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| in another place, sees something quite different. Their observations may occasionally coincide, but often they do not | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| you really well about your faults, compare their observations with your own findings. Complement the two lists | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| of self-analysis but you often shrink from such observations because they might lead you to the very | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| only lead to them. Make constant and detached observations of your daily reactions. Find your attitude toward | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| train yourself to follow this through in your observations, you will gain an entire understanding of this | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the overeager attempt at communication. In your everyday observations you can easily see this, especially in the | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| you could not help but repulse it. Such observations will broaden your understanding and will prove very | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| in the past, as well as from other observations, there are many triads in the spiritual structures | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| does not mean majority opinion is wrong. The observations apply equally to rebellious opinions of a minority | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| The mind conditions its own beliefs, perceptions, and observations and perpetuates them as long as these self-conditioning | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| life and death, pleasure and pain. As these observations become more honest, more clearly defined, more detached | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| is the case, your intuition will function; your observations will be clear and reliable; your channel will | 254 SURRENDER |
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| a reality, my dear ones. We can always observe them around each group of people. Everybody adds | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| so difficult at the beginning. You have to observe all your notions about yourself which flatter you | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| the most difficult. From our perspective, we often observe that people who believe they do not have | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| or violate your personality. I want you to observe that there are always two opposing currents. Think | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| or the intention to dismiss the whole problem. Observe your reaction when you hear these words. How | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| This, too, will happen one day. You can observe that in so-called primitive people the gift of | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| see and to a certain extent even understand. Observe how wonderfully everything is fitted together, every smallest | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| training, God's spirit world has an opportunity to observe whether the person is really fit for this | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| to the truth. Again and again we must observe sadness and remorse as so many beings regret | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| against accepting these truths. Again and again we observe the resistance. It may be, as I said | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| bring happiness. By the same token, if you observe your feelings closely, you will find that untruth | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| should remember. Certainly, you should practice positive thinking. Observe your thoughts, but observe them quietly, with detachment | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| should practice positive thinking. Observe your thoughts, but observe them quietly, with detachment and in a relaxed | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| accept the consequences in this life. We often observe people who try very hard to practice positive | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| ANSWER: When you meditate, listen within you. Just observe your inner feelings, reactions, and trends. Do not | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| chains only by knowing, facing, and conquering yourself. Observe yourself clinically. Then just note your feelings; register | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| the path actively and with open eyes will observe and test everything that happens to them in | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| someone tells you of your shortcomings. If you observe clinically what you feel when that happens, if | 21 THE FALL |
| accepted entirely the stage you are in. Thus, observe yourself daily when and how your faults manifest | 21 THE FALL |
| ways. You see, my dear friends, I can observe the forms of your thoughts and feelings. I | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| this inner work. Here are thoughts I could observe in some of my friends between the last | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| friends, if you do that, train yourself to observe your inner reactions when you deal with the | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| endeavors. Here you have a wonderful opportunity to observe your undisguised lower self as it works and | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| As a matter of fact, we can often observe human beings who are sincerely desirous to walk | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| way now. And then, my friends, try to observe from a little distance and with a little | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| pride and to what extent. So begin to observe these inner reactions of yours and analyze them | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| they will change if you learn first to observe them. Get a little distance to yourself and | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| that person to change. There you can actually observe close at hand that where you should be | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| your existence. So, my dear friends, try to observe yourselves; identify your real desires. You will be | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| day brings you a number of opportunities to observe your feelings in exactly this way. Unfortunately, you | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| to all your dear ones. When we spirits observe human beings, we can see how badly you | 31 SHAME |
| the healing, curative action of being able to observe your own weaknesses in the true light of | 31 SHAME |
| present in my very limited outlook. We often observe that when you are undergoing a test your | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| change in the centuries to come. You can observe this trend already. Some time ago, people killed | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| to say a few words about prayers. We observe you as you pray. You say the right | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| continue to deviate from the goal when you observe yourself in your daily review. If you who | 36 PRAYER |
| you should pray for them. Then try to observe your feelings when you wish them happiness. Do | 36 PRAYER |
| only pray for this in general; try to observe in yourself exactly where you react, think, and | 36 PRAYER |
| but they are that way. If you can observe the feelings with detachment and acknowledge them, then | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| continuous, gnawing pain. How sad it is to observe this, particularly because it is unnecessary. It is | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| path develop a sensitivity with which they can observe the reactions of the child. That would be | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| understand, or begin to understand. You begin to observe in yourself a greater harmony at moments where | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| modified form. Your objection to the faults you observe in others may even be correct. Yet, you | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| more detached and objective, see the same person. Observe your reactions on hearing of faults you either | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| reason for that. People on this path who observe this phenomenon in themselves should ask why they | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| necessity that, for a while, you must just observe their existence. You will learn further from your | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| good medicine, and thus they stand by and observe. It is their task to guide their protégé | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| a person of authority, as such. If you observe, in retrospect, the emanation coming from such a | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| It will take some time to learn to observe and recognize your daily reactions, as well as | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| step is what I say again and again: Observe your reactions in your everyday life from this | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| would be. Cultivate this process of questioning and observe how the emotions -- which work slower than | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| this is for your own good. You can observe this with some people. Life corners them, not | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| a reflex of your unconscious reactions. If you observe your emotions, you will finally break through into | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| comparison of the wrong and the right concept. Observe also your resistance to change and growth. The | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| Prayer for recognition is important. When you pray, observe how sincerely you desire the answer. You may | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| but do not participate in group work can observe the very same thing in your daily lives | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Without it fruition cannot take place. If you observe the growth of plants, you will notice this | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| shrieking for and demanding approval. You have to observe the occasions when this voice speaks up louder | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| sure, if you really want to. If you observe your reactions in your everyday life and analyze | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| that way, you will be increasingly able to observe your emotional reactions and you will understand them | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| baby is in absolute despair, which you can observe in a crying child. The issue over which | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| a ruler possesses his subjects. If you honestly observe your reactions right now, you will find similar | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| help you one bit. As long as you observe this tendency in others only, but not in | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| is truly advancing on this path one can observe this to some degree. A painful event comes | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| It is as simple as that. You will observe the same law at work even in the | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| the human soul, the more clearly you will observe this. All diseases of the soul are based | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| degree. It is sufficient that you see and observe its existence, its effect on you, and that | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| other person. All you have to do is observe this. For that to happen you have to | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| this. For that to happen you have to observe yourself, of course, in order to establish from | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| it. Without compulsion and haste, without pressure, simply observe your emotions and see what they mean. Translate | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| child will not create any disturbance. You can observe this again and again. QUESTION: Is it not | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| instead of more of a man. You can observe this today in many ways. It is often | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| role and determine the intensity of this conflict. Observe your relationship to the other parent, the one | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| if you no longer have the opportunity to observe the interaction with your parents. You may be | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| of the individual conflict. The elements we constantly observe between two or several human beings, similarly play | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| if they are on the path, and they observe the essentials and the essence of it, no | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| come to the fore so that you can observe and evaluate them. The understanding and control of | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| is foreground thought. When you become calm and observe your thought process, you will soon begin to | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| the apparently stronger foreground thoughts. By learning to observe your thought process, you will discover how often | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| be disturbed by unvolitional background thoughts. Expect them, observe them quietly. If they are not of pressing | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| are when they do come. It suffices to observe them as they appear in order to become | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| your calm inner will. The more detachedly you observe the involuntary thought process, the more you will | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| extent of this conflict is. Each time you observe these reactions within yourself, you will understand a | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| is, therefore, part of the road upward to observe them as they live in you and then | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| But there are degrees. To the degree you observe your lack of objectivity, you approach objectivity and | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| reasons stated, but also because you will see, observe, and discriminate. For those who are unafraid of | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| yourself bit by bit, while you continue to observe your wrong reactions. This constant process, if performed | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you consider all this, you may begin to observe your surroundings with a different understanding. You will | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| -- and still react inwardly, although now you observe it -- and how, as a result, you | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| your depressing moods and other negative aspects. Just observe the child in you working. You cannot force | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| further advice about the concentration exercises. I must observe that, unfortunately, my friends are not doing them | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| for a few minutes of such practice, first observe your mood. See