The soul stands serene and pure above the adverse storms

The man who is great enough to cast his personality overboard is not hurt by criticism. It is only the personality that can be hurt. The soul stands serene and pure above the adverse storms.

The Judge

The hour of the new sunrise

As I said before, the Masters urge the world along in the direction of its destiny but they are too wise to hurry it. They see the face of the cosmic clock and they wake the world at the hour of the new sunrise. We are blest in being their servants.

The Judge [Last Letters from a Living Dead Man]

The intuition of the soul

The intuition of the soul will point man to the substance which he needs for his well being. Behind and within the air is the ether, which is substance, which is God. And man will take it for his uses, with the consent of God, who joys in giving Himself to His children.

The Judge [Last Letters from a Living Dead Man]

When man becomes his own schoolmaster he makes great strides

When man becomes his own schoolmaster he makes great strides.

The Judge

The winds that blow between the worlds

But the great Masters always told us that the forces which make for order would triumph over the forces which make for disorder.

The Judge [Last Letters from a Living Dead Man]

How free they will be in mind!

When all men are assured of a means of livelihood, how free they will be in mind!

The Judge

Our work is our own!

Remember ~ Our work is our own!

If the world has to get along with less for a few weeks, that will not hurt the world!

If the world has to get along with less for a few weeks, that will not hurt the world.

The Judge

The farmer knows when to let a field lie fallow

The farmer knows when to let a field lie fallow.

The Judge

You cannot be melancholy for anyone but yourself

You may be sad because a friend is in trouble but you cannot be melancholy for anyone but yourself.

The Judge

Is it not so?

But you tell me that you became melancholy the other day thinking about a friend who had lost her job. Think again. By wondering what you could do for this friend and whether you could afford it, you began to fear ... Is it not so?

The Judge [Last Letters from a Living Dead Man]

Turn and think of something else. You can do it!

As another exercise, when your mind circles round and round something, switch if off as you would switch off an electric light. Turn and think of something else. You can do it.

The Judge

Indolence is in the physical what melancholy is in the mental

As an exercise, some time when you are active, force yourself to be lazy. When you are lazy and not tired, force yourself to be active. Natural fatigue should not be pressed too far, it is a mere reaction but indolence is not fatigue. It is in the physical what melancholy is in the mental.

The Judge

Practice on moods

Remember ~ Practice on moods.

The Judge

Melancholy is in the mental

If you have a friend that makes you courageous by his very presence, cultivate his society. If you have a friend who makes you melancholy, either teach him better or get rid of him; send him to a doctor.

The Judge

You can create almost anything if you imagine it strongly enough

You can create almost anything if you imagine it strongly enough - even joy and courage.

The Judge

The surest way to attract disasters is to imagine them!

The surest way to attract disasters is to imagine them.

The Judge

The surest way to attract disasters is to imagine them!

The surest way to attract disasters is to imagine them.

The Judge

A question for the philosopher

How anybody in good health and with even ordinary ability can yield to melancholy is a question for the philosopher. I am not talking now of grief for dead friends, or for false friends, which grief is far worse but of the fear of some imaginary disaster which in all probability will never happen.

The Judge

There is pleasure in doing any difficult thing

And speaking from a lower plane, there is pleasure in doing any difficult thing. Why, in the writing of a big novel there is more actual work, mental and physical, than in overcoming some great misfortune. It is less work to go out and overcome a threatened misfortune than it is to write a short story.

The Judge [Last Letters from a Living Dead Man]