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not always run parallel with what they have accepted as right in their thoughts, have already accomplished 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
what has to be recognized, learned, overcome, and accepted. Take the specific problem of finding your path's 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
A great number of these spirits have voluntarily accepted God's laws and His order and have thus 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
created an illness, the illness has to be accepted first. You should go about finding the roots 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
very much in the spirits of God and accepted more readily their testimony. QUESTION: Does a human 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
so many other things that you have freely accepted. Furthermore, there are a number of people who 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
but this cannot be done before you have accepted entirely the stage you are in. Thus, observe 21 THE FALL
instant release from all His sufferings, if He accepted Lucifer and gave up His idea of God 22 SALVATION
you possess many imperfections you have not yet accepted in a conscious way and therefore you revolt 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
lower side of your nature, you have not accepted yourself as you are. It means you are 31 SHAME
the right kind of shame in which you accepted yourself in humility as you are at present 31 SHAME
you encounter your faults, you have not yet accepted yourself as you are. Again you have to 31 SHAME
of each decision has to be faced and accepted. To make a mature decision means therefore to 32 DECISION-MAKING
possible advantage seems worthwhile. You will then have accepted another one of this earth life's rules, that 32 DECISION-MAKING
rules, that the uncertainty also has to be accepted. This includes the risk, the shortcomings of life 32 DECISION-MAKING
it. In this way you want to be accepted by everyone or by the person you have 32 DECISION-MAKING
of other people's faults, the more you have accepted yourself as you are. Thus you will have 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
another, you prove that emotionally you have not accepted all that life stands for. Any disharmonious feeling 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
to you that within yourself you have not accepted life's rules, you are rejecting personal responsibility for 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
exploration of outer space will be as commonly accepted as air travel is today. When pilots sit 39 IMAGE-FINDING
discovered it a long time ago, you have accepted it by now; therefore, you do not feel 39 IMAGE-FINDING
true only to the extent that they have accepted the law that they violated. The willingness to 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
imagined defenses. My friends, hurt has to be accepted not because God gives it to you but 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
torn between the desire to be loved and accepted, therefore to rebel against authority was impossible -- 47 THE WALL WITHIN
for instance, that life's imperfections have to be accepted in that spirit. This includes also things that 47 THE WALL WITHIN
begin to change, but only after you have accepted them. QUESTION: In other words, one's expectation of 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
completely unaware you have opinions that you have accepted ready-made, without asking yourself whether they were really 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
authority, and about your fears of not being accepted and loved. All these attitudes cause self- contempt 53 SELF-LOVE
you are sorry for yourself, you have not accepted the truth that you, and you alone, are 53 SELF-LOVE
constructive way, harmonizing rather than conflicting with the accepted typical trends of the sex in question. One 62 MAN AND WOMAN
himself a twice-born Christian asked me whether I accepted Jesus as my personal savior and that unless 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
these new approaches will eventually be understood and accepted by science and will no longer be deemed 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
reject the weak parent. You would rather be accepted by the desirable rejecter than be identified with 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
not unduly fear them because that person has accepted this. These things lose their terror once acceptance 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
other forms of death are more or less accepted and not unduly feared, while being murdered is 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
is not perfect and this fact must be accepted if you wish to cope with life and 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
imperfection is your reality and has to be accepted. When you do so, an entire benign chain-reaction 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
will accept them as a consequence of your accepted imperfections which you can now observe calmly, while 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
one way or another. This responsibility should be accepted in the constructive spirit that it can be 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
similar to this pathwork, will be a naturally accepted part of life. It will be an essential 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
means the earth matter that has to be accepted. The question for humanity always revolves around the 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
what earth life includes and what should be accepted. Many people reject different things, even good things 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
in order to belong, to be loved and accepted, it also applies to negative emotions such as 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
idea that you will then belong and be accepted, admired and loved. Then, after making your choice 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of religiousness will not help because it is accepted out of weakness, which pollutes people's motives. Deeply 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
detachment. Detachment is achieved only after one has accepted all that life has to offer, including death 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
person will be a religious fanatic who has accepted a belief out of fear and weakness, and 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
psychotic, the areas where the self is not accepted are overwhelming. For a more normal person who 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
makes no difference -- feeling lonely, misunderstood, not accepted for your own sake, insecure, frightened. Only by 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
chosen by you and therefore it is not accepted as a price to be paid. Rather, it 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
struggling to give it up. Once you have accepted yourself as you now happen to be, and 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
strength usually follow unpleasant self-recognitions that one has accepted fully. QUESTION: Isn't lasting improvement also a yardstick 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that certain needs are false should not be accepted merely because I say so. The best way 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
-- my complex of perfectionism -- I finally accepted my mistakes. It took me a long time 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
very unhappy about it. Some days later I accepted the failures, the mistakes and everything. I felt 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
affection. It also suffers from not being fully accepted in its own individuality. By this I mean 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
remain unchanged, falsely accepting what need not be accepted because you could change it if you faced 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
this is recognized and one's own limitations are accepted, it is no longer a crushing shame to 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
past, almost everyone has the wish to be accepted and belong to a symbolic superior world. When 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
you but yourself. The desperate struggle to be accepted by others in lieu of self-acceptance impairs your 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
more likely to have pure strength and, if accepted, if they reach their destination, they can be 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
overlook your rebellion against the need of being accepted or agreed with. You know from past experience 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
Only then can divine attributes be found and accepted -- not because everyone says so, not because 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
short time ago, restriction and severity were generally accepted as the right way. The parents' unresolved problems 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
misconceptions. This world is so filled with generally accepted facts that even the most enlightened and independent 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
poignant disappointment, an individual may deny a hitherto accepted need and, subsequently, shift the relevant energy into 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
times, removed, the status quo must be temporarily accepted -- but only as long as cause and 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
effort even more laborious. Free and voluntary effort, accepted in fairness, never makes one tired. If you 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
consequences of your past ignorance have to be accepted, but only as long as you persist in 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
other philosophy says that nothing negative need be accepted, that all hardship, even death, is unnecessary. It 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
realization that suffering does not need to be accepted, that the universe is open, that immeasurable abundance 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
the ego. Only after struggle has been positively accepted will it prove superfluous, and work and pleasure 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
course of growing that all imperfection must be accepted and understood before it can be changed. So 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
trouble is that people consciously wish to be accepted and loved, but unconsciously, they cannot respond to 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
that when people feel too secure in being accepted and loved, they lose the spark of interest 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
of being wholly yourself, which also means being accepted by another person as being what you really 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
and the existence of the negative direction is accepted, pain must cease. When the disturbance is fought 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
still unavoidable consequences of the negative wish are accepted, one can let oneself go into this now 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
exists. When the struggle is fully understood and accepted as a temporary manifestation, as an effect -- 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
as a temporary manifestation, as an effect -- accepted as such without finality, and yet with awareness 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
the real self -- even if it is accepted as a theory, its living reality will be 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
to be guaranteed when you are totally loved, accepted, and served by others, and you hope to 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
when the feared opposite can be envisaged and accepted if need be. When you no longer fear 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
to unity. Never must any concept be flatly accepted or refuted as such. The opposition I am 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
find, which also needs to be fully recognized, accepted, and understood. But it is still not the 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
explained in this lecture. It has to be accepted, understood, and inwardly lived through in full self-acceptance 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
issue if the cosmic flow were understood and accepted and one's own innermost nature were not feared 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
nucleus of the disturbance. The disturbance may be accepted in a false spirit of inevitability, taking for 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
so much second nature that it has been accepted as natural. In fact, intensity is viewed as 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
only because originally you felt you were not accepted by your mother, but mainly because of your 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
as a child, you would not have been accepted had it been known that you harbored feelings 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is also often true that you have simply accepted a negative idea that really makes no sense 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
disapproval, censure, and rejection. The need to be accepted by others is usually less shameful than the 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
into a vicious circle. Whenever a misconception is accepted as truth, immediately a vicious circle comes into 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
movements are fully followed through, tasted, assimilated and accepted as a creation of the self. When one 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
out of strife only when it is understood, accepted, and thus transcended. The change of downward and 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
be proof to you that you have not accepted what is in you, that you fight yourself 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
can replenish your being. As the truth is accepted and assimilated, the new wisdom can open all 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
which the expressions of the destructive unconscious are accepted. The unfoldment of the universal intelligence in the 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
follow only after you have observed and temporarily accepted their imbalance, so as to understand it. As 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
this state the opposites must be faced and accepted as long as they appear as opposites, so 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
other out. In truthful perception, both opposites are accepted and function organically, mutually aiding each other. In 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
represent a great liberation for you. The universally accepted principle is that selfishness is wrong, bad, undesirable 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
polarity of selfishness/unselfishness is reconciled, the self is accepted as the center of existence -- not by 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
when the soft and gentle original hurt is accepted. Out of it soft and gentle good feelings 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
and anger. It is the difference between an accepted emotion and a rejected one. The accepted feeling 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
an accepted emotion and a rejected one. The accepted feeling is not half as painful nor as 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
the pain, with the outlook of limitless possibilities. Accepted pain is not frightening, confusing, or conflicting; it 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
