| Mistakenly..................10 | |
| nose. People flee from such awareness because they mistakenly think that what they do not know does | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| than any of you realize as yet. You mistakenly want to skip this phase altogether, and by | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| sacrifice something important for God. Many people have mistakenly interpreted the law that governs a decision for | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| seek relief from this unpleasant feeling. You believe, mistakenly, that this can be accomplished by receiving attention | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| A person may be all those because he mistakenly thinks it serves him as a protection. The | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| you. This concept is, unfortunately, often misunderstood and mistakenly practiced. We will have to be careful not | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| love, and involvement, but also because you believe, mistakenly, that certain needs are forbidden and wrong, and | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| event to prevent the catastrophe which, as he mistakenly believes, will overtake him. Therefore, the struggle against | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| relinquish resisting the evil in you, which you mistakenly believe comes to you from outside -- when | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| The more you do this, the more you mistakenly believe that this is the way to attain | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| Mistakes....................56 | |
| contribute their share, which arises from their own mistakes and weaknesses in those areas where they violate | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| act through them and even lead them into mistakes. Not realizing the real nature of the feelings | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| honest with myself so far? What are my mistakes? Although some of you may know your weaknesses | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| answer is actually forthcoming, so they may make mistakes. But you, my friends, who listen to these | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| receive the answer. Of course you will make mistakes if you go about it superficially, and then | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| was right. Otherwise, this may account for his mistakes, although other circumstances may also play a role | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| yourself and color your motives. You all make mistakes in judgment. People have very firm opinions about | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| are not blind to some of your own mistakes, while so busily fighting those of others. I | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| be learned, namely to go through one's own mistakes, is postponed for later opportunities or, perhaps, incorporated | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| praying and pondering a little bit about your mistakes is sufficient; and you go on with your | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| You have all started to think about your mistakes, your shortcomings, and your weaknesses. The same holds | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| I feel guilty of being fallible, of making mistakes, of having faults? The answer must invariably be | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| the way. Since they are due to inner mistakes, the partners could try to make the best | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| learn a lot from one's past and present mistakes. To generalize that divorce is wrong in any | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| trying to make the best of your past mistakes and learn from them. My dearest friends, think | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| being and therefore I am bound to make mistakes. I am willing to pay the price of | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| pay the price of learning from my possible mistakes. In reality, by avoiding decisions I would only | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| making independent decisions, you are bound to make mistakes. The child in you, clinging to Utopia, believes | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| cannot err. The guilt and fear of making mistakes is so hard to bear that you set | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| be wrong, this willingness to learn from possible mistakes makes your ignorance harmless because you are aware | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| to learn their own lessons through their own mistakes, not by the mistakes that others make, and | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| lessons through their own mistakes, not by the mistakes that others make, and not by the experiences | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| all failure, not excluding the possibility of making mistakes. But your attitude to your failures and mistakes | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| mistakes. But your attitude to your failures and mistakes will be very different. More and more you | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| only learn, you are also bound to make mistakes. In your younger years you often hold opinions | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| power of deduction. Without being allowed to make mistakes in your thinking or your opinions, your mental | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| not their counterfeits. Rigid, perfectionistic standards prohibit making mistakes, receiving criticism, experiencing failure. They point to your | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| and that you are bound to make occasional mistakes, receive criticism, and fail to have your wishes | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| complex of perfectionism -- I finally accepted my mistakes. It took me a long time, but anyway | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| Some days later I accepted the failures, the mistakes and everything. I felt a wonderful revelation and | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| thoughts, your endeavors, your lives, and even your mistakes. For they too may become the great keys | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| a whole lifetime in order to correct such mistakes or distortions. ANSWER: How long will it take | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| so helpless. You are responsible for me. The mistakes I commit do not count because I do | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| absolves him from the consequences of his own mistakes. It makes him give up the expectation of | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| alertness, power to make decisions, willingness to make mistakes and learn from them. You must expose yourself | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| to perfection, insisting on a guarantee against all mistakes, knowing perfectly well that this cannot be. The | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| inadvertently in the sphere of human life. But mistakes are not the end of the world. If | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| then not fear to make decisions, to make mistakes, to meet difficulties. You will rely on your | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| for only when she is accountable for her mistakes and willing to accept and learn from then | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| to carry the burden of responsibility for your mistakes? How can you truly commit yourself to integrity | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| self-indulgence. Doing so fosters the helpful attitude that mistakes must be paid for and that the payment | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| is not important whether or not you make mistakes, whatever they may mean. The struggle itself is | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| of proportion; groping for new ways; learning from mistakes and failures; refusing to give up when immediate | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the feeling, and say: Yes, others have made mistakes. I have made mistakes. They were blind and | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| Yes, others have made mistakes. I have made mistakes. They were blind and groping, and so was | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| the separateness as the only reality, when it mistakes the momentary state for the ultimate reality, your | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| who in expecting an instant change is making mistakes in judgment. It is certainly possible to express | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| only through the process of groping, learning, making mistakes. Eventually the inner knowing will come. You will | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| decisions for her, take the blame for her mistakes, and battle with the hardships of life. She | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| Just as individuals cannot learn unless they experience mistakes and immaturities, neither can the collective consciousness. New | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| to experience sexual and erotic pleasure, to make mistakes and learn from them, to grow into different | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| you when life becomes hazardous, when your inevitable mistakes force you to pay the price for them | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| delude yourself that it is possible to avoid mistakes and avoid paying the price for them. This | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| to conclusions. When you are afraid of making mistakes, you do not question your quick conclusions, and | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| said, that you be prevented from making any mistakes, from having to pay any price and going | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| imperfect, that you are unable to avoid making mistakes? Are you truly willing to pay the price | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| Mistrust....................6 | |
| and if not thoughts of hate, then of mistrust and separation, such as between one group and | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| have consciously rationalized them. All the doubt and mistrust you have for others is in reality nothing | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| self-responsibility, because you have lost your self-contempt and mistrust in yourself, you will no longer fear the | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| denied, but if the emotions are examined, the mistrust will be found. But since the basic need | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| it. QUESTION: I feel also that I strongly mistrust my higher self and even to ask for | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| in wanting to doubt and not only to mistrust but really prove the unreality of beauty. And | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| Misunderstand...............33 | |
| self, at least in this respect. Do not misunderstand me. I do not want to imply that | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| the wrong way. Again, it is easy to misunderstand this. To want the overall goal with a | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| become afraid of being detached, because you will misunderstand me, my friends. You will think this kind | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| in spirit cannot be argued about. Do not misunderstand me: there is no prohibition of argument. It | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| your own limitations on the Highest. Do not misunderstand these words to mean that complete passivity is | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| first step toward the very person you may misunderstand. You will purify all the better. You may | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| this respect. I hope none of you will misunderstand me and conclude that the law-breaking stance is | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| are deeply and subjectively involved. QUESTION: Did I misunderstand then in interpreting what you said to mean | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| qualified to have any? ANSWER: You certainly did misunderstand. There is nothing wrong with saying about as | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| of general interest. It is so easy to misunderstand and nurture the sick state in a personality | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| in the work we are doing can easily misunderstand me. Your intellect will never suffice to understand | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| love that exists. Please, my friends, do not misunderstand. When I say you force others to love | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| will have an effect on them. Then you misunderstand and hurt each other -- and reject each | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| understand at all. They would be bound to misunderstand -- which is not at all the same | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| understanding. That person is just as apt to misunderstand the simple explanation as the concealed one. But | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| symbolism protects the truth from those who would misunderstand and abuse it. And it reveals it to | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| language is limited, it is always easy to misunderstand and find a different meaning for the same | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| facing the duality: life and death. Those who misunderstand the meaning of rising above pleasure and pain | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| within the psyche. I don't want you to misunderstand me as saying that a desire for pleasure | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| a spiritual truth directly because your subconscious would misunderstand and misuse it. But the more problems you | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| fact as such. People who are blocked will misunderstand, misinterpret, be anxious and conflicted about the issue | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| development that you have otherwise achieved. Do not misunderstand my words, my friends. I do not advocate | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| that they have to deny it because they misunderstand the application of the teachings of truth and | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| children are hurt and puzzled -- when they misunderstand the events around them -- they proceed to | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| see things the way they really are, but misunderstand them. How can you discover such misunderstanding? Only | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| my friends, it is painful only because you misunderstand what is happening and assume it to mean | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| pleasure-producing than your state of mind. When you misunderstand the importance of tolerating frustration, distorted responses, such | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| to act out destructive impulses. Some people may misunderstand. You mean by freedom to permit the other | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| original substance. Anyone not having experienced this may misunderstand and confuse acceptance with condoning and finality. Acceptance | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| manifestations of their efforts to come immediately, they misunderstand the process. Such people become disappointed and discouraged | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| fears are all a result of something you misunderstand somewhere. All adults have such misunderstandings. Again, this | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| not perceive it, or if you do, you misunderstand and miss out on it and it passes | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| inwardly experience the eternal life of the soul, misunderstand and ignore the importance of God's plan: allowing | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |