Where is the place of the mind?

Thought as subtle waves never misses its target however distant it may be. 

The exchange of hate and suspicion causes ruin and suffering to the soul. Few are those who see to acquire worthwhile knowledge and the precious qualities of tolerance, humility and understanding. Instead we insist on bending others to our will, neglecting the tasks assigned to us by our Father, and altogether forgetting to cultivate our spirits. 

No one is born on the planet merely to hoard money in safes and banks. 

Thought is the universal language. Thought is the basis of all spiritual relations. Thought is an essential force and each spirit is compelled to maintain and nourish his own creations. 

No one however can attend to his duty through words alone. The Bible teaches us that the Lord of Life Himself did not stop with the Word, but put His creative work into action. 

A criminal idea will produce mental creations of the same nature―a lofty principle will observe the same laws. Let me illustrate the fact with a more objective example. After rising to great heights, water is purified and carries vigorous vital fluids, returning as the vivifying dew and generous rains. Keep it on earth, mixed with the impurities on the soil, and it will become a foul mire, a habitat for destructive microorganisms. 

Thought is a living force everywhere. It is the creative atmosphere, involving the Father and His children, the cause and effects in the universal home. Through it we become either angels on our way to heaven or devilish fiends on the road to hell. 

Evolved minds, both discarnate and incarnate, may communicate mentally without any need for form. Thought is the basis of all of the mind's silent messages within the marvellous planes of intuition shared by beings of all kinds. Within this principle, a spirit who has lived only in France can communicate mind-to-mind with one in Brazil regardless of language barriers. The language will always be that of the receiver. This, of course, depends on perfect attunement. 

Realise the importance of the processes of the mind and live up to them from now on. Who is willing to try? 

We know that physical death merely transforms without destroying and that spirit ties continue unbroken throughout infinity. How to proceed then?

Each situation in life has a desired end.

Remember to watch for this principle in apparently causal visits. As long as your thoughts are turned to the practice of good, it will not be difficult to identify Divine suggestions. God never denies work to those who wish to live worthily.

Cheer up. You can always enroll yourself in a course against fear. Believe me, it will do you a lot of good. A cultivated intelligence is not enough. You must enlighten your spirit in things eternal.

All creeds are holy in their fundamentals and their representatives only carry out a Divine mission when they teach the truth of God. That is why environment is such an important factor in your life. You always feed on what you cultivate. If you give in to feelings of sadness, you become their slaves. If you are unduly absorbed by the ideas of sickness, you suffer their consequences. 

There is no mystery. It is a law of Life, which works for good or evil. Wherever an atmosphere of brotherhood, hope, love or joy prevails, you carry with you a share of those feelings.

On the other hand, when you leave a gathering where inferior tendencies of selfishness, vanity or crime predominate, you carry the destructive vibration of those feelings.

Let us consider all the creatures as travellers in life―a few of them advance resolutely on the way towards the essential object of the journey. These are already spiritually evolved and conscious of the Divine essence within themselves―

They progress without hesitating towards their sublime goal. Most however linger along the road.

Numberless souls spend centuries repeating the same experience.

While the former advance along straight lines, the latter travel along the same circular path. Thus failing, recommencing and failing again, they are exposed to endless vicissitudes. 

Many will go astray in the forest of life bewildered by the labyrinth they have themselves traced.

To that class belong the millions of beings wandering in the shadowy zones. Others because of their selfish thoughts walk in the dark and will often fall into precipices where they will remain for an indefinite time. 

Wherever he is, the spirit may hurl himself into the abysses of evil.

In the higher spheres the defenses are stronger. The earth itself is filled with Divine atmosphere, knowledge of the truth and heavenly assistance. Yet so many fight destructive battles while surrounded by sheltering trees and flowering fields. Many others commit murders by moonlight, insensible to the soothing language of the stars. Others oppress the weaker fellow while hearing around them sublime revelations of truth.

If the lower zone is connected with the human mind, where is this place of suffering and horror?

There are spheres of life everywhere. The void is merely a literary image. Everywhere there are living forces and each species of beings moves in a special zone of life. Life pulsates in the depths of the ocean and the bowels of the earth. 

The spirit obeys the principles of gravity and the earth is not only a field of action, it is a live organisation with certain laws, which will either enslave you or set you free, according to your actions.

We must bear in mind that free birds may rise to great heights―those encircled in dense thickets of reeds will find great difficulty in taking flight and those tied to great weights become mere slaves of the unknown. 

Just as we carry in the recesses of our beings the potential for good and evil, so the planet possesses both high and low expressions with which to correct the guilty and open the passages to life eternal to those who triumph.

If you live exclusively in the dark, you will dim your Divine sense of direction and end by hurling yourself into the shadows, for abysses attract abysses.

Each will reach the goal towards which he directs his steps.

When you nourish the elements of good, you work for your own happiness because they will develop into your defense. On the other hand, when you cultivate any element of evil, you work to construct a secure base for your enemies.