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| not aware of them. It is a great mistake to believe that if you do not look | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| spheres first. Now, human beings often make the mistake, by confusing the basic concepts, of believing that | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| is harmful. Here one can sometimes make a mistake by not fulfilling a task with a weaker | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| is factually experienced in touch. You could then mistake the mirror image for the real person. Imagine | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| treat it methodically than to overcome a superficial mistake in action only. For then the root may | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| that a human being may make a sincere mistake as to the will of God? ANSWER: Yes | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| it. And then you will not make a mistake, ever. Because you can ask two, three, four | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| wait for the answer, there will be no mistake. And now, my dear ones, I am ready | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| their immediate spiritual problems. This is a great mistake, for there are also spiritual laws governing this | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| like to mention that it is a great mistake to assume that this divine substance which exists | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| is where some human beings make a great mistake when they reason that any communication with the | 21 THE FALL |
| degree of density. Human beings often make the mistake in thinking that, for instance, the world of | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| as wrong. Avoidance or denial is the greatest mistake a human being can make, for it causes | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| an individual, it is possible to make a mistake in judgment and this in itself is not | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| to try. And that is where your gravest mistake lies. My dear friends, it is important to | 38 IMAGES |
| for all human beings. But it is a mistake to transfer their own task on all others | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| may be abused temporarily. Therefore it is a mistake to advocate one's own inclination for all. So | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| will help the woman in other ways. The mistake you make is in thinking that revelation and | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| course, happens. It is better to terminate a mistake than to remain indefinitely in it without finding | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| a marriage lightly. Even though it was a mistake and does not work, one should try to | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| Otherwise they have no right to prevent a mistake in judgment or decision. They cannot prevent mishaps | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| into your own blindness. You always make the mistake of battling against the other's blindness and lack | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| beings and therefore fallible in judgment. An honest mistake, as I always say, is much better than | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| to Utopia, believes you must never make a mistake. Making a mistake means falling into the abyss | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| you must never make a mistake. Making a mistake means falling into the abyss. Here again you | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| it is no tragedy to have made a mistake. The infant thinks you must perish if you | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| important than you now realize. It is a mistake to separate this approach from the conflicts of | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| my reactions be right? Will I make a mistake? Dare I make a mistake? In other words | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| I make a mistake? Dare I make a mistake? In other words the deepest fear of the | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| negative instincts, you at one time made the mistake of concluding that all instincts and emotions are | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| one more thing. It would be a grave mistake to set out thinking, How can I recognize | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| a wonderful opportunity to remedy this very unfortunate mistake that infects the entire human race. With this | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| public approval. It takes courage to make a mistake, if necessary. It takes wisdom, because you know | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| It takes wisdom, because you know that the mistake itself is not so important, what counts rather | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| come across this vital insight -- that the mistake of the moment can be worth much more | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| that it is sometimes better to make a mistake if it comes out of your real self | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| great importance, my friends. It would be a mistake to assume that these two activities follow each | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| open attitude for your deepest nature. Do not mistake the negative emotions you first encounter for the | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| his or her life. It would be a mistake to view either the positive or the negative | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| grasp the meaning behind the manifestation? You invariably mistake the manifestation for the root cause. You must | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| through the dark spots within you. Make no mistake: this is not an easy path. But the | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| or disharmonious and pointed. It would be a mistake to interpret acceptance of all feelings and experiences | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| a precise way that there can be no mistake concerning it. As I have often said, the | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| from receiving life's riches. There can be no mistake. A finely calibrated mechanism in the deepest regions | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| so as not to heed it. Often you mistake the vague discontent for the neurosis itself, as | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| process unfolding as an alive, organismic event. The mistake you make is in believing that this organismic | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| consciousness will be. It is therefore a great mistake to think of this development in either/or terms | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| words are spoken within. There can be no mistake about that. So look at the life situations | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| be in another area. It is a great mistake to assume that an open channel guarantees that | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| importance of the static principle. This is a mistake. So your mind becomes fixed and closed to | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| it if you see that it was a mistake. You may see the inner current that led | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| being wrong, having lower-self attitudes, having made a mistake, is unforgivable and unacceptable. Your terror is very | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| depth as possible. However, it is a grave mistake to assume that because of this fact good | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| wrong, by being imperfect, by having made a mistake, it will be much more difficult for you | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
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| that you are not religious. You make the mistaken assumption that being religious means to adhere to | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| because the species is dying out, you are mistaken. No, my dear ones, what is beautiful and | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| understand how foolish such an attitude is, how mistaken both in thought and feeling. It is much | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| for the voice of the subconscious is often mistaken for one of the two alternatives you have | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| times, when people make war, they may be mistaken in their ideologies, but at least there is | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| still the case today, but they are entirely mistaken. From the spiritual point of view, the question | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| matters is the motive. Even if you are mistaken, if your motive has some vestiges of decency | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| times. It is true that a sincere but mistaken motive to go to war will not save | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not your ultimate being. However, in psychoanalysis the mistaken idea that they are really their lower self | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| in this respect. Another great misunderstanding is the mistaken idea that to follow the path I am | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| hesitate to turn to Him because of some mistaken image you may have that often comes from | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| trouble connected to doing so arises from your mistaken notion that either one or the other trend | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| close to you. The shame arose from the mistaken idea that your case was unique, and the | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| lies in the middle. Some, out of the mistaken idea that everything sexual is impure, say that | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| different answer. The love you crave in the mistaken idea that it will set you right is | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| not. In the first case you may be mistaken. Why not? You are human beings and therefore | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| an invisible wall around their soul in the mistaken idea that it gives them safety. For instance | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| the sake of pride, but out of the mistaken idea that being special means survival for you | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| concepts are always held on to in the mistaken assumption that they are useful or protective. Once | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| tries to convey to you that you are mistaken, that this is the wrong way. But its | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| wish to convey is that there is a mistaken idea in many metaphysically inclined circles. Their measure | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| attract to you new negative currents? You are mistaken in believing that the transition state produces new | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| and an unrealistic desire. You are under the mistaken impression that you will get what you want | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that you have assumed your pretense in the mistaken idea that you will then belong and be | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| pretense. The pretense is a result of a mistaken view of cause and effect; a mistaken judgement | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a mistaken view of cause and effect; a mistaken judgement: If I am, or feel, or do | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| factor that contributes to prohibiting strength is the mistaken time concept. By this I mean the attitude | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| The greater the impatience, the greater also the mistaken belief that it will produce results. In reality | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| ANSWER: My dear friend, you are very much mistaken if you believe that I advocate one- sided | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| accept the reality of yourself instead of your mistaken self-image, the strength of negative emotions will abate | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| particular surface desire and sacrifice it in the mistaken idea that here you have found it. This | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| rebellion alleviates the difficulty, you are very much mistaken. Quite the contrary is true. The mature person | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| you do so, because are burdened with a mistaken concept that only heavy thoughts and feelings indicate | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Moreover, he fights against it out of the mistaken fear that all his male and healthy aggression | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| it is not sufficient, for you are all mistaken when you believe that having found the misconceptions | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| more, rather than less -- contrary to the mistaken idea that there is less to see because | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| resistant layers of your psyche. It is entirely mistaken to assume that awareness of anger and even | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| out what I feel, or might I be mistaken? If the reality is different from the way | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| precision, formulate the possibility that you might be mistaken and contemplate other alternatives -- a new world | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| because it brings joy, since you have the mistaken idea that self- realization must automatically mean deprivation | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| begin to wonder. Tell yourself, Maybe I am mistaken, maybe it is not that way. You have | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| allowances for the possibility that you may be mistaken. So often people remain in a bottleneck on | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| several lifetimes -- overemphasized the ego, in the mistaken idea that it is not only safety but | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| call this level reality at all, but your mistaken interpretation is a temporary reality -- it is | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| one versus the other. You would be totally mistaken to adopt the affirmative principle as an overall | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| the more you become aware of how each mistaken idea creates destructive feelings and limited concepts of | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| and evil stems from this arbitrary, unnecessary, and mistaken concept of life. All human civilization, almost all | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| provide proof of their veracity, no matter how mistaken those beliefs are and how many other alternatives | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| not automatically eliminate it. Even when you unearth mistaken conclusions, false and unjustified fears which determine the | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| is necessary to admit the existence of the mistaken, destructive, mean and unrealistic attitudes, but it is | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| doors closed. Always assume that you may be mistaken, your view may be wrong, the truth may | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| to a belief that is so often totally mistaken and distorted. Nothing makes you as unhappy as | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| the thought that their parents may have been mistaken. Rebelling Christians, on the other hand, find security | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |