| Meaninglessness.............11 | |
| sufficient new insight to relieve the dullness and meaninglessness of your existence, try this approach along with | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| relieve the basic fear or the sense of meaninglessness and waste. Only when you find and activate | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| side shrinks back from this movement. Deprivation, emptiness, meaninglessness, and a sense of waste ensue. You may | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| in its wake a sense of emptiness and meaninglessness. It is deadness because the life force in | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| become aware of the fear of chaos and meaninglessness in you, the more this state of emotion | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| as well as the fear of non-existence and meaninglessness that result directly from the unfulfillment of the | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| be, accompanied by a frightening sense of the meaninglessness of all life. Obviously, this leads to the | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| in the field of human vision, fear of meaninglessness results. And that is the specific kind of | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| The larger, macrocosmic fear of injustice, that is, meaninglessness, also exists in a personal manner in the | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| result of the fear and pain of injustice, meaninglessness and chaos. As usual, the process then becomes | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| of life that seem to imply cruelty and meaninglessness? This question may occupy you over years of | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Meanness....................5 | |
| her own negative intentionality, destructive attitude, dishonesty, and meanness. Just imagine how you would feel when someone | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| whatever is locked inside the psyche now: pain, meanness, malice, hate, suffering, guilt, fear, terror. All these | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| negative side where the storm of destructiveness and meanness still rages, you split your consciousness off from | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| the existence of this voice of selfishness and meanness. Only as this attitude becomes consistent, as confrontation | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| it must be questioned. Question the voices of meanness and malice, your stake in seeing others as | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| Measured....................25 | |
| distance in the world of spirit is not measured by your geographical measurements, it is possible for | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| you still live on earth, and even though, measured by distance, these very radiant spheres are hundreds | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| There was and is spiritual progress, but not measured by technical progress. The mere fact that technical | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| applies to everyone, of course. These accomplishments are measured individually according to one's previous incarnations, merits, omissions | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| the respect of others -- can only be measured by how true you are to yourself, or | 31 SHAME |
| its realization lies in a very distant future measured by earth time. But in principle it certainly | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| an imprint in the universe that cannot be measured by the human eye. The efforts and understanding | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| to its unhappiness, though this unhappiness cannot be measured objectively. What one personality type may be able | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| with the same intensity; marital love cannot be measured in such terms. Relationships change and fluctuate, but | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| growth of a living organism cannot always be measured by outer signs. This holds true for groups | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| area of space, regardless of the distance, as measured in your dimension. Do you understand that? QUESTION | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| I repeat that phases of growth cannot be measured in fixed states as with the physical organism | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| of such an approach to yourself cannot be measured, my friends. I can see that for all | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| the freedom you will have gained cannot be measured in words. Your ability to observe yourself and | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| is totally unrealistic; it measures what cannot be measured. The person who is no longer caught in | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| and strange to human thinking, which heretofore has measured power in terms of size, in other words | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| regular in intervals and the pulsebeat can be measured according to three-dimensional time. The involuntary movements take | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| direct and indirect consequences that cannot yet be measured in human terms. You know, my friends, that | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| distortion of reality. No human being can be measured and compared with another. No matter how accomplished | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| choose to experience it. The difficulty can be measured in terms of your truthfulness with yourself. To | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| between the outer and the inner cannot be measured in mere words. Many of you are moving | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| will. True, deep, meaningful personal balance cannot be measured with figures and equations of the mathematics you | 228 BALANCE |
| in terms of your own development, cannot be measured in human concepts. I can only ask you | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| whole. Individual values and development can only be measured by interaction with others. Communication is one aspect | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Mostly one lasts longer than the other, if measured with earthly time. Time relationships often change. It | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Measurements................10 | |
| of spirit is not measured by your geographical measurements, it is possible for many spheres to exist | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| I have a question about distances and geographical measurements. Is the spirit world in which you are | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| minute -- although we do not have these measurements -- I would be back. For me, if | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| against another. You must find your own inner measurements; forget comparisons. Knowing the truth means mastery over | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| in many cases. My point is that outer measurements do not necessarily express the inner measure of | 228 BALANCE |
| needs to delegate all rhythm, all balance, all measurements to the outer mind. This often becomes meaningless | 228 BALANCE |
| and self-defeating. It breaks the real balance. The measurements of the outer mind are contrary to the | 228 BALANCE |
| -- the old balance system and its obsolete measurements -- as it also destroys old, outworn attitudes | 228 BALANCE |
| even perhaps months ago. In terms of spiritual measurements, these months are lifetimes, yet you insist on | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| only reality. Inner space is based on different measurements, on a different relativity between time/space/movement and measurement | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| Measures....................40 | |
| therefore always a farce. Shortcuts and other sudden measures supposed to eliminate the effort of slow growth | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| If these higher spirits do not take certain measures to manifest, the lower spirits will not see | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| will not see them ordinarily. But if such measures have been taken, the lower beings will see | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| appearance automatically, according to law -- unless special measures are being taken for special purposes -- alters | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| but these are particular circumstances that warrant these measures. Yet as a rule, whenever a higher being | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| see them? ANSWER: In ordinary circumstances, unless special measures are taken, as I said, you can only | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| do that, you will need to take certain measures yourself. And when you do that, you will | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| insecure that you resort to such defective defensive measures. This behavior falls into the same category as | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| Thus, the law-upholder, motivated by the wrong protective measures he or she has chosen, has a particularly | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| but strengthening the wall unconsciously by employing halfway measures. When and how does this happen? It happens | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| you understand your unconscious motives and trends. Outer measures may sometimes seem effective, but truly, your life | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| much afraid of hurts that you force strict measures on yourself to avoid them, you can never | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| humanity as a whole, no matter what mass measures will be taken. This applies particularly to those | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| different, my life would take another form. All measures, laws and regulations apparently affect you, and over | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in the most natural way possible. No forceful measures will have to be applied either to one's | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| feelings or to the other person. Such forceful measures can never really work. An organic natural growth | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| you must guard yourself against it by forceful measures avails you nothing. You cannot protect yourself by | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| necessary that it be helped, forcefully, with certain measures, to remember, as it is done before this | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| and its intensity, try to determine to what measures you have resorted in your attempts to deal | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| to your person. You hope by all these measures either to gain what you want, or to | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| your desire, you constantly vacillate between these various measures, never fully deciding for either, and simultaneously pursuing | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| clear to you that even one of these measures is bound to distort the law of communication | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| drug addiction, or alcoholism, or psychosis, or other measures. Addictions are often also motivated by the strong | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| forceful action -- all shortcuts, all illusions, all measures to strengthen the idealized self-image. As I have | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| currents and distortions, conflicts and fears, unconscious defensive measures and manipulations. It is not as easy as | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| considerable degree and open the way to further measures for ousting it. Of course, the desire to | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| counterfeit feelings, and also becoming cruel. All these measures serve to make the vulnerable spot within you | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| Comparison between two people is totally unrealistic; it measures what cannot be measured. The person who is | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| uniqueness exists at the expense of others and measures itself against others, this uniqueness is destructive and | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| that is contrary to the old restrictions and measures, anxiety must arise. Whenever the sexual force is | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in other sets of contradictory reactions, counter-reactions, defense measures, further false beliefs and their inevitable consequences, which | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| host of untenable, painful, destructive beliefs and defense measures, each in itself causing complicated webs of entanglements | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| inner peace, joy and security. The gauge that measures completion of the task is inner peace, fearlessness | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| spread the boundaries of its finiteness until it measures up with the infinite that is beyond the | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| to speak the truth because the false safety measures into which so much false faith was invested | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| distrust, no ungivingness, there are no false safety measures. It contains much rather a love just as | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| New laws and modalities are created, new collective measures and forms of governments. But when the inner | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| form of government you adopt or the outer measures you institute, although admittedly some measures are better | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| the outer measures you institute, although admittedly some measures are better than others at different times. If | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| life all exist in smallest and in largest measures, based on the same creative conditions and laws | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |