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                    WORKBOOK FOR "LETTERS TO STUDENTS"

1]    Why is the name of "friend" to be preferred over that of "brother" or 
      "sister"?

2]    a)    What is frequently the attitude of the man of the world when he 
            sees something in the home or at work which ought to be done?
      b)    What should be our attitude when we see something which ought to 
            be done?

3]    If we try to find out what bothers our neighbors along a spiritual 
      line, what will we then have the opportunity of doing?

4]    If we become members of Christian churches, what will we then have the 
      opportunity of doing?

5]    What must we aim to cultivate if we are to avoid becoming ensnared in 
      the meshes of intellect and puffed up by knowledge?

6]    a)    What is the ultimate cause of all disease?
      b)    What is the purpose of sorrow and suffering?
      c)    To be cured of a disease, what does one need to do?

7]    a)    What must a stove be filled with before it can radiate heat?
      b)    What must we be filled with, before we can radiate love?

8]    Thought question:  What do we need to do to keep our mood from being 
      completely controlled by the astrological influences present at any 
      given moment?

9]    a)    The Divine Guardians of Humanity may not interfere with the free 
            will of mankind.  How, then, can they help humanity?
      b)    Alms-giving can degrade the recipient.  What form of help is 
            preferable to alms-giving?

10]   Is a person who has ceased to use flesh foods and alcohol a step 
      higher on the evolutionary path than one who still continues to use 
      them?

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11]   What determines the degree of force which a thought is able to exert?

12]   What may a cross with a climbing rose on it be taken to symbolize?

13]   What are the pupils of the Western Wisdom Teachings encouraged to do 
      in order to achieve generative purity?

14]   Thought questions:  It is stated that in the next epoch we will live 
      in the air.  What type of activities will not be possible during the 
      next epoch?  Why type of activities will be possible during the next 
      epoch?

15]   a)    What type of currents traverse the vertical branches of trees?
      b)    What type of currents traverse the horizontal limbs of trees?
      c)    What effect do the horizontal currents have on the lateral 
            limbs?

16]   Thought question:  Of what value if knowledge?

17]   Thought question:  In what ways have the Lucifer Spirits been of 
      benefit to mankind?

18]   Which part of the Rosicrucian Teachings has the greatest power to make 
      men better here and now?

19]   Thought question:  Under what circumstances should we relate 
      superphysical experiences, and under what circumstances should we not?

20]   a)    When a person is not given a Master or Leader to guide him, what 
            does this force the person to do?
      b)    How does this (not having a Master or Leader) benefit the 
            person?

21]   a)    Under the reign of Jehovah, what was man's main goal in life?
      b)    Since the Christ infused the earth with His Spirit, what 
            qualities have begun to grow on earth?
      c)    When the Spiritual Panacea travels through a patient's body, 
            what does it do?

22]   a)    What is Christ currently doing for the earth?
      b)    What similarities did Sir Launfal see between the beggar and the 
            Christ?

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23]   From each parentheses choose the word or phrase which correctly 
      completes the sentence.

      From the first to the middle of the fourth epoch humanity was 
      (descending into, ascending out of) material existence, and the 
      Lucifer Spirits taught (women, men) the gospel of the (physical world, 
      spiritual worlds).  From the middle of the fourth epoch to the seventh 
      epoch, humanity is (descending into, ascending out of) material 
      existence and Jehovah is teaching (women, men) the reality of the 
      (physical world, spiritual worlds.)

24]   Why must each person in the Rosicrucian School learn to stand alone?

25]   a)    What is the origin of the song of the spheres?
      b)    Is the song of the spheres the same all the time?
      c)    What effect does the song of the spheres have on humanity?

26]   Under what circumstances should we give to others information about 
      the Western Wisdom Teachings?

27]   a)    What must we be willing to leave if we are to successfully seek 
            truth?
      b)    Why is courage necessary to successfully seek truth?

28]   In the future, how will Science, Art and Religion stand in relation to 
      one another?

29]   Which method of advancement, Freemasonry or Catholicism, produces the 
      stronger souls?  Why?

30]   a)    Did God originally plan that the Lucier Spirits should play a 
            role in the development of humanity?
      b)    How did God handle the situation when the Lucifer Spirits did 
            open people's eyes, so that people saw alternatives to the way 
            of life prescribed by Jehovah and the Lords of Venus?

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31]   a)    What can be concluded if someone comes in a physical body 
            proclaiming himself Christ?
      b)    Before we meet Christ in his second coming, what body must we 
            shed?  In what body will we then function?

32]   a)    What qualities must one have if one is to be able to spiritually 
            penetrate into the inner layers of the earth?
      b)    Why is it important that the vital body of Jesus be protected?

33]   a)    What type of activities lengthen the life of the archetype of 
            the dense body and consequently also lengthen the life of the 
            physical body?
      b)    How can we determine the times most propitious to sow the seeds 
            of the soul, to help, and to heal?

34]   a)    At the present time, into what should humanity transmute that 
            part of the creative force which is not required to propagate 
            the race?
      b)    When we are tempted by unclean thoughts, what should we do?

35]   What quality must people develop before they can be free from the laws 
      and conventions of society?

36]   What is the difference between the Eastern bodies and Western bodies 
      which makes the path of initiation different for each?

37]   Why do the Elder Brothers in the Western world only accept pupils who 
      are free from all other bonds?

38]   How can we distinguish a true Teacher from an unqualified pretender?

39]   a)    Where shall we seek truth?
      b)    What exercise will help us to discern truth from error?

40]   a)    In what World does our consciousness at once become filled with 
            knowledge concerning whatever being or thing we look at?

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      b)    What is it our duty to do with truth, once we have found it?

41]   What is a sure way to test out an idea to find whether or not it is 
      true?

42]   Why is it impossible to convey certain occult truths to the world in 
      general?

43]   What fact about rebirth gives evidence that women are equal to men in 

      morals?

44.   Thought questions:
      a)    In what ways does selfishness sometimes prevent us from serving 
            others?
      b)    In what ways does selfishness sometimes creep in even when we 
            are serving others?

45]   What alone is needed to gain entrance to the Temple of Initiation?
      What is the only method by which this can be obtained?

46]   When a person dies a violent death (as in a war), what effect will 
      this have on his next life?  Why?

47]   When a person has died due to some wound or accident, and retains and 
      continues to suffer from the wound in the Desire World, what do the 
      Invisible Helpers need to do to "heal" him?

48]   Where is the major enemy of each person located?  Give examples of 
      some of the types of battles engaged in with this enemy.

49]   Thought question:  What are your current greatest wishes?  Are you 
      willing to work with ardor and intensity to achieve these wishes?

50]   Thought question:  What type of activities lead to spiritual 
      prosperity?

51]   Thought questions:  Is it good for us to see ourselves as others see 
      us?  Is it good for others to see themselves as we see them?

52]   Why is it desirable that students who are in sympathy with the ideas 
      of the Rosicrucian Fellowship give up all other religious societies

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      (the Christian Churches excepted) and devote their whole heart, mind, 
      and spirit to living and spreading the Rosicrucian teachings?

53]   Thought question:  What should be our attitude toward the Christ 
      during the fall and winter months when He focuses his consciousness in 
      the earth and works to leaven it?

54]   What did Max Heindel suggest that one do it one disagrees with the 
      policies of the Rosicrucian Fellowship?

55]   Thought question:  If you want your life to take a new direction, what 
      do you need to do?

56]   Thought question:  What occult principle do you think the world is in 
      greatest need of knowing?

57]   Why is it that one cannot achieve spiritual illumination and become a 
      wonder worker after a few days stay at the Fellowship Headquarters?

58]   Can the golden wedding garment be built by fasting and castigation?
      Thought question:  How might these practices hinder the building of 
      the soul body?

59]   What effect do the colonies of Italians, Scots, Germans, English, 
      etc., in various parts of the United States have on the formation of a 
      new race?

60]   What is the effect of intense yearning to continue the relationships 
      severed by death?

61]   At what time of year are the spiritual fires in the earth the 
      brightest?
      Thought question:  What activities are best carried on at this time of 
      year?

62]   Thought question:  When we share what we know of Truth with others, 
      what effect does this have on us?

63]   Thought question:  Would having an individual teacher help you prepare 
      for initiation faster?  Why, or why not?

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64]   a)    Does war between the higher and lower natures occur within 
            everyone?  Why, or why not?
      b)    How may we prepare ourselves to win the battle against the lower 
            nature?

65]   Thought question:  What do we need to do in order to crucify our lower 
      natures?

66]   Thought questions:
      a)    When reading a book are you able to concentrate your thoughts on 
            the ideas being presented?
      b)    When conversing with someone, do you concentrate on listening to 
            what the other person is saying?  Do you concentrate on the 
            topic of discussion, or do you wander aimlessly from one topic 
            to another?
      c)    When by yourself, are you able to concentrate your thoughts in 
            order to create some idea, or solve some problem, or send out 
            some well-defined thoughts or prayers?

67]   Thought question:  If valuable prizes were going to be awarded to the 
      "Real Heroes of the World", what qualifications should be required of 
      those who were to receive the prizes?

68]   What should be our attitude toward patriotism?

69]   Why is it that in the world we find it difficult to live up to ideals 
      which we fully believe in?

70]   Thought questions:  What would like to do in a future life?  What can 
      you do now to start preparing for the next life?

71]   Thought questions:  What sins mostly easily beset us?  What can we do 
      to eradicate them?

72]   a)    What attitude on our part leads the Recording Angels to give us 
            greater opportunities to pay of past debts?
      b)    What may cause our associates to start looking for faults in 
            us?  Why?

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73]   Thought questions:  What talents have you received from God?
      How can these talents be used in the service of God?

74]   a)    What vehicle do the Eastern Occult Schools focus on the 
            development of?
      b)    What vehicle do the Western Wisdom Schools focus on the 
            development of?

75]   a)    Should we seek to serve along lines which are consistent with 
            our natural inclinations?
      b)    Should we seek to serve along lines which are not consistent 
            with our natural inclinations?

76]   Is it possible for any being to become separated from God?

77]   Thought question:  What could you say to a person who knew nothing 
      about occult philosophy to explain to him what people do after they 
      die?

78]   Thought exercise:  Choose some scene from the past history of mankind 
      and describe what it would have been like to have been there.

79]   Thought question:  What must be sacrificed if one wishes to obtain 
      spiritual development?

80]   Thought questions:
      a)    How might you explain the higher worlds to someone who knew 
            nothing about occult philosophy?
      b)    How might you explain the law of consequence to someone who knew 
            nothing about occult philosophy?

81]   What body is developed through repetition?

82]   Thought questions:  With our tongues we bless God and we curse men, 
      who are made after the similitude of God.  In what respects are men 
      made in the image of God?  Do men deserve our respect, just as God 
      deserves our respect?

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83]   Thought question:  How should we decide whether or not to believe what 
      we read in books?

84]   Are our current characters completely the effects of past causes 
      (development in past lives, environment and upbringing, astrological 
      forces, etc.)?  Have we, within ourselves, the power to change our 
      characters?

85]   Thought question:  Goethe wrote: "Who never ate his bread in sorrow, 
      . . . He knows ye not ye heavenly powers."  Is sorrow needed to lead 
      people to the heavenly powers?  Why, or why not?

86]   Thought question:  Why you are riding in a car or waiting for someone 
      or otherwise unoccupied with worldly duties, to what good use might 
      you put the time?

87]   Thought question:  What could you say to explain to a person who knew 
      nothing about occult philosophy how the Laws of Rebirth and of 
      Consequence together lead to the evolution of humanity?

88]   What occult value can come repetitive work, provided it is done with 
      love?

89]   At the end of His earthly career Christ send His disciples to prepare 
      the passover in the house of the Water-bearer, and there gave bread 
      and the water cup as the New Covenant for the Kingdom of God.  What 
      does this symbolically tell us about the Aquarian Age?

90]   Thought question:  Should we preach ideals which we ourselves have not 
      yet attained?

91]   Why are different religious cults and sects needed in the world?

92]   What effects may war have on a)  the religious life of people, b)  the 
      spiritual sight of people, c)  the evolution of a group of people?

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93]   Thought question:  How could you explain to someone who knew nothing 
      about occult philosophy what the purpose of life is?

94]   What virtues do stressful situations give us the opportunity to 
      cultivate?

95]   What reason do we have to be optimistic about the future of the world 
      and of mankind?


96]   Why does using opportunities for gaining experience and doing good 
      lengthen one's life?

97]   a)    In what order should the following steps be taken when you wish 
            to succeed at something?
      A.    Develop plans as to how to attain your desire.
      B.    Develop a faith that success is possible and a determination to 
            achieve despite all obstacles.
      C.    Set a goal.
      b     Thought question:  What spiritual goal would you like to attain?

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