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 Misuse......................22
this, there would be even more nonsense and misuse of this gift than there already is. The 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
on whatever plane it may be. Another misunderstanding, misuse, or abuse that often arises out of the 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
danger that he may lose his way or misuse the powers he has learned to use. He 18 FREE WILL
and when any of the created beings should misuse their power and freedom given to them by 20 GOD: THE CREATION
that occupation with the self is harmful. They misuse this truth to rationalize their wrong attitude. An 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
truth. In its crass and superficial version this misuse of truth is easy to recognize. You recognize 47 THE WALL WITHIN
truth directly because your subconscious would misunderstand and misuse it. But the more problems you resolve, the 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
mental and voluntary activity that has caused the misuse of these faculties. One cannot say that mind 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
inwardly not yet ready for, you would not misuse the tools of intellect and will, creating more 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
they are used. The disharmony caused by the misuse of these forces creates unrest and inner worry 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
to only a minor degree and which you misuse in directing your attention and hopes to the 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
because the little ego no longer wants to misuse them in order to find life, as it 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
the opposite of what it really is. The misuse of this powerful force by no means proves 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
innate powers. You leave them unused, or even misuse them in your blind state. You can finally 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
into yourself to see how you use or misuse a given approach. There still exist many defenses 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
also beware of the possibility that you may misuse this truth, staying in your negativities under another 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
to a greater cause is premature, because you misuse it and perpetuate the pretenses of the mask 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
it deserves what it wants and will not misuse it. The outer mind must make constant changes 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
need to be aware of your wish to misuse the group in order to avoid meeting yourself 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
easier way. By the same token, people could misuse the words I am saying in order to 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
perfection could not yet exist. This abuse and misuse, this dangerous escape from the necessary developmental steps 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
is very dangerous. The danger lies in the misuse of the power of the word, the power 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
 
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accept the medium's messages unquestioningly can be easily misused by those who don't want to look at 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
This is so even though it is often misused and enjoyed for its own sake, while it 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
a sign that the life force has been misused in the organism of the soul. Tiredness results 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
often a dangerous process because it is misunderstood, misused, and leads to and often actually means repression 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
the moment one aspect of the trend is misused by the afflicted part of your soul. The 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
own capacity, then the word will not be misused. Or rather, regardless of what word you use 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
that cannot be regenerated, for if energy is misused it does not renew itself. Thus the energy 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
separated itself, even if they are distorted and misused. The basic energy and consciousness of the ego 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
stuck -- you know that anything can be misused and put into the service of the life-negating 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
and experiences. However, if such a reality is misused in a separative, loveless, judgmental spirit, the truth 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
a word merely bandied about. Worse, it is misused and one speaks about love when many other 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
has known this for many centuries, but has misused this knowledge and made it into a punitive 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
dealing with evil, for they have often been misused, creating further distortions. They were used to dominate 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
goal. This truth was then misunderstood, misrepresented and misused by the prideful, domineering, fearful ego, so that 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
already functions, its messages might be mistranslated and misused in order to perpetuate the resistance. Such distortions 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
organized religion, words that have indeed often been misused and abused. But these words have nevertheless a 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
 Misuses.....................3
such words as there is no death and misuses them. The result is superimposed faith that is 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
fear displaces the instinct of self-preservation. The ego misuses this instinct to preserve its present awareness. Fear 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
All demonic manifestations can only be distortions and misuses of divine creation. They can never be self-creative 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
 Misusing....................3
behind your wall, and what truth you are misusing. Only by examining your feelings, by listening into 47 THE WALL WITHIN
ensue. You may then overcompensate by blindly, rebelliously, misusing your life force. This leads to pleasureless experiences 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
toward themselves as well as others, misunderstanding and misusing the active principle. Whenever one principle is given 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
 
 Mix.........................4
willing from your soul. The two trends often mix; the clean trend is diluted and spoiled by 18 FREE WILL
exact opposite of dignity. Spiritually unawakened people easily mix up the two. Be careful, my friends, with 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
no matter how subtly or unobtrusively it may mix with true aims. When your false aims and 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
be, or letting neurotic layers of your personality mix in with superimposed perfectionistic standards. Neither one of 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 
 Mobility....................14
word. Be in peace, be in God! 135. MOBILITY IN RELAXATION - SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF THE 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
permeating everything that is, is a mixture of mobility and relaxation. The key of mobility, combined with 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
mixture of mobility and relaxation. The key of mobility, combined with relaxation, opens the world. It is 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
duality or distortion of the unifying principle of mobility in relaxation results in the following misconception: on 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
viewed as non-movement or stagnation, on the other, mobility is viewed as tense effort. This is particularly 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
you should easily see that the distortion of mobility and relaxation is the primary duality, underlying all 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
begins to harmonize with the great cosmic flow. Mobility in relaxation comes more and more into being 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
principle of life itself is the harmony between mobility and relaxation, the phenomenon of dying must be 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
cultivating and learning from without the art of mobility in relaxation. By working at it from inside 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
will run in different channels. As this happens, mobility will exist without tension and anxiety, and relaxation 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
nevertheless distinct distortion of the unitive principle of mobility and relaxation. Where do you have mobility and 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
of mobility and relaxation. Where do you have mobility and tension? Where do you have relaxation and 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
You can see the evolutionary process. QUESTION: Do mobility and tension, and relaxation and stagnation lessen as 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
create a confusion of motions: either the strained mobility of striving away from what is now -- 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
 
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The divine forces are in you if you mobilize them, rather than wait for them to come 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
and strivings, and not as something that you mobilize, first of all, in yourself. With this, my 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
feel less helpless as you become able to mobilize your inherent strength and other faculties that lead 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
part of them. May you be able to mobilize more of them than usually, in this hour 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
are inner powers and energies I wish to mobilize. The same me that is now locked into 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
on the innermost, by the divine power you mobilize when you meditate for this specific help. In 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
 
 Modalities..................7
and so on, in many different forms. The modalities in which the contact with God's spirit world 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
mind as it is now, to choose other modalities? Say, It is likely and predictable that I 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
prayer and meditation, are to reach into new modalities with your mind. If you now hate, say 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
difficulties in the process of adjusting to new modalities, but they also know that this means welcome 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
psychic space -- new states of consciousness, new modalities to react to, new approaches to life and 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
It is a sociology, for you learn new modalities to function in your social environment. It is 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
the best intentions at first. New laws and modalities are created, new collective measures and forms of 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
 
 Modality....................9
spiritual laws, which pertain to every possibility or modality of outer or inner reaction, also create such 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
His laws and fulfill them. Because for every modality of life there exists a spiritual law. When 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
truth occasionally. Time is a very limiting existential modality. It is a fragment, cut from a wider 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
words be the beginning of a new inner modality to meet life, to finally decide, I want 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
be. I do not feel such a new modality. But perhaps there is another way. Perhaps I 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
will come when you will discover the new modality in which you can function in an entirely 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
first step is to make room for a modality other than the negative one you have discovered 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
and a new mode of being. The new modality does not shed the old, but transforms what 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
the life and death of Jesus a new modality was created within the human mind. This new 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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