vol. xxx, no. 4 april 1926 universal brotherhood - a fact in nature

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THE THEOSOPHICAL PATH tion, then they will know that human warfare is unnecessary, that there is nothing gained by war that could not better be accomplished by co- operation, and that it is emphatically not futile to appeal to the power of love that now lies buried in the heart of man. The heart of man is of like nature with the heart of all things in this universe: and at the heart of things is Peace. Peace is the founda- tion of the universe. Peace is the source of life: and those who look inward into their own hearts in time will find it possible to live in peace. Then they will understand that war is unworthy of mankind, that war is always suicidal to nations as to individuals, that it is quite unnecessary, and unprofitable. War is inevitable only so long as man will have it so: and when he understands that he is really fighting against himself, surely he will begin to look for peace there where alone it can be found; then war will cease as darkness ceases when the sun shines, or as sickness ceases when health is re-established. What emblem is there fit to symbolize Peace in her universal sovereignty, in her all-fostering guardianship, in her supremacy, and in her absolute impersonality? So many symbols have been used in lands where peace was known and reverenced. The 'jewel in the heart of the lotus,' so full of sugges- tion to an Asiatic mind, is almost meaningless to Europeans and Ameri- cans. Yet Buddhism evolved a symbol that in its best days suggested fully what no other religion so much as approached. I allude to the statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas seated in meditation. There still remain examples in which the whole figure and even the enveloping dra- peries exhale an atmosphere of peace that is absolutely convincing. These statues (at their best) speak peace in the silence and testify to an attainment of interior illumination or spiritual wisdom whose essence is that peace 'that passeth understanding,' and that is the soul of things. They speak not of aspiration towards the infinite, but of attainment. They have no need of words to voice their message of "Peace to all beings." In some of the best, one feels that the artist must have been himself a master who had attained to perfection in his art and who knew the truth. Perhaps as man is also a fit symbol for war and discord so too is man the only symbol of the perfect peace that only he can reach, and he only when in his heart awakes the fire of Universal Brotherhood. Peace is not dead nor has it flown away. Peace is not only Love and Wisdom; it is the source of life and the sustainer of the Universe. And the supreme symbol of Peace is enlightened Man - the perfect Man. .
IN CONSTABLE'S COUNTRY N the northern borders of the county of Essex, some seventy miles northeast of London, and ten miles west of Harwich, is that part of the valley of the Stour known as Constable's country. It is a most typical example of English country- side, which was so lovingly construed by the painter John Constable. Here a sluggish river meanders through lush meadows, its bed rank with aquatic growths and teeming with life. There are coarse fish in plenty, bream, roach, and many varieties of the eel-family. Tall trees flourish among the hedgerows, while the tow-path is lined with pollard willows. The pastures are filled with comfortable cattle, and sheep roam over the rougher grazing land. An occasional barge is slowly brought through the locks by a sturdy horse, who knows how to jump over the low styles placed across the path for the protection of the cattle. The woodwork about the river is of a kind unlike that found elsewhere, and is constructed to last many generations. The town of Dedham, not much more than a village, was at one time a center of the worsted industry, but was left high and dry by the commercialism of the railway era, which kept too far from this secluded spot for it to benefit. The church-tower of the town figures in the back- ground of many of Constable's pictures, often in topographically im- possible positions. The farmer-folk of the Stour country have little use for the auto- mobile. There is good grazing for a horse, and a horse can jog-trot through the narrow lanes with little concern for the mechanical age. While grass grows green, and cows are well fed and contented and nature smiles, what need to scurry with machinery? In spring, this restful pasture-land is glorious enough in the sun- shine, but it is even more beautiful in the rain. Then all is quiet, save for the swish of the falling water and the rustle of the new foliage. The full leaves drip their quota of moisture to the ready earth, the grass breathes a scent of heaven. When the sky smiles again young birds are hopping about as they laboriously gain their first lessons in aviation; the parents circle round, to scream their alarm at the intrusion of the human. The cattle are taking their rest by the opposite bank, and fish
Page 1 and 2: KATHERINE TINCLEY, EDITOR VOL. XXX,
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