Q.93

No, positive thinking on its own does not work; neither does the ‘power of your subconscious’ since it is only a facet of your entire spiritual/human being. (L8)

There are teachers who will preach positive thinking ⎯ but I never did that. I told you clearly that the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS WITHIN YOU. (A12)

What I meant was that LIFE is the source of ALL you could ever want ⎯providing you allow it to work in you by sweeping away all doubt AND by BELIEVING THAT IT WILL BRING YOU INTO PROSPERITY, JOY AND FULFILMENT to the extent you can rid your minds and emotions of old ego thoughts and feelings. (A12)

When your emotions are in upheaval, you are being called to examine your entire consciousness, your beliefs, your feelings towards yourself and others, your faith in a spiritual dimension ⎯ even the meaning of death and your life afterwards in a higher dimension. (L8)

This is an extremely painful time in the lives of people. All are subject to this time of upheaval in one form or another. It can be a time of tremendous inner growth and a movement into happiness or an ongoing time of bitterness and resentment. (L8)

This is the time to wake up fully and realise that the outcome of the experiences are entirely up to you ⎯ not fate or destiny ⎯ but you ⎯ either working on your own or devotedly and consistently with Divine Consciousness arriving eventually at the height of felicity. (L8)

If the first level of development, seeking material satisfactions through positive thinking were wholly satisfactory to seekers and brought them all they hoped for, the whole world would, by now, have been converted to the belief in ‘positive thinking’. (L8)

However, this is the starting point of the previously quiescent soul’s spiritual journey and is not to be rejected or criticised. The psyche wakes up to the fact that beyond the earthly dimension there is some spiritual dimension called ‘God’, a ‘person sitting up there’ or a ‘universal power’ which answers prayers. Remember we are talking about ‘consciousness’. The psyche is becoming aware that there is more to life than the daily grind and wants to experience ‘whatever it is’ because deprivation in some area of existence ⎯ health, financial means, happiness, love, etc. is causing ‘it’ to seek help. (L8)