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effect upon him. He finds it hard to manifest a respectable amount of regret
and grief over things that bear heavily upon those around him. He is apt to
be regarded as unfeeling and heartless, notwithstanding his heart may be
full of Love and Kindness. His mental attitude is changed—his viewpoint
has shifted. He finds himself ceasing to fear, and those around him are apt
to consider him reckless or thoughtless. Time has less meaning to him, for
the idea of eternity has come to him. Distance ceases to appall him, for is
not all space his? Such a one had better keep quiet, or he will be sure to be
considered a “queer fish,” and people may tap their foreheads significantly
when speaking of him (behind his back).
There is another peculiarity about this phase of Spiritual Consciousness,
and that is that one who has it will recognize its language in the writings of
others. He may pick up the works of some of the ancient writers, or even
some of the modern ones, and where others see only beautiful language, he
will listen to a heart-to-heart talk from his brother-in-thought. Some writers,
having but a slight degree of spiritual insight will fall into a “mood” in which
the Spiritual Mind deftly passes on its words to the lower mental principle,
and the result is that the spiritual meaning is readily grasped by those ready
for it, even though the writer may not fully understand what he has written.
When Spirit speaks, Spirit hears.
Let those who read these words, if they have had this consciousness in
a greater or lesser degree, take courage. Let not your loneliness oppress
or depress you. There are thousands who are your brothers and sisters in
this great understanding, and their thought will seek yours and both will
be benefited. Keep quiet to those around you, if you see fit, but open up
yourself to the sympathy and help that will surely come to you along the
channels of the thought currents. Your thought will attract to you the similar
thought of others of the same consciousness, and theirs will attract yours. In
books, writings, pictures, you will find words which are written for you and
your kind. Read over the old books, and see how different they appear to
you, now that you understand. Read the Bible; read Shakespeare; read the