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| here too you can want something with your mind, having already learnt one thing or another, but | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| person -- not emotionally -- though in your mind you may indeed wish him or her well | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| into opposing currents and works against the conscious mind. Some of those who are in healing may | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| into their origin in the unconscious. The conscious mind wants the good and wants to act right | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| have the preference? ANSWER: What you have in mind is a material object which you can give | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| willpower, and time to reach this state of mind. If you have not invested all that, then | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| or if you are not set in your mind to receive the answer in one particular way | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| priests -- and I have childhood memories in mind -- and when you ask them, Is this | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| full well that one must make up one's mind to be truly motivated by a genuine desire | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| not put the question completely out of your mind. Rather, stay patiently aware of it in a | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| bomb when it is enclosed in the subconscious mind. There disharmonious forms build themselves every bit as | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| you a moment's satisfaction, but never peace of mind, serenity, steady happiness that can never be lost | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| into a crisis in which his state of mind becomes worse than before treatment. Of course, there | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| search in this respect as does the Western mind. Therefore, they say: We do not need to | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| out of your soul, your subconscious, and conscious mind, will connect you with quite a different sphere | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| of this fault. So you must bear in mind that it is your own faults that pull | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| your fellow-creatures -- and have the presence of mind to bring yourself to pray, to reach out | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| you do not always have such presence of mind. Sometimes you will be tired and will let | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| are open, if you do not keep your mind set in a certain way, if you are | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| feel frustrated, you will have no peace of mind. If you choose to follow this voice, if | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| it is actually so. QUESTION: But the human mind cannot conceive it? ANSWER: It is almost impossible | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| What difference does it make? Why should God mind whether I pray to Him today? No, God | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| pray to Him today? No, God does not mind, my friends. But your soul and spirit will | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| life. It is the foundation. Keep this in mind and do it even though to follow your | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| the answer; you have already made up your mind and have put your will above the will | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| still think somewhere in the back of your mind that it is impossible, that it must be | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| can deal with it properly in your conscious mind and become aware of the spiritual laws from | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| his goal will always remain clear in his mind. The mystic will not be sidetracked by the | 18 FREE WILL |
| felt. This happens first in one's state of mind, later also in all outer manifestations, permanently and | 18 FREE WILL |
| wherein they live according to their states of mind. Each state of mind creates as a reflex-action | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| to their states of mind. Each state of mind creates as a reflex-action a sphere consisting of | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| slows down individual development. When you keep in mind that your attitudes, your thoughts, your feelings, your | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| hell. These worlds simply reflect the state of mind of the creatures living there; these spheres came | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| as a direct result of the state of mind of these beings. But hell is not just | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| darkness, always corresponding to the individual's state of mind. However, on the whole, one can say that | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| without a task! Those who have peace of mind will have found their tasks. Whoever has not | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| unrest, haste, nervousness, and lack of peace of mind, then ask God to help you find your | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| the goal has to be clear in your mind, yet to find out your true goals and | 21 THE FALL |
| a question of deciding, of making up one's mind once and for all. This can be done | 21 THE FALL |
| it with clear eyes and an open, unbiased mind, not pampering the lazy self that likes to | 21 THE FALL |
| us. I beg you to keep this in mind and not think what I am telling you | 22 SALVATION |
| to ask all the questions you have in mind about this subject that have not been answered | 22 SALVATION |
| through and through without any question in your mind, without any doubt. And if you have not | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| are only an expression of the state of mind or of the state of affairs. Such objects | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you have understood its healing nature for your mind, body, soul and spirit, then you have accomplished | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| I am not only talking about the subconscious mind which you all know exists. I will not | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| as that. Between the conscious and the subconscious mind there is another layer which is much closer | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| layer which is much closer to the conscious mind. However, you are still unaware of this layer | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| conflicts than anything you know in your conscious mind. I have often mentioned the various spiritual laws | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| conscious. Nevertheless, in many other areas your conscious mind still flees from facing the inner truth. You | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| hardship. Only after a considerable time will your mind be trained in this direction so that you | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| go on the path in this frame of mind, you will not be disappointed. If you go | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| third and equally important layer is your subconscious mind. Do not believe that what is in the | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| am ready for your questions. QUESTION: Would you mind telling us what the spirits do for recreation | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| the lower self that works in the subconscious mind and sends only subterfuges to the surface. For | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| with in the first place, and keep in mind at all times. Learn to see through your | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| do you know that your spirit, your subconscious mind, smells the fear of others all the time | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| long as you keep the basic structure in mind. You all know that to gain self-knowledge is | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| with on this path of purification: the conscious mind, the unconscious, and the subconscious. The two latter | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| but, generally, you should keep this division in mind, so I am giving you this task, my | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| long as you are in the state of mind in which you break the respective spiritual law | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| by their diminished health, strength, and peace of mind. The moment you become passive where you should | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| life the way your Creator had it in mind for you in this particular incarnation. It varies | 31 SHAME |
| But the one thing you should keep in mind, my friends, is that if you are not | 31 SHAME |
| although you do not respect and love yourself. Mind you, this is not because of your shortcomings | 31 SHAME |
| kind of shame will create a state of mind that is not only extremely unhealthy, as I | 31 SHAME |
| happenings, these weaknesses could not enter your conscious mind. You could not truly understand them -- which | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| ambitiousness is cultivated, it should be kept in mind that one must choose properly for what purpose | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| to attain spiritual development and thus peace of mind without making serious efforts to overcome this basic | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| eventually you see the whole circle in your mind and understand the interdependence of all your negative | 36 PRAYER |
| effect. This most creative activity will strengthen your mind, even if it does nothing else. Of course | 36 PRAYER |
| benefit in that during prayer your frame of mind will automatically be different from when you do | 36 PRAYER |
| you take, by every thought passing through your mind; even your unconscious feelings will be prayer. Oh | 36 PRAYER |
| the heart, from the innermost recesses of the mind. If emotional currents do not follow suit in | 36 PRAYER |
| and simply where you stand in your own mind. To find the truth about yourself -- the | 36 PRAYER |
| His help. This will gradually impress your unconscious mind so that a good imprint can form within | 36 PRAYER |
| so that they gain clearer form in your mind and help you to achieve a profounder consciousness | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| usually take the form of conclusions in the mind of the person. Most of the time these | 38 IMAGES |
| and thus they cannot remain in the conscious mind. As the personality grows up, your intellectual knowledge | 38 IMAGES |
| You must be in a relaxed state of mind. Such a state of mind can be yours | 38 IMAGES |
| relaxed state of mind. Such a state of mind can be yours if you understand and accept | 38 IMAGES |
| and dissolved. But in their present state of mind, such people feel very heroic if their guilt | 38 IMAGES |
| the depths, the deepest regions of your unconscious mind, can you develop spiritually and ascend in the | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| friends, if you impress this knowledge on your mind, it will be much easier for you to | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| your upward climb, recognize this, but do not mind it too much. Accept yourself as you are | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| Once the wrong conclusion is clear in your mind and you have recognized how it has influenced | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| you deviate in your unconscious from your conscious mind. Those who do not take this wonderful opportunity | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| upon which you formed a wrong conclusion. Your mind has grown up, has changed by what you | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| body, as well as your nerves and your mind, become numb, even to the extent that you | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| you thought they should be. In your child's mind you assumed that your case was singular. Everyone | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| the childish procedure because in that respect your mind remains childish, regardless of how much the rest | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| not assimilate the experience consciously, and therefore one's mind remains childish. It remains in the state in | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| quite embarrassed that this was part of your mind, below your consciousness, but still part of your | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| below your consciousness, but still part of your mind, your reaction. It will make it easier for | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| of your soul, as compared with your conscious mind, you will discover childish stupidities. When you first | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| discover little reactions where the process of the mind operates on the same principle, only there you | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| with you personally, with your own state of mind, with your own inner peace and harmony. But | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| type does, but with a different purpose in mind, which is often unconscious. Emotions are acceptable to | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| diminish. And after such recognition, you will not mind half as much the existence of the distorted | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| comfortable -- will give you added peace of mind. The moment you fully accept the idea that | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| soothing when one has made up one's inner mind not to fight against it anymore. As the | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| expression psychologically, used by the unconscious or conscious mind as an instrument? In other words, is the | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| In other words, is the unconscious or conscious mind an instrument, or are they connected or identical | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| that clear? QUESTION: But the conscious or unconscious mind then would be an instrument or storehouse? ANSWER | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the same as an instrument. It is the mind that produces it, the unconscious or the conscious | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| that produces it, the unconscious or the conscious mind. You can say that it is the personality | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| made up of the conscious and the unconscious mind, that produces it. Therefore it is not the | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| instrument. An instrument is something passive. But the mind actively produces currents. QUESTION: Where does a must | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| a healing force -- for your body, your mind, your soul, and for your spirit. Thus you | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| or idea becomes very personal in the human mind and soul because all human beings encounter personal | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| absorb depends entirely on your own state of mind. Bitterness, anger, self-pity, all these block the life | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| new recognitions and you lift from your unconscious mind an emotional reaction that is creating conflicts in | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| and spirit, in your feelings and in your mind. Be grateful for any symptom that shows your | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| is a crutch. Once you know your unconscious mind, you will just naturally be; you will take | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| are not addressed so much to your conscious mind, to your intellect, but to the level of | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| a further and more complicated reaction. The unconscious mind thinks, I am afraid to be punished by | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| much more productive than rattling off in one's mind the same thing over and over again. Children | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| If you can keep this mutual blindness in mind, my dear ones, it will constitute the basic | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| basic steppingstone for proceeding further. With that in mind, you will be aware of how your own | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| by thinking in reverse. Bearing this tendency in mind, you will automatically cultivate an objectivity, which is | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| just part of the question I had in mind. If the spiritual body is just one body | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| fear. Thus it is impressed on the child's mind that for everything most pleasurable in the world | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| of God. This god, living in your unconscious mind, is really more of a Satan. You yourself | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| the monster discovered hovering in his or her mind. This, by the way, is often the true | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| investigated in the image-work. But do keep in mind, my friends, that both alternatives are to be | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| and intelligently discussed in friendliness, with an open mind to the others' viewpoint. This is my suggestion | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| prerequisite to healthy living. The distortion in the mind and soul contributes to the inability to make | 53 SELF-LOVE |