THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Evening Star, Issue 22988, 20 June 1938, Page 13

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Speakim* on ‘ Control and Use ot Thought Power ’ on S ndav evening ■several members expressed their views by saying the kevnote of this may be expressed in a few words; Self-dis-eoverv. self-development, and self-eon-trol. The change between the man of character, the man of firm will and definite purpose, and the man who has adopted tbeosophical ,teachinge lies in the fact that the latter has glimpsed something' greater than the mind, something that is himself, yet greater than anything he knew as self, and has seen, perhaps, only vaguely, that the mind to the soul is in somewhat the same position as the desires and physi-cal-body are to the mind. The acceptance of tbeosophical . teachings will enable man to . perceive the powers and the dangers of thought Wrongly used. Since all men have a common life in the realm of thought, the thinking of each person affects the rest, for each thought is an active entity—a form created and ensouled by the thought force of man. So a strong thinker may debase or enoble the whole of the human race according to the thoughts he chooses to think, for man has freedom in the realm of thought and emotion. and may become “ captain of his soul ” if he, so sets about it. Should lie decide to use his power for service, then he will be helped and will be directed to higher and nobler ways of life; he will learn more than the ordinary man from the store of the ancient. wisdom, and will be entrusted to unfold his hidden powers, his teacher being one of an occult school. The first stages on the control of mind’are the most-difficult for it is like an uncontrolled horse, dashing hither and thither, carrying away the rider with its impulses. Incessant practice, systematised study, meditation, concentration—all these are necessary. The mind is like a mirror, reflecting the thoughts of the soul, but how can it reflect truly if it is not kept clean and oolisbed? This also ''neludes the n-'-i'Cvinc and cleansing of the physical '>odc, ns it is partly true “ man is wbat pntd ” One also needs to dl's'-rimt n-to between the real and the unreal n,;vmr S of life—Wwepn tUose things wb’cb matter and those which do not 0, is not til] we have built up a nower f'd mind that we can become of much service, though the man of ordinary mind and much sympathy can do ; much, even more than the man of developed mind, hut no sympathy. The mind and emotions go hand in hand, till one day we shall all be perfectly balanced human beings.