An actor told me that the audience booed and hissed him
on his first appearance on the stage. He added that the play
was badly written and that undoubtedly he did not play a good
role. He admitted openly to me that for months afterward
he hated audiences. He called them dopes, dummies, stupid,
ignorant, gullible, etc. He quit the stage in disgust and went to
work in a drugstore for a year.
One day a Mend invited him to hear a lecture in Town Hall,
New York City, on “How to Get Along With Ourselves.” This
lecture changed his life. He went back to the stage and began
to pray sincerely for the audience and himself. He poured out
love and good will every night before appearing on the stage.
He made it a habit to claim that the peace of God filled the
hearts of all-present, and that all present were lifted up and
inspired. During each performance he sent out love vibrations
to the audience. Today, he is a great actor, and he loves and
respects people. His good will and esteem are transmitted to
others and are felt by them.