| Natures.....................5 | |
| an inner disharmony, it means that your two natures are fighting. Whenever doubt reappears, it is your | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| said repeatedly, the human being consists of two natures: the higher and the lower self, which are | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| begin by finding and being true to their natures; only then can they resolve the disharmony in | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| of two people's physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual natures. It can be done if both have the | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| authority from the outside to keep their lower natures in check. Only when the human personality became | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| Nature's....................7 | |
| but that are nothing but the creation of nature's healing forces. My dearest friends, I am allowed | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| against such things. Very strongly. QUESTION: Is it nature's plan that a child develops a reaction, a | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| happen to be? ANSWER: It certainly is not nature's plan. No. This again shows a complete misconception | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| nature, her laws. He observes the magnificence of nature's laws. And he begins to wonder. This first | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| tries to reestablish balance. The overdevelopment may be nature's attempt to straighten out the disturbance resulting from | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| to divine love, an aspect that seems cruel. Nature's destructive forces, the storms, the floods and the | 254 SURRENDER |
| inner harmony with divine law. Other manifestations of nature's cruelty fall into a different category. For example | 254 SURRENDER |
| Nay.........................3 | |
| In fact more, not less, can be experienced, nay must be experienced, as the being expands and | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| dangerous. People who have throughout a lifetime -- nay, often during several lifetimes -- overemphasized the ego | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| being. Most human beings live a lifetime -- nay, many lifetimes -- without ever knowing that there | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| Near........................62 | |
| joy. The blessing reaches to all my friends, near and far. Be with God. 9. PRAYER AND | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| up. God's blessing reaches all of my friends, near and far. Be in God. 10. MALE AND | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| a quality that draws the spirits of darkness near you, like a magnet. For instance, when you | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| are included in one's love, not only the near and dear ones. The spiritual infant has to | 18 FREE WILL |
| be sad about. Angels of God are forever near every one of God's children who strive upward | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for this realization. The answer is then very near, my friends. Whoever is really open and truly | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| thinking of him because he is very often near you. Very near you. He wants help and | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| because he is very often near you. Very near you. He wants help and you can help | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| and pure motives -- the desire to come near to God, the love for the Creator -- | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| are not just as much with you and near you. Remember that. May all of you during | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| deal with this question more conclusively in the near future. QUESTION: I have a question from a | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| often find such poor rationalizations. When a person near you does not agree with you or has | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| will devote part of a lecture in the near future. It touches a mass image which says | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| wife, a relative, an associate; someone who is near and dear and important to you in some | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| friends, I withdraw, but I will always be near you. Go on your way in divine peace | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| pain or pleasure, forgetting that in the relatively near future these strongly felt emotions will have lost | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| closely you will see that when you get near it, you cringe from it, just as you | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| of avoiding. This should be one of the near goals. Only gradually can further goals be envisaged | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| goal may enlarge the idealized self-image. So the near goal should be the next step, not the | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| the next step, not the end result. The near goal would be, I want to become aware | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| but are bound to affect others who are near you. The so-called neurosis always contains selfishness, greed | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| longer alive? Often there may be someone still near you who might have a different slant to | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| work, you do not let another person come near you, out of the unconscious fear of facing | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| man, during his first few incarnations, is still near to this state of being without awareness. He | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| are not necessarily saints, or holy, or anywhere near perfect. They may have their faults. They may | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| a step further. Some people may be very near the phase in which they become organically ready | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| falsity. A few of my friends are very near to recognitions in this respect. Some have already | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| fulfill your needs. Using this key is nowhere near an insurmountable feat. It is very possible to | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| the truth of divine order will come so near that you can grasp it -- and this | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| -- then the end of your suffering is near. Say, I want to come out of it | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| a glimpse of what it is to come near the threshold between understanding and knowing. Perhaps you | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| You cannot reach this source, which is so near, unless you realize the false struggle and understand | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| outer mind with inner nucleus. Salvation is so near, with all its truth and light and relief | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| harmonious state described in this lecture is so near and so very easy to cross. If you | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| Just because this understanding could be immediate and near, it seems distant. Just because the connection is | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| difficult just because it is so immediate and near. It seems so much easier to wish for | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| point, but many of you, my friends, are near or at the point where these words can | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| myself if this is so because I am near the point you are talking about and resist | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| ego cannot replace, or in any way come near, the resourcefulness of the real self, it is | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| path. But anyone of you who has been near such an experience will feel what I mean | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| what you believe exists. Truth is never anywhere near as threatening as the foggy half-truths and evasions | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| is a key. Those of you who are near this point, or have already made some recognitions | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| pain that is accepted is quite different, very near to an opening, pleasurable experience. Accepting the negativity | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| never could any condition outside you create anywhere near as much frustration as you inflict upon yourself | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| always there and immediately accessible -- almost too near to be perceived. The first manifestations may not | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| endless power and wisdom. They are all equally near -- and seem far only because your vision | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| he plays with life. But he feels himself near it, almost touching the water of life, as | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| becomes your fate in the future -- either near or far, depending on the unification and strength | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| seen that are unrecognizable when one is too near to see the whole. The human struggle is | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| all too familiar. So far you are nowhere near actually putting these words into effect. The more | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| you have made these connections, but not anywhere near the extent of what is available for you | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| of no return would not even venture anywhere near a path like this. So none of you | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| electrical or atomic energy that could be anywhere near as potent as the energy of direct consciousness | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| knowledge. This can happen because the knowledge is near and deeply anchored into the soul; in previous | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| of you does the lower self approach anywhere near the intensely destructive levels I discussed earlier. But | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| to the light itself. When the light comes near them, they feel strong discomfort and they misinterpret | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| certain cyclic rhythms. Like all disease, the devils near you are cause, effect, and medicine. Their proximity | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| unpurified consciousness has the effect of drawing devils near you who confuse you with lies so that | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| while you face the Great Unknown -- however near or far it may be -- your mind | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| development before a human being can come anywhere near these experiences. So to have any kind of | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| prayer and deep desire to feel Jesus' presence near you, His concern for you, His deep, abiding | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| God, on His personalized aspect who is personally near you -- then you can create a healthy | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Nearest.....................3 | |
| remain stronger than their desire. Eros is the nearest thing to love the undeveloped spirit can experience | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| what is there to see, what even your nearest and dearest know but dare not tell you | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| that sense, this form of government is the nearest expression of New Age fusion of duality. You | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |