The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-16
A Fellowship Of
Mutual Helpfulness

operation people who have develope1
the cooperative consciousness and are
ready for fellowship Of mutual help
fulness. Just as the external successful
demonstration of new invention de.
ponds on the intrinsic, originating, DIS
corning and co-ordinating mental ca
pacity Of the inventor, 50 in like man.
ner the successful carrying on Of a Co
Operative venture requires an intelligent
leadership, management and an agree
able membership. 1t requires thinkins
on the part of all participants in Co
operative activity. When We think we
connect what we do with The result:
that flow from the doing and contro
our action in the light Of that prophet.
ideally realized connection. Mental sci
ence is studied in Llano Colony because
the members are aware that conscious
retaliation Of all the requirements that
the Colony enterprise involves and are
willing to perform the necessary la
Dor 10 meet and fulfill the conditions
THAT are necessary for success. The
technique Of scientific or expert think
ling is, in large part, concerned with
devices for enabling the thinker moe
securely to trace the obscure and re-
mote connections between actions and
their consequences, between causes and
effects. The most expensive and dis
astrous thing. in the world is ignorance
and, as Professor Irwin Edman saws in
his Human Traits:
Reflection is primarily reveaIer
of consequences. Instead of yielding
to the first impulse that occurs to him,
the thinking man considers where that
impulse, if followed out. wilIlead. And
since man is moved BY more than one
impulse at time, reflection traces the |
consequences of each, and determines
action en- the basis of the relative sat
isfaction it can prophecy after careful
inquiry into the situation. To reflect |
is primarily to query stimulus. to find
out what it means in terms of its con-
sequences. The more alert, persistent
and careful this inquiry, the more will |
instructive tendencies be checked and
modified and adjusted to new situa-
tons.
And it is situations or conditions that
confront us, that have to be dealt with
and solved in the light Of intelligent
understanding, and not by abstract |
or theories that may Be lei
surely discussed ad infinitum. And con-
ditions are something tangible. CON
crete, that can be traced out in all their
relations, intricacies and ramifications;
and readily adjusted and co-ordinated |
SO as to yield the satisfaction and.sup-
ply that human beings require, can
obtain and enjoy when their inter t
course with one another and their activ-
tiles are rearranged reasonably and /
On Sunday night, September 10. Co
operative Exchange, venture lately |,
started in Los Angeles, Calf, was more
discussed. Bessie Ball Mays,
who is connected with the Exchange,
says it has for its principal aim the
attainment Of whatever is
needed or desired TO make life com
Portable, happy and efficient by means
Of free circulation (unobstructed ex-
change) of whatever each individual
has to offer to the world. II NAV be
labor, talent, or product matters
not.
With respect to this Cooperative Ex-
change the Northwest News of Los An
geles says:
Cooperation makes for the high
est Individual development and for
the well-being Of humanity as whole,
both the Individual and soci-
ETY. to progress along the lines Of high
er evolution to state of security and |,
happiness. When the principles of In
diyidualism and collectivism are ac-
cepted we experience the real joy Of |,
and self-expression and the
stimulus Of social fellowship. The re-
wards for faithfuIness to ourselves and
for service to our fellows are SO graft
flying, the results SO free from fear, dis
trust and greed, that it would seem SUI
perficial and unworthy to do otherwise !
than our best TO cooperate with the un-
iversal laws and with our fellowmen.
The building Of individuality with
BUT cooperative effort can only result
in ego-mania. II takes fraternal CO.
operation as well as personal effort 10
produce well-rounded individuality.
IF one has knowledge and does not
divulge it SO that Others may benefit
~ it he robs himself Of greater intel
ectual power, for the greater the use
We make Of our knowledg the better