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much more capable of meeting their tests by accepting them for what they are and learning from 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
two impossibilities, desiring only the advantages and not accepting any of the drawbacks of the two alternatives 4 WORLD WEARINESS
to your faults and negative feelings. Only by accepting yourself as you are can you master these 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
that is done by first recognizing it, by accepting the thought that there is a crust that 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
but through your entire inner attitude and by accepting the consequences, both inner and outer, that follow 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
Everyone can find perfect happiness only by fully accepting and saying yes to the life given in 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
to whether there still remains any resistance against accepting these truths. Again and again we observe the 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
be at the bottom of the resistance to accepting the greater reality. Both motivations can exist simultaneously 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
have to learn to view your lower self, accepting its present temporary existence -- how temporary depends 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
as you are unwilling to pay. Paying means accepting your difficulties, knowing that they are only temporary 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
But happiness can be achieved only by consciously accepting the laws of cause and effect and not 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
too terrible for you to bear. Only by accepting this pain can you become detached enough from 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
long as this process lasts, honor God by accepting His laws; do not love yourself so much 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
this for some time and get accustomed to accepting objectively, almost coldly, the imperfection living in your 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
major requirement of spiritual development and true detachment. Accepting yourself as you are does not mean that 21 THE FALL
ascertain how far you have to come toward accepting yourself without embellishment. After this stage is mastered 21 THE FALL
will learn to follow the law of reality, accepting yourself as you are and thus learning true 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
To accept yourself as an imperfect being is accepting yourself in the right way, without guilt feelings 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
however. This is fundamental. The proper spirit of accepting the lower self with the necessary humility is 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
you have to strive for the middle path. Accepting does not mean wanting to stay in a 31 SHAME
When you are capable of really and truly accepting yourself as you are, not desiring to appear 31 SHAME
You should be able to love a person, accepting his or her imperfections, not having to close 32 DECISION-MAKING
people do -- immaturely, with half-closed eyes, not accepting beforehand the disadvantage implicit in your choice. In 32 DECISION-MAKING
had somehow hoped to gain the advantage without accepting the disadvantage. And often you even hope -- 32 DECISION-MAKING
for you to determine where you stand in accepting yourself as you really are and doing so 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
toward the immediate one, which is knowing and accepting yourself as you are: This implies having no 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
to live up to the Divine Law of accepting life's adversities without becoming pessimistic and negative. There 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
distortion is in the struggle of self-will against accepting anything hard. The refusal to accept life's terms 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
and pessimistic they can prove that they are accepting life's lessons. Actually negative attitudes are just another 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
understanding you have gained, quietly, patiently, and steadily accepting your temporary inability to react differently, knowing that 39 IMAGE-FINDING
you fear. This is the only valid procedure: accepting that you still have desires and accepting their 39 IMAGE-FINDING
procedure: accepting that you still have desires and accepting their price. Because of the acceptance, your desires 39 IMAGE-FINDING
But once you have overcome this error by accepting yourself as you are now, without revolt and 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
you learn also by meeting the pain, by accepting it as long as you are in this 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
have the proper attitude toward pain. Only by accepting pain -- and this is the only healthy 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
I did not deal with the question of accepting God's authority versus human authority. The question is 47 THE WALL WITHIN
other things, life force is truth and courage. Accepting justified guilt is being in truth and it 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
Discover the difference between suppressing these emotions and accepting them as a symptom of your not knowing 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
and life's risks. It includes the humility of accepting yourself as you are now -- without expecting 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
Thus the healthy way is the middle path: accepting the effects of one's imperfections and going through 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
step how to attain perfection by degrees, by accepting yourself as you are now without guilt and 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
clarify in what way self-hate keeps one from accepting and loving? ANSWER: I did not use the 53 SELF-LOVE
is something in you that you cannot change. Accepting it, you would cease to have the gnawing 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
come to terms with the world of reality, accepting it in exchange for the world of utopia 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
of both pain and pleasure. Only by fully accepting both can you come out of inviting pain 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
you go right through the experience. Only after accepting your own or the other's inadequacy in the 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
lie in the calm, serene deliberation, be it accepting or rejecting. You may not wish to reject 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
need to have and to know, rather than accepting it with your intellect only. The truth of 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
not only ignore reality, but you reject it. Accepting reality and seeing what is, your intuition will 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
talk in your time and your world of accepting reality. We have discussed this many times. You 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
whole. The growing trend in our time of accepting and exploring the subconscious is indicative of the 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
You will have made peace with yourself by accepting your still existing imperfections and will no longer 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
one and Ghandi of the other? Jesus voluntarily accepting the suffering, Ghandi paying off a karma? ANSWER 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
not true, but also because the motivation for accepting it is fear. The more we look into 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
fear, and come to terms with them by accepting the unknown, you will build up your strength 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
can you truly become strong, from knowing and accepting the uncertainty of death in small ways, every 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
transcendence of pleasure and pain happens only by accepting and fully facing the duality: life and death 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
inner hidden causes with the relaxed attitude of accepting, for the moment, the unwanted pain, and fully 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
and lack of humility that prevents you from accepting yourself as you are now, and above all 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
believe you cannot tolerate it, duality exists. By accepting your lower self you can gradually overcome it 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
also the case with life and death. By accepting death, the duality between life and death is 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
cannot see what in you is actually worth accepting and appreciating. To unroll this entire process is 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
your idealized self-image. It would hinder you from accepting yourself as you are, and that acceptance is 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
freedom within. The way to Him is through accepting aloneness. Such acceptance will strengthen the independence and 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
than before. One is the lecture on duality. Accepting death and the unknown is the only prerequisite 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
and the unknown is the only prerequisite for accepting life and happiness -- not accepting death with 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
prerequisite for accepting life and happiness -- not accepting death with a wishful-thinking spirituality, by avoiding your 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
up your fear. There is a mutuality here. Accepting death and the unknown is connected with acceptance 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
That is the nature of your resistance to accepting and facing yourself. Only after you face what 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
of the falsity only by first of all accepting its existence at the present time and owning 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
handling your difficulties. But all this necessitates first accepting yourself as you are. It is self-evident that 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
be superhuman and not accept your undeveloped side. Accepting it does not mean approving of it or 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
mean approving of it or acting it out. Accepting merely means that you know without anger that 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
childish attitude we have discussed frequently of not accepting life as it really is. The child wants 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and change; of the humility and realism of accepting oneself as one is. Another thinks of the 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
is acceptance of reality. If you were more accepting of the world, you would be more accepting 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
accepting of the world, you would be more accepting of yourself. And if you were more accepting 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
accepting of yourself. And if you were more accepting of yourself, you would have more trust in 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
accept it even for the moment. Only in accepting, let us say, an imperfect relationship -- and 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
and give joy in the relationship. Only through accepting your own imperfection can you begin to grow 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
choices, which entail the flexibility of change. In accepting imperfection, you become less imperfect. For without doing 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
attitude that makes it so difficult. Only by accepting your human limitations will the aggressiveness and hostility 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
what is, without moralizing about anyone, but just accepting your immaturity, and by doing so, learning more 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
state of being can come about only by accepting your state as it happens to be now 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
being born in you through your understanding and accepting yourself as you happen to be now. As 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
is unhealthy because you passively remain unchanged, falsely accepting what need not be accepted because you could 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
the second major phase on our path together. Accepting and forgiving means to recognize and then stop 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
the real guilt and make up for it. Accepting the real guilt makes it possible to accept 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
or else it might crush you. Resiliency in accepting all the aspects of your lower self can 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
work -- are always the result of not accepting yourself. It is impossible to accept yourself until 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
freedom. This can be done, but only by accepting and fully utilizing the fragment you call time 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
your insecurity is by facing it, admitting it, accepting it. That is the start. Then comes finding 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
because you erroneously believe them to be wrong. Accepting your self's inherent value is sometimes as difficult 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
about your self-discovery in the way I advise, accepting your present state and working on it in 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
its substance and manifestation. It is life-embracing and accepting. Its movements are smooth and harmonious. All those 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
old fear was false, and why the new accepting attitude to life is entirely safe, is the 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
by nature you are a much more constructive, accepting, positive person than you artificially make yourself. Once 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
from inside, from your personal experience, rather than accepting postulates or enigmas out of fear, obedience, wishful 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
that created the hardship in the first place. Accepting your limitations does not mean resignation to a 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
that life could be meaningful and beautiful, because accepting that requires the courage to look at the 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
a phase of lesser expansion, comfort, and bliss, accepting responsibility for this state, and thereby overcoming the 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
versus the other, so a healthy balance between accepting help and accepting self-responsibility does not mean one 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
so a healthy balance between accepting help and accepting self-responsibility does not mean one versus the other 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
negate before they find a true basis for accepting because they are so afraid their acceptance may 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
realize that absolute pleasure is your ultimate destiny. Accepting less is an acceptance of this earthly reality 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
but unconsciously, they cannot respond to a completely accepting and favorable situation. In such cases the pleasure 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
struggling away from it, but by seeing and accepting it, learning to understand its nature. This is 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
it is according to your liking. It means accepting where you are and what life is for 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
world, you can transcend this state only by accepting what you fear, if need be; by not 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
you can transcend this state is by temporarily accepting it, knowing that it is not final. This 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
be special means giving up individuality or even accepting mediocrity? The answer is that when the need 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
in principle; others may have their doubts about accepting them even in theory. Let us now try 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
and growing. You will embrace it by fully accepting it, by fully being in it and with 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
another sphere which is another being. The total accepting of, the transcending goodwill toward and consequent melting 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
the mind has to be calm, observant, and accepting of what happens in the now, thus encouraging 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
part of the unconscious can be established by accepting, for the time being, that perceptions, attitudes, and 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
are passive and let things go instead of accepting self-responsibility for finding the way and perhaps doing 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
center now know that it is precisely by accepting the negative emotions that you dissolve them. Even 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
entity reaches the point of totally embracing and accepting all aspects of life, dying will no longer 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
different, very near to an opening, pleasurable experience. Accepting the negativity of life makes the negativity eventually 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
I accept such a frustrating life? Only by accepting the frustration can you understand it and eliminate 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
the new friends here: When I speak of accepting negative emotions, I do not mean masochistic, self-denying 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
be in grave conflict with yourself and life. Accepting death in the right way merely means assuming 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
to remain dependent on outer circumstances, even though accepting the great truth of your utter personal freedom 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
already overcome to a considerable degree. For in accepting the truth about yourself you enter into a 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
circumstances or bad luck or other people's faults. Accepting the law of personal responsibility wipes out self-pity 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
as the illusion of being life's passive victim. Accepting your own limitations and the limitations of others 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
blame always incurs an opposite, compensatory attitude of accepting burdens not one's own. The interconnection between these 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
to stay in control. It implies a trustful, accepting attitude toward one's unconscious, with all its responses 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
The spirit of such discovery is then in accepting, not rejecting, self and life. The perception of 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
inner unconscious problems create havoc, rejects a flexible, accepting attitude toward life, unexpected developments, people, and his 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
and fear it because you still have difficulties accepting and meeting your undesirable destructive traits. If you 174 SELF-ESTEEM
giving up of destructive, life-inhibiting patterns can exist. Accepting reality and mature self-responsibility seems an insurmountable hardship 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
also a wrong and destructive way, both to accepting and rejecting frustration in life. The right kind 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
When you can practice the right way of accepting and rejecting a frustration of life, you possess 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
you are pulled into the wrong way of accepting and rejecting frustration in life, you become alienated 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
manipulative tricks of the childish mind to avoid accepting life as it is -- only in that 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
the right way. For both fighting against and accepting can exist in both constructive and self-defeating, distorted 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
fighting your evil and the right way of accepting it. The latter helps the former. In fact 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
prove to be an obstacle. An open, waiting, accepting, and positive attitude is also necessary, though recognizing 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
certainly does not permit reeducation. It is the accepting and understanding attitude that enables the conscious ego 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
resisting part is as useless and ineffective as accepting its direct refusal to budge. When the conscious 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
it cannot change. The price of recognizing and accepting the destructive, evil aspect of the self seems 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
This creates continual conflicts and strife. Only by accepting the duality can you truly transcend it. No 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
bliss of streaming into another energy field and accepting the emanation of the other energy field -- 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
an acute state of fear. The fear of accepting the self in its present stage is essentially 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
the way, and leading you more strongly toward accepting yourself exactly as you are now. May you 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
And only then are you indeed capable of accepting its positive counterpart. Initially all human beings try 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
are in the painful feeling in a fully accepting spirit, slowly -- and often even quite fast 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
true and justified hope; through the gateway of accepting the lacks of your childhood lies your fulfillment 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
with life. I want to honor God by accepting life on its own terms. The other side 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
to describe. Resisting evil means not facing and accepting the evil in you. This resistance creates a 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
to examine in what way you grab without accepting the necessary conditions which you refute. When you 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
stasis to motion on any level first requires accepting a temporary effort with self-discipline, faith, courage, and 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
have already experienced the truth that by fully accepting and feeling your pain, you become commensurately capable 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
living up to your demands and for not accepting a deal from you in which they give 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
do not deal with this fear by recognizing, accepting and challenging it, then you give in to 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
is included. Since human beings shy away from accepting and dealing with certain parts of themselves, they 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
body and soul are not even capable of accepting and sustaining intense pleasure at this time. Pleasure 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
finding the light behind it. The pain of accepting the absence of something desired affords you the 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
if you fully commit yourself to seeing and accepting both the good and the bad, the beautiful 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
letting the other be means more than just accepting where and who the other person is at 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
fighting it, you only stop the movement. By accepting it, you follow the movement, and it will 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
between either using a forcing current, or resignedly accepting a negative state, becoming hopeless, and harboring a 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
your eternal Christ child within, commit yourself to accepting every part of you? In this message I 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
and makes you lose your bearing is not accepting and forgiving and therefore acting out. In every 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
within you, you light another candle. For by accepting it, you will come to know that the 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
for it. The issue is your confusion about accepting the self with its lower-self aspects, squarely facing 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
sake of the truthfulness and the humility of accepting your imperfection. And that is indeed the threshold 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
your real perfection. It may seem paradoxical, but accepting humbly your imperfect state and looking at it 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
abandoning temporarily the outer theory of immortality and accepting your fear of mortality, you can go through 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
it. Completely reverse your attitude, from rejecting to accepting it. And what you will experience will surpass 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
tight structure really does to you. By temporarily accepting the structure you have created, with its own 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
and longing, nor by the false cynicism of accepting a mean, godless world, nor by simply displacing 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
role to play in this relationship, and in accepting it you can only heighten your selfhood and 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
rebellion and denial. Graceful giving in, yielding, following, accepting -- even when your self-will may not like 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
these truths have always existed. Only after your accepting and trusting the new truths did they become 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
they need to go through the process of accepting their feelings, no matter how destructive they may 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
conveyed. In this case they will grow up accepting the traditional concept of what it is to 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
as irrational and distorted as your fear of accepting your personal imperfections and blindnesses. On this path 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
the victim and blame game. It would entail accepting part of the responsibility for much of the 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
of limited human perception. Humanity is open to accepting God as a creative principle and also sees 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
than not glimpsing it at all and fully accepting the conditions of the dualistic mass illusion. But 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
life and its pains. At the same time, accepting eternal life can also come from identical reasons 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
if I may put it this way, of accepting your distortions -- your sins, if you will 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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