| Objectively.................39 | |
| not affected, not emotionally moved. You see it objectively. In the sphere of purification the process is | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| for some time and get accustomed to accepting objectively, almost coldly, the imperfection living in your lower | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| if you set out to think about it objectively, disregarding the resistances of your lower nature. All | 21 THE FALL |
| The first step will be to think as objectively as you possibly can about yourself, about all | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| it evokes. Then think about it again as objectively as you know how. Pray to God for | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| image is about something that is not shameful, objectively speaking. There might not be any justification for | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| You can measure it and it still remains objectively an hour. Your own impression, what you think | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| created the shock may or may not be objectively correct, still, the deduction the child is capable | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| in life does one learn to evaluate more objectively and not according to one's own pain or | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| assess your anger at other people's faults more objectively. And, if by chance the outcome of the | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| point that the opinion you hold may be objectively valid. If it is not your own, arrived | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| -- even if it should happen to be objectively true as well -- this realization already is | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| this part of your being, but see it objectively. There are many ways of punishing those you | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| not be any other way. If you think objectively, you will surely see that this is so | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| sense of being able to think about it objectively. QUESTIONER: I thought it is more difficult if | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| at least not directly. However, if you are objectively convinced that it is beneficial as such, be | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| that when you think about my words as objectively as you know how, you will come to | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| its unhappiness, though this unhappiness cannot be measured objectively. What one personality type may be able to | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| not being liked, then you are incapable of objectively and freely observing the situation, of finding out | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| to merely receive. The more you observe yourself objectively, the more you will find the underlying causes | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| of letting go, of receiving, examining, discriminating, and objectively looking at an issue without defending yourselves. May | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| ever-changing flux of life? How can you evaluate objectively and perceive in truth? None of these is | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| your will, as well as your capacity to objectively evaluate the unreasonableness of your demands, will open | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| a result of your blindness and unwillingness to objectively evaluate others and yourself. Even those who are | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| one's view and one's capacity to evaluate it objectively. So it is very possible to go through | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| why you cling to them. When you look objectively and deeply you will find that in each | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| I say removed, I mean fully acknowledging and objectively observing them, without plunging into despair and denying | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| can begin to open your eyes and look objectively for what really is. In this transition from | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| have coped with the most drastic changes and objectively traumatic events -- wars, revolution, loss of fortune | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| in greater peace than an inner one. The objectively more traumatic event hurts sometimes less than the | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| more traumatic event hurts sometimes less than the objectively less traumatic one. In the former instance the | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| and prevents you from seeing the entire picture objectively. What is necessary at this stage is to | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| who you are. You cannot fail to see objectively the temporary little ego in its ugliness without | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| the same token, when you view your life objectively, you will see how much your wishes and | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| your being, to view it impartially, assess it objectively and infuse it with truth. You can see | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| As you try it out and observe it objectively, you will see there is no truth to | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| open, fresh approach that can question the issue objectively and make room for the possibility that your | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| should always open all your faculties and observe objectively, without personal motivation. Check whether you may want | 254 SURRENDER |
| and in truth. Conversely, the courage to fight objectively for truth and to disregard self-interest and hidden | 254 SURRENDER |
| Objectivity.................36 | |
| and mastering them. To achieve this mastery, self-observation, objectivity, and self-criticism are essential. If what I advised | 21 THE FALL |
| be neutralized. After a while, with proper self-development, objectivity and impartial judgement are attained. If you can | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| peace. Be in God! 42. CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY Greetings in the name of God | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| love as well. And now I will discuss objectivity, a subject I touched upon occasionally in the | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| subject I touched upon occasionally in the past. Objectivity is essential for the free and harmonious human | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| you are, the less objective you will be. Objectivity means truth. Subjectivity means colored truth, half-truth at | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| the foreground. Start by concentrating on that one. Objectivity needs courage too, my friends. Many of you | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| tendency in mind, you will automatically cultivate an objectivity, which is one of the fundamental requirements for | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| own ego-centeredness. Thereby the person obtains a certain objectivity, which is detachment. It means that you consider | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| come to the point of healthy detachment and objectivity. Being human, it is understandable that you fear | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| look. This right middle way demands a certain objectivity. But do not forget, you can only become | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| cease; in its stead you will possess real objectivity that never permits viewing anything as black or | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| relationship because personal emotions are more involved. Therefore objectivity and detachment are lacking to a greater degree | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| and subjectivity rather than out of freedom and objectivity. In short, you can resist an untruth out | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for the human being. Only inner health and objectivity, self-honesty and the removal of one's personal deviations | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this basic rule. Its observance brings a certain objectivity and detachment from one's own involvement and interest | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| how much you may pride yourself on your objectivity in other and outer areas of your life | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| By recognizing your hidden subjectivity, you automatically approach objectivity -- and thereby truth and reality. You may | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is to eliminate your personal subjectivity. Love is objectivity, among many other things. Subjectivity is self-centered, and | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| ever completely capable of real love and real objectivity. But there are degrees. To the degree you | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| To the degree you observe your lack of objectivity, you approach objectivity and, thereby, the capacity to | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you observe your lack of objectivity, you approach objectivity and, thereby, the capacity to love. Your capacity | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the special type of unreality you live in. Objectivity versus subjectivity, which we discussed last time, is | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| by coloring your views and making you lose objectivity. Your capacity to think is intellectual maturity. And | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| detachment seems so godlike in its justice and objectivity. In reality one's view may be just as | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| to understand another, with as much detachment and objectivity, and consider as many facets of their being | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| in a different way, with the detachment and objectivity of one uninvolved human being toward another. As | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| and not a feeling. Feelings are based on objectivity, emotions on subjectivity. In both instances, they may | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| little distance from yourself. Just by gaining more objectivity, you may become more at home with yourself | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| fear, distrust, insecurity, isolation, separateness, and stagnation. Such objectivity must open the door to full relating and | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| lack of realism. This is not so. Realism, objectivity, the ability to relinquish, and fearless willingness to | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| you do so, your sense of fairness and objectivity will help you to give up what you | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| unsatisfactory choices, as you grow in integrity and objectivity you eventually come to a state where you | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| as your painful feelings. You gain strength and objectivity. By your renewed commitment to facing the truth | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| justifications around your personal, tainted desires. You claim objectivity and impartiality when this couldn't be farther from | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| may state it thus: you can have the objectivity of knowing that you are not objective. Another | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| Objects.....................52 | |
| the spiritual world, and much more. For earthly objects are only a reflection, an imitation of the | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| beings. In the spirit world, the landscapes or objects are the mental expression, the product of the | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| respective spirit being; in the human world the objects or landscapes seem to have nothing to do | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| or someone of much lower development would. The objects in this room remain the same for any | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| ones, could not even see these landscapes or objects which the spirits see and which are the | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| said, but not as far as the actual objects are concerned. It is much more in the | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| a reflex-action a sphere consisting of landscapes, houses, objects, and so on. Thus only spirits of equal | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| as human beings, not only regarding subjects and objects in abstract and concrete ideas and in language | 22 SALVATION |
| we mention that spirits talk or possess certain objects, that this is too human and too concrete | 22 SALVATION |
| everything is form. In your world only material objects have form and the so-called abstract things do | 22 SALVATION |
| ANSWER: You all know, my friends, that spiritual objects, whether landscapes, clothes or whatever else -- it | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| mind or of the state of affairs. Such objects are not as you may think, merely symbols | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| human beings, but is quite the opposite. Your objects, whatever you have here on this earth sphere | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| contained in every sphere or world, all inanimate objects, abstract ideas and living human beings. Nothing can | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| effect. Take a photograph: on the negative the objects are black and the background is white, while | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| and static. The same applies even to inanimate objects. They only appear to be static, but they | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| that all thoughts and emotions are actual forms, objects, and things, you would better understand why it | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| - and you know that even your material objects are full of energy -- has or is | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| are constructed, and it even varies between two objects of the same material, because many, many other | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| frustrated in getting what it desired, most particularly objects, perhaps. This frustration, in addition to certain other | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a constant compulsive and senseless action of acquiring objects. This action is almost like an automatism which | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| taking it myself, can I become happy. These objects may either be the same as, or in | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| some way remind the person by association of, objects the baby wanted to play with or to | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this word applies to everything, even to inanimate objects, to concepts and ideas. It applies to the | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| others for your parents, who were the original objects of identification. Often such substitution not only occurs | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| on the scale is surely love for inanimate objects. There are many whose inherent need to display | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| not dare go any further than loving inanimate objects. That is their sole outlet. Objects do not | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| loving inanimate objects. That is their sole outlet. Objects do not oppose. They do not require the | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| demand a minimum of personal sacrifice or consideration. Objects will make no demands. Next on the scale | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| with others of different opinions, while love for objects may not necessitate this in any but the | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| outgoing than the isolating pursuit of loving mere objects. Next on the scale is love for living | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| rejoices when pleasure is given and as obviously objects when pleasure is withheld or when it experiences | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| be another part of the psyche that violently objects to the negative desire, so that pain must | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| bound to produce fulfillment. The choice of love objects who leave you unfulfilled and frustrated, or even | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| its predetermined existence, whose conditions are fixed. Even objects are in flux, are condensed energy, constantly moving | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| matter consciousness is solidified, just as in inanimate objects energy is petrified. Consciousness and energy are not | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| a corresponding state of consciousness, so are landscapes, objects, conditions, natural laws, the atmosphere, the climate, also | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| the fact that consciousness exists even within inanimate objects. Your scientists today have already ascertained that energy | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| same holds true about consciousness. Consciousness within inanimate objects is reachable by the much stronger and more | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| That need -- that desire to create these objects -- molds the energy, and contained consciousness, like | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| and the consciousness expression of the most inanimate objects. Such an object also contains an energy field | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| often find that you have certain relationships with objects. There are some objects you cherish, need and | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| have certain relationships with objects. There are some objects you cherish, need and enjoy. They perform well | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Its energy field will be affected. With other objects it is the other way round. They never | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| consciousness, this is indeed a truth. Separated organisms, objects and entities are separated only on the surface | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| on material life. You learn to walk, handle objects, you speak; you learn reading, writing, numbers, certain | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| that does not contain life, even the dead objects, as they seem to you, contain movement, except | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| not speaking of the movement inherent in inanimate objects. I am speaking of the organism that is | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| of finer vibrations do not only manifest as objects, although objects certainly bear witness to the existence | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| vibrations do not only manifest as objects, although objects certainly bear witness to the existence of these | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| circumstances on this level of reality. Aside from objects we are of course dealing with concepts, abstract | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| are realities in our sphere of life. Like objects, concepts often differ in application and meaning in | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |