REVIEW ON THE ATTITUDE OF THE OBSERVER
- What
constitutes a review?
- Am I
confusing a reviewing with a redoing or with a re-experiencing? [444]
- Do I
understand what I mean when I regard myself as an Observer?
- What or who
is the Observer? What is under observation?
- Am I capable
of learning to observe, and of freeing myself from those results of observation which may
not be desirable?
- Can I
observe myself mentally, unbiased by any reaction from the emotional personal self?
- If I use
this review on the attitude of the Observer as it should be used,
- What will be
the effect in my life?
- What will be
the effect in the life of the group I wish to serve?
- Can I
honestly say that I can stand aside and observe with dispassion?
- If this
review work is a definitely scientific method of development, have I ever given the
technique of observation a fair trial? Do I feel it now to be desirable? Why?
- What basis
can I find in my studies that this method of reviewing is the way for me, and that it will
intensify my capacity for increased usefulness in service?
- In what way
can right observation speed my progress upon the Path?
- If it is
true that the blind must advance by touching but that those with sight move forward
by seeing, and by keeping free and unattached, why, then, having sight, do I close
my eyes and fail to observe? What is the main hindrance?
- Is my mind
the organ of observation for the spiritual man? Can I offer this organ to the observer to
use?
- Can I hold
my mind steady in the light which streams from the Observer? Can I hold it as the
searchlight of the soul?
- As I review
today, what part has observation played?
- How do I
define the word "observation"?
- Observation
in the spiritual sense is a faculty which grows out of Self-realization.
- Am I able to
forget the fragmentary personal self?
- Can I center
my consciousness in the Self?
- Observation
is a power of the Observer. It works in [445] with the mind. Do I understand
and wield this power?
- We are told
that there is an archetype, a pattern, a ray, a goal and a light which reveals these
higher patterns or divine ideas. Do I know anything of this? I mean, practically, in my
daily life.
- What is the
archetypal pattern of observation, and how can it be expressed in my personal life?
- Do I
recognize and am I in touch with other Observers of the way of life?
- Can I draw
upon the power of observation and the wisdom of the Observer when others need it?
- I am the
redeemer of the lower nature. In what way does observation aid in this redemption?
- Does
redeeming force, released through observation, pour through me?
- In what
fashion will the observation of the Observer bring changes in my life, my habits, and my
attitudes?
- Through
which body do I most easily express myself? Which of my bodies requires the most
observation and control?
- Have I
demonstrated the powers of observation today? Have I been in conscious contact at any
moment with the Observer?
- What
activities and qualities of my lower nature (good as well as undesirable) need to be
observed if I desire to serve more intelligently?
- What is the
major hindrance to my constant practice of observation? How can I offset this difficulty?
- How does the
assumption of the attitude of the Observer assist my fellowmen?
- In what way
can I most truly serve them? And how will observation help me to do this?
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