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able to see the reverse, that is the original goodness at the root of your faults. By 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
to incarnate as a man to establish the original balance. If you knew how many incarnations you 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
which they are not born according to their original sexual identity can become aware of this through 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
often and with less impact, assailed by their original doubts. For these inevitable times of doubt I 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
in with tendencies from the lower self, the original shade twisted, colored, or dirtied. When messages from 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
of a person. This person has put the original incident into the subconscious, and does not consciously 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
the higher self has been restored to its original state by shedding the surrounding layers constituting the 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
where new subtle bodies can form around the original divine spark, nearer to the state that it 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
purifying yourself in previous incarnations back to your original state, it is not the least bit difficult 18 FREE WILL
is the last form before reunion with one's original state can take place. The disharmonious worlds which 20 GOD: THE CREATION
consider your individual faults, try to find the original divine aspect of them. For no fault could 20 GOD: THE CREATION
acted to create other forms of life. The original life force that works and manifests itself in 21 THE FALL
who have kept the ground perfection in its original nature and talent basically intact, though covered up 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
analyze faults and lead you back to their original good quality. I will do it here with 32 DECISION-MAKING
opposite extreme is concerned -- overambitiousness -- the original good quality is a strong willpower, a readiness 32 DECISION-MAKING
and carefully considered, it is compared with the original plan for the past incarnation, as well as 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
that you are no longer aware of the original reasoning behind your conclusions. If you were confronted 38 IMAGES
the chain reaction of consequences resulting from the original impression creates mishaps and hardships. These will be 38 IMAGES
this way, you cannot experience and relive the original feelings that led you to form the attitude 39 IMAGE-FINDING
after all the fallen spirits again reach their original perfection in one particular way, until the Plan 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
well as those who have already reached their original state -- pool their resources to help in 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
the personality's split in its desire currents. The original split between love and hate, which started the 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
these subtle bodies dissolve, until finally the only original spirit body remains. The various subtle bodies differ 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
bodies -- dissolves, and only the spirit, the original being, remains. The spirit is the indestructible, the 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
generalizations may lead to error. You see, the original spiritual entity is one being, consisting of male 53 SELF-LOVE
can seem to lead you away from the original subject. But it is of the utmost importance 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
resulting from the avoidance becomes worse than the original pain would have been. Nor does the mature 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
and also illogical. For Adam and Eve symbolize original human entities, the basic qualities present before the 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
evening; blessings for each one of you. The original spirit as first created was male and female 62 MAN AND WOMAN
one of the byproducts of the Fall, the original being separated and split. I have stated this 62 MAN AND WOMAN
been involved in the fall, the more the original being is now split into a greater number 62 MAN AND WOMAN
is to find the way back into the original unity, or oneness. On the earth plane, one 62 MAN AND WOMAN
the less remains of the split of the original being; the soul particles melt together. But there 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
in you still thinks that going after your original selfish desire would actually be more pleasant. For 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
Hence, you make a compromise by retaining the original wrong conclusion: I must not love, I must 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
from these conflicts, dilute the purity of the original and real personality. In a subtle way, you 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
to your personality? Can you discover that the original desire disappears or weakens with the absence of 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
looks like this: You are unaware of the original desire. You are, at first, even unaware of 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
substitution. If you allowed yourself to feel the original longing, not being afraid of the supposed humiliation 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
bring success. And a superimposed layer, covering an original wish, is never genuine. Even if you succeed 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
recognize this conflict before you can find the original desire to be loved and the sadness that 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
love you. If you are conscious of your original desire, and then of your frustration, and then 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
as best as you can. Of course, these original meanings have been lost to a great extent 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to find out. Then you will encounter the original fear and its underlying misconception. At that moment 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
as distinct from and in addition to the original spirituality and karma and the plan? ANSWER: Heredity 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
translated it, have misquoted, misunderstood and distorted the original meaning. Everyone who ever did so did it 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
desire becomes destructive. It no longer fulfills its original purpose. But you have to clearly understand and 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
contains a number of layers. For instance, an original tendency, coming from the higher self, can be 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
negative, disturbing, and disharmonious feelings must be some original wish and its frustration. When you find this 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
for complete happiness, light, love, bliss, peace. The original longing is for happiness supreme, but life on 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
and further vicious circles come into existence. The original insecurity which was supposedly whisked away by the 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
quantity, but rather of quality. That is, the original motivation is different in these two selves. This 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
affect the self and others, and what their original purpose was. In order to determine this, the 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
absolve you from destructive guilt feelings about the original pseudo-solution you have clung to. Then, you could 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
you in one way or another of the original solution that brought on such unassimilated experience in 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
