The Washington herald., 1914-09-06

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thy for the old, the weak. or the suffer
ing. The half civilized, governed mainly
by their passional and emotional nature,
but intellectual to a certain extent;
selfish in the extreme and granting the
| right OF others to possessions mainly be-
cause 1t is conducive to their own well
fare and protection in their own hold
| ings. This half-civilIZed class is scat
| tered through all races OF the earth.
The civiIized-and to this class we
allot the law-abiding, intellectual, and
religious. although a person may be both
| Intellectual and religious but very selfish
seeking only that he may be the re-
| cipient of benefits and not especially con-
cerned that others may profit.
II We take the Individual we find that
| he may be divided as we have the
masses. For he has his physical or saw
age nature-his emotional desire, or half
| civilized and selfish nature, and his
higher. spiritual. or unselfish nature. A
compound. the activities of which con-
stitute the daily life OF us all.
Cause and Effect.
Having reached somewhat OF an under
| standing OF the influences at work in
governing action, We will now see how
| the energies man sets going on each
plane are conducive 10 the production OF
Karma-the law Of causation-of cause
and effect.
St Paul said: BE not deceived; God is
not Knocked; for whatsoever a man SOW
eth that shall he also reap"
Man is operating on three planes-phy-
steal, desire. mental. and sends out on
each plane a class OF energies peculiar to
the plane He is continually sending out
forces on each plane that he functions.
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going They bring about certain definite
effects on himself and on others, and as
these causes radiate from himself over
the whole field of his activity. he is re-
sponsible for the results. Every force
operates on its own plane and reacts on
the plane below 1.-THE plane on which II
is generated gives II its special charac-
teristics and in its reaction on lower
planes sets up vibrations according to
the nature OF the original impact We
must not forget that each man creates
his own capacities and his own limita-
tions-although. being a spark of the
Divine. he can strengthen or weaken his
capacities, enlarge and contract his lin
itations We shape our own destiny
We can improve or deteriorate as we
choose.
The first class Of energies we will! study
is our thoughts.
Thought is a potential factor in the
causation OF causes. The vibrations which
We call thought give rise TO mental
images which shape and mold the men
tality-every thought modifies the mental
faculties and the aggregate Of any group
of mental images strengthens the facul-
ties. Concentration and study Of any
subject will enable a fuller comprehen-
sion Of the subject. Aware Of this law
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and with certainty the mental character
he wishes, and he will become like that
on which he thinks. II his tendency IS
to evil thought his acts will be evil, if TO
good his actions will be righteous.
But while generating thought We are
affecting others. The vibrations set going
impinge on the minds of others. and find
ing in that mind congenial ground, in
fiuences it for good or for evil. Thus we
affect others and create karmic links
ties that draw people together-that sur
rounds US with friends or with enemies
from life to life. That bring US people
who benefit or who oppose us-those who
love and those who hate. Thus We not
only determine our own character, men
tai and moral. but our environment in
the present and especially in future lives.
Thought Generates Desire.
Our second class OF energies is our de-
sires. In man thought always enters
into a desire. The vibrations of the de-
sire body-the astral body as we call it
affect others in proportion to the inten-
sity of the thought generating the de-
sire-outgoing energies for good or i'll,
and linking US to others by the strongest
ties of love or hatred.
At the present stage of evolution an or
binary mans desires are usually stronger
than his thoughts. and play a greater
part in determining his environment in
future lives-connecting him with persons
and surrounding him with influences the
cause of which he is wholly unconscious.
In rebirth we draw around US a desire
body exactly fitted to our stage of evolu-
ton and that will enable US to crafty
our longings and our appetites When
desires have been low, sensual. and cruel
in the past, you will find the egos drawn
in rebirth to parents that will furnish
weak and diseased brains-nervous dis
eases of all kinds. physical deformaties
Let our desires be unselfish and helpful
Of a high and holy nature and we de-
termine for ourselves future conditions
that will enlarge our capacity for good
and ensure happiness and friends
This brings us to energies operating on
the physical plane as actions. It is the
influence Of our actions on others thar
to a greater extent determines our fu
ture relation TO them. Our thoughts and
desires determine our actions, and al
though these actions may move us TO
other thoughts, other desires, and thus
indirectly affect us, il is otherwise
when We study the effect on others-the