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Show EDUCATE HUMANITY, HER PLEA I'alse education, man lack or knowledge of his own heritage, and forces that are resultant from tho present day confusion, make the marriage, of today pathetic and the birth of a child a tragedy In the opinion of Mis Katherine Tlngley. offlcclal head of th Universal Brotherhood and Thcosophlcal oo-clety. oo-clety. Known far and wide by theoso-phlate theoso-phlate as "The Purple Mother." Mis. Tlng'cy has a vast influence. She a foundress-director of the Raja Ra-ja Yoga College of Point Loina. Cal. "To me the thought of a child coming into this world today, is one of the most pathetic tragedies.'" she d lered, "This may seem farfetched far-fetched to you; but, when I think of the -oung souls born into !h atmosphere at-mosphere of hunmn life as It is. I declare It Ik pathetic. "I behes o that e ery mother should be removed from the pressure pres-sure of everydav extern.! conditions condi-tions which we know nearly always surround the coming of a new life, away from the fevered unrest of the world, closer to nature, whero that spiritual preparation could be made that would enable her to tlnd the key to her r,rS'bllitics us a mother and to learn to think and leel and love In a new way. In a broader, a deeper way," l order that she might better protect and guide the new life. "Not until woman has knowledge a better understanding of her own nature and power to serve, can tho children hac their best opportunities. opportuni-ties. ' VHint assurance have we that young eouls touching this plane of life shall have their opportunities? The mother-heart, we know holds love and devotion and the spirit of .sc lf-paerlflcc for her own; and It Is slso to bo found In the father's heart; but alas! as soon as a soul enters the arena of life. It Is not the real possession of Its mother and father; for they have not yet gained that d!itie knowledce nr, c- mr to give it its best opportunities; and so. In the courso of time, tt drifts Into the great ocean of unrest un-rest and suffering, the conditions of the age hold It. "Fnlse education, man's lAek of knowledge ,.f hlw own heritage and possibilities, and those forces that re the reault of the present-day mentul confusion, hold and fetter th young aoui and shut out Us best opportunities. "If we are lo serve humanity rightly, to really do sane things to lift Its burdens, wo must begin our preparatory and remedial work In the home. In this thought ia thu not something new ror parents to think about'.' "To properly approach the conditions con-ditions referred to. one must take a new view of marriage. Though ; the subject hns been seriously studied all down the ages. et rarefy do wo hear of a marriage that carries car-ries with It in after years that sacred sa-cred touch which should be there. And so. In icwing present-day marriages, one finds (If one thinks at all about thU subject) that it ia the lr k of knowledge, of the laws governing human life which brings about so many failures and real irs '-lles In the home. 'True it is the parents of the present day have their grand Ideals, their hopes and their dreams and their prayers; but ihey have not the key to the situation. How can tw-o souls on this plane expect to go through life doing their fullest duty to Ihc sacred obligations of mar-rlage mar-rlage w-hen tjey are unacquainted With the ili no laws that shou'd fashion their whole natures? "Humanity needs to be awakened to Its dangers ye, and awakened to the knowledge of the science of life. The science of life and the-o.-iophy. ' Bet us clear the way for the coming genorution. Bet us. through the knowledge that wc have gained of ourselves, cultivate that Quality of understanding that shall purify and exohc soulful beings. V "Is my picture of the danger to S the young far-fetched? Look at our 1 vouth on the treeta! See tho wrecks In society. In prison and i everywhere, nnd tell me that those who have erred and fallen and lost their way hod their opportunities' Oh: the pity of It! Wrecked homes! Divorces and suicides nnd all mnn-nor mnn-nor of crimes' And these are our progeny! The progenv of the twentieth twen-tieth century! "Hov , hi these thing" he changed? you ask. Why, through man's beceuiilng acquainted with himself. To gain self-knowledge man must know his divinity, he I must work in consonance with the nobler part of his nature continuously. continu-ously. - 1 "The mission of theosophy is to A Inculcate that quality of knowledge that nhall open the mind of man to the realities of life, so thnt he may learn, ere It Is too late, the- great doctrine of Karma: 'As yo sow. so must ye nl6o reap." "In placo of faith let us have i knowlodge, In order that we may be able to face onrselves. our weak- , i nepse?. and challenge our higher nnturen and gain that control that II will aid us In meeting understand- Ingh the aorrOWl and disappoint- inents and unbrolhei lines of the age." |