of security. Only the capacity to experience primary, original, direct responses brings out the intuitive reliable picture 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
its first impact, you begin to repress the original hurt that caused you to form an image 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
against it do not work. This increases the original hurt of the experience which brought the image 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
Fall brought about when the split of the original whole entity created confusion and darkness. As long 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
error. The moment you have this understanding, the original rejection by them will no longer cause you 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
fact, conditions you to develop destructive defenses. The original pain and frustration the child could not deal 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
against the unwelcome influences that have created the original pain. The pseudosolutions are a way of battling 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
and thus the pseudo-solutions, intended to eliminate the original pain, only bring you more pain. All pseudo-solutions 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
a solid foundation before you go through the original pain and frustration you had run away from 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
not entirely correct. It is true that the original pain and frustration have afflicted the resiliency of 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
You may not even be aware of the original childhood pain. It may take time and self-observation 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
must have more unpleasant results than feeling the original pain. Unpleasant as the original pain may be 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
than feeling the original pain. Unpleasant as the original pain may be, once one accepts its truth 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
of living and feeling is caused by an original sense of inadequacy, and continuing to run away 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
law that says that running away from the original pain of unfulfillment increases the unfulfillment, and therefore 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
for elaborate defenses, infinitely more damaging than the original hurt could ever be. Also you are no 101 THE DEFENSE
Also you are no longer aware of the original hurt, but only of the secondary reaction -- 101 THE DEFENSE
be senseless. As to your second question: The original symbolic meaning of the time of Lent was 101 THE DEFENSE
living spirit has gone out of it. The original symbolic meaning was that of purification, contemplation, a 101 THE DEFENSE
disconnected from the causes that brought about the original unfulfillment. In your ignorance, the need -- or 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
unfulfilled need that remains unrecognized in its primary, original form, produces lust. To the degree that you 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
thing. When these emotions are investigated and the original need found, you can begin to dissolve the 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
lust. You can come to terms with the original need, but you never can with the substitute 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
never can with the substitute need. If this original need is still childish and destructive, it can 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
is always, in a sense, a lie. The original feeling is often one of hurt. If you 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
of hurt. If you owned up to the original feeling, you would not need to be angry 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
hurt you. Therefore, you substitute anger for the original pain. Anger seems less shameful, setting you above 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
sins, you may be utterly aware of the original feeling. Due to certain missing links, you may 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
it, it is easier to find the underlying original emotion. QUESTION: What is healthy anger? ANSWER: Healthy 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
Unhealthy anger is always a displacement of an original emotion. Healthy anger is a direct emotion. QUESTION 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
stake here. If you are unaware of your original needs and therefore cannot go about fulfilling them 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
the same common denominator: an unawareness of the original need. Both contain the cowardice that prevents people 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
word fear is extremely misleading and damaging. The original meaning is respect or awe before the greatness 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
on, man comes to a point, after his original genuine experience and perception turns to a superstition 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
the opposite, and not making restitution for the original fault. Such double-edged guilt produces false guilt, accompanied 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
sought remedies are often more destructive than the original evil, as are, for example, the pseudo-solutions. The 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
it retains all imprints, unable to regain the original printless, resilient surface. In the course of your 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
perpetuate the identification, and thereby prevent self-identification, the original purpose has been misconstrued. In this case, children 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
substitute others for your parents, who were the original objects of identification. Often such substitution not only 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
also play a significant role in forming the original impressions in the child's malleable soul substance. But 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
in relationship to, and as determined by, the original relationship to the parents. Most of you need 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
what a strong degree you still carry the original relationship to both your parents into all your 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
similar way, even if the situation resembles the original only slightly. So, in the last analysis, your 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
to understand how the unbroken line of the original split with which you were born, continues from 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
in all his or her intense relationships. The original traumatic relationship to both parents is repeated throughout 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
pierced your particular unreality. Being geared to the original experience, you are convinced that what is happening 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
stream of consciousness to the recognition that the original situation and the new situation are not identical 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
you is aware of how you repeat the original situation with others. This awareness has to be 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
the longing is always diluted by the unassimilated original experience. You may believe that only the experience 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
will no longer be a substitute for the original parent you still seek. Then you will not 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
earthly age, dissolved your fixation, or faced your original childhood conditions, it is equally important that the 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
