| Assuaged....................4 | |
| wish to have your fears, anxieties and uncertainties assuaged from the outside. But if this ever works | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| When one is young, these fears may be assuaged. But sooner or later every human being will | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| some of the hitherto unfulfilled longing has been assuaged. But you have so much further to go | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| He deserves. Your human fears can never be assuaged otherwise. I spoke in a lecture about one | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Assumes.....................16 | |
| the yardstick for your self-value. Validation by others assumes such great importance only because you do not | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| illusion of rejection in any form. The fight assumes various forms. One of them is the creation | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| In order to ward off danger, the personality assumes certain inner and outer behavior patterns, above and | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| both parties. One alternately blames the other, or assumes self-blame. It takes time and understanding, as well | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| never as satisfying as the fantasy. Hence, one assumes that giving up the fantasy means giving up | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| undesirable tendencies. One glosses over them and vaguely assumes that their secrecy invalidates them. Any effect they | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| removed from actual, ultimate reality as anyone who assumes illusions to be the final truth. Ultimate reality | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| alienating state -- not knowing what one believes, assumes and concludes. As I keep saying, you must | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| balance must be found in which the ego assumes an entirely different role. All of my friends | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| cannot recognize what he is doing when he assumes responsibility for another, which may happen in a | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| choose such an attitude, the apparent stumbling block assumes a new meaning and becomes vital, strengthening, and | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| flexibility and humility. It also requires courage. Fear assumes that acceptance and acknowledgement of the ugliness will | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| the first stage the conscious mind almost always assumes the active part by speaking the word, by | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| to stop the movement toward union. The ego assumes a preposterous and paradoxical position. It is intrinsically | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| to its deeper meaning -- the person simply assumes, this is the way I am, and is | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| child in a similar way. An attitude that assumes that learning and homework is the price to | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| Assuming....................30 | |
| what exactly you believe or not believe -- assuming that you are not an atheist -- that | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| when it is forced. So beware of forcibly assuming the states which I am describing here. Simply | 36 PRAYER |
| You pass over the obvious. You still keep assuming that certain occurrences are due to coincidence or | 38 IMAGES |
| friends. Do not put an occurrence aside superficially, assuming it is unconnected with your personal image merely | 38 IMAGES |
| an entity is ready to face himself, thereby assuming true self-responsibility, he or she will increasingly be | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| also put it the other way around: By assuming self-responsibility, you solve the problems. QUESTION: We are | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of being and are therefore not spiritual entities, assuming the form the human being has been shaped | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| whereby they obtain a degree of self-understanding. Before assuming any position of responsibility, they will be required | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| cowardice. The bargain you wanted to make by assuming a defensive, wrong inner attitude has much stronger | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| are at one with yourself about it, fully assuming responsibility, ready to pay the consequences, this imperfect | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| see the outer manifestations and judge them -- assuming that energy wanes with advancing age -- rather | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| reactions and primary reactions. Am I correct in assuming that secondary reactions are the ones that come | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| when you put up a lazy resistance against assuming responsibility in your life, or do so only | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| natural way. Let us take one more example, assuming your main problem is a difficulty in making | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| by diminishing one's own masculinity and femininity and assuming the traits of the very sex one fights | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| urgent. Instead of letting this mislead you into assuming that this proves the absence of a no-current | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| deriving values, goals, ideas, and actions from within, assuming responsibility for them, thereby increasing integrity and self-respect | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| and what destructive? You are used to quickly assuming a ready-made rule, without questioning it. You echo | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| When closely observed, the ego presses and pushes, assuming that thus it will overcome the obstruction. Pain | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| Accepting death in the right way merely means assuming the consequences of one's past direction. It need | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| uncomfortable and strongly compelled when he refrains from assuming the false responsibility. Such a forced act would | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| balance of proper self-responsibility and a freedom from assuming the burdens of others, which has nothing to | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| the mask of false security he had been assuming. He now finds that he has unconsciously held | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| your hate and expressing it constructively, that is, assuming responsibility for it, your capacity to love grows | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| or for those who still defend against fully assuming responsibility for their lives and are therefore blocked | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| free to alter whenever you so decide. By assuming the sole blame, you give permission, as it | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| as a whole, do people become capable of assuming responsibility without the distortion that is blame. Now | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| You make no movement toward or commitment to assuming the attitudes that constitute leadership. You can perhaps | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| you do not wish the higher task of assuming the responsibilities to lead, to stand in an | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| up the state of being only half awake, assuming unthinkingly that others should know what you feel | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Assumption..................62 | |
| you are not religious. You make the mistaken assumption that being religious means to adhere to some | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| question, but I will correct a misunderstanding. The assumption that people find themselves in any situation without | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| no matter how wrong others may be. The assumption of a faulty premise often manifests in an | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| convince yourself of the falsity of such an assumption. You are still filled with the untruth that | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| disaster. When you discover the error of this assumption, you can then get rid of the pride | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| are always held on to in the mistaken assumption that they are useful or protective. Once you | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| would be harmful to go ahead on that assumption and indulge in the lowest instincts. Now, my | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| will protect you and whether or not this assumption is correct. Of course, you will find it | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| opinions and generalizations. They are very misleading. The assumption that the person who loves animals and nature | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| itself, it is not based on a wrong assumption. Therefore it will work out. The claim for | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| itself it is not based on an erroneous assumption. But you are still unaware of the underlying | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| is that, after all, it is simply the assumption of a role. The tragedy of self- alienation | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| Admitting them would demand certain obligations and the assumption of self-responsibility, but you would rather take on | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| the gnawing guilt. This impairment encourages the false assumption that wanting to receive is wrong, thereby increasing | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| It does not work that way, because this assumption only leads to the illusion that your finding | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| boundaries you cannot penetrate or control. In this assumption of a limited universe, you make no use | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| and painful alternatives. The third either/or is the assumption that only a limited degree of fulfillment and | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| such a chance is extended, in the false assumption that disappointment will then hurt less. Apart from | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| a haphazard realization. The entirety of the wrong assumption -- that the problem itself is non-existent -- | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| it's me versus the other were a correct assumption. The more you adhere to this assumption, the | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| correct assumption. The more you adhere to this assumption, the more shortchanged you must become in the | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| you. In other words, you take a negative assumption for granted. Once you see this, you are | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| which is to question the validity of this assumption. Is your assumption true? What would actually happen | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| question the validity of this assumption. Is your assumption true? What would actually happen if you didn't | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| must be precisely posed. The possibility that your assumption might be false must be seriously considered. At | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| and you grope for these definitions on the assumption that you have to define and understand love | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| things could be different. You must challenge an assumption, once it is put into precise words, such | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| resign themselves to a half-dead life on the assumption that this is the way it must be | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| this can be proven to be a false assumption. What also vary, almost infinitely, are the assumed | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| aggression, intimidation, and persuasion through false strength and assumption of an authority role. Deep down they all | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| least worthy in the universe. Even one such assumption is bound to have innumerable consequences, breeding further | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| one's dealings with the world. Each primary wrong assumption snowballs into a host of untenable, painful, destructive | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| Often, though you have actually recognized a false assumption about yourself, you still do not follow this | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| You fail to see, for example, how this assumption affects what you believe about others and what | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| or incident means in the light of your assumption; what your reactions and the reactions of others | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| worse. This, too, is of course, an illusory assumption, for no truth is ever burdensome, hopeless or | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| also lurks the precise opposite extreme -- the assumption of your worthlessness. If you are not special | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| to adjust to an unhealthy condition, in the assumption that to rebel against it is immature, unrealistic | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| into itself. There is a general conviction and assumption that the affirmative principle is good and desirable | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| a state of utter disunity, of duality. Your assumption that there is no way out is a | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| will not escape until you challenge your silent assumption -- the assumption that life is limited and | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| until you challenge your silent assumption -- the assumption that life is limited and negative -- which | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| of view, rather than indulging in the usual assumption that one is unlucky and unfairly put upon | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| inevitably seem to prove the correctness of the assumption, so that the destructive, defensive behavior will become | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| annihilation, danger, chaos, the logical sequence of this assumption would then be that the world is built | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| befalls you, you must perish. This unspoken, unarticulated assumption creates fear, and often, as the assumption becomes | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| unarticulated assumption creates fear, and often, as the assumption becomes exaggerated, fear turns into terror. The terror | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| unrealistic because the underlying thinking derives from the assumption that the universe has only a limited supply | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| reality behind the feeling. Find out if the assumption that underlies a feeling reaction is valid. It | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| Being honest includes challenging your conscious or unconscious assumption that if you go into pain, you will | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| blame, you surely expect to be ostracized. This assumption is an unbearable load; it is untrue and | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| and is presented as if this kind of assumption were arrived at truly honestly and deeply. If | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| leap, you must doubt your fear and your assumption that this fear may be the ultimate reality | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| and woman inferior. In order to justify this assumption, woman was supposed to be intellectually and morally | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| experience bliss? How can you even challenge the assumption of your worthlessness that you all carry inside | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| being valueless, can you begin to see this assumption and cast doubt on your self-doubt. In that | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| on something that cannot be and by your assumption that you have to manipulate reality around you | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| painful state of consciousness. It leads to the assumption that the universe is a world of chaos | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| confronted, you react according to the same erroneous assumption that being wrong, having lower-self attitudes, having made | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| only then can you find out that your assumption was false. In fact, only when you fully | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| and aspects of reality. One example is the assumption that the experience of God's grace is something | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| is something to be given to you. Another assumption is that faith comes also from outside, as | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |