February 4 – Attitude

All Depends Upon One’s Attitude

There is a state in which one realises that the effect of things, circumstances, all the movements and actions of life on the consciousness depends almost exclusively upon one’s attitude to these things. There is a moment when one becomes sufficiently conscious to realise that things in themselves are truly neither good nor bad: they are this only in relation to us; their effect on us depends absolutely upon the attitude we have towards them. The same thing, identically the same, if we take it as a gift of God, as a divine Grace, as the result of the full Harmony, helps us to become more conscious, stronger, more true, while if we take it- exactly the very same circumstance- as a blow from fate, as a bad force wanting to affect us, this constricts us, weighs us down and takes away from us all consciousness and strength and harmony. And the circumstance in itself is exactly the same- of this, I should like you all to have the experience, for when you have it, you become master of yourself.

– The Mother
The great Adventure, Page 232