person were completely aware of it in its original form, without displacing the genuine feelings, substituting others 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
Like a stream, it seeks an outlet. The original energy converts into a different type -- displacement 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
its opposite, due to the feeling that the original emotion or need is unacceptable. It is very 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
to receive. I said before that if the original fault were fully conscious, there would be comparatively 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
out until they realize that they denied their original need to express natural masculine aggressiveness, out of 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
for denying or ignoring the rightfulness of the original need. Whatever the specific circumstances, early influences or 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
images may be, you must recognize that this original need does exist, even though you fear to 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
too difficult to synchronize the feelings of the original, denied need with the feelings of the substitute 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
your emotional life. Your fear of acknowledging the original need forces you to abandon a different, but 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
displaced area than the suffering connected with the original need. If you are fully aware of your 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
that in you which is so harmful. Shifting original needs into different channels may take various forms 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
the idealized self-image, the defense mechanisms, but the original problem may not yet be fully worked through 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
into another outlet. Not being aware of this original need and its present unfulfillment is bound to 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
can be displaced into another outlet in its original form -- of course not. It transforms itself 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
They are merely a result of denying the original need or feeling. Displacement, as discussed here, is 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
The moment you allow yourself to feel the original feeling toward the parent in connection with the 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
special consideration. Am I displacing, or superimposing, this original need? ANSWER: Yes, you are very right. You 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
it. Becoming aware of your needs and their original direction and force directly leads you to an 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
and in what particular way, since all the original desires have been displaced; (4) the extent of 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
be dealt with, felt, experienced, in its deep original manifestation. In order to make this possible, many 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
you have instituted very destructive defenses against the original pain and frustration. One of them is an 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
you. Such No's are directly connected with the original image, the false concept which molded the image 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
a deep shame exists. Whatever the misconception, the original image with its false premises and negative emotions 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
are the apparent and real similarities between the original and the current conditions? How are these related 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
So long as people harbor false ideas, the original oneness is split. On either side, as it 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
moved by the inner source of all, the original source of all -- which is in you 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
continue to superimpose more foreign matter on the original soul substance. Why is it so difficult for 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
your pain. All the emotions arising from this original hurt, according to character and temperament, also combine 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
merely creates the new direction, contrary to the original, positive one. Nor does this happen by forfeiting 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
a new world, or psychic sphere, covering the original positive one. Images and forms -- the product 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
peace. Be in God! 141. RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION Greetings, my dearest, dearest friends 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
can be reestablished step by step at its original level of perfect functioning. If the usually held 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
as your body is. When you achieve this original level, you are home. You have reached that 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
ensuing chain reactions produces the effects of the original cause, the original nucleus of energy. In the 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
produces the effects of the original cause, the original nucleus of energy. In the last lecture I 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
thought, belief or action is self-perpetuating, once the original thought is issued forth. If the original thought 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
the original thought is issued forth. If the original thought, or concept, is in accord with truth 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
And so it goes on and on. The original misconception leads to graver error, to compounded misunderstanding 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
the personality finds its way back to the original level where no conflict exists and where fruitful 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
more difficult it becomes to return to that original level. Correcting each link in the chain reaction 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
You must find the way back to your original potential, understand the laws governing the physical, mental 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
may be in very close touch with your original level of perfection, with its dynamic life and 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
to the point of your departure from the original level of perfection. You must use the power 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
exist. The first prerequisite for returning to the original level of perfection, of limitless possibilities, meaningful expansion 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
then you are no longer far from the original core where all you need exists. When you 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
positive situation. In fact, a human being's natural, original inclination before any distortion has taken place is 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
let out so they can reconvert into their original form, the hidden real self, which then begins 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
value; or perhaps a denial of wishes. Your original wishes are always for a greater aliveness. Even 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
positive emotion. It must be reconverted to its original state. How do we go about this, my 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
way to reconvert this energy flow into its original state. Each life manifestation you experience that is 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
is the result of a repetition of the original event in this life, when the positive pleasure 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
and consequently how difficult the detection of the original nature of the life current. This is precisely 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
problem must have such a nucleus, where the original current has been blocked and is therefore distorted 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
to really and truly reconvert it to its original nature. What causes envy is again the dualistic 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
primary force, so the negation combines with the original force, and negative contact ensues. The actual contact 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
-- but wherever consciousness exists, it is the original consciousness. This original consciousness, or creative life principle 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
consciousness exists, it is the original consciousness. This original consciousness, or creative life principle, takes various forms 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
consciousness separates itself further and further from its original source, it forgets its essence and becomes oblivious 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
ego is ready to reconnect itself to its original source. When the ego becomes strong enough to 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
emotion can find its way back to its original essence. When you remain truthfully open to the 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
through it and thereby reconvert it to its original nature of bliss. It always seems to require 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
or energy current. It consists of the same original substance as love and can turn back into 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
for the negative emotion to reconvert to its original manifestation, for this is its natural form. For 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
allow the destructive emotion to reconvert to its original pleasure current. As I said, not only are 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
them a chance to transform back into their original state of beauty. This requires that first you 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this pleasure. Thus you begin to displace the original, natural need and desire for pleasure into other 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
torn between the force of the deeply hidden original need and the doubt that you have a 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
death. It is a denial of the true, original life kernel. All this, my friends, may lead 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
to the point where you deeply experience the original unity of life in this respect, you discover 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
is always illusion. Feelings reconvert themselves into their original substance. Anyone not having experienced this may misunderstand 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
and growingly painful beliefs. But the two contradictory original assumptions multiply the confusion, entanglements, misconceptions and the 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
less they can transform themselves back into their original state. Thus a consciousness builds itself based on 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
false layers that separate your consciousness from the original hurt. The false hurt creates an unbearable pain 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
naturally, as every living process dissolves into its original state if its natural course is not obstructed 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
if its natural course is not obstructed. The original state is not pain but pleasure, not suffering 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
destructiveness will arise when the soft and gentle original hurt is accepted. Out of it soft and 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
more it will turn out to be the original feeling, not the covering one. When you permit 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
the covering one. When you permit yourself the original impact of feeling, you are so much nearer 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
the fear itself as it exists in its original state. When you have the courage to experience 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
discover that your current problematic reactions reveal the original trauma. You then are bound to discover where 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
good person must sacrifice is an error. The original meaning has two facets. The first is that 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
every sick particle of yours exists its healthy original state. Sickness is a product of the error 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
swing the pendulum from destructive creating to the original state of consciousness, an expanding blissful creating. The 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
of frustration, you tend to bring in your original reactions of negativity. You even do this, in 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
take depression. If the underlying causes of the original feeling of depression are not courageously exposed, you 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
person becomes more and more removed from the original feeling and therefore removed from itself, making it 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
itself, making it more difficult to find the original feeling. The increased negative momentum finally leads to 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
to totally integrating the evil is understanding its original nature and the indwelling possibility that it may 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
possibility that it may manifest again in its original form. This must be the aim, my friends 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
that you can transform it back to its original nature, thus incorporating it into your whole being 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
are formed with other motives, or else the original motivation of mutuality was given up when it 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
Rejecting evil, you ignore and deny the vital, original creative energy that is contained in all evil 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
fully can it transform itself back to its original state -- into the beautiful, creative force that 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
for so many years: the denial of the original experience compels you to reexperience it over and 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
and therefore artificial and more painful than the original experience it fights against. Your whole conscious self 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
pain fully experienced. The pain dissolves into its original nature, the blissful, peaceful vibrancy of the river 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
difficult to abandon one's cherished illusions. Whenever an original experience -- say, of sadness and pain -- 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
are indeed debilitating and destructive, whereas the direct, original feeling of sadness, if fully experienced and consciously 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
important to remember and to practice. If the original, clean experience of sadness is denied in any 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
alienated from what you really feel, and the original feeling becomes more distorted. Let us now see 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
Let us now see what happens when the original feelings of despair and loneliness are denied, when 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
is no way out for you. If the original despair is experienced directly, without conclusions and mental 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
whom one substitutes for those who caused the original hurt in childhood: You must now give me 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
