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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1929.

UNIVERSAL IDEALS ideal le not of a soul satisfying nature, nevertheless, he has start- ed his will on the road toward its goal.

BETTER STANDARD OF LIFE

WILL TO GOODNESS

Lecturing recently to the mem- bers of the Theosophical Society, Hong Kong Lodge, Mrs. Uthen said:

First let me explain what I mean by Universal. The Dictionary de- finition is "That which pertains to many things considered as one whole." That which is particular Is the opposite to that which Is Universal. The word universal is becoming very popular and often means a collection of a variety of things from all over the world. I am not collecting all the Ideals of humanity for our consideration here, however fascinating that might prove to be, but what I want to do is to discover what lies be- hind all the varying expressions of Idealism what is the Essence of all the Idealism of humanity.

Idealism is often considered as a

Everywhere, in all ages, there has been the will to regulater and make rules of life for the good of the individual or for humanity as whole. To-day we see this ideal

behind all reform movements, Churches, and in the individual of life. This urge could not exist efforts to reach a better standard in man but for the fact that the Infinite One is absolute good and has made man after his own image. As the Infinite One has become the many in the manifestation of Himself, so goodness becomes relative goodness in manifestation, hence we have what is called, evil. perfection acts as an incentive to The discord 'caused by evil or im

man to seek good, so even suffering of goodness Every human being is potentially good, as evidenced in the efforts to

serves the ideal

or

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I quote from some writings on tha Pymander of Hermes Trimafia- tus:

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MAIL,

SHADOWS BEFORE

"It' all that is Impiled by these three sciences of God, the Cosmos and man, with their respective inter- relationships is thoroughly realised, a valuable criterion is established which is an almost infallible quid ́in | COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED the recognition not only of the mani

IN "CHINA MAILTM fold phason of truth presented in different systems of thought, but also in the elements

of error with For the confusion of these 3 ideals which they are sometimes mingled. and the withdrawing of them from their proper relationships in probably

productive of most of the false teach- inga prevalent in every age.

Krisna Murti puts this this Idea another way. He says if we would know truth we must let go all pre- conceptions, doctrines and creeds.

Social Functions

Kong Hotel and Peninsula

To-day-Tea Dances at Hong 4.30 p.m.

Hotel,

To-day-Dinner Dance at Repulse Bay Hotel, 8.30 p.m. Dance, 8.30 p.m.

To-day-Peninsula Hotel Carnival

To-morrow-Tea Dance at Re- pulse Bay Hotel, 4.30 p.m.

Dec. 16-Police Fancy Dress Carnival Dance at Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, 8.30 p.m.

Jan. 10 Second annual dance of the Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey Club, at Lane, Crawford's Restaur

Staple Principles Needed Much that la given out as truth is non-essential and leads nowhere. viz., simply wanderings in the changing realm of effects, whereas we need principles that are staple and can be applied to fife in all its phases. Such principles are to be

Entertainments found when one views life from the universal realm where life is under-White Shadows of the South To-day. Queen's Theatre, stood looking from above downward Seas."

quality possessed by the few and when we speak of a certain one as goodness and most men are kept rather than from below upward, or

an Idealist, the idea is often con- veyed that he is a man of dreams, but not of action. What we all want, is something practical, there. fore a Universal Ideal is one which ia acceptable to all mankind.

other and therefore it is true to say manifest good in some form that goodness is a universal Ideal Many are unconsciously working on the road of goodness through suffering when they break the law of goodness and harmony. But a Very important period is reached in the development of man, when he consciously co-operates with the law of good and directs his will to Definite Tendencies

that ideal. It means that the de- Particular ideals are not accept-sire for the good for the self must ed by every one. Not every one wants to live "the simple life" nor does everyone want to reform Society, but every man has an ideal which he practises in a particular way. There have always been de- finite tendencies in man towards -certain ideals. There is the ideal of the scientist, the poet, the re- former, the mystic and every per-

comes under ane

of these heads to a small or great extent. The ideal of the scientist is truth, and all who seek knowledge come under that head.

BON

The ideal of the post is beauty and all who love that which is

be transmuted Into the universal good. Self-preservation and self- assertion are usually underlying all our impulses; the impulses are very inrgely the servants of the self, therefore they have to be controlled by the will that seeks the universal good.

Control of the Impulses The control of the impulses will save us much suffering too. There is a very true aaying that "Evil is wrought by want of thought as well as from want of heart." Each im- pulse must have the sanction of the mind before it becomes action.

This conscious direction of the beautiful are poets, to some extent. Will marks also the time when the The ideal of the reformer is soul commences the great task of goodness or harmony and all who transmuting all the forces and improve the conditions of environ-energies of man from the personal ment are reformers.

application to the universal. It means that life will be viewed from a new angle-that of Unity instead of separateness.