if you are impatient or | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| find yourself becoming more calm. As you thus observe yourself, you may discover certain facial expressions you | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| forcefully straighten them in an unrelaxed, artificial way. Observe all that as you would closely observe another | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| way. Observe all that as you would closely observe another person. You do not have to do | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| Do not get impatient with yourself. Start again, observe again your state of not thinking. Observe the | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| again, observe again your state of not thinking. Observe the emptiness there. The more you succeed, the | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| always away from you, as you surely will observe. After you have succeeded in this exercise, be | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| is the time in which you can best observe the reaction of your subconscious when you utter | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| forcing current, you will be able to see, observe, sense, and feel what is true, and not | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| acutely. They may not think it, or consciously observe it, but inwardly children keenly feel the difference | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| of your accepted imperfections which you can now observe calmly, while gaining more understanding about them and | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| than emotions, thoughts, reactions, and attitudes. You can observe that in your everyday life. The more you | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| is something extremely widespread and general. We can observe human beings who are constantly suffering because of | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the great struggle to overcome. All truth teachings observe humanity's fundamental twofoldedness. You see this particularly by | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| should expect now is that each time you observe part of your being reacting the old way | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| can safely long for it. However, if you observe yourself closely you will see that when you | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| to exist freely, side by side, as you observe your thoughts and feelings. This may make it | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| this direction and allow yourself to feel and observe your emotional reactions connected to your idealized self | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| the life- prohibiting idealized self-image if you merely observe what is in you in a detached way | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| yet ready for over your actual emotions. Just observe, and little by little you will grow into | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| with. So, I cannot give you rules to observe. I can only point to the reason behind | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| and self-confidence are based on these alternatives. To observe these emotional reactions means to observe your immaturity | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| alternatives. To observe these emotional reactions means to observe your immaturity. Only by doing so will your | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| a third condition you will find when you observe your emotions carefully. And that is the all-important | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| validity, their desired goal, you can proceed to observe what you have done in the past to | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| this will happen. And I am happy to observe that some of my friends are very close | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| They will reappear again and again, as you observe them at work, with shorter and shorter intervals | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| expect will enable you to relax, to further observe, so that answers still hidden will come to | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| rather than bringing you advantages. The more you observe and understand this, the easier it will be | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| than merely pray for help. You have to observe your attitude in prayer. This is a very | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| Simultaneously, train yourself to feel your defensive wall. Observe it in action. Feel its existence. It is | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| already. But let me add this: When you observe your emotions with their inner, unpronounced claims, and | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| and see the resulting behavior pattern; when you observe your reactions to others and how you affect | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| this point, you can make an interesting experiment. Observe your past life from the point of view | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| you mean by inner climate? ANSWER: If you observe your emotions, which you increasingly learn to do | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| reaction is against your interest. You have to observe this inner climate, the stiffening and hardening, otherwise | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| person fears most -- the goody-goody conformer. Watch, observe yourself and others. Go deeper in this work | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| as less or more than others. You may observe their shortcomings, but this has nothing to do | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| do with feeling superior to them. You may observe in others qualities that you lack, but this | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| feel yourself victimized, a prey to circumstances. Then observe how you feel frustrated when expressing your wants | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| also your will to remain that way. Furthermore, observe your emotional reactions to others and how they | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| disappointments in which you have the opportunity to observe your inner relapse into the old patterns which | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| recent work session. Try to apply it and observe yourself, your reactions, and emotions from that point | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| emotions from that point of view. Try to observe your feelings and see what they really say | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| you may not have fully recognized? If you observe when such pressures exist and when not and | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| only after much progress in this work, to observe how your feelings are not allowed to function | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| anyone but yourself. As you condition yourself to observe your real feelings without manipulation one way or | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| It is a measure of forcing another. So observe this, my friends. All of you have both | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| daydreams or indulging in them without trying to observe and understand, see them as the useful symptoms | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| engaged in such fantasizing, develop a new approach. Observe, evaluate, weigh and determine -- without strain, compulsion | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| fall into place. If you wish, you can observe the nature of your daydreams and the nature | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |