The O.S. review : the journal of the Organisation Society.

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1913
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    than the Creator, Who makest the beginning of things! • « « • Thou art knower and knowable, and the supreme home; by Thee, of endless form, was all this stretched forth ! ” The last six books contain a series of practical directions for life, which it is the part of the wise man to carry out. Arjuna’s last speech—from Book XVIII, Verse 73—is couched in the following words ; “ Gone is my delusion; I have come to right remembrance through Thy grace, O unfallen one ! I stand with my doubts gone. I shall fulfil Thy word ! ” The Principle of Duality is exhibited in the Bhagavad Gita by the dual path, by following which Nirvana may be attained. One path—that of the Brahmans—is the way of Sankya. The other—that of the military race of the Raj puts—is the way of Yoga. “The Master said:—In this world a twofold rule was declared by me of old, O sinless one: by union through wisdom for the Sankyas ; by union through works for the followers of Yoga.” Book III., Verse 3. The teaching of the Bhagavad Gita is that these two roads are really one, or in the language of the Science of Organisation that a due proportion of the contemplative and active life is necessary for perfection. 5,^(“The Master said:—Children, not wise men, speak of Sankya and Yoga as different; he who has perfectly mastered one finds the fruit of both. The goal that is gained by the Sankyas, is NOTES ON The enormous increase in mechanical road traffic has created, in connection with the upkeep of public roads, a very difficult problem, which is intensified by the number of Public Authorities concerned, the absence of sufficient data, and the lack of co- ordination of what statistics are available. The International Roads Congress is meeting in London this month to discuss the various road problems, and the Organisation Society have prepared a Special Roads Organisation supplement, which by authority will be placed before all the members of the Congress. The supplement issued with this number of the Review contains an analysis of Roads data, diagrams of the Roads authorities of Great Britain, and an Explanatory Memorandum on Roads Organisation, by Col. F. N. Maude, R.E. Copies of the supple- ment may be obtained separately on application to the Hon. Sec. of the Society. * * * * The second session of the Congress Mondial des Associations Internationales takes place in Brussels this month. The objects of the Congress are; to establish permanent relations between International Associations, and unify their methods : to study facts of International life and deduce a practical conception of world organisation founded on law, etc. : the general object aimed at being the development of International relationship, to enl^u:ge also reached by the followers of Yoga; who sees Sankya and Yoga as one, he indeed sees.” Book V., Verses 4 and 5. The Principle of Degree is illustrated by the Indian teaching of the three worlds of Sub- stance - Sattvan ; Force - Rajas ; and Dark- ness-Tamas. The Thoughts, Plans, and Deeds of men are in one or other of these three worlds. The world of Darkness may be conceived of as the physical world, the world of Force as the psychical world, and the world of Substance as the spiritual world, the substance of the Universe being Divine. “ The Master said:—Faith is of three kinds ; it is according to the innate character of embodied beings, either of Substance, or of Force, or of Darkness. Hear it thus:— Everyone is according to the nature of his faith, descendant of Bharata. For man is formed of faith ; what his faith is, that verily is he. Those of Substance worship bright deities ; those of Force, deities greedy and passionate; the others, the men of Darkness, worship the hosts of darkness, the spirits of night.” Book XVII, verses 2 to 4. Lastly, the Axiom of the Science of Organisation is illustrated by the ideals of the Brahman and the Rajput respectively. The ideal of the priestly Brahman is “ Union with the Divine through Soul-vision,” that of the military Rajput is “ Disinterested work.” The philosophic framework of the poem may finally be charted in the following form —illustrating all the foregoing points in the light of the Axiom and the three Principles of the science of Organisation. PROGRESS. human solidarity, and to ensure peace among the nations. The Committees of the Congress issued an invitation to the Organisation Society to take part in the Congress, but unfortunately the notice given was short, and this, together with the amount of work in hand at the Organisation Society, made it impossible to send delegates. Papers of the work and principles of the O.S. have, however, been forwarded for the consideration of the Committee of the Congress. * * * * The First Annual Dinner of the Society will take place on June 24th, at the Savoy Hotel. Mr. Bruce-Williams, the President of the Society, will be in the chair, and the company, including members and their guests, will number over a hundred. A report will be given of the progress made by the Society during the past year, and speeches dealing with the problems of the day will be made ; an abstract of the latter will probably be printed in the next number of the Review. * * * * Subscribers and Members of the Organisation Society are requested to inquire about the O.S. Review at the bookstalls of Messrs. \V. H. Smith & Son, at the main railway stations in London and in the provinces.