| Mysterious..................11 | |
| man sufficient for a mortal to share, through mysterious rites, in His divine life? Is this faith | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| off by the self-destructiveness. These are the seemingly mysterious, but actually very real laws and mechanisms of | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| until all distortions disappear. What was once a mysterious and random fate to which one was helplessly | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| the all-important question of why people say this mysterious no to the fulfillment of their deepest desires | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| that breeds rifts and troubles that often seem mysterious to the parties involved. Confusion, self-blame, deadness of | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| misunderstood. It is believed to be a supernatural, mysterious manifestation. All sorts of erroneous philosophies arise from | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| therefore succeed. If you had to rely on mysterious processes you could not activate, you would indeed | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| manifestations of consciousness, although not as occult or mysterious psychic phenomena. No creation of any kind can | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| general way. It must be specific. Wherever this mysterious stubbornness prevails, you are still controlled by your | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| so will you trust that what now seems mysterious -- although it may actually be mysterious by | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| seems mysterious -- although it may actually be mysterious by virtue of being unknown and new -- | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| Mystery.....................9 | |
| connection with bathing that he cannot explain. The mystery of such unreasonable reactions and the anxiety connected | 38 IMAGES |
| -- within yourself, of course. It is a mystery to you; you are slightly awed and somehow | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| physical death still remains. It is still a mystery, unknown, and therefore frightening, in spite of religious | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| and passivity. You cannot truly solve the seeming mystery of suffering in life if you do not | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| to your willingness and openness. There is no mystery about what brings the progress, for this path | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| a corresponding inner problem. Since there is no mystery about this, there can only be one answer | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| to those who are still awed by the mystery of death -- which is also that of | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| with the simplest stroke. It is truly no mystery. 4. Connecting with your divine nucleus. The other | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| esoteric society, or what might be called a mystery school, in which knowledge about inner truths, real | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Mystic......................10 | |
| asked last time about the difference between the mystic and the occult and black and white magic | 18 FREE WILL |
| the extent possible for an incarnated being. The mystic way, therefore, means complete purification, and the goal | 18 FREE WILL |
| His will, and experiencing Him. But the true mystic will not even want to have this highest | 18 FREE WILL |
| to mysticism. Therefore, the goal of the true mystic in our eyes is service. To reach perfection | 18 FREE WILL |
| love, and help. Thus the goal of the mystic is God, not because the union with God | 18 FREE WILL |
| further than the control of psychic forces. The mystic will, on the way to his ultimate goal | 18 FREE WILL |
| will always remain clear in his mind. The mystic will not be sidetracked by the fascination of | 18 FREE WILL |
| experiences. Many people have started out on the mystic way, but abandoned it because they were too | 18 FREE WILL |
| easily. But when people seriously work on the mystic path, the time comes when this must happen | 18 FREE WILL |
| day of rest. You also know the esoteric, mystic meaning of the number seven. Seven is the | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Mystical....................7 | |
| For the moment, I do not refer to mystical connections of a more far-reaching nature, karmic conditions | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| The direct cause and effect is observable without mystical faith in occult matters. You often just say | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| have to wait for a faraway future or mystical state when you are much further advanced in | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| You may not experience magical revelations, visions, and mystical inspirations. The first answers may come from your | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| your divinity. This divinity is nothing supernatural or mystical, my friends. It is nothing that comes miraculously | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| own. This state has been variously described in mystical and spiritual literature and has been given various | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| spiritual power through their own individual endeavors. The mystical ecstasy is simply the release of a spiritual | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Mysticism...................4 | |
| us in a few words the difference between mysticism and white and black magic? ANSWER: This is | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| will answer the question concerning the difference between mysticism and magic. You see, we do not have | 18 FREE WILL |
| may lead to misunderstanding. The true meaning of mysticism is to reach and experience God to the | 18 FREE WILL |
| selfish goal, and selfishness is diametrically opposed to mysticism. Therefore, the goal of the true mystic in | 18 FREE WILL |
| Mystics.....................4 | |
| was never formulated or propagated by the Indian mystics who have had the spiritual experiences referred to | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| of aloneness must first be experienced. The great mystics designate it as the dark night of the | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| better functioning one. The dark night of the mystics is such a time of the breakdown of | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| Eastern religions, as well as by the Western mystics. These disciplines negate worldly fulfillment and consider it | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Myth........................18 | |
| What do you think is the place of myth in religion? ANSWER: People do not understand what | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| in religion? ANSWER: People do not understand what myth really means. For the majority, myth means invention | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| understand what myth really means. For the majority, myth means invention, fantasy, imagination, fairy tale, or a | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| a lie. Of course, the real meaning of myth is very different. But this misunderstanding is not | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| problem does not lie in the misunderstanding of myth, symbol, or anything else for that matter. The | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| us some idea of the true meaning of myth? ANSWER: I could discuss this for a long | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| For the moment, I will only say that myth represents a truth which is conveyed in a | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| form acceptable and understandable to human beings. A myth, similar to a symbol, concisely put together, is | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| dreams. The difference between a symbol and a myth is that you can have a symbol for | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| personal symbols for your personal little idiosyncrasies. A myth, on the other hand, deals with a general | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| to make you perceive it. The principle of myth and symbol is the same. QUESTION: Is it | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| true, but it also goes beyond that. A myth, contrary to many symbols, is something that is | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| lecture you briefly touched on the subject of myth, which you defined as universal truth in picture | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| have just a few symbols of this important myth. QUESTION: Why is it that one is often | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| How do you explain the function of drama, myth, and fairy tales in the personal development of | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| the questioner has in mind the effect that myth, drama, or fairy tales have upon a human | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| effect. If an apparently cruel fairy tale or myth is taken literally, a soul-particle that is already | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| have a negative effect either. For not all myth is truthful. Untruthful literature, or other influences, as | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| Myths.......................8 | |
| of the Protestant Episcopal Church referred to various myths in the Bible -- such as Adam and | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| It is represented in many philosophies, religions and myths. Through Jesus Christ it has been symbolized in | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| and even most mythologists, including Frazer, regard all myths as stories of events that never happened. There | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is a new scientific vindication of the cosmogonic myths in the Book of Genesis. There are many | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in the Book of Genesis. There are many myths in Genesis, but there is one in particular | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the soul. As to whether fairy tales or myths have a good influence on a growing person | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| negative reaction if the story is misinterpreted. False myths will not have a negative effect either. For | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| That false belief is one of the first myths you need to explore and challenge. So you | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| Nagging.....................9 | |
| which you find yourself lonely and unfulfilled. The nagging, gnawing voice of your higher conscience urges you | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| You also unconsciously feel humiliated by the constant nagging desire that can never be fulfilled, because it | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| and therefore without repression and without self-moralizing. The nagging, mostly unconscious suspicion that you are incapable of | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| can you see what is behind the fear. Nagging, persisting fears are unrealistic fears you do not | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| not want to accept it. Situations result in nagging fears whenever this division exists goes unrecognized. Moreover | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| in a new way. Instead of choosing the nagging self-doubt, you gain insight into why the other | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| they ever wanted, people still cannot remove a nagging dissatisfaction. The faster they run, the more they | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| ascribe your tensions, anxieties, discomforts, pressures, bad conscience, nagging discontent, to other matters. The fact remains that | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| You will lose that slight anxiety that keeps nagging you because you are still groping in the | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |