| Paint.......................4 | |
| image form and around it, outside the image, paint the many-colored cosmic forces in beautiful, harmonious motion | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| not overcome any psychological obstructions and yet they paint beautifully. ANSWER: Of course. That has nothing to | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Whether you create an object, compose a symphony, paint a picture, write a novel, cook a meal | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| or more developed than the other. Let me paint a picture of the woman in the New | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| Pair........................3 | |
| you. This is the great battle between another pair of opposites. One is the surging spirit going | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| For when you seek one side of a pair of opposites, you must oppose the other side | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| have attempted to show you that even a pair of opposites like health and sickness does not | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| Palpable....................4 | |
| then will you perceive this help as a palpable reality. This, in turn, will increase your feelings | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| increasingly feel and take in. It is a palpable life force. For us, in our world, it | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| endeavors and your beautiful struggle will become more palpable reality for you as your vision grows. Be | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| would lose yourself. But now you find, as palpable reality, that Jesus' words are true: You must | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Pamper......................4 | |
| and the expectation that God will indulge and pamper you. Now the question arises how to dissolve | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| how you give in to the temptation to pamper yourself by the very strong reaction of hurt | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| lower self. Question yourself: Do I wish to pamper myself? Do I wish to be in self-pity | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| as impatience or irritation, parents may overindulge and pamper their child. The child may experience this as | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| Pampering...................7 | |
| clear eyes and an open, unbiased mind, not pampering the lazy self that likes to wallow in | 21 THE FALL |
| if one appears stronger to begin with. The pampering and indulgent God-image is not simply added to | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| whether you reject self-responsibility and expect an indulgent, pampering god to fix your life, make decisions for | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| freedom without self-responsibility. Thus you wish for a pampering, indulgent god, like a parent who spoils his | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| They may overindulge their children. Such spoiling and pampering may be an overcompensation and a sort of | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| circumstances, such as growing up in a permissive, pampering, indulgent environment, are. The psyche gets accustomed to | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| for it and therefore will not provide such pampering. The inability to repeat what one once had | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| Pangs.......................6 | |
| and you do love, but differently, without the pangs of the ego, without the shadowy side that | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| you will not have any unconscious or subconscious pangs which hamper the free flow of your willpower | 18 FREE WILL |
| at yourself and the world for these vague pangs of conscience. Take any of the aspects we | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| to affirm, any negation would be experienced with pangs of hesitation, doubt, uncertainty and guilt -- even | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| totally dominant in their manifest human personality, no pangs of conscience exist. A temporary negative unity exists | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| your striving and goodwill is beautiful. Even your pangs of conscience, notwithstanding the misplaced guilt, spring from | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| Panic.......................5 | |
| cannot help feeling threatened, endangered. Deep within, you panic as though your life were at stake whenever | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| them as one unconsciously hopes -- there is panic. One fights for one's life, and feels losing | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| requires the opposite, your reaction can often be panic, resentment, struggle, resistance, and at times even a | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| these thoughts of truth -- without struggle and panic, without fearful ideas of finality -- will make | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| is, tragic that an animal needs to endure panic and pain in order to serve the total | 254 SURRENDER |
| Parables....................6 | |
| parallel to the reason why Jesus spoke in parables and why the Bible is symbolic? ANSWER: Part | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| not entirely. The reasons why Jesus spoke in parables are manifold too. For instance, humankind at that | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| very abstractly and not at all in these parables. Parables were easier for the masses to understand | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| abstractly and not at all in these parables. Parables were easier for the masses to understand then | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| picture language used for children or used in parables has nothing to do with the picture language | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| because the truth was presented in symbols and parables, but because the person's understanding was not sufficient | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Parade......................3 | |
| away the other person, even if the demands parade under the guise of giving. Those who are | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| can be distorted and become untrue, although they parade under the flag of their true version. This | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| is destructive. Crass injustice and cruelty could often parade as a righteous cause, while the truly meaningful | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| Paradise....................6 | |
| in the story of Adam and Eve in Paradise. Actually this happened in a very different way | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| limitations. Once they are shed, one by one, paradise can be on earth, just as hell can | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| Adam and Eve. The nakedness of reality is paradise. For when that nakedness is no longer denied | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| it begins to dissolve. And this opens up paradise on earth. There are many, many degrees in | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of such rich living. You can indeed create paradise on earth if you do not shy away | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| hides anything from anyone else? Is that not paradise? This is the direction in which evolution moves | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| Paradox.....................21 | |
| find that you have given up nothing! This paradox is veiled in a cloud of unknowing, which | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| a negative way. This may sound like a paradox, my friends, but it is not. Life force | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| it has nothing to do with the apparent paradox; yet when you think more profoundly about it | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| has very much to do with the apparent paradox that you cannot be harmed by other people | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| the subconscious is not in some way a paradox and may not lead to forcing the subconscious | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| it. I am sure it is not a paradox, but in what way is it not? ANSWER | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| same while you change. This sounds like a paradox, my friends, but it is not. To remain | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| may seem so, it may seem like a paradox on the one hand, or a correction on | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the other also. So it sounds like a paradox. ANSWER: Yes, if not taken in its superficial | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| even unconsciously, if I may use this seeming paradox -- of what is a healthy and legitimate | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| of unhealthy motives. This may appear like a paradox, but do you follow what I mean? QUESTIONER | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| to present what may indeed sound like a paradox: are you finding yourself on such a laborious | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| process of extended self-alienation. This explains the apparent paradox that giving up control leads to better control | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| your own destructiveness are necessary. It is a paradox: Identify with the destructiveness and yet be detached | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| important paradoxes. For instance, let us examine the paradox of desire. Both desire and desirelessness are important | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| prevents you from meditating. This sounds like a paradox, but it is not. If you hold incorrect | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| Feel it and know its presence. The apparent paradox is that the more you hide from the | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| verities, the concept of desire contains an apparent paradox: The right kind of desire must become so | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| of view, may be undesirable, to use a paradox. For too much desire, intense desire, subjective desire | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| include temporary suffering. Thus we have the apparent paradox that glimpsing ultimate reality in a false way | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| am saying here sounds indeed like a great paradox: only when you give yourself over can you | 254 SURRENDER |
| Paradoxes...................6 | |
| difficult for me to explain how these apparent paradoxes still hold true. However, I will attempt at | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| on realistic considerations, instead of wishful thinking. The paradoxes and opposites that you constantly deal with in | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| like to discuss a few of these important paradoxes. For instance, let us examine the paradox of | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| Then desire and desirelessness will not be irreconcilable paradoxes, but complementary attitudes. Similarly, it seems paradoxical to | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| more blissful. I have pointed out these apparent paradoxes often and I believe that many of you | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| life. Avoidance of feelings always creates such dualistic paradoxes of false doubt and false hope. Many years | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| Paradoxical.................36 | |
| and No. It is one of those apparently paradoxical cases where both answers are correct. I will | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| from these conflicting desires. Become aware of the paradoxical state of affairs within you. The only way | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| furthers your pride even more. This may sound paradoxical at first. Let me explain it this way | 31 SHAME |
| movement in no movement. This may sound utterly paradoxical according to human logic, but I cannot explain | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| are a dozen or so which almost sound paradoxical. This raises the question of authority, whether or | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| become aware when you are hurt. This seems paradoxical yet is not. As you experience for yourself | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| I may express myself in such a very paradoxical way. The West is the goal. The East | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| only if you accept your own imperfection seems paradoxical. But if you really think about it, you | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| also indicate resignation or stagnation. This may sound paradoxical, because I just finished telling you that an | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| inner no against loving may at first sound paradoxical. People who have this aspect predominantly have such | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| the harm of perfectionism. This may seem quite paradoxical. For, on the one hand I invite you | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| may appear. This may, at first sight, seem paradoxical, but when you look more closely, you are | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| self. The more aware of yourself you become, paradoxical as this may seem, the more concerned with | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| resented, tiring effort. People put themselves in the paradoxical position of wearing themselves out in a non-existent | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| is yours. This may sound complicated and quite paradoxical, but if you deeply think about it, you | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| the consequent inferiority feelings. This may sound almost paradoxical. Superficially viewed, it certainly seems possible to think | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| you choose it with your own free will. Paradoxical as this may seem again, the more you | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| own power. There is a strange and apparently paradoxical balance: the more egocentric the little child within | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| Whatever the case may be, the following preposterous, paradoxical situation arises in the human soul. You fear | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| means annihilation. Thus you put yourself in the paradoxical position of believing that life comes from opposing | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| the involuntary processes. Humanity finds itself in the paradoxical position of deeply yearning for the fruits of | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| of others, and of self. It might sound paradoxical that I call this level reality at all | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| only then, can you really transform these traits. Paradoxical as this may seem, the total self-rejection, the | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| conscious as your positive attitudes and will directions. Paradoxical as this may seem, the more this happens | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| in you and that in fact is you. Paradoxical as it may seem, the more you can | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| irreconcilable paradoxes, but complementary attitudes. Similarly, it seems paradoxical to postulate that both involvement and detachment must | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| is attached to admitting one's fallacy and distortion. Paradoxical as it may seem, the more helpless you | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| seen as the only truth. This may seem paradoxical, as is so often the case. But when | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| toward union. The ego assumes a preposterous and paradoxical position. It is intrinsically unhappy, precisely because of | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| overcomes the temptation to stay put. But the paradoxical position of the ego is that it fights | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| responsible for the other. One of the apparently paradoxical truths of spiritual reality is that you are | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| parts of you which you wish to hide. Paradoxical as this may seem at first glance, the | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| illusory reality, if I may coin this apparently paradoxical phrase -- is reality. I now come to | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| aspects of your real perfection. It may seem paradoxical, but accepting humbly your imperfect state and looking | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| you never knew before. This will appear almost paradoxical. Deep down you always feared that by giving | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| dualism of either/or. Let me present these three paradoxical aspects: (1) Only you yourself can effect your | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |