| Parents'....................13 | |
| on. Let that person tell you what his parents' attitude, or apparent attitude, was on the subject | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| offered instead. Proper guidance and security are the parents' responsibility and call for authority on their part | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| of them until the basic understanding that your parents' real or imagined rejection of you had nothing | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| with, the child suffers from imperfections in the parents' love and affection. It also suffers from not | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| were generally accepted as the right way. The parents' unresolved problems found an outlet in such rules | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| discipline, indulgence. This does not mean that the parents' pent-up hostility does not communicate itself to the | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| lack determines whether it is affected by the parents' unresolved problems. This applies not only to inflicted | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| to remain safe and secure and retain the parents' love. As time goes by and you grow | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| applies to pleasure. The child must have the parents' permission to establish and utilize the source of | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| of all pleasure deep within itself. Through the parents' permission the child will develop the strength and | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| your life as a child? Was it your parents' inability to give more warmth, good feelings, and | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| against a frightening world. Submitting Christians accept their parents' doctrine unquestioningly also because they cannot bear the | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| other hand, find security in totally rejecting their parents' values, at least in this particular respect. They | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| Parent-substitute...........3 | |
| what the attitude to the individual parent or parent-substitute was and is -- all has to be | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| is arrested, you wait for another person, a parent-substitute, to make it possible for you to draw | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| on reconfirmation by an outside authority -- a parent-substitute, public opinion, or certain groups of people who | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| Partake.....................16 | |
| and forgiveness so as to be able to partake of this wonderful spiritual nourishment. It could fill | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| help, they will one day be capable to partake of the impersonal benign forces available to all | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| it. You will approach the necessary contact to partake of this wonderful force, so that you will | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| that claim that a shortcut is possible to partake of the Life Force by simply exchanging a | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| around you. If you want it, you can partake of it. If you do not want it | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| life force. It is your inborn longing to partake of this experience, which becomes possible when your | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| natural flow of union that allows others to partake of your assets. This is the nature of | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| and, with self-liking, so is the capacity to partake in the universal bliss, which is a natural | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| person and life too seriously is unable to partake of the cosmic flow. This is why the | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| these infinite possibilities can unfold, enabling you to partake fully of life's offerings. If your life seems | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| finished product, as it were, before you can partake of the universal creative powers. This is the | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| not wholly understood, it is quite impossible to partake of creating, to mold one's fate, to feel | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| one's being. You are most replenished as you partake most completely of universal reality. Then you are | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| great and magnificent spiritual force which you can partake of and assimilate to whatever degree you truly | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| and hopeful, you can be certain that you partake of God's grace that surrounds and permeates you | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| was created by God so that all can partake of everything, no matter where it originates. Why | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Partial.....................40 | |
| the female and passive manifestation. That is a partial answer to this question. The fall of the | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| state has been reached, godlikeness can only be partial. Once the Plan of Salvation is fulfilled, further | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| occasionally too. There are several other plans for partial fulfillments, or if he does not fulfill anything | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| one soul to another -- not just a partial revelation. Physical revelation is easy for many. Emotionally | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| your glance is directed toward a particular or partial goal on the way. In doing so, you | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| the acute disappointment of now having attained a partial goal. You still feel not so different than | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you may have gathered a considerable amount of partial insight into isolated problems. But you have not | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| of the reality of yourself, a period of partial fulfillment will occur. There will be setbacks and | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| You may have some vague idea and some partial answers, but this lecture will help you to | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| growth and strength until your needs can find partial fulfillment, and then little by little increase it | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| had admitted to yourself. As long as the partial admission is not fully explored, the pretense continues | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| thorough understanding is still lacking or is only partial, such periods are short-lived. They alternate with periods | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| these four aspects, even if only to a partial degree, you will become instantly capable of evaluating | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| you can experience these words only to a partial extent, what you gain can still mean the | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| union with a mate remains can be only partial and conditional. For this barrier indicates a barrier | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| are, for example, situations where a child experiences partial acceptance and partial rejection. Then the pleasure principle | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| situations where a child experiences partial acceptance and partial rejection. Then the pleasure principle is attached to | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| and openly -- frustration is indeed inevitable. Yet partial fulfillment does occur even in the distorted inner | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| in duality. It can be open only to partial good to which there exists -- as always | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| childhood experience alone can give at best a partial understanding; it cannot produce vital and significant change | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| self cannot get through to the blocked-off areas. Partial integration alone with the universal self may lead | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| the consciousness is deluded by the actually existing partial integration with divine powers and becomes even more | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| remain in a painful state of inner split, partial self-denial, and paralysis of vital forces within you | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| your defenses to some extent. But even this partial awareness makes so much difference! It shifts your | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| in regard to identification. When a secret, albeit partial, identification with the lower self exists, giving it | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| human being who is in a state of partial inner freedom -- truth, love, and light on | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| path. You have made good progress in admitting partial negative intentionality. But every so often, such admission | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| race or the need for pleasure, are only partial answers and rather superficial at that. When two | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| whole, although you only see small segments. This partial vision alters the nature of the perceived aspects | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| when the human mind becomes entangled in the partial reality of three-dimensional consciousness, it can easily forget | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| which the walk is just as much a partial creation as the step is a partial creation | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| a partial creation as the step is a partial creation of the walk from here to the | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| house. Again the same principle applies. So many partial creative spiral forms converge into a whole which | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| topic, time is a perception only of the partial steps, the smaller creative units of spiral nuclear | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| insight, each honest admission, each shedding of a partial mask, each breaking through of a defense, each | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| infanthood, with a limited consciousness. The awakening is partial and gradual. As you grow physically, mentally, and | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| clearly from the foregoing, when the connection is partial, and if the fact that it is only | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| if the fact that it is only a partial connection is not clearly comprehended, damage might occur | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| pulse brings about a quicker -- first perhaps partial, but then total -- withdrawal, that is, contracting | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| often false associations to the thing; and to partial and therefore distorted vision of the thing. When | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Participant.................9 | |
| A person who does this is indeed a participant in the divine order and his or her | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| to you to become a useful and active participant in the Plan of Salvation. But the initial | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| hinders the quality of the discussions. If every participant prepares questions by voicing what he or she | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| see a connecting link? Who has an idea? PARTICIPANT: I think it would be a very shameful | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| unaware of the damage as of a hurt. PARTICIPANT: If a girl loves her father very much | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| this respect. GUIDE: This is a good example. PARTICIPANT: If parents are neglectful in some ways and | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| love. GUIDE: This is a good example, too. PARTICIPANT: You may also be ashamed when you are | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| feel shame without guilt, and guilt without shame. PARTICIPANT: When the child receives an allowance and he | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| and shame for having received an allowance exists. PARTICIPANT: I know a case of an adopted child | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |