THEOSOPHICAL LECTURE

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3576, 6 April 1927, Page 5

THEOSOPHICAL LECTURE

Last evening Miss Uppenhelmer gave the second of. a series of lectures in the Theosophical Hall, entitled “Theosophy, the interpreter of Man's True Mission in' Life," She said that the mistake we all make is m identifying ourselves with the form which perishes, instead of the life which is eternal, and pointed out that Theosophy is an exact a science of life as any of the sciences recognised in th e world which deal ‘with forces in nature, and that there as spiritual as well as natural laws which have to be obeyed by n?an if he would know the truth about himself. Theosophy, therefore- gives us a new viewpoint and shows us * how if we would have first-hand knowledge and not merely accept truths to,which we give an intellectual assent,. we must begin to act for ourselves and obey the laws set down which will lead us to find reality. The first thing we are taught is the necessity for purification, physical! j r , morally, emotionally and mentally. We are exiles from our true home in spiritual realms endeavouring to unfold powers of consciousness In worlds of matter, and Theosophy. helps us to think in terms of consclouness and not so much in bodies through which consciousness functions. The lecturer then showed how man is Divine in essence -and by-a flow yet sure unfoldment of’qualities and powers grows ff-om a savage to a sage, from a sage to perfected human being living through many incarnations of suffering and toiling, until as, a God who has been in exile, he learns how to get back to his true home, when his pilgrimage of toll and adventure as far as material things are concerned, is over, and h-j can choose whether he will stay and help his fellow pilgrims to find the altitudes he himself has reached, or work in other fields, and activitiy to assist the forces of nature and' help In the work of the Divine plan which we call evolution.