| Naked.......................20 | |
| the wall has disappeared. Then your soul stands naked in front of your Maker, in front of | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| of yourself. For you have to become that naked, that empty so that divine substance can fill | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| making the wall crumble, to become empty and naked in your soul, then you will feel quite | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| What does that mean? It means the stark, naked fear of the unknown -- death -- and | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| do you gradually become aware of the basic, naked needs that you have held in check. When | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| superimposed, intellectualized concepts, and thus look at yourself naked. No matter how true a concept may have | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| friction between you and others, look at your naked feelings by asking yourself what you expect of | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| because you fear non-life. If you analyze the naked fear of life, it is really a fear | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| It makes one feel as though one were naked and exposed. This experience can be registered by | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| say that what one really is feels shamefully naked -- regardless of your good or bad thoughts | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| from misconceptions in the usual sense. When the naked core of oneself, as one is now, is | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| love, but to show this real love feels naked, so you create a false love. You may | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| you are now. But this real anger feels naked, so you create false anger. You may really | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| falsify them. Because the real feeling seems so naked and exposed, so you create a false one | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| of its immediate, existential reality that seems so naked. When you have the courage to be your | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| and become more real. You will be the naked you, as you are now -- not better | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| as long as you shrink back from direct, naked experience, you must be in trouble with yourself | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| that it cannot even be perceived with the naked eye -- a power exists to release untold | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| actual destructiveness itself. For once you face the naked destructiveness, you confront a truth in yourself, which | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| masks and pretenses, and the experience of one's naked vulnerability. It is a tall order, and yet | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| Nakedness...................8 | |
| only when you accept death in its undisguised nakedness without running from it that you can truly | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| become acutely aware of the apparent exposure and nakedness the real feelings cause in you. The subtle | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| need to encounter the phenomenon of shame and nakedness. When you meet this momentary real self, it | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| the fears themselves. The shame of one's own nakedness in showing one's self, as it is in | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| of the story of Adam and Eve. The nakedness of reality is paradise. For when that nakedness | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| nakedness of reality is paradise. For when that nakedness is no longer denied, a new blissful existence | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| habits with which one covers up one's inner nakedness. How easy it is to revert back to | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| Unless you accept that self now in its nakedness with all its possible ugliness, together with your | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| Names.......................16 | |
| are still tied to their country and their names? ANSWER: The same answer would apply here as | 18 FREE WILL |
| the whole it is rather correct. But the names, of course, are not necessarily those that we | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not pay too much attention to the actual names, but in essence, in meaning, it is more | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| all the levels contained in it. QUESTION: The names -- I think you answered that now already | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the earth you live in, no matter what names are chosen, the idea always remains the same | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| and restricting, though perhaps calling them by different names. But the third principle is not often recognized | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| impressions and beliefs by any one of these names, as though no further search would be necessary | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| purpose, but only too often you use the names as labels, as a final explanation. Thus you | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| not matter what you call these powers. Their names depend on culture, fashion, interpretation, personal preference and | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| may call it resistance or give it other names. Basically the resistance is not against any human | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| ugliness, destruction and evil. There have been many names for this countermovement throughout history. Those names can | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| many names for this countermovement throughout history. Those names can become obstacles in dealing with evil, for | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| and spiritual literature and has been given various names, such as nirvana, satori, cosmic consciousness. But I | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| same name, for in the world of spirit names do not exist in the same way as | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| indicate this true way. Either of these two names could have been used in the spirit of | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| same facts that we now call by different names, such as lower-self aspects, negativities, destructiveness, a painful | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Naming......................3 | |
| out on a truth one shies away from naming. Freeing the real self is impossible as long | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| as though no further search would be necessary. Naming such emotions as a beginning to explore them | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| your level of consciousness. This then leads to naming the thing; to creating often false associations to | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Narrow......................58 | |
| divine part within is on the small and narrow path of self-development. The goal is perfection. The | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| else there. ANSWER: The way is steep and narrow and long. Your own will is going to | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| are fully aware of. This means taking the narrow path, the spiritual path. Many people do not | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| his higher self, which is the difficult and narrow path. I have also mentioned that communication with | 22 SALVATION |
| them on earth. There are shrubs and thickets, narrow ledges and cliffs. At times the going is | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| be genuine. The person who walks the stony, narrow road of real self-facing will, for the longest | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| answers will make it not only easier to narrow the gap between the wrong reactions that derive | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| the shackles of limitation, of preconceptions, of a narrow, rigid outlook, all of which are the result | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| of reality that cannot be found on the narrow level of either/or. The scope and depth of | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| first link in the chain reaction is a narrow choice between good and bad, which forces not | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| many other aspects of life into the same narrow mold. Almost every issue turns into a narrow | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| narrow mold. Almost every issue turns into a narrow either/or choice. The choice is impossible to make | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| is all there, available in unimaginable abundance. The narrow fences are always a result of personal distortion | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| it. If you find yourself in a dingy, narrow little room, you need not remain there. You | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| as long as you enclose yourself within the narrow framework of your limited perceptions of yourself and | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| Seeking a tiny point of security within a narrow circumference is an abdication of your universal destiny | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| different life than one who is content within narrow confines. I also discussed how negativity creates misery | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| seduce the conscious ego to stay within the narrow confines of neurotic self-beating, hopelessness, and morbid capitulation | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| up irresponsibility if responsibility implies living on a narrow margin of pleasure, and confining your self-expression? Since | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| infinite expansion. When the mind remains within the narrow framework of its present state, expansion and creation | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| level that you are free. Even your present narrow confines are the result of a freely chosen | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| long as the ego remains within its present narrow confines. Sooner or later everyone is faced with | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| truly wither away when they remain in the narrow confines of their present state because they feel | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| the illusion that to stay in the stagnant, narrow confines of the already known territory -- for | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| negativity is a necessary defense. Viewed from this narrow vantage point, the position seems right. Thus when | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| human language are fashioned according to a very narrow aspect of reality. Thus my words can always | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| depth, everybody possesses the means to transcend the narrow confines of his or her own personality, and | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| They only appear as distinctly different within the narrow realm of the ego. I will use the | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| the very reason you squeezed yourself into this narrow, uncomfortable, confining and often painful state in which | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| be sure, but that which identifies with these narrow aspects must suffer when the total reason for | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| into the apparent abyss of surrender, giving up narrow selfwill. This self-perpetuating divine process brings a vital | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| whole. The human mind is squeezed into a narrow box, as it were -- a box of | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| you only glimpse a small part through a narrow opening because the rest of the picture is | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| in which the mind finds itself becomes painfully narrow and limited. All perceptions are untrustworthy because the | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| of the limited ego with its selfwill, its narrow understanding and its preconceptions. It means letting go | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| itself, quite different and purposeful within its more narrow framework. Yet, at the same time, it is | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| will have transcended, to a certain degree, the narrow confinement in which you suffer from seeing the | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| only as long as you reside within the narrow confines of human limitations. Conversely, the more you | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| attempts of the mind to expand its own narrow limitations. The mind holds this potential for expansion | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| own potential to change direction and transcend its narrow confines. You can apply all this to the | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| a new and better reality, expanded beyond the narrow confines of the fenced-in present. The first step | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| lack intelligence, wisdom and imagination. Theirs are indeed narrow, limited minds. This may be a new idea | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| of God. This newly revealed reality defies the narrow confines of the little mind. It stands on | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| the surface, from immediate little emotions, from the narrow view that has a stake in not even | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| is not punctured, you stay locked within its narrow confines, which your spirit is fast outgrowing. On | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| within where they still maintain the old, selfish, narrow vision. Those are the areas you call your | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| The space provided by the image is so narrow that the natural expansive movement cannot occur. The | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| only an illusion. It becomes reality for the narrow consciousness that believes that the illusion is real | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| distort reality in that way and rationalize their narrow attitude by using religious doctrines. Or you may | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| proposed here, the point of the frustration will narrow; you will perhaps be able to focus into | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| being frustrated, you confine your life to very narrow limits and make yourself unnecessarily vulnerable in a | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| self- love and liberation. As you accept the narrow structure and recognize it for what it is | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| meaning and lovingly accept, on those grounds, the narrow structure of the present, even if this seems | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| you to imagine expanding your space, transcending the narrow circumference that some of you feel content with | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| being forced by the ignorant personality into a narrow space it should no longer occupy, a space | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| wonder you want to stay in a confined, narrow, fenced-in place, in which you feel trapped and | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| squeezing a cosmic state or concept into the narrow confines of human language, which is geared to | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| of vision is more often than not too narrow to allow the perception of connections. I discussed | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |