The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-13
THINK TOO MUCH
OF DETECTIVES
Practice Too Little Of
Quiet lntrospection
and Study.
IS PURELY PERSONAL
Not a Religion Nor "A Cult,
But a Conscientious Study
of the Life within Us.
NV MARGERY REX

NEW york. Juno - Amid tho
rau,uus rhythms uf Ncw furE iis
Changing street oats grinding sub /
ways. druuiug tu,ks and nerve net ,
Ting horns and sirens, a man mas .
studied for 40 years, obliyious TO all
material disturbances, calmly doing
his daily work. for he has IA recipe .
for Tranquility and happiness 10 be ,
found In living Ia tho prcacnt.
lie is Carl H. a. Bjerrcgaard, as /
sistnnt librarian ~ tho New YORK /
public library who recently cclo- ,
bratcd his 18TH birthday, 40 years of
life having been spont In the service
Of tho city.
A student OF mystIcism since his
sixteenth year, soldier, statesman and
scientist ns well. In later years. Mr'
Bjerrogaard believes We must look To
ourselves alone for tho solving OF the
world difficulties weighing down
upon M now.
"Wo'ro all afire from this war" he
said today. ~ we were restless be-
fore. we are now inflnmcd and burn
ing.
We've como out Of the battle bad
ly scorchcd mentally and morally II
would be "A blessing II our nation
could come 60 rest on mystic lines
Mr.. BJerrcgaard pronounced BE
gard explained that mysticism
as he understands it ana practices
IL. hns no connection with so-cnlled
cults or oriental philosophy.
Mysticism is not cult, religion
or philosophy. II In n method OF life
ny witch we live In accord with our
own identity. II encourages spiritual
growth. II deals with all that can
not be scientifically explained. IL
has to do with all thingH that are be-
yond time, space and motion.
"As for the so-called mystic let
us put him at rest The idea that
animatcs him In only troublesoms.
II In vague. meaningless.
Real mysticism In purely personal,
II reaches the very bdttom OF ones
existence. II makes II possible to
find out who one really is.
1T IL the deepest, unconscious life.
Center yourself on that instead OF
business and you're a mystic. Center
all your thoughts On God. Talk to no
ono. Silence will become p habit and
will gradually xiii -artSiiy desires.
This leads to self
''The intentness on ones own iden-
tity, thus produced. must not be
thought OF In an egotistic way. II In
ell for the purposes OF the Kingdom
OF God"
isn't this meditation similar TO
the practices OF the Hindu Brah-
min?" he was asked.
We'll, the Brahmin has all the
Yogi practices, but that 10 n religion,
and the mysticism an I understand II
is a broader thing.
How few people we know could
al n III nj
The average person would think how
many cords OF wood the tree con
tained. how much Il would cost and
what It's BOTANICAL name was,
Let's contemplate the serene
beauty OF u tree. the life OF the tree
and then think OF our own life.
We aim too much at objective
things, thinga outside OF ourselves
- instead OF exploring the beauties o
our inner consciousness.
Most people are Interested In I
thousand things and don't know
much OF any one Of them. Medita
ton for a time each day would On
courage the growth OF the spiritua
side.
II regret To have seen the recen
wave OF spiritism and similar ismt
that became national craze. W
nluhi DhN uii Nh'I lA'liN'ha' WV "
our thoughts.
"Kemcmber mystic doesn't nee'
to flee life. | have worked righ
here In this llbrary--not this build
ing-%to- years.
Il deal with people. | am not sh
or "A reClusc. | believe each ma
must learn to be hhman. first OF al
AS for my work, while | am Z
today, | still expect 10 work 20 year
longer"
one can easily believe Carl Bjerrc
gard IL not shy or retiring ma
after reading his history. A Dan,
he comes OF Niking stock and was
scout In the Schleswig- IL olstein wa
in lS6j-64, Later he graduated a
officer from the military academy q
Copenhagen in 1886. lie served tw
years with the Danish legation TO tn
court OF Russia and for political rea
sons came to the United States /
1873. He In a celebrated author o
orlentalism and mysticism.