| Attentive...................5 | |
| reject life and yourself. Often many years of attentive self-search are necessary to obtain this self-awareness. But | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| is a lawful result. However, unless you become attentive to the positive as much as to the | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| out. So, my friends, begin to be as attentive to pleasurable and fulfilling experience as you have | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| to see through the ego's tricks and be attentive to your inner movements, again and again asking | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| the inner lifestream in a very focused and attentive way, using your finest inner perceptions, you cannot | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| Attitude....................1188 | |
| questions left as to what is the right attitude, what is just, and what is the right | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| one to the right path and the right attitude. Memory fades automatically the moment matter envelops the | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| only the natural outcome of the person's individual attitude and outlook, but the spiritual forms so constructed | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| resists and clings to the comfortable, undisciplined old attitude. You are then split inside. One part has | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| of world weariness can be found in an attitude of withdrawal, in which a person retires into | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| it is different. Now you can change your attitude toward your pain. Because of this difference, the | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| change something in yourself. And here again your attitude will be tested. Will you say, I never | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| often approach this whole area with a wrong attitude. They believe that there cannot be such a | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| for the spiritual life and for a spiritual attitude. But it has to come from your free | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| by telling themselves that everything is hopeless. This attitude is frequent and it is just as much | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| generally held belief, but through your entire inner attitude and by accepting the consequences, both inner and | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| they do not commit themselves to anything. This attitude can cause increasing fears. Another frequent factor in | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| of course, a lawful consequence of the medium's attitude. It is also possible that the person does | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| ask all of you to adopt the same attitude toward all aspects of the work. Ask, When | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| only be morally unobjectionable, but his or her attitude must be the best, befitting a free and | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| questions of Creation, you will have the right attitude if you understand that to know the answers | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| the message with a humble and patiently detached attitude, without wanting to know everything at once. The | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| wanting to know everything at once. The right attitude also includes not being dependent on the medium | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| question, you need to approach it with this attitude. With a general question, however, it is wise | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| wise to adopt a patiently detached and humble attitude, because all knowledge in this area is a | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| will come to understand how foolish such an attitude is, how mistaken both in thought and feeling | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| think it through clearly, your emotions contain this attitude. I do not reproach you for it. So | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| they will affect the feelings. Whoever has this attitude and asks for the will of God, without | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| are. When you succeed in doing so, your attitude, and therefore your feelings too, will undergo a | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| which area of your life you have this attitude. Then face yourself in honesty. What is more | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| In what respect do I have a wrong attitude? Think about it and surrender yourself to God | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| like to break a wrong inner reaction or attitude. One does not wish to pay the price | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| bring light and help certain beings, if their attitude warrants it. If the outlook of these entities | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| the only and final one. This is another attitude that may be at the bottom of the | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| best way to practice positive thinking. With this attitude you will be penetrated by the profound conviction | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| dear, depends entirely on the spiritual, moral, ethical attitude of all concerned. The thing itself is of | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| the forces of darkness, according to each person's attitude and development. In other words, one person's lower | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| it can be so only because your inner attitude has called them forth. Wherever a human being | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| the material world as long as the negative attitude remains in control there. Disharmony, with all its | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| that person, his or her mood and general attitude. All that is taken into consideration and makes | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| the density of the medium? ANSWER: The spiritual attitude is the distance. QUESTION: In other words, for | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| you can grow spiritually every day. With this attitude, nothing that happens will ever depress you. Yes | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| and when you consider your failures with the attitude, What can I learn about them? Where do | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| be a disaster if you have the wrong attitude. A happening that seems to you very fortunate | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| to them. That is according to their own attitude. Each spirit has somewhere and somehow a guardian | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| from it by adopting the right and constructive attitude. As a matter of fact, no progress is | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| But when the stumbling is viewed with an attitude of hopelessness and self-disgust, then the clouds become | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| do anything further about overcoming your shortcomings. This attitude exists too and it is just as bad | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| old country, it will again depend on his attitude as to how long he will stay there | 18 FREE WILL |
| he will stay there. Whenever he changes his attitude, he may go on to better things. It | 18 FREE WILL |
| Fall of the Angels. This very thought or attitude, which started long before the material earth existed | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| danger or the possible results of such an attitude. No one actually realized that in this jealousy | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| relationship to the inner harmony, enlightenment, and general attitude, spirits who have become disharmonious cannot be simply | 21 THE FALL |
| exists and will manifest itself according to the attitude of each individual being on this plane possessing | 21 THE FALL |
| spheres of the beyond depends entirely on the attitude, goal, and general development of the medium as | 21 THE FALL |
| instance, a human being, due to a changing attitude and growing harmony with God, would begin to | 22 SALVATION |
| from the world of God. But some people's attitude may keep these spirits from coming too close | 22 SALVATION |
| a number of divine influences -- will the attitude begin to change, slowly but surely. When the | 22 SALVATION |
| of this earth was the expression of the attitude, of the longing, of everything that was and | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| he is farthest away from God in his attitude. So if it were logical for him to | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| And before this knowledge is made available, this attitude has to be proven already, at least to | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| But if it is undertaken in the proper attitude, then the spirit world of God will help | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not forever, but for as long as this attitude prevails. This inner declaration to put God above | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| gossip, malicious talk -- with a truly spiritual attitude? ANSWER: You all know, the answer is to | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| another, caused this -- some wrong current or attitude, some imperfection in your soul that is responsible | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| There should not be any difference in your attitude whether the relationship is karmic or not. You | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this very imperfection in you. Learn the proper attitude with which to meet your lower self, accept | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| help you reach this end. Therefore, the proper attitude for you to take, if you happen to | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| division among religions; there is no longer any attitude of only this way is right and all | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| beings have in some basic way a wrong attitude -- psychologically or spiritually speaking -- one of | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| are not even aware of this basically wrong attitude. Yet, due to your otherwise sincere desire to | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| wishes to draw your attention to this wrong attitude. This holds true not only for those people | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| one. Yet people so often have the wrong attitude; in a very subtle way they think if | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| they have formed because of this wrong basic attitude. So you overlook the simple fact that first | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| is in direct connection with an inner wrong attitude of yours and pray for recognition, for guidance | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| complete picture. And that sense of a wrong attitude which you had expected to change somehow, according | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| He gives you provided you choose the proper attitude, is nothing. That realization will come to you | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| to face the corner of disbelief, and this attitude is responsible for your resistance to delving into | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| no matter how small, and every deed or attitude of yours, stands in direct relationship to one | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| to assume an active and when a passive attitude? When should you use the free will you | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| you become frustrated. Practically speaking, what must your attitude be like in those instances when you are | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| you know in your intellect. So the proper attitude would be to accept what you cannot change | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| endeavor toward self-knowledge, self-honesty. The wise and mature attitude, of course, is not believing that you can | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| that can be done about it. With this attitude you not only wallow in self- pity, but | 31 SHAME |
| that which is wrong within you. Furthermore, this attitude becomes more and more unreasonable and unjust, for | 31 SHAME |
| you cannot respect yourself because of the wrong attitude, the wrong kind of shame that makes you | 31 SHAME |
| do is to adopt a realistic and constructive attitude toward your imperfections. The more your self-respect is | 31 SHAME |
| yourself. And this will so change your inner attitude and your emanations that you will have a | 31 SHAME |
| constructive way to change and develop. The wrong attitude brings further hazards, however. Because of your pride | 31 SHAME |
| you would never feel lonely if this wrong attitude were not somehow prevailing within you. So do | 31 SHAME |
| what you feel; a question of your inner attitude. In order to adjust your emotions from the | 31 SHAME |
| meet them with open eyes and a healthy attitude and learn even while you are still stumbling | 31 SHAME |
| foundation to a very healthy and normal inner attitude. Think and meditate about this, my friends. It | 31 SHAME |
| push away the time for grace, because your attitude is not humble. You take it upon yourself | 31 SHAME |
| to penetrate, ask yourself, How humble is my attitude? Nurse these words instead of turning away from | 31 SHAME |
| that you may be able to see this attitude in an objective light, so as to develop | 31 SHAME |
| and material choices, but also of every emotional attitude a decision holds. The majority of human beings | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| choose the wrong way but with the right attitude. Now what is the right and mature attitude | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| attitude. Now what is the right and mature attitude with which to decide? The answer is simply | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| more difficult alternative. By deciding with the right attitude, you responsibly accept the price to be paid | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| an effect on others. What should our proper attitude be in a case like this toward such | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| They misuse this truth to rationalize their wrong attitude. An unproductive and weakening kind of self- occupation | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| any less because of them. With such an attitude, you not only help others around you, but | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| a great new peace by this change of attitude. For what robs you of your peace and | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| in their outward behavior, but in their inner attitude. Try in your meditations to choose a person | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| having no illusions about yourself; attaining a healthy attitude toward your shortcomings, and learning to live according | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| the spirits of higher development have a dictatorial attitude, but that you can see for yourself the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| you think of each quality, each trend, each attitude, good or bad, as a power current, which | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| more detail. During the time of pregnancy, the attitude of the mother, as well as that of | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| one of the parents, should change their spiritual attitude, then the entity first planned for these parents | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| more. This may be because, if their spiritual attitude has changed for the better, the parents now | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| a spiritualized outlook. Enough parents are available whose attitude would offer the limitations that the particular entity | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| mother, or the father, or both, change their attitude during pregnancy, either for the better or for | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| God, and to spiritualize her whole being and attitude during pregnancy. When finally the time of birth | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| made on the human side, if the human attitude does not fulfill the basic requirements, the Spirit | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| able to learn but also from their helpful attitude and unselfishness. So this will work only for | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| in prayer will automatically have a more humble attitude. Even people who constantly blame others and the | 36 PRAYER |
| become more humble. Gradually but surely, this new attitude will become theirs at all times. Others, who | 36 PRAYER |
| and bad -- and to retain a positive attitude. The distortion is in the struggle of self-will | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| is a distortion of a healthy and positive attitude. To find the right way is not easy | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| come to you, then you have the right attitude. If you do not allow yourself to think | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| were straightened out and treated with a spiritual attitude. Of course you have your free will and | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| stronger. The unconscious does not realize that its attitude prohibits the very wish you consciously express but | 38 IMAGES |
| test in a spirit of humility with the attitude of Father, Thy will be done is the | 38 IMAGES |