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| going to die, and even how certain definite phases within the present life span will unfold. However | 18 FREE WILL |
| the surface. The next phase -- and these phases often overlap -- is tackling that layer of | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| its individual needs. The sequence of these different phases varies. There is no rule governing which phase | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| fulfilling of tasks--may be sharply divided or the phases may interact and be combined. Of course, all | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| into which to be born, life circumstances, certain phases in life that are called fated are considered | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| particularly when you are on the path. Your phases change as you move around your personal vicious | 36 PRAYER |
| major recognition. To adjust your prayer to the phases of your development, you need to be watchful | 36 PRAYER |
| to you what you need most at specific phases of your development. You may put emphasis on | 38 IMAGES |
| aliveness. Different activities and attitudes apply to different phases of one's development. Once you have reached a | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| it natural to have to go through these phases? ANSWER: This applies to everyone. It cannot be | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to prepare yourselves a little for the coming phases in our work together. Try to follow my | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| on this path know that there are certain phases when you gain an overall view of where | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| what remains to be done. You need certain phases, certain times on this path in which you | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| or they may alternate in both at various phases of the relationship. Free interaction on the part | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| On this path you are going through various phases. Broadly speaking, so far we have investigated the | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| this path can be divided into two major phases. The first phase is recognizing and becoming aware | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| you give me something now? ANSWER: There are phases on this path when the best homework is | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| this subject? QUESTION: When I go through certain phases of various fears, is that connected with the | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| to God - - also goes through these phases. The prayers are the expression of the various | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| The prayers are the expression of the various phases. It is often the case, as it is | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| way, go through these stages. Each of the phases we passed, prepared you for that which is | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| does not come easily. This is why these phases exist. But they do not exist as ready-made | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| aware of their growth have also gone through phases when they felt just as you feel now | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| whatever -- they have to go through various phases. If they muster sufficient insight about themselves, and | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| together, we have essentially worked through two major phases in which, of course, there are some subdivisions | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| last lecture, when you talked about the different phases in our pathwork. There was a time when | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| same subjects from different vantage points at specific phases of your pathwork. What you have heretofore understood | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| you may find yourselves in one of those phases before an important recognition when all seems doubly | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| All this is healthy preliminary work for the phases to come. This is one side of the | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| you have not come to terms with natural phases of your past development. When erotic longing in | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| their most hidden problems, again and again experience phases of relief, of enlightenment when they encounter within | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| depression. But the more you master the dark phases by the will to understand their inner significance | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| less frequent, as well as shorter, and the phases of liberation, peace and joyfulness will grow longer | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| the threshold of maturity. But I repeat that phases of growth cannot be measured in fixed states | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| eventually take over and guide you through all phases of your life, also those where you have | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| path can roughly be divided into two major phases: first, enlisting divine help for recognition of truth | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| This has proven to be true in other phases of the work, and it is of equal | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| begin this lecture is by discussing certain general phases of evolution in the human consciousness. There are | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| in the human consciousness. There are four distinct phases. They interact and overlap, with each having many | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| retaining blind automatism in others until much later phases of your personal development. It never happens that | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| see where you are in each of these phases. Are you aware where you are still governed | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| less often. The spiral movement experienced in other phases of the path happens here too. Understanding brings | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| facets of your personality have arrived at different phases. May your work bring all of you nearer | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| are not, it will help to make the phases that are to follow much easier. Are there | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| rhythm of pulsation. People are often aware of phases, or cycles, in their lives. They feel they | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| he or she clearly senses that these irregular phases are not chaotic or arbitrary. They, too, follow | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| what you truly are -- God. 165. EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REALMS OF FEELINGS | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| you will have to go through two basic phases that deal with the negativity that humanity is | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| begin. This is not a sequential process; the phases overlap. Exploration, understanding, and reeducation often go hand | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| any reason. So far we have discussed two phases of the meditation process: first the recognition of | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| has a different rhythm. During certain periods and phases the main concentration should be on facing one's | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| meditation thus consists of the following stages or phases: (1) concept (2) impressing and allowing to be | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| has a tremendously liberating effect. There are particular phases in human development where an entity finds it | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| in this particular aspect of the work. The phases of transformation are not exactly divided. They overlap | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| contained in that word. To recapitulate briefly: previous phases of our work dealt with your ability to | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| the charge to flow. You have found several phases in the course of this pathwork. A simple | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| the negative to the positive. Of course, the phases often overlap; they are not exactly sequential. This | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| for the growth of the soul. In such phases, persistently holding on to the energies amounts to | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| committed to a path like this one. New phases come out of the soul, which the conscious | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| group consciousness. The emphasis must change in different phases of human development. In one period, people need | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| their faculties on their personal lives. In other phases they need to develop through their relationship to | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| definite gradations and categories. There are three major phases of development in this respect. Both as a | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| or her autonomy. In the overall development the phases are never that clearly defined. They overlap and | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| community, you will find each of these three phases of human consciousness represented. Even people who are | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| living, have areas within them that represent lower phases, You all know this and have been working | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| movement on this path, you will find the phases I mentioned; all of them are represented. They | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| group. The negative expressions vary in the different phases. In phase one you will be more in | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| They cultivate an unyielding false selfhood. All the phases of the alternation of individual and group consciousness | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| It is one thing to know about their phases as conditions within the human personality, but it | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| a human being. You can see very distinct phases in human growth. When the infant is ready | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| span. When full physical growth is reached, these phases are less noticeable than during childhood; however, they | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| they are just as distinct and real. These phases always mean change, growth, and higher levels of | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| the principle. A physical organism goes through constant phases and periods of change. That change may at | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| And even the same quality may have different phases. This is the overlapping I mentioned before. So | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| at different times and find themselves in different phases, can all receive what they need right now | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| Humankind has been going through all these various phases and stages of development. Just like you, as | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| currents. You see certain repetitions in the spirals, phases re-encountered on deeper levels with new understanding. These | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| from this point of view, about the various phases of this path until now. I will give | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| the fear of expansion that applies to all phases of expansion. But the reaction to your emphasis | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| The emphasis has shifted at various periods and phases. In the last year or so it must | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| at certain periods of history or during certain phases of an individual's life. It is the individual | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| now lumped together under one designation. At various phases certain human experiences need to be understood in | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| which it dwells. There are many stages and phases to go through. The later stages can take | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| to know that there are further stages, further phases and possibilities, and you should approach them with | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |