The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-08
ALTRUISTIC COOPERATION

Milton IN ms FAMOUS Areopagltlca.
Every important step in human pro-
gress has been variation from the pre-
vailing customs and practices, new me-
rhodes or things. All advances in SCI
ence are as a rule departures from old
Ell and accustomed ways of thinking.
BY patiently listening to Individual var
iation of opinion we may discover in
the first place that accepted beliefs are
wrong. "A very important fact not
commonly recognized il" says Viola
MizzeIl Kimmel," that we are greatly
stimulated to clear thinking, and TO
FIND OURSELVES AND WHAT WE
NEED TO KNOW. by reading thought
provoking literature with which we are
not in previous agreement, whether we
are convinced by it or not. since we
are brought to illumination in either
case"
! We are studying mental science in
| Llano Colony because we believe it will
help us in carrying out and accom-
lplishing the purpose that we aim at
the Inauguration and establishment of
equitable, integral and altruistic coop
Grafton.
A group Of people. like the colonists
at Llano very often can CLEAN help
full tip to the successful achievement
of their aim from the attitude and de-
termination of individual successful
men. Isaas F. Marcosson, who as jour
nalist has interviewed more famous and
inaccessibly great men than any other
made the following statement in the
April number of the American Maya
zine:
Zone thing that his impressed me
was that these mea Che interviewed
had definite objective in view. al
most from the very beginning. They
did not wait for the thing called oppor-
tunity to come knocking at the door.
Rather. they took life by the throat and
choked out of it the golden chance.
And surprising number of them did
not go along BLINDLY. THEY KNEW
WHAT THEY WANTED: And THAT
was the thing they went after
And they undoubtedly also KNEW
HOW TO GET WHAT THEY WANT
ED, for knowing HOW and being able
to operate the HOW is the basis of all
achievement. Nothing can be accom-
plished in any field of human endeavor
accept in accordance with the know
ledge that has been acquired. That
is the basic realization on which the
mental science class at Llano has taken
its stand. 1t accepts only definite. ac-
curate, demonstrated and verifiable
knowledge here on the earth plane of
actual and practical living. Because
the name of science is appended to
certain teaching, that does not make
it knowledge. And this class does not
have to occupy its time and give atteh-
ton or defend and maintain everything
that has adopted the name of science
as its credential.
The mental science class has de-
finite aim. The supreme purpose is to
put the golden rule into practice into
all the affairs of Llano Colony. It
respects the beliefs and conduct of ev-
cry individual member insofar as they
do not conflict with the practice of the
golden rul e and the mission of the Col
ony. 1t is atpresent studying GER
tain course of lessons and one of the
precepts of this course is that we should
not scatter our attention by -devoting
it to miscellaneous subjects that have
no practical connection with the work
on hand. 1t teaches us to concentrate,
lie. to give undivided attention to the
subject Of greatest Importance to us
for the time-being, and for that reason
we do not care to include subjects in
our consideration that contain no ele-
ment Of practicability with respect to
our work in hand. And how to adj
vance it and carry it out demands all
our time, and we cannot afford to ex-
pend it in any other direction.
''All the great eternal forces of ma
ture act in solemn silence, but by OBJ
servation and experimentation it is
within our ability to place ourselves in
harmony with them and thus express
life Of comparative peace and happi-
ness. Accurate percention and careful
comparison are necessary for this.
Comparison is an absolutely essential
factor of thought. As a practical rule,
we should form clear concept of ev-
cry term; we should define it. and then
we should notice all possible relations
between it and other concepts. Unless
we accurately apprehend aand conceive
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