The ideal of the mystic is unity and a who believe in the brother- hood of man are expressing unity. Man's Endeavour

ant

To-day-Star Theatre, "The Sin

seeing life Sister." putting another way, from a spiritual view point rather than from the material. The universal consciousness sees life as whole, and not in parts, it deals with causes and not effects.

as outward.

To-day World Theatre, "The Gate Crasher."

To-day Majestic Theatre; "Nell Gwyn."

To-day-At Theatre Royal, "The Geisha," 9.15 p.m.

To-morrow Queen's Theatre, "Through Different Eyes."

Dec. 16-At Theatre Royal, "The Geisha," 9.15 p.m.

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Sport Dec. 22-Fanling Hunt Steeple chase races.

Lammerts' Auctions Dec. 16 At-China, Provident Godown, West Pt 200 casks cement,

10.30 a.m.

It is rather baffling sometimes to the earnest seeker, to be told that truth is within him, and although that is perfectly true seeing that To-morrow - Star Theatre, man is a microcosm of the "Phyllis of the Follies." macrocosm,

still one has to To-morrow World Theatre, be on one's guard

against "Honeymoon" at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m.; over emphastaing one particular "Clean Souls" (Chinese picture) at

pect of truth.

There is "the 2.30 and 7.16 p.m. without" as well as "the within" while we are on the path to truth; they become one as we reach the goal. There are many operations of the mind in its search for truth which include the faculty of turn- log inward as well This subject of the training of the mind would take a lecture to itself, so I must leave it here and pass on our next universal ideal which is beauty.

Beauty Beyond Definition Dec. 16 At Sales Room, mis- Beauty is something which is be-cellaneous goods (more or less yond definition, some great minde damaged), 11 am have endeavoured to define it, but the soul of man

Dec. 20 Valuable leasehold knows that it is property at Mongkok, to be sold at beyond words; some have called it Sales Rooms, 3 p.m. There is a positive direction of the flowering of virtue, Goethe' anid, It is in going to the root of all the will to goodness and there is "The beautiful is a manifestation man's endeavour that we find the the receptive attitude toward good- of secret laws of Nature, which but ideals that are common to all; itness. Being firmly convinced as to for the appearance had been forever; is by this process that we find that the principle of goodness which is concealed from us." every one has an ideal and that at the source of all life, one beholding beauty we are lead away Always when the difference is only one of degree naturally supposes that there is an from the form to the spirit which is and not of essence. The recogni-infinite supply of good upon which enshrined. tion of this fact produces a sym-one may draw. By conforming to man's sapiration to beauty, he re- In the early stages of pathy and tolerance towards all the law of harmony or love one cognizes it as form, but even in its mankind, for whatever means a per- becomes the channel through which lowest form, beauty suggests some son may use in order to progress, good flows. Our lack of good is thing beyond what is seen, and up- the ideal can be traced, it will be determined by our capacity. If we lifts the emotions towards some- Anniversary Dinner, 7.30 p.m.

Dec. 16-Wah Yan College Tenth truth, beauty, goodness, or unity, want to increase our capacity we thing greater. From the beauty because thase ДГС universal must develop it by. practising the of form mankind rises to moral, in: Club annual exhibition; 7. Queen's Dec. 18, 19, 20-Hong Kong Art principles.

law of harmony. Whatever may be tellectual, spiritual, and ultimately | Rd., Ct., 1st floor, from 10 am to These four ideals are principles the debt to be paid off through to the absolute beauty-the great 7 p.m. upon which all life is based. In past error, we CAN bring ideal. their abstract and absolute sense good into Immediate manifestation they are the attributes of the un- by operating the law of harmony or music.

How universal is the love of changing supreme being whom we love, on which ever plane we wish; the beauty of rhythm; to othens it To some it may represent call God. Goodness is the will of be it material, emotional, mental or is a means of harmonising the feel- God. Truth is the mind of God.spiritual, it is all in the pursuit of Ings; to others it calls forth the Beauty is the heart of God, and He the universal ideal of goodness longing of the exiled soul for its Is the Supreme Unity from whom Much could be said with regard to home. The more elevated the sters of Religion and Educationalist the Will, but that, I think, would emotions become, the less are welcn Education and Religion," at St. take us off the subject, viz., able to describe or analyse beauty. John's Cathedral Hall. Tea: 4-430, universal ideal.

It is true not only of music but of p.m. Meeting 4.80-6 p.m.

all life flows and back to whom all

life returna.

I

Three Paths

There are three paths along which man makes his return to God, they are the will, the mind and the heart.

What is Truth

Miscellaneous

Bazaar and Sale of Work, 3 p.m.

