The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-11-11


been referred by the Department Of
Agriculture at Washington, D. c., to
this colony for information on coop
eratiye farming. The writer is inter-
Tested in cooperative farming, and de-
Isires to learn just haw to take the
matter in hand with his neighbors. An
other letter Was from cooperative
|colony in California. offering TO ex-
Ichange California dried fruit for some
LOT Llano Colony products. OF course,
1.-THE requests and offer will be cheer
fully complied with.
The comrade also pointed out that
1.-THE Llano Colony property belongs to
lall the active Colony workers, and that
every Individual worker is equally re-
Isponsible for its success. That the
Colony will progress in exact proper
ton to the useful productive work that
lis being done. Every legitimate de-
Islre that anyone harbors in his heart
can meet complete satisfaction if each
one will perform his share of the
work that is necessary to produce the
needed supply. 1t is up to the col
onists themselves what the nature of
their environment and conditions is to
Ibe.
A sculptor can take block Of mar
BILE as his raw material and carve any
KIND OF statue out of it--a saint or
devil; bird or a savage beast Of
prey. Human nature in similar way,
: is also raw material, which individual
: man has placed at his disposal; and
the emotions that he cultivates and
: the thoughts that he thinks develop
: and crystalline the character into
4 which he develops is the sculptor
: and, architect Of himself, and also Of
S his environment.
$ Comrade Geo. D. Coleman, though
n seventy-eight years old. testified that
9 he had discarded certain undesirable
h trait Of character since coming here.
He emphasized every statement made
n by Comrade Pickett.
!: Experience has disclosed that there
!, are immanent definite processes Of
II functioning in the universe with which
S, man must conform and take into &C
o count in every one of his actions, il
e he desires beneficial results. The
II knowledge of the immanent authority
: of these self-enforcing eternal process
C es Of function has been ascertained by
e the normal growth of human learning
It operative already in baby life, child
" hood, youth. and all the stages of hui
g man maturity, when not frustrated OF
y stultified by deliberate misleading OF
: by peryersion. As the new monthly
Z. magazine Justice states it, :" Do you
Il mean to say that, every little child is
e born with the Universal Mind2' Yes
'e that is precisely what we mean to say
IS Where is the proof of this startling
u statement2' You yourself proved it ev.
y cry time you asked that universal ques-
e ton: Why. Mother9' 1t is not by
I chance that no two children are alike
q in appearance, but are all alike in real
: lily when they instinctively start oui
: on the journey of life as human ques-
= ton marks and TRUTH SEEKERS. .
g In the natural process Of learning, a
e child or man handles, studies, and ex-
L periments with concrete, tangible OBJ
= jects and things. distinguishes their diff
ferent qualities, uses, and actions from
q one another, and gradually perceives
Z their relations, interaction and connec
e ton with and upon one another, and
e thus acquires positive knowledge. The
: validity of thorough. searching, accur-
ate sense perception. and of human
S consciousness lies at the basis of all
Z certain knowledge, both physical and
y mental. If our physical senses are un-
trustworthy, the same defect must all
SO disqualify, our mental faculties. No
lone can afford to remain ignorant, be-
cause every one can accomplish use
). full things only to the extent of use
r full knowledge and skill acquired.
knowledge truth never suffers
from the most searching investigation;
j they suffer who refuse to listen to
$ truth and who hinder others from gain
t ing it. All added innovation in human
: affairs is the result Of definite origin
ating processes. Each innovation in
; every field of human endeavor has
y been infatuated by nominating.
i non-conforming individuals. Original
: thinking alone enable anyone to inau-
lgurate new ventures, new methods and