The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-15
.As 1 man thinketh il HIS HEART

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and since immemoriaI times the heart
has been considered the seat Of the
emotions and the source from which all
action proceeds. And it is a saying
that, He has had a change Of
heart, intimating that his attitude has
undergone radical change and is en-
tireIy opposite to his former name
and behavior. The members Of fam
lily are kept together by mutual good
will. courtesy and devoted interest in
each others welfare, and only as the
spirit of loyal family relations is incul-
Gated and extended to include every
member of a cooperative community
can a lasting unity Of interest be arous-
ed and made permanent.
The Individual is the unit of the COM
munity in which he lives. says Dr.. E. ].
Schellhous in his Elements of Ethics. Z
The character of the whole depends
on that of the unite that compose it.
Society is an aggregation of units hav-
ing cartain relations with each other.
It has no individuality; it is not con
sclous it has no wants, it has no power,
nor intelligence. All the affairs Of life
are in the individuals. Each one is a
world in himself, confined in a certain
sphere Of activities, actuated by his
feelings and LIMITED by his conscious
ness. He can enlarge and ennoble his
sphere ad infinitum ;Nbut he can never
get out Of it, neither can another get
into it, He is the centerstance of the
universe. Blot him out of existence,
then to him there would be no universe.
He must exist for in his existence is
reality.
There is no power in truth, per Sc;
it is simply reality only waiting for man
to recognize and utilize it. Its recog-
milton is indispensable to the realiza-
ton of life's purpose and Its end.
And now, dear reader, reflect for a
moment. and you will see that all life
and all activities have their rise in the
feelings of the individual made aware
of and enlightened by consciousness.
In all our affairs. in the concern that
we have for our well-being and that Of
Of those we love, the foundation is feel
ing. Whatever that is, we are. 1t is
the psychic force the fountain from
whence flow all our joys and sorrows,
subject to the natural laws of our be-
ing, obedience to which results in good
-disobedience, in evil. But obedience
necessitates knowledge which depends
on the right state of the feeling.
THE impression prevails that insti-
buttons are the governing power and
individuals are subject to them. In
stitutions are not forces, they are means
created by individuals; they are effects
net causes. To govern, the power must
be conscious; it must have a will and
intelligence to devise, employ and d.
rect the means. These, institutions do
not have; they do not feel, nor do they
nave WdIltSs
THE errors that prevail have their
rise in feelings unconcsiously devel-
oped under wrong conditions and a
more or less vicious heredity (for
bad feelings as well as good feelings
may be developed), and we never for
moment suspect the error. They are
SO interviewer in the mind as to become
in a certain sense, part of our men
tally; therefore, to change the sense
Of reality. the feelings themselves must
be changed.
Natural law knows neither good nor
evil. IF the feelings that give rise to
the sense of reality are founded on self
ishness, the sense of reality will be self
ish, and the pursuit of sensuous enjoy
ment Will exclude the moral sense, OF
rather, prevent its development, and
those pursuits will be justified, and they
will constitute the life of such indivi-
duals. An advantageous bargain, q
sharp trick in trade or an absurd dogma
will please him, just as a noble act anc
a divine truth would please just anc
intelligent man.
The lesson to be learned is that il
order to reach and enjoy the true con
diions of life, we must deal with thu
causes of human conduct the feel
ings, and not the effects thing
themselves, and not with the concep
ton of them. as all writers on ethic
have done without the recognition 0
the cause, ignoring the fact that feel
ing gives rise to the sense of reality il
what is felt; the consequences of sucl
non-recognition is the failure 10 soIv,
life's problems"
In the absence Of Comrade Pickett