To-day Diocesan Girls' School Dec. 16-Pianoforte recital by Hall, Kowloon, 5 p.m. Mrs. Sulter's pupils at St. Andrew's

Dec. 16 Hong Kong Benevolent Helena May. Institute. Society Bridge and Mahjong Drive,

Ceremony 4 p.m.

Dec. 16 Ricci Hall Opening

Doc. 19-Y.M.C.A. Debate 9 p.m. (postponed from Thursday, Dec. is of the opinion that Western 12). Subject: "That this meeting Civilization is not adoptable to the Orient."

Dec. 20-Conference for Mini-

all true art. It is because ideal Jan. 4-6-New Territories Agri- The second universal ideal la beauty is spiritual, that it can cultural Show, at Shek Wu Hut truth. All down the ages the ques-only be comprehended by the spirit. (near Sheung Shuf Railway Sta

tion has been asked-What is truth?

Humanity has searched and still is searching for truth. In the

In the

Only when the spirit of man te- comes one with the Indefinitely

abstract sense, truth is a knowledge beauty is.

Beautiful One can he know what

Goodness is the goal of the will. Truth is the goal of the mind, and beauty is the goal of the heart, These three goals or ideals of the real or the can. ultimately become Unity. They are

By the love of beauty concrete sense it is the conformity love of beauty purifies the heart, so the soul is piloted to heaven, the the ideals of all the actions, of thoughts to things, or proven, that the emotions fulfil their pur thoughts and desires of humanity. fact. The mind of man, develops

Let us consider each universal Ideal separately,

on the concrete aspect of truth- first of all, just as in the first efforts Goodness: Too often goodness towards goodness he expresses it on is thought of as a negative quality, the material plane.

And othe

pose. I think there is often mis- understanding with regard to the

emotions and that is why the word

magnet for all that is inharmonious but directed, they can elevato man

"heart" is used when speaking of the in terms of the Ten Commandments Ideal of truth in man's early stage outgoing or an expression of the soul's unfoldment. Emotion is in "Thou shall not" and we have all is particularised to dogmas, creeds, met that erroneous idea that the scientific fact, the evidence of the portant factor to be reckoned with. feelings. The emotions are an im- passive person is the good one physical senses, the authority of They are a tremendous force for But goodness is the creative prin ciple of the will of God and man; develops the mind and every one come a destructive force and a esteemed person. This certainly

good or ill. Uncontrolled they be it is a positive force. In man's undeveloped stage he uses his will passes through that stage in search only when he desires goud for him- of the absolute truth which is a self, which usually means evil for knowledge of the real or the cause others, and so the Impression is of all things. given that evil is the positive force and goodness the negative. But to It is often postulated that sbsolute those who have the universal con- truth is beyond the reach of man's Belousness one deals with causes mind, That Is true of the and not effects,

concrete mind, the main purpose of Goodness is the principle upon which is to deal with material mat which the creator has formed the ters, but the highest function of universe and man; it is an emana- the mind of spiritual, and deals tion and expression of the creator, with abstract-thought, metaphysica The ancient Greek degenerated to Evil is a lack of goodness. Evil and the causes and principles of life, making beauty merely an appeal to is not a principle and that is what But just as the will needs directing the senses; other people have kone

Mind Must be Trained

to great heights. The purpose t the emotions is, I think, to elevate the life and expand the conacions nesa toward absoluto beauty. Here, as in each of the other ideals of goodness and truth, there must be a constancy toward the great goal before the soul and a freedom from any particularised ideal of beauty. The Great Ascent

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le meant when it is said that evil toward goodness so the mind must in the opposite direction and pought does not exist. Therefore when thebe trained and developed if truth is a spiritual life by denying the will of man is consciously directed to be attained. In mutual mat senses, but the progressive” and towards an ideal it will be certers one is quite willing to give natural process is to use each exe 10.80 p.m. Close Down. tain and satisfying.

years of study to gain knowledge, pression of beauty as a rung of a Desire for Goodness

and spiritual knowledge requires the ladder, From the appeal of the Every human being expresses a same diligence Mach mental senses to moral beauty from that desire for goodness, according to energy is wasted 3 drifting from the degree of his development, one fem to another. We need to The man who is working hard so be more concentrated in our search that the material conditions of his for truth; to get down to funds family or the community may be mental good, is workiz podnete. He not

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The

rung to intellectual beauty, then an

Nanking, Thursday.

other rung to spiritual beauty, final The Afth masting of the Shang by reaching the eternal beauty. And hat Provisional Court Conference if I may continue the simile, wo was held today. The counter- do not cut away the rungs of the draft of the foreign delegates was on adder as we ascend, but all are in discussed in detail Canton New think its fluded in the great ascent the Agency

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