necessity for
the government of those who were so
little evolved as not to be able to gov
ern themselves and the necessity for the
protection of the masses from the preda-
tory acts Of the willful
We may divide humanity into three
classes: The savage, the half civilized,
the civilized. The savage, with little
mentality, is controlled by his physical
nature. and what conduces to the salts
faction Of his physical appetites and pas
sions best pleases him-recognizin= the
rights OF others only in so far as he may
&C compelled to. admiring physical Prov