Show 5 IMMORTALITY nv fly ELIV nu nuA A man mau wino who says he le Is a common workman writes nn an uncommonly in interesting letter regarding time the serious subject of ho he wants m no noto td to toll tell In a brief newspaper article the whole process Ns of reasoning which I oil led me to believe in immortality Time Tho letter Jitter comes comnes from Three Rivers Mass arid and gives no iso address It would w bo ho a pleasure to send my nay correspondent iome booklets or to direct hum him where whereto to obtain books which might aid lit lilt own excellent reason Ing- Ing powers on this most Important subject with which wo ve mayo have to deal the Immortality of or tine the spirit of man lb IIo asks here here- heredo do she I come ome from room Did 1 I hava hav a beginning Will dentin death end all If life is eternal a as you dear lady assert then I can nol have u a. begin but must mayo have existed always Wo e hav- hav havno no i of our furnace forme existences if wo we mad had we would no smut fear sheath death as a. wo ive do tiO All conscious beings fear death I am ann growing old Bodily I am ann am and always was very weak Of the worlds world's riches I have tunic none I am alone Is no iso one whom I can call my soy own Tine The language I have to sinak Is fore I to 10 sine mv Yet Vet I fear death and cling to this miserable life Common Workman is asking ciu lions which puzzled the o- o Pliers 3 of the world since time the beginning of But lut to those who care to look carefully anti and patiently Into time the of evidence obtained is proof ab absolute mib- mib solute of time the immortality of all created timings things No mind has yet been great enough to conceive a i period of time before bemore there was a Wino Who made God is the tho question of every child before which every parent and theologian pauses silent and abash abash- ed It Is useless to vitality in iii trying to think out time the unthinkable The fact which confronts Us ifs is life We e arc ame moms hero Tine The next fact is death Wo o must all thi gPo up the body even even- My own studios studies into frito the why and wherefore when of existence convince mo mine that In iii tine the works of the very carl earlIest lea I seers and amid masters extant time tho Vedas lie all Unit that cans can bu be known of creation All later Ul Bibles are Included In its remarkable remarkable- works This rids philosophy teaches that the Great Cause which Is Spirit expresses itself tor Him and amid Her self sOhl him the In-the tue form of ofa a material universe These periods begin with wholly spiritual beings who gradually grow more material through their forgetful forgetful- ness as time passes u ot their divine origin When tho thu very depths of materialism ma inn- have booms been reached then there occurs some sommie great cataclysm of nature anti and au all go back to the original source again when nothing Is but spirit Tie The Bible tells of ot one flOod but there have boom many and there will be many n-many mure tnt's Is continually proving the vast age of this earth ninth and discovering evidences of the former existence ex cx- of vanished continents and amid i ci i iza ii on s. s During Dimming all these trillions of years soul on earth has lived We have occupied sunny many bodies and amid forums forms always progressing in iii sonic some tierce tie di- grce however we may have deteriorated In others always gaining a little however mow how ever many our losses always getting tack back to principles oven when wan wan- away Into materialism It Is possible that Tine The Common Vork man finns with the uncommon mind and time the weak body anti ami the lonely homely heart was a powerful ruler rider with whim gross appetites and uncontrolled rolled passion In mm some age Tie lie slaughtered and amid tyrannized tyran arid and ed during his spasm span of life and cared little for the tho sorrow ho Inc caused und arid compelling others to toll toil fur for him So he lie was sent back to earth carOm to earn bin broad bread by the sweat of inks his brow and to be le lonely and to carry a weak body body which ho mo made by his ion tor- riser but bitt he lie Is physically arid and socially on a lower plane piano han ban he Inc was vai of old isis his mind and heart mavi learned to think and feel and hi mint Is becoming inure visible through Lne cloy he lie comes comos to earth again he will nave have man sunny lessons and will oc occupy oc- oc cupy a much nobler In this tho world That lie does dous not recall his old life 11 Co or lives liven Is of ii no more more- account that time the fact I that you or I 1 do not recall tine the day day we wu learned time the letters of the Ume alphabet We e know time tho alphabet That is tine the Important timing thing between time the different incarnations Linear Linear- nations we pass pas through many Interesting Interest Interest- lug ing and wonderful spiritual experiences where we meet those timot wino who are anti and have beers been our close spiritual kiss kin mind and we renew re vu- new old ties of love iove und friendship as do scholars wino who go home between col- col years Many people live on earth today who do old ions Such a memory emma can be cultivated but is iii not important to mans man's growth or happiness Only the results of those experiences arc important 1 do not remember time the days when I neglected to master my arithmetic ics les son I tb do not even recollect the names of tine the teachers wins who wore were vainly trying to make me rue study these distasteful lems But 1 I have all my life since reaching reach reach- trig ing maturity suffered Inconvenience from my say neglect m inn youths youth to conquer mathe matics Just exactly so Me ire receive bene- bene Ills or oi suffer penalties today from acts we committed in inn former forgotten lives ilves I might perhaps sit down und and by great effort recall the Lime special seasons and teachers t. associated with my childish delinquencies de do- but tints this would serve small purpose now U it would be much mends for forme me sue to take up time tho belated study tudy of algebra alge alge- bra inra or to a devote my time to tu helping other younger scholars to realize tine tho Im Importance irni- irni of such studies There w Was s u It beautiful and good woman woman wo wo- man of my toy acquaintance wino who has b subjected to the tho most astonishing sc se- se ries of domestic tragedies Neglect and deceit and amid cruelty have Imae shown her In Lu tin tin- most peculiar forms and amid sine she has bus seemed to be driven by u a lush of destiny unto Into a life of seclusion frou he world which lair her personal attractions mend and mental qualities lit her to adorn To Lo me Use tine the woman's womans former is ins us iss clearly pictured as us tin tue story In am any book of history H TIr r whole deportment carrier time the mar nar She Shu suggests despite her hor womanly wo- wo manly charms charm u it dominating masculine personal it Tine Tho eye sees time the time ono tyrant wIn who broke the hearts of tine the women attracted by his power and amid magnetism who wooed and won anti and laughed anti and voile like tie the khight in ins time the old ansi and to the the- word I tome Homo hold heisT no rio meaning and amid Implied no na obligation So hen and now time the law of Karma sends time the tyrant back a woman longing long iong- ing fur for home und protection until und love and anal forced to learn by earthly expedience just what time the lack hack of those blessings submissive tend and uncomplaining making the heal beat of her solitary life today thanking Go God 1 for hor friends and amid health this woman has learned time the lesson n ne-i ne t for her heir an l lis is snaking making good karma learnia fur for tIne fu fin fin- tune ture All ii tine the troubles which mate have cosine como to time the denizens of earth during all au time the corns cons of time have havo resulted from their thelt of or time the nature In overT every 01 truing Ining That IB is what Is meant by all this the stories starlet of A it Full Fall of Mann Man which run through every starter We nil all started with the originator And only by losIng losing los los- ing sight of this fiLet fact have havo vc fullon So soon as wo we become fully conscious of at our divinity w We are saves saved and anid unto those win who have that consciousness morn shall be given And whatsoever they auk ask shall be given because they timey are arc asking only for thou their own owis health opulence opu opu- hence lence happiness und amid eternal life As int ye sow so shall ye e read You are aro your own savior From yourself only eats can salvation come |