| Objection...................6 | |
| not love himself cannot love others. Again, the objection may be made that to love oneself means | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| has a slightly different and modified form. Your objection to the faults you observe in others may | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| your judgment is colored, for you concentrate your objection on one sore point, while you leave out | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| have their say. In this common meeting every objection should be freely voiced and intelligently discussed in | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| This wrong attitude, as well as the quoted objection are both an expression of the misunderstood and | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| hinders progress. This imbalance, as well as the objection, is an expression of the misunderstood and misapplied | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| Objections..................3 | |
| me -- while the very person raising such objections may use the imperfection of another teacher as | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| you, or, if you manage to voice your objections, they will come out in a very hurting | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| and take advantage. These may indeed be valid objections, but only in connection with the object of | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| Objective...................75 | |
| of belief are subjective and not absolute or objective. The conclusion, based emotions, is that there is | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| overcoming the obstacles is, after all, the only objective of God's spirit world, the only reason for | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| or anxiety. This has to be done through objective self-analysis and self-testing. Vanity or the desire to | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| find out that these opinions are not as objective as they may have thought at first. If | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| be able to see this attitude in an objective light, so as to develop the right kind | 31 SHAME |
| like that particular person. Try hard to be objective and you will surely find out that somehow | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| in the other and quietly look for the objective reason for your reaction. Just a little goodwill | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| You have definite periods of time and invariable, objective measurement. A year is a year; a month | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| is subjective and has no bearing on the objective hour that has passed. Now in the spirit | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| more unpurified and disharmonious you are, the less objective you will be. Objectivity means truth. Subjectivity means | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| direction, God will help you to be more objective. You will thus definitely have more peace, and | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| that I can check out whether I am objective or not. I ask this for the purpose | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| how others, who are perhaps more detached and objective, see the same person. Observe your reactions on | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| should be a sign that you are not objective, that you fear the truth, most probably because | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| will be the easiest. Then go to an objective third person, detached from the conflict, perhaps the | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| healthy because it will give you a more objective outlook. One can find justification for almost any | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| -- that it is not based solely on objective deliberations. This self-honesty is of great benefit to | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| to make such realizations. You cannot become completely objective all at once. To reach such detachment, you | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| stage where you realize that you cannot be objective in certain areas of life. It is healthy | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| is healthy to say, Here I am not objective, for I am emotionally involved. For the moment | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| you are convinced that your opinion is completely objective and you expound it with very good arguments | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| But do not forget, you can only become objective about the world and the situation around you | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| the degree that you succeed in being truly objective about yourself. QUESTIONER: I am not afraid of | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| pride and ego and therefore not half as objective as you would like to think of yourself | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| must cease to the degree that you gain objective clarity about yourself. You will then no longer | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| your entire outlook will change. You will become objective, you will be in reality. The mere awareness | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| examining your motives and concepts in comparison with objective truth, until you arrive at the point of | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| diminished and paralyzed. The capacity to have an objective and detached view of the person who you | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| real love. But, in order to have an objective and detached view, you have to be rid | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| or by pretense, of having sympathy and an objective, undistorted view of those who anger you. In | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the self-willed forcing current results in your becoming objective in your evaluation of others and learning to | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| friend. But without the systematic help of an objective person, this work will remain limited. Certain areas | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| difficulties then become an added menace beyond their objective hardship. The existence of the difficulties is a | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| of life, of fate. You will gain an objective view of yourself in this respect, and this | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| plenty of confirmation, and takes pride in being objective and the opposite of being gullible. This, then | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| yourself so that you will truly become more objective. True serenity is not avoiding experience and emotions | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| hour by hour, where you can see the objective, rest, and then proceed again, you will not | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| truth mean and how does it bear on objective truth, subjective truth, and psychic truth? ANSWER: There | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| actually this term is a contradiction. Truth is objective. Artistic truth is the result of the truthfulness | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| issue in its entirety. Look at it with objective eyes. Do not hasten over it, and you | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| What is healthy anger? ANSWER: Healthy anger is objective, when justice is at stake. It makes you | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| or for a principle. You may even feel objective anger about a very personal issue, while projecting | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| they are not defensive. They are uninvolved and objective, and therefore they sense why the other person | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| to ask yourself, is my anger truly an objective one? Or am I involved? You will then | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| involved? You will then perceive the difference between objective and subjective anger. The former does not have | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| full light, the understanding would be much more objective. But this is not possible because one is | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| see whether or not it is based on objective factors, or on personal, colored, and subjective notions | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| a child cannot evaluate its life circumstances in objective terms. The same holds true with the pleasurable | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| yourself and consequently others in a spirit of objective detachment, ascertaining trouble spots without guilt or anger | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| inner freedom and trust, born out of an objective, realistic attitude releases the tight grip of control | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| accepts the negative without finality and with an objective, non-indulgent attitude. But on the spiritual plane, which | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| person behaves that way. For the moment this objective understanding sets you free, makes you strong, gives | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| you free, makes you strong, gives you more objective insight into yourself and into the other person | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| far surpasses the ego intelligence. It is completely objective; it disregards the small, vain self-interest -- and | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| When you look at your problems in as objective and detached a way as you can muster | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| that way for a while, with the detached, objective self-evaluation that comes from deep self-acceptance and determination | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| you truly look at them in a dispassionate, objective way, you will always find that fear and | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| habits. So are the roles you play. Each objective acknowledgment of your pretenses -- the pretense of | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| later -- perhaps centuries later, when an overall, objective, unbiased picture is available, where aspects can be | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| crisis is by no means determined by the objective event. I think most of you, my friends | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| outer. Life itself appears to you a static, objective fixed thing into which you are put. It | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| experience seems to exist only in those seemingly objective terms of the ego. The more you focus | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| a subjective expression of yourself, not a fixed, objective, immovable reality. Once you learn to be more | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| yet unknown is an honest attitude. It is objective. It is humble. So the first leap into | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| you is the ability to be impartial and objective. That ability is still often lacking in you | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| bring you toward the more advanced state of objective detachment -- and that in fact is already | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| you may also claim that you are nevertheless objective. That is not possible, my friends. For when | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| thoughts, your assessments are not, and cannot be objective. It is truly a sign of greatness to | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| to form valid assessments of others, to be objective. A leader must have this greatness. But your | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| the objectivity of knowing that you are not objective. Another quality of leadership is the willingness to | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| of a blind one. The knowing, conscious, probing, objective, deeply honest search for the particular truth of | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| You seem to be put into an entirely objective world, all fixed and ready-made. All conditions and | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| and whole enough and your vision is not objective enough for you to truly let go into | 254 SURRENDER |
| is space. Just as there is really no objective, fixed time, so there is no objective, fixed | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| no objective, fixed time, so there is no objective, fixed space. Your real being can live, breathe | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |