| Misfortune..................10 | |
| envy, or a slightly malicious joy over the misfortune of others. How far along is any individual | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| divided into different groups. Let us take a misfortune on earth, for example a train accident. It | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| words. There is no apparent tragedy, mishap, or misfortune that does not carry some good for one | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| not lacking, you could immediately find how each misfortune will touch off a particular fault or reveal | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| what it is in you that has caused misfortune to come to you, then you have the | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| is even a category of people who use misfortune as a means to gain sympathy -- and | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| arbitrarily handing out reward and punishment, fortune and misfortune. But in your health, in accord with reality | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that of feeling a certain satisfaction at another's misfortune, not only about not having to bear that | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| between projection onto others and life for your misfortune on the one hand, and distorted self-blame and | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| as a result of pure chance, luck, or misfortune. But along the curve of growing a progression | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| Misfortunes.................3 | |
| this point, the tests, the small and great misfortunes of life, were incomprehensible and that made life | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| the wrong direction; you blame others for your misfortunes; you blame fate, you blame God; you blame | 31 SHAME |
| barely see how you are responsible for your misfortunes and, therefore, how just this universe is. Only | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Misgivings..................5 | |
| While before you had all sorts of doubts, misgivings, excuses, and pretexts about entering this path, you | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| not desire completely, without doubt and restriction, without misgivings and compromises. A part in you wants the | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| You will give up your little fears and misgivings, your imagined shame and vulnerability, for the sake | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| tuning you into this life-giving force. Only when misgivings, apprehension, and the old, as yet unresolved problems | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| more and more often, you overcome the ever-lessening misgivings to commit yourself to something you cannot quite | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| Misguided...................4 | |
| realized, it becomes obvious that the solution was misguided -- and the soul is stunned and confused | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of negativity, limitation, and isolation because of your misguided fear of yourself. Once this limitation is given | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| of manifestation. One might almost say that the misguided focusing on this limited expectation of life is | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| springing up all over. Many of them are misguided. Many succumb to the influence of destructive forces | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Mishap......................7 | |
| of these words. There is no apparent tragedy, mishap, or misfortune that does not carry some good | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| out. You have the power to change whatever mishap occurs in your life. You have the power | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| through this channel or others, know that no mishap can ever occur that you have not caused | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| and unconscious they are. To have caused a mishap or tragedy should be understood not only in | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| an immediate change to the extent that no mishap can come that person's way. For recognition and | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| each time, how much you grow after each mishap, whether it touches a big and important issue | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| at first seem. As your understanding grows, each mishap loses more of its darkness and terror, and | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| Mishaps.....................13 | |
| the kind you have quoted, but to all mishaps. When you come to the point where you | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the mere knowledge, for that will explain the mishaps of your life and will strengthen your trust | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| that other people are responsible for your repeated mishaps. You therefore pay much more attention to the | 38 IMAGES |
| of consequences resulting from the original impression creates mishaps and hardships. These will be even harder for | 38 IMAGES |
| your childhood and that are responsible for the mishaps in your life. Those of you who are | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| mistake in judgment or decision. They cannot prevent mishaps, which may be good medicine, and thus they | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| may delude yourself into believing that all the mishaps in your life are due to injustice, to | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| disease that the psyche produces, or by various mishaps, difficulties, failures, or conflicts in any area of | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| such happenings and not so many other possible mishaps in life. Put these thoughts or feelings into | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| darkness and terror, and thus you master your mishaps, yourself, and your life. Only a comparatively long | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| measure of spiritual progress is whether or not mishaps occur in your life. Certainly you can solve | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| this path with the conviction that so many mishaps in your life were caused by other people's | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| reality you will learn to cope with the mishaps and difficulties, rather than becoming broken by them | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| Misinterpret................13 | |
| inspiration; even when they perceive it, they often misinterpret or forget it, so it is much more | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| understood me, and I hope you do not misinterpret these words. There need never have been a | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| on this earth plane. But then, people often misinterpret this in another wrong way, namely, like in | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it. In such a case, they will constantly misinterpret truth; and when life and their own disinclination | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| based on error. It is very easy to misinterpret these words, particularly for a person who has | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| as such. People who are blocked will misunderstand, misinterpret, be anxious and conflicted about the issue or | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| to the one that originally caused you to misinterpret a painful condition or occurrence. You saw that | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| are distorted and one-sided, it is because you misinterpret reality. In short, it indicates faulty awareness, insufficient | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| be well. When you do not succeed, you misinterpret that and try harder, for you think you | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| for differences in self- expression. You may also misinterpret the actual rejection as a personal one, and | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| life with ease and peace. Thus do you misinterpret self-discipline for deprivation. What an error! Actually, the | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| near them, they feel strong discomfort and they misinterpret it. It brings the greatest joy to those | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| but you never understand it clearly. Often you misinterpret this despair and you blame life or others | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Misinterpretation...........20 | |
| but rather an explanation of the deviations. The misinterpretation of these soul-forces causes emotions to deviate. We | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| in every other respect as well. Such a misinterpretation is caused by psychological twists. In other words | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| for me to express myself and many a misinterpretation of my words would be avoided. So it | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is hidden underneath the good motives. Again, this misinterpretation shows ignorance and a misunderstanding of the necessity | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| then -- they are often less prone to misinterpretation, either willfully or ignorantly. The picture language used | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| too, is subtle and can easily lead to misinterpretation. If you force discipline, without independent decision and | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| unable to change this unless you bring the misinterpretation into consciousness and thoroughly understand why and in | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| may be aware to some degree that such misinterpretation has taken place, but you cannot as yet | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| sort out error from truth, proper perception from misinterpretation. How can you perceive that there is something | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| comes from two basic misunderstandings. The first is misinterpretation of reality, in other words, illusion. Illusion produces | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| interrelated tendencies of underestimation of the self and misinterpretation of reality create the barriers to loving and | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| disharmony, somewhere in me there must be a misinterpretation. I wish to see the truth. I declare | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| God! 139. DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY Greetings, my dearest, dearest friends. Blessings | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| Discover how the cruelty is a result of misinterpretation. Question closely why you have these cruel impulses | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| my friends the area of their illusion and misinterpretation of reality is relatively small. They are rational | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| rational and see reality in many areas. Their misinterpretation of reality applies only to certain areas, which | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| other hand, cruelty is also generated by your misinterpretation of reality. This is extremely strong and obvious | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| liberation are sought after consciously and unconsciously. The misinterpretation of this longing occurs partly because it is | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| outreaching and gusto. Only when pain, misconception and misinterpretation of pain arise, is the natural flow diverted | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| involved in errors leading to further errors and misinterpretation of life, until it becomes increasingly more difficult | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| Misinterpretations..........8 | |
| of the rigidities and generalizations of the human misinterpretations of divine law. Such misinterpretations may close in | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| of the human misinterpretations of divine law. Such misinterpretations may close in some individuals. They feel acutely | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| the subtleties of the human psyche, misunderstandings and misinterpretations are even more apt to occur than on | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| They may result from negative childhood experiences, from misinterpretations of childhood events, from hurts and fears you | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| a life beyond this physical life. These are misinterpretations that have arisen as a result of sensing | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| still in conflict with the creative life principle, misinterpretations do occur. They must alienate you from your | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| record are revealed to them. Of course, personal misinterpretations due to limited consciousness can distort their vision | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| putting effect before cause creates gross misconceptions and misinterpretations of life that prevent you from experiencing grace | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |