| Phenomena...................27 | |
| There may be materialization, levitation, and many more phenomena that I cannot even enumerate here. One such | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| influences from the spirit world can occur. Such phenomena belong in the same chapter. QUESTION: Does it | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| fallen into the habit of calling events or phenomena that it does not understand miracles. QUESTION: I | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| you approach the laws of the spirit. These phenomena should open the eyes of a thinking person | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| ignores - - and a few other such phenomena. Aural transfiguration is referred to in the Bible | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in the Bible as speaking in tongues. Such phenomena take an infinitely greater strength on the part | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| type of mediumship, in the category of psychic phenomena wherein a much coarser force is used. This | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| world of God, are not interested in producing phenomena. We are interested in individual development, for this | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| which is the least ostentatious as far as phenomena are concerned. So we usually abstain from all | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| will disappear. Even the most flagrant proof of phenomena offered to you will not really, profoundly and | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| before. This applies also to the other two phenomena -- disproportionate reactions, and needs -- that I | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| well as from previous lectures that these three phenomena are interdependent. Each is of the utmost importance | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| How can one differentiate between hunches and psychic phenomena? What is the borderline? ANSWER: I do not | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| crass differences, as, for example, between physical psychic phenomena and trance mediumship, or automatic writing. There one | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| through your growth. Your previous insistence on psychic phenomena was also a form of self-alienation, a lack | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| operation of the laws necessary to produce such phenomena, the knowledge already exists that an infinite variety | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| that they feel they are dealing with unrelated phenomena when looking at their personality, their concepts, their | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| healthy personality accepts death as one of the phenomena of this state of consciousness, the time comes | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| cause and effect, and many other concepts or phenomena. There are people on this earth plane who | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| you are unable to distinguish between these two phenomena. Hence you often try to assert your rights | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| as chaos also in nature, for some natural phenomena are apparently destructive. Yet, in that very occurrence | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| consciousness, although not as occult or mysterious psychic phenomena. No creation of any kind can take place | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| notice more, perceive more realistically some of these phenomena I now touch upon. Your scientists know that | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| and energy as if they were two separate phenomena. This is incorrect. Consciousness is a creator of | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| humanity is conditioned to focus only on certain phenomena, outside and inside, at the exclusion of other | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| in reverse, or upside down: you take certain phenomena as if they were inevitable, and then you | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| lungs pulsate, the bloodstream pulsates. These are known phenomena. But you are not familiar with the more | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| Philosophers................3 | |
| for you to recognize that Eastern teachers and philosophers have experienced God in the female and passive | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| can you reach beyond it. All the great philosophers of this world teach you that pain and | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| greater than you and your scientists, psychologists or philosophers realize. With the exception of a very few | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| Philosophical...............33 | |
| that it will resemble a very abstract and philosophical lecture that seems to have no bearing on | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| may be a religious, spiritual, metaphysical truth, a philosophical truth; it may be pure ethics and morals | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| in-between cannot be applied here. It is a philosophical concept. It is a principle or a part | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| it right, is to take it as a philosophical concept? ANSWER: Yes. Beware of trying to strive | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| it would contribute to your personal insights. Your philosophical understanding would increase and thus facilitate your incentive | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the fact that this happened contains a deep philosophical and psychological meaning, which is generally ignored. The | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| or bad. So many theories -- spiritual, religious, philosophical or psychological -- exist about the use of | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| to your personal lives because of its abstract, philosophical and metaphysical nature. But if you have patience | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| and tensions arise. All truthful spiritual, metaphysical, or philosophical concepts, ideas, or postulates have their practical application | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| in technical terms as what I explained in philosophical and psychological terms. My dearest friends, be blessed | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| many things appear as pairs of opposites. In philosophical thinking, humankind itself is paired -- man and | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| mark between modern psychology and spiritual, metaphysical or philosophical ideas vanishes. The so-called spiritual, and until that | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| and is no longer a theory or a philosophical postulate, you will also understand something that we | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| hearing them merely opens you up to a philosophical concept. But when you are seriously engaged in | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| order to assuage these fears, humanity has created philosophical, spiritual, religious concepts. But concepts, even if they | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| is not merely a theory or an abstract philosophical principle: it is a key to how life | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| only dispel the confusion about apparent contradictions in philosophical ideas about life, but, even more important, it | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| my talks are not in the least abstract philosophical discourses but very practical guideposts to your immediate | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| enlightened human beings accept its existence as a philosophical precept, but this is completely different from the | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| intellectual acceptance of the real self as a philosophical precept will not alleviate fear of death because | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| cannot be done in an abstract, general or philosophical way. It can only happen in an ultra-personal | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| is preferable not to discuss this in a philosophical, general or theoretical manner. The more specific and | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| no need to dwell too much on the philosophical aspects of pleasure in the scheme of creation | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| must think about this not merely in general, philosophical terms. Rather, you must take the specific aspects | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| difference between believing what I said as a philosophical statement and experiencing it as a personal truth | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| discuss evil first in its cosmic, spiritual and philosophical context and then on the personal level, so | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| your innermost terrors. For, what I say here, philosophical, metaphysical, and remote as it may sound, is | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| higher self, not as a theory or a philosophical premise, but as stark reality, right here and | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| is usually so much easier to comprehend a philosophical concept or spiritual premise in general terms than | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| own essence. Let us apply this somewhat metaphysical, philosophical, and general explanation to your present state, your | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| a general discussion of some cosmic realities and philosophical premises, but once again you will see that | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| to use profound metaphysical verities not just as philosophical thoughts to speculate about, but to apply specifically | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| It cannot come about as a result of philosophical speculation or theoretical knowledge, or even as a | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Philosophies................52 | |
| only reason for the connection. QUESTION: Various religious philosophies differentiate strongly between dualism and monism. Is dualism | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| the basic conditions, laid down in all religious philosophies: to follow the will of God, to purify | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| necessary condition, although this is assumed in many philosophies. ANSWER: In no way does it have to | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| it is possible in individual cases. When different philosophies establish this as a general principle, they do | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| it will stem against the surrender. Some human philosophies have actually grasped this. Through such insight, these | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| have actually grasped this. Through such insight, these philosophies have come to the conclusion that this state | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| parallels which can be connected to the prevailing philosophies and also to the teachings given here. Only | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| as well as principle. Human religions and human philosophies have always debated this question. One opinion holds | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| in any of the current existing religions or philosophies and people who are not particularly close to | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| world and become responsible for many wrong views, philosophies and teachings. Whenever humanity finds out that an | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| are universal truths, taught in all religions and philosophies of any value. Humanity has tried for a | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| of the Holy Ghost? In some religions and philosophies the Holy Ghost is considered as a future | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| escape from and to deceive oneself. As to philosophies, religions, teachings and methods of self-development, there are | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and as loving as metaphysics, religion and some philosophies teach? This is the battle in you that | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and your dear ones. All spiritual teachings and philosophies agree that the world of manifestation is illusory | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| in outer appearance, taught in some religions and philosophies. It seems to you when you submit that | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| which functions consciously is a smaller area. Spiritual philosophies and teachings use the term raising consciousness. It | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| You have heard them many times from many philosophies and teachings. You may even be capable of | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| the process of arriving at it. Many religious philosophies have taught this truth. But the end result | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| of all times. It is represented in many philosophies, religions and myths. Through Jesus Christ it has | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| taught not only in religion, but in all philosophies, the importance of goodness, decency, righteousness? Shouldn't we | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| more than a life of material satisfactions. Religious philosophies tell them in various terms about a higher | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| you come to it by concepts you learn; philosophies and practices you observe; doctrines you follow. If | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| Truth does not mean the learning of principles, philosophies, theories. You have to begin with yourself. If | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| as well as unhealthy and destructive struggle. Various philosophies and religions ask that you give up struggling | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| is responsible for one's fate. Divers religions and philosophies may word this fact differently, but it all | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| of these questions within yourself. There are two philosophies about life and spiritual reality which seem completely | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| love, there can be no fulfillment. All religions, philosophies, and psychologies agree that love is the key | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| making the decision between good and evil. Some philosophies postulate that there is no such a thing | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| meaning or purpose, as postulated by the various philosophies or religions? Or do we regard life as | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| existing on this earth for human concern and philosophies can all be abused to avoid facing where | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| have described. This misunderstanding often occurs about spiritual philosophies, particularly the eastern ones. It is untrue that | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| of consciousness and power. They may know certain philosophies that postulate these truths, but they are not | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| very strong, cramped, stubborn desire for something. Some philosophies even advocate desirelessness because they have recognized this | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| continue living. My outer intellect knows only the philosophies of life as a continuum, but I do | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| concept of life. All human civilization, almost all philosophies, are poisoned by this basic split in the | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| degree of openness of the centers. Many spiritual philosophies discuss these centers and give practices that foster | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| struggle is between good and evil. All religious philosophies of all times have postulated the same basic | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| since the beginning of human existence, theories and philosophies have been built around it. Your search has | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| ramifications. On the other hand, there are also philosophies which postulate that evil just does not exist | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| them most on your journey through life. Many philosophies agree on the importance of experience. They postulate | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| discussed over the years are not mere faraway philosophies. They have a concrete and immediate meaning you | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| a supernatural, mysterious manifestation. All sorts of erroneous philosophies arise from this misconception. One of them is | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| the sequence of the last two lectures. Some philosophies claim that there is no evil, that evil | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| observable by anyone who faces reality. Some religious philosophies contend that evil stems from one principal source | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| two figures, according to this view. Still other philosophies say that the forces of good and evil | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| an apparent disconnection. How can all the different philosophies and perceptions of life be true when they | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| the way. These are not promises nor abstract philosophies and principles. These are concrete actions to be | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| have often been spoken by all religions and philosophies of value. They are surely not new. But | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| Many other life attitudes are likewise divided. Whole philosophies are based on such divisions; painstaking treatises are | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| of the dualistic confusion. When movements, orientations, and philosophies deal not with the whole picture but with | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| creative life process. People who cling to nihilistic philosophies invariably hide the process I just described. This | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |