In this issue:
The grateful mind is heaven;
the complaining mind is hell.
The direct experience of the Love of the Eternal is heaven;
doubting that Love is hell.
Through our own actions of body, speech and mind, we get ourselves into hell. Through our own actions of body, speech, and mind, we can be liberated from hell and come to know heaven.
Whatever we are experiencing, we always have a choice whether we will look down spiritually or look up spiritually. When we choose to look down, we extend our stay in realms of misery; when we choose to look up, we shorten our stay in realms of misery, even though there still may be no relief in sight due to weighty karmic consequence.
The choice to look up spiritually is the fundamental act of faith.
“If you do these things for some time, you will become as
herein described, and then the Treasure House will open
naturally and you will enjoy it fully.”