We then drew from her the fact that the night before she had been thinking about September 16th and of the possibilities that might happen at that time, and had allowed herself to go to sleep fearful and dreading those possibilities. This fear and dread of course had ushered her in her sleep straight into the lower astral, where she probably had had experiences that gave her plenty of cause to waken in the state she was in.

This experience and this warning are not given to inspire fear or any fear pictures in the minds of our readers, but are thus clearly shown to inform them of what may come to those who allow negative and destructive thoughts of any kind to be entertained by the mind.

In the astral there are forces watching for just such persons, seeking to feed and stimulate in them further thoughts of a like nature and thereby to arouse a great fear in their minds, as with our friend. The door thus opened, it becomes easy for these destructive forces to enter the consciousness and to control it.

The only way to counteract such forces is as described above, doing fearlessly what you are led to say and do, KNOWING that the God-self of the one affected is in charge and will take care of everything. Those who refuse to see and think of nothing else but this great truth will have equal success with ours.

This article, however, is especially intended to caution all readers to keep fear of any kind out of their minds, and the moment fear approaches, to stop everything and say, positively and confidently, “No, that has no power, because it is not of God. Therefore it has no part in my consciousness or my life.”

In the light of all that has been shown, we urge that the whole article on Concern in the October issue be read, and that the special attention be given to the concluding paragraphs on page 467, so that their truths become firmly grounded in the consciousness. When applied they will certainly save them and their friends the need of going through many hard experiences.

FOR myself I am certain that the good of human life cannot lie in the possession of things which for one man to possess is for the rest to lose, but rather in things which all can possess alike and where one man’s wealth promotes his neighbor’s.—Spinoza.

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