The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
BY FLORENCE WILLARD DAY.


| II We will mediate sufficiently upon
this subject "" will find eventually that
, all desires resolve themselves into the
| one desire for self-realizatiOn and self
expression.
II is the self of US with its divine
! nature and attributes that We love and
| drSlr,. to know and manifest in external
form and condition. 1t must he projected
| outwardly from the self into objcCtivity
| that it may become subject Tor Oh
servatiOn and contemplation so that the
/ self may see and enjoy in objective form
: those qualities and attributes which are
latent and subjective within the self
The ohiectified form is the sign. SYM
hoI and embodiment of some particular
quality or attribute that IS resident
within the self. Through its projection
into ohicctivity one is able To realize and
cniov the special quality which is 50 cN-
pressed.
At first the soul does not distinguish
( between the form or object and the thing
or quality which the form represents and
so will think that il - the form which
he loves thus he becomes attached IL
the form. tho embodiment Of the quality
/ loved. and tenaciously holds it to him
self. thinking its possession necessary for
his comfort and satisfaction.
/ This false conception leads him to seek
| various external forms as the means to
: the attainment of happiness for himself.
: He thinks that he needs many things
: in order 10 he happy and therefore he
! seeks to gain possession of them all, one
! bv ono. as rapidly as he is able to ac-
conplish the object of his quest. But
having gained them all he is still as
unsatIsficd as ever. The possession nj
everything that he imagined would give
frnn tha .
I.ssn.ss of unsatisfied desire. giving
| freedom from the constant urge from
within and consequent struggle for the
! nossession of the objects of desire, has
not given him the peace and satisfaction
| which he anticipated. Having gained
the possession of all things possible of
: attainment he is still as unsatisfied as in
the beginning.
possession of which will give real and
I true satisfaction, through the fuliillmenr
Of desire? First. he must understand the
true meaning and purpose of desire. then
! he must be able to distinguish between
! the means necessary for the working out
| and ACCOMPLISHMENT of that purpose and
that which is finding expression through
| the agency of those means. and their re-
Iationship established in his conscious
ness. He will then cease to seek for
and to attach himself to external OBJ
/ iects as a means of satisfaction. In
stead he will seek within himself for
the realization of those inner qualities
which he loves and which hitherto he
has sought for in materialized form.
Thus he will eventually attain to self
realization and so will find the posses
, sions. which are already his which nc
has sought for so ardently outside OF
m all x.iti in
his own consciousness. and that the OBJ
| iects which embody those qualities In
any degree are symbols and effects.
merely through and by means of which
they are reflected back to himself
Then he will know that the reality Of
everything which is expressed in the uni
verse of form is potentially within him
self and so will find rest and peace In
/ the consciousness of the possession OF
the substance of all that he observes In
externalized form.
And so at last he will find real and
true satisfaction in the conscious realiza-
| ton of his true nature and being and
in the expression of all those attributes
which are latent within him.
Through meditation and true self-ex-
preston one attains to a conscious real
! ization of his real being, and thus one
becomes aware Of the reality, truth.
love. beauty. order. harmony and rhythm
that are inherent within his true nature.
These qualities become actual posses
sions on the relative plane through ex-
preston in external form. state or con-
dition.
Thus the true meaning and purpose OF
desire Is that OF Standardization and self
expression through which the self finds
true enjoyment and perfect satisfaction.
and makes an external environment
which correSpontis with the inner state