and disquieting and hopeless. The pain that is accepted is quite different, very near to an opening 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
of not being loved and protected, warmed and accepted. The conditions are different for each individual and 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
deep into yourself. After the obstructions are faced, accepted, understood, and eliminated, your highest creative powers can 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
attitude is completely seen, observed in action, and accepted for what it is, you may still be 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
aspects become mutually exclusive alternatives, where one is accepted as good and the other as bad depending 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
if he should temporarily forget it again. The accepted view of treating mental patients is that mental 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
this truth, and your ambivalence is not faced, accepted, and understood, the process of unification cannot be 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
where both people's difficulties are laid bare and accepted, is by no means easy. But nothing can 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
and acknowledged fully. It is not understood or accepted and you still cling to it because you 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
being. When your small, petty, mean side is accepted without thinking that it is the total, final 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
old structure itself. When necessary change is not accepted willingly, you automatically put yourself into a state 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
attitude. When the process of the crisis is accepted and no longer obstructed, when one goes with 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
out irresponsibly nor repressed and denied, but fully accepted, will never become harmful. To the degree they 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
that your true, genuine self can ever be accepted, nor can you accept others for where they 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
what cannot be understood unless the self is accepted for what it is now. The mental activity 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
answers as long as the self is not accepted with its very worst. Mental confusion creates more 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
the destructive energies just because it has never accepted them. Your consciousness is too proud and impatient 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
cannot be transcended. Only when the distortion is accepted fully can it transform itself back to its 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
painful feelings. That which is feared must be accepted, experienced as it is at this moment. The 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
the child must suffer. If this suffering is accepted and worked through on the conscious level, the 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
inevitable divergence from each other is faced and accepted, a unification process can begin. When the lower 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
can begin. When the lower self is understood, accepted and dissolved, when the mask is dispensed with 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
these aspects must first be fully acknowledged and accepted before you can give them up. It is 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
negative intentionality. In the past you may have accepted the theory that you, too, have a lower 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
primary guilt were admitted and its consequences truly accepted, it would cease to be a guilt. But 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
the contrary: the more residual feelings have been accepted and are no longer feared and rejected, the 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
the whole self that cannot be tolerated and accepted. For example, you might conclude that if a 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
other feelings. When the original feeling is being accepted and experienced, the knot dissolves. Thus, it is 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
for every aspect of your being to be accepted and dealt with. No aspect should be left 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
you have made, you still have not fully accepted and exposed yourself; you have not quite understood 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
are being abandoned, and the involuntary movement is accepted, welcomed, and followed. The creative experience will continue 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
the fulfillment becomes unbearable and finally cannot be accepted. Give up your stake in your negative reaction 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
is senseless. Only when that state is fully accepted and not obstructed, when its meaning with its 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
before the unpleasant, unpalatable truth is fully seen, accepted and dealt with, it cannot work. Such a 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
the process of self-search and self-confrontation, but lazily accepted on the surface in order to avoid the 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
it is explained away and illusions and delusions accepted as if they were valid reasons for the 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
fear of change, but is trusted and honestly accepted, then these negative manifestations will fall by the 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
your God. The negative aspects must be fully accepted, forgiven and seen in context with the whole 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
in hard and fast rules that can be accepted without thinking and without feeling into the deepest 228 BALANCE
is too difficult, those difficulties must first be accepted. They will then prove not so difficult at 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
but is not once the apparent hardships are accepted, because such acceptance amounts to an honest approach 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
the life of humanity, the postulated truth was accepted. Humanity, at that point in its development, had 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
the mask self that is now the generally accepted rule and pretended necessity for political life and 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
foster the delusion that in order to be accepted one needs to sell out integrity and decency 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
framework of respectable marriage and is socially fully accepted. For the woman, the denial of the unified 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
and women toward those who deviated from the accepted standards, you can see the strength of the 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
never really know whether you are loved and accepted. You must always fear and distrust, as long 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
the limitations of these life conditions are fully accepted and the personality deals with them honestly, maturely 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
have come to embrace atheism claim to have accepted the idea that they will no longer exist 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
least part of the task may still be accepted, may be allowed into surface consciousness. Old age 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE
But only when the rhythm pattern is respected, accepted, adhered to and utilized in the most constructive 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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