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| You believe that it is not a harmful pastime, since you do not harm anyone with it | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| time. All the time you invest in this pastime could and should be utilized for true meditation | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| a sphere where it can enjoy this particular pastime. Another may be drawn to art, another to | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| inner fight in which you indulge in a pastime that brings you nothing but trouble. In the | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
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| is no yes or no. There is no pat answer to either of these two alternatives. As | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| constricting way, with all its rigid formulations and pat ways, as well as the new vistas that | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| you will tend to lean on rules, on pat truisms that may be valid as far as | 228 BALANCE |
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| the good only when you go on a path such as this. Then you can learn the | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| to deter a human being from following his path to God, because the human being used his | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| often necessary to lead one to the right path and the right attitude. Memory fades automatically the | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| this can happen only by entering a spiritual path of inner discipline, self-knowledge, and self-search. For all | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| has to be learned as part of this path. I talked about inner decisions in my last | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| that all the subsequent steps upward on the path will become easier and easier. As always, and | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| amble along as before. The pursuit of a path that seems comfortable, however, means that the relationship | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| will show you the next step on your path, what has to be worked out and fought | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| should take you a little further on your path. And then we have also fulfilled our task | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| the difficulties in your spiritual development on this path toward perfection. We can only help, however: we | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| door and may continue walking on a wrong path. Going in the wrong direction often begins with | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| the insight can come, provided you follow this path of development and purification. Helpful insights are given | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| even those who have already progressed on this path or who are actually in a state of | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| They will not be led to such a path as this. It is not an accident when | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| or think they are -- should walk their path without getting caught in major crises, that is | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| all can find what is best for their path. Now I want to switch to a subject | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| possible help to overcome the difficulties on your path. You can only help others truly when you | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| who have found themselves on this most beautiful path, the path of light, no longer have to | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| found themselves on this most beautiful path, the path of light, no longer have to give some | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| human or spirit -- takes on the upward path. When the highest steps are reached, the feeling | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| They don't enlarge their vision by taking a path of self-search and discipline, of love and humility | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| approach, this going to the roots is the path of perfection or purification, or the healing of | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| indeed be in good hands. To follow this path, you also need outside help and advice so | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| has already reached a higher level on this path, or through one of God's spirits. But outside | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| personal, productive way. Only by following such a path as this is inner knowledge and the personal | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| the life of the person who follows this path, who commits himself or herself entirely to God | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| stronger you are, the better grounded in your path, the smaller the danger that you can be | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| who has already progressed quite far on this path is still unhappy, if there is something that | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| yours if you gave yourself totally to your path and fulfilled your life. You might think about | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| hand, it is absolutely necessary on this spiritual path that you learn to know yourself as you | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| You can do it only on this spiritual path. You cannot do it alone. You can accomplish | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| you have made the decision to walk this path and commit yourself totally to God, not only | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| decision to seek the contact and walk the path of perfection will also want to free themselves | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| actually exists as a spiritual form. On this path it can be disentangled, knot by knot, until | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| can only be recognized and overcome on the path of self-recognition and purification. Whoever commits himself to | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| self-recognition and purification. Whoever commits himself to the path will obtain all imaginable help. QUESTION: At certain | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| every one of you to persevere on this path. As you do so, your life will become | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| entering the first gate that leads to the path of perfection. I addressed the problem of making | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| believe that they have already been on this path for a long time, just because now and | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| you are only at the beginning of the path. I have told you before that the spiritual | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| after this crossing, and that being on this path consists in not giving up, but continuing to | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| about what to do when you enter the path of perfection, happiness and liberation, because I have | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| and beautiful things you can expect on this path. You already know about the difficulties, about carrying | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| is spiritual law. Whoever goes on this arduous path needs a different kind of spiritual help than | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| person who does not. The person on the path will either be given an additional, higher, and | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| crossed the threshold of the entrance to the path of perfection. You must understand exactly what this | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| of perfection. You must understand exactly what this path actually is. It is an intensive, continuous work | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| cannot progress at first, does not walk this path. I must stress this again and again for | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| people will grasp evermore clearly how their spiritual path should proceed, how they should work on themselves | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| know, receive this special force before entering this path. This is what you call mediumship. When a | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| more easily. This of course means finding the path of perfection. Unfortunately, this is often not understood | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| aspects -- but does not personally walk the path of perfection. Again, as in the first case | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| force manifests after the person has entered the path of perfection, of development, of self-knowledge, of self-discipline | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| believes she can help others without entering this path herself. I do want to make the point | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| What should be my next step on this path? I would answer that everyone has to begin | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| may otherwise obstruct the next stretch on the path. It may be a rigid prejudice that would | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| Open-mindedness has to be always present on this path. A person has to devote much work, willpower | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| needed. This should be the beginning of your path. After that you will notice little things every | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| wonderfully organized way you are guided on your path. I would like to add that whoever continues | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| like to add that whoever continues on this path and reaches a certain solidity in the work | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| that you will have the opportunity on this path to train mediums. You will teach them to | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| with outer forces, while the person on the path of perfection utilizes inner forces. That is the | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| others, even to the extent of entering the path of perfection. But many do not persist on | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| perfection. But many do not persist on this path and get caught in a fault they fail | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| can help others unless most actively pursuing this path of perfection and being solidly rooted in it | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| away from God because we entered the wrong path, not the divine, why did God make His | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| Unfortunately, the development can happen only through the path of suffering. Unfortunately, indeed. There was an attempt | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| worries would make them deviate from the spiritual path. This, however, does not mean that it is | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| and you will certainly find yours on this path. QUESTION: In other words, for those who strive | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| fail to handle money rightly and find the path easier when they are poor. What is left | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| is no longer God's will! ANSWER: On this path you will come to know the will of | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| the connection to God? ANSWER: Yes, on the path of perfection you must develop the connection to | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| a long way. ANSWER: It is the same path I speak about and which all of you | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| have said. Go on in peace on this path. May the blessing of God flow through you | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| first step on this particular segment of the path: the pure power of thought through concentration in | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| entire being. This is the purpose of this path, this is the goal, which, however, you cannot | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| cannot expect to attain right away. On this path you will advance to a point where you | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| be achieved only by following a slow, laborious path. Pray for help in this respect as well | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| it must be God's will to follow the path of perfection, in whatever way it offers itself | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| Earth, in that you, through being on the path of perfection, by the influence and light you | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| has already reached a certain level on the path. FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES. The prayer says, Forgive | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| experience of all people who walk the spiritual path has always been that those who recognize their | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| will, if you continue to follow this upward path. Self-examination about your own happiness is a simple | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| most of all, concentrating on walking the spiritual path of development in the sense I am teaching | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| this time, a medium is working on the path of self-development, then neither material self-interest nor vanity | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| this can be very easily discovered on this path. A person who does not follow his or | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| with it. When you go on your spiritual path in the most intensive way, then any disturbing | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| advantage. When you do not enter the spiritual path, even an advantage must turn into a disadvantage | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| do anything about it or to go the path of purification. It was not by accident that | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| being has the opportunity to go on this path and does not take advantage of it, then | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| those that bolt the door to the spiritual path. This must have its consequences. Such a person | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| or to those who have been on the path to God with the help of a different | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| part within is on the small and narrow path of self-development. The goal is perfection. The basis | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| have reached a certain height on this upward path. You cannot overcome what you do not know | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| find out how advanced you are on this path by viewing your life and your problems. How | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| lacking, you are not completely on the right path, or you have not reached the liberation you | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| to experience after the initial difficulties on this path are overcome. Only you will know the answer | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| for you. If you are on the right path, however, and you have that deep feeling of | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| a hindrance. If you are on the right path, you will live and feel the great reality | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| help you and guide you on the proper path. There are cases when people think they have | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| cases when people think they have found this path of their own accord and without the help | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| of all, you have to climb the steepest path of self-development and purification. And you have to | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| imagine, but to put them on the spiritual path. As you seek for contact with God's spirits | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| only if the purpose is to follow the path of perfection, to help one's own development, to | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| is the greatest stumbling block on the spiritual path. If this test is passed and the resistance | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| you cannot find the answer by following this path. By getting to know yourself, each corner of | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| others as well. If you continue on this path, self-honesty becomes second nature so that you will | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| or partly. However, when you are on this path, it is so important to know that whenever | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| Often, human beings want to be on this path, but their entire being is not in agreement | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| all of you. Be in peace, follow this path. It will bring you happiness. May God bless | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| time of recovery before they can resume their path of development. Within an extensive sphere with different | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| and what still remains. They know the entire path of the individual soul's destiny, so that they | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| from knowing themselves truthfully, developing themselves on the path, and overcoming their resistances. They rather push away | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| those who stand at the beginning of the path. It may also be that their reluctance is | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |