Show THE LAW OF KARMA KAIRMA 0 VIEW OF A DISCIPLE OF OPHY thi this Is I 1 the new ii is kel reel ay I 1 U 1 live ivo I 1 I 1 I 1 to 0 o it would I 1 like ike all others Traus torm forin eurth earth into ioto a heaven karma la Is a sanskrit word me mean an ing action whether ot of thought word or deed since there are no straight si straight raight lines in nature aveo ever force tends to return to its broje projector tor once this law Is recognized we begin to see the philosophy underlying that homely adage curses like chickens come home to roost for 1900 yeara years we in the western world have heard As a man bows so shall he reap ct while allo glibly reciting this ae e sow canada thistles and ihen then rail at fate because we do not reap california peaches priches why simply because the philosophy underlying this 14 1 not understood ic c fall to see in man the master of the cause but the slave of the effect nature la Is conquered b obedience to its lams help nature and work ork on with her and nature will regard thee as one of her creatures and will nuke make obeisance bays says tho the voice olce of silence aai kaima ma ta tien en Is the law which ad justs effects to causes on all planes it ie Is the ultimate law of the universe in connection with the law of rebirths reincarnation it explains the problems which now are vexing us it explains the unequal distribution of cap ital and labor the distinction of class in society of sex in the affairs of life the apparent injustice of birt none one man born in a hovel another in a palace one an imbecile another valli ii a ilg vigorous orous healthy intellect one reaching the tile age of fourscore four iscore core and ten in peace and plenty the otier cut oly in his prime by a 9 violent or accidental death ath all that Is due to karma either racial national or individual man alan in his efforts toward the expansion of self consciousness throws himself out of harmony with cosmic law tho the result of the being what we call pain and suffering 40 90 he learns that law has been disregarded and the ultimate result la Is obedience to law lall the tend enc ever eier being to u restore equilibrium the two doctrines which modern christianity lacks but which jesus taught are reincarnation and karma the one depending on the other there is no mistaking the words of christ with what mesu ure ye mete it shall be measured to you again another passage teaching both doctrines id Is found in matthew v 26 verily I 1 say unto thee thou ehalt by no means come out of thence till thou hast ni I 1 14 the uttermost farthing 11 implying alil lia darmic ties that draw the soul back to rebirth in III matthew at 14 the statement Is 1 made clearly it ye will receive it this Is 1 ellas elias which was as tor for to come a positive declaration that ulas had incarnated in john the bap list when the disciples asked why it was said that alias would come before the messiah his ills answer anser was lias ellas shall truly come corne first and restore all till tiling things but I 1 say unto ou that ellas elias Is come already and they anew it not the doctrine of was stamped as a heresy at a general council held I 1 v the early church atti aft r the reign of mental and spiritual darri dark nesa nes had set in that of karma went ment also anith what measure ye mete it shall bo be measured to nu again gradually became a dead 1 k in tho the church the vicar vicarious ioui wrongly interpreted st aning to of ter fer an escape an I 1 so NN e have the N arloua arlous schemes to enable man to evade mile the penalty of his 0 vit wrong doing the doctrine of karnia absolute jus jua tire does not appeal to weak natures preferring to shift the responsibility of their misdeeds on an to the shoulders of their creator an idea which appears to theosophists little short of bl bias is phemy 0 let lat us now take up the law of karma and try it possible to see how holt it works science now acknowledge acknowledges that thought precepts action that no lie action Is possible without the thought or motive power behind it the reton thoughts are tire of the most importance Irai ortance let us analyze this a little suppose wo we take a mind with N ith no past with nothing to hinder its perfect freedom an impossibility which gone bolle of our scientific psychologists assume i suppose such a mind to a thought this thought repeated many times becomes a habit of mind I 1 so that it runs automatically all into this particular mold suppose the growing mind now disapproves of this particular form of thought or thought form finds it a hindrance the will v ill by rep catel efforts can change this mentill tendency and direct the thoughts into other channels he heated coie covetous tous desires will crystallize into thefts when the opportunity comes thoughts directed toward helping humanity will ill crystallize costal llie into deeds of unexpected heroism how ilow often we hear it said if I 1 had stopped to think I 1 about I 1 not have done I 1 it t ahe I 1 he saturate I 1 mental so lulon ion needed only the additional crystal to solidity solidify into action As long as we have the power to stop and think we have not yet reached the danger line we lie are still master of the cause the liability to stop and think on the other hand shows that we have become the slave of the effect thus we find that the mind forges the fetter and wears it and that while wearing it it can file through it by repeated effort efforts of the will all here we have an instance of a mall small karmic cycle further analysis reveals the fact that as repeated thoughts become tendencies so painful experiences become cong conscious elous and exper experiences lences in the agare gate become wisdom character cha then being the result of the aggregate gate rf a mental images now we e begin to re alize aleze the value of right thinking a point theosophy emphasizes and to see why by it Is that lie be who ho succeeds in raising the ideals of 0 a nation la Is it its 9 greatest helper I 1 e begin also to see the tile scientific basis of the nuch aused aud slid little understood proverb As a man thin keth in his heart so Is he our oriental brother expresses presses ei the 81 bime ine ideal man is a creature ot of re he lie becomes that upon which he lie reflects There therefore reflect upon brahma herbert spencer puts the fame thought into thil this toria form HJ ill raan inan beings are at the mercy of their associated assoil cited ideas so after all wi see in the law of birma harma nothing new nei jut ju t what jesus said nith ith what measure mei siire ye mete it shill shall be measured to ou again but the thought biln strength and new haut in the light thrown throan upon it uv the wisdom religion theosophy K C II 11 |