The Praise Ascension Attitude corrects the fundamental stress of the modern world, that something
is wrong with the individual life. This Attitude by itself is sufficient to generate full
enlightenment, but because of most individuals' life-long habit of strain and divided minds,
more techniques will usually be required to perfect growth. Nevertheless, the first Attitude is
sufficient unto itself and will usually prove the most useful for transforming the grossest
levels of beliefs and judgments about life. This Attitude above all others can be used any time
of the day or night when it seems that individual life is not progressing as well as it could.
Similar in power for transforming the root stresses of modern life is the Gratitude Attitude.
The focus here is on the objective world; this technique is designed to cure all erroneous
beliefs and concepts about the body and the external Universe. It is the master key for unlocking
belief in the limitations of the body, in sickness and in death; it also is the first stage in
mastery of the outer world. As such, it is invaluable for healing disease of any and all kinds.
For many, the Love Attitude is the sweetest of the first three; it is designed to heal all the
misconceptions about our relationship with the Ascendant itself. Together, the first three
techniques are capable of removing all beliefs and judgments about the limited nature of the
three primary divisions of human life: subjective, objective and spiritual. These three
Attitudes together are sufficient for anyone to climb to enlightenment. Further techniques
are for greater acceleration.
The Fourth Technique clarifies the relationship of the individual with all other human beings
and animals. Invincibility in human life is the result of mastery of consciousness; this is
based in harmlessness. (Harmlessness is called ahimsa in the ancient literature. Mastery of
ahimsa means that no creatures ever have enmity toward you or will knowingly harm you.)
Harmlessness is established by the full development of compassion, which is the automatic
by-product of this technique. Universal Compassion is the requirement for enlightenment from
the standpoint of the Ascendant. Only those who have proven they will not abuse their power are
given the key to the Door of Everything.