insight which will lead back to the clean, original feeling one has avoided. If you can so 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
self-awareness, which then will enable you to experience original feelings and go through their tunnel, at whose 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
writhe, and you experience directly and cleanly the original feeling, then all residual feelings will dissolve. The 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
end, its energy current transforms itself into its original life flow. Thus, when you no longer fear 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
so create unnecessary pain. The negation of your original pain in this life leads to greedy, insatiable 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
and abandon these demands and go through the original pain, you will be caught in the see-saw 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
And this suffering is the denial of the original pain and the consequent negative and destructive patterns 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
fulfilled only to the degree you experience your original feelings and your residual feelings of the past 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
have accrued from denying the pain of the original unfulfillment. Let yourself go into the child state 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
The guilt and self-hate for these make the original pain seem justified in your secret evaluation of 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
dissolved and can transform itself back into its original, flowing, life-bringing energy current. Hard pain is a 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
venom prevents the real experience of the residual original pain. For in the case of experiencing real 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
cramp of hardened selfwill intensifies many times the original residual pain. It creates painful tension in the 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
eliminate evil, to transform it back into its original state of pure energy and loving, truthful consciousness 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
full intensity, the faster it dissolves into its original state -- flowing, moving energy, which creates joy 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
the ego must adopt attitudes compatible with its original nature. All the tricks of the ego, all 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
have turned negative must be reconverted into their original positive way of being. This cannot be accomplished 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
is a denial of other feelings. When the original feeling is being accepted and experienced, the knot 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
aspect of energy and consciousness is in its original essence both beautiful and positive. The distortions must 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
positive. The distortions must be reconverted into their original essence. Energy and consciousness can become creative again 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
full face. Then they will dissolve and their original nature will be revealed. Fully embrace this devil 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
and consciousness. These attributes are, of course, the original divine qualifications behind the distorted expression -- and 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
only the distorted, bad manifestation and not the original, beautiful essence. In understanding the specific, positive, original 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
original, beautiful essence. In understanding the specific, positive, original components, you will find new strength and impetus 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
others all the time. What is the positive original component in that? ANSWER: Apart from the obvious 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
to acknowledge to the extent it exists, the original positive quality in being judgmental is a great 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
all derivatives of the same blockage. Their positive, original seed is the quality of being centered within 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
But the differentiation must be made between its original and its distorted version. QUESTION: I have a 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
in the origin of this destructiveness? ANSWER: The original aspect, before distortion sets in, is a spirit 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
life, my tendency to avoid? ANSWER: In its original, divine manifestation it is the quality of letting 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
best without interfering with one another. In its original it is, How can I be my potential 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
cool, pretending to be different? ANSWER: The divine original aspect is self-containment, self-sufficiency, impartiality, serenity. In every 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
maudlin, rather than the beautiful version in its original state, which is a time of refueling, a 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
specific negativities are distortions of and what the original divine aspects or attributes are. It is a 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
to ask, What was this trait in its original, beautiful version, before it was inverted, distorted, and 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
allows the matter to dissolve itself into its original substance. It will then create a new form 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
fills in the gaps of consciousness, and the original oneness is eventually reestablished. The whole sea of 228 BALANCE
reunite with the forward-moving divine substance, discovering their original connectedness with the whole. The temporary, illusory disconnection 228 BALANCE
person has veered off from his or her original plan, but later becomes sufficiently open to sense 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
you. Even in these ego gratifications, however, the original facets of true value are contained. Your dignity 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
in you and to transform it into its original best adds to the great reservoir of creative 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
denying your anxiety is much greater than the original anxiety. So my suggestion is: when you wish 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975
an enormous difference between seeing them as the original ones, or seeing them as natural byproducts of 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
tradition is therefore a continuous re-experiencing of the original breakthrough from inner worlds or other realities, a 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
through into matter, and there it recreates its original form in a modified way, in a symbolic 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
split into a duality, whereby much of its original meaning is lost or distorted. It is always 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
is always possible for you to recapture the original meaning and thus open up to a further 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
the individual and always appears to confirm the original misconception, which seems to necessitate the defense, which 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
in the end, seem to bear out the original misconception. The Jewish mass image is: If my 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
tackle them if you have fully completed your original task. I spoke about this in a recent 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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