| Possessiveness..............5 | |
| of loneliness poses as love. So does its possessiveness. I will be more specific about this subject | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| you would rather evade -- doubts, aggression, jealousy, possessiveness, self- centeredness, and self-importance -- in short, everything | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| often turbulent because of blind egocentricity, selfishness, or possessiveness may certainly appear to be the product of | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| with resentment and vindictiveness? You claim that your possessiveness and dominating will to control is love, but | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| Let us further suppose you then rule by possessiveness, domination, jealousy, coercion, and demands. Remember that this | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| Post........................3 | |
| situation. The outer conditions are a convenient hitching post. The more unjust and crass they are, the | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you from fear and guilt. QUESTION: In today's Post, Harry Golden wrote something to the effect that | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| can be avoided. They run from pillar to post, and whenever they are confronted with their own | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| Post-hypnotic...............3 | |
| also wanted to ask about the effects of post-hypnotic suggestion. Is that something that lingers? ANSWER: No | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| produced naturally by the personality itself without making post-hypnotic effects necessary. If this can be answered and | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| are exceptions of course. There are cases where post-hypnotic suggestion can be constructive and fruitful. QUESTION: What | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| Postpone....................9 | |
| one life as much as possible not to postpone encountering the unconscious, but to face it right | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| they will be yours eternally. The more you postpone the purification of your soul, the more the | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| queries as much as this is possible and postpone the regular lectures. However, I will point this | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| So I say to you truly, do not postpone this work for another life. It will not | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| you become certain that this cannot be, you postpone the wish-fulfillment by setting up blocks. Find these | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| they may have a severe breakdown which will postpone self- confrontation. In any case, they are nearer | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| not harm you, even should you decide to postpone exposing yourself to what still seems threatening to | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| to let go, to allow the self to postpone having its own way right now without renouncing | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| stagnant matter. The laziness that makes you avoid, postpone, and procrastinate will disappear sufficiently at this point | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| Postponed...................5 | |
| of continuing and extending their own growing perfection, postponed this ultimate goal for the purpose of using | 22 SALVATION |
| namely to go through one's own mistakes, is postponed for later opportunities or, perhaps, incorporated into other | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| that some of the good karma may be postponed? ANSWER: No, that is not the same. What | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| to be meaningless. Real living is then constantly postponed. When this is the case, realize that you | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| The person who, inwardly or outwardly, rebels against postponed gratification is angry, exclusive, negative, tense, and stubborn | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| Postponing..................4 | |
| resources to help in the Plan of Salvation, postponing their own further creation to some extent, although | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| you keep in mind the farsighted knowledge that postponing the gratification serves the interests of your healthy | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| You delude yourself by stemming against time, by postponing fulfillment and thus also the feared opposite. The | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| and overcoming habits of procrastination, the pattern of postponing things, rather than dealing with them as they | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| Postulate...................19 | |
| pointed out in the Catholic religion in the postulate of overcoming, or the conquest of sex. This | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is no longer a theory or a philosophical postulate, you will also understand something that we have | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| comes from the fact that all truth teachings postulate that free will is responsible for one's fate | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| and self-responsibility. At the same time, spiritual teachings postulate that human beings, with their small selves, with | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| to mend through your widened understanding. Spiritual teachings postulate that you are supposed to be happy, and | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| fears being out of control. While spiritual teachings postulate that death is unnecessary, they also claim that | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| the decision between good and evil. Some philosophies postulate that there is no such a thing as | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| of love since time immemorial. All truth teachings postulate that love means freedom, peace, life. Lack of | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| and power. They may know certain philosophies that postulate these truths, but they are not deeply aware | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| lack of generosity in your feelings? Do you postulate different rules of conduct for others than for | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| with negativity, resignation, and even masochistic self-denial. Religion's postulate that the good person must sacrifice is an | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| but complementary attitudes. Similarly, it seems paradoxical to postulate that both involvement and detachment must exist in | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| the other hand, there are also philosophies which postulate that evil just does not exist; it is | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| and the unhappiness and suffering it brings. The postulate that evil is an illusion is true in | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| philosophies agree on the importance of experience. They postulate that the true meaning of life is experiencing | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| key to freedom: self-responsibility. This is not a postulate or an unverifiable philosophy. All of you who | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| you consciously hold. It does no good to postulate these conscious ideas without also seeing where and | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| It is significant that Scripture starts with the postulate that in the beginning was, or actually is | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| it was considered very fashionable and intelligent to postulate this nihilism. It obviously expresses the same separation | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Postulated..................10 | |
| or the conquest of sex. This is also postulated in some of the oriental religions. ANSWER: The | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for it. On the other hand, it is postulated that man has free will; that he molds | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| as having a particular meaning or purpose, as postulated by the various philosophies or religions? Or do | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| new slant on your inner life. Psychology has postulated for some time, and quite correctly so, that | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| been very much neglected. It has been correctly postulated that those who did not receive enough in | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| evil. All religious philosophies of all times have postulated the same basic truths, which must be brought | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| This is why for centuries spiritual teachings have postulated that sexuality is a hindrance to spiritual development | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| of the power of the word has been postulated throughout the ages and is professed in various | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| strongly represented in the life of humanity, the postulated truth was accepted. Humanity, at that point in | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| knew that God is within and they always postulated this. However, at that time, it could not | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| Postulates..................10 | |
| in religious concepts. On the one hand, man postulates that God is an omnipotent Father who acts | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| no longer a question of superimposing doctrines or postulates. Various happenings and results have puzzled you when | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| truthful spiritual, metaphysical, or philosophical concepts, ideas, or postulates have their practical application to psychological attitudes. This | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| most enlightened and independent spirits blindly accept certain postulates about why certain things are supposed to be | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| inside, from your personal experience, rather than accepting postulates or enigmas out of fear, obedience, wishful thinking | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| destiny in which they no longer suffer. It postulates that true spiritual awakening is marked by the | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| only indirectly: the concept of evil. Traditional religion postulates that evil is a separate force. According to | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| believes himself enlightened without really being so, falsely postulates resignation, martyrdom, and abstinence in order to avoid | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| evil, that is true. Any one of these postulates is incorrect when seen as the only truth | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| in history, there was a reason for such postulates. They were not all that wrong at that | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| Potency.....................7 | |
| your mind and will. As you understand their potency you will no longer feel a separation between | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| assumptions and negative intents. Also, you ignore the potency of such psychic material and do not see | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| in the lack of awareness of the innate potency of consciousness as long as the soul is | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| others. If you could be aware of the potency to create while there is evil intent in | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| specifically designed to make you aware of the potency of your thoughts, of the potency of each | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| of the potency of your thoughts, of the potency of each thought that you decide to think | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| fields. When you are truly conscious of this potency, you become more responsible and more capable of | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Potent......................44 | |
| inner psychic forces, once utilized, are much more potent than anyone of you realizes at present; but | 18 FREE WILL |
| The more emotional knowledge is hidden, the more potent the image becomes. How can you be sure | 38 IMAGES |
| The erotic force is one of the most potent forces in existence and has tremendous momentum and | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| first momentum of eros. You should use this potent momentum of eros as the initial thrust it | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| wrong as the other, where not even the potent force of eros can enter the tightly locked | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| the characteristic or type. A feeling is more potent and intense than any thought you can harbor | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| right. With emotions, which are stronger and more potent than thoughts, force is even less successful -- | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| And since your desires, feelings, and thoughts are potent magnetic fields, they attract circumstances that correspond to | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| lives. You already know from other findings how potent are the workings of your subconscious mind, how | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| incapacity to love. That alone is sufficient and potent enough in essence to reproduce the same situation | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| more unaware you are of it, the more potent it is within your psyche. Unconsciously, you feel | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| normal. However, if repressed, they will turn into potent forces of destruction. It is not necessarily only | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| the accompanying self-castigation, the urgency becomes even more potent and therefore more difficult to handle. However, paradoxically | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| an unquestionably divine quality like love, the most potent force in the universe, is often misunderstood and | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| wet environment than in a dry one. The potent forces of the universal laws are determined by | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| my friends that the unconscious is the more potent force, determining the outcome regardless of the conscious | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| do. In this way, you activate that most potent live center. It will guide you step by | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| and enjoy, to have and give pleasure. The potent energy deriving from the live center can be | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| therefore neutral: life itself consists of a highly potent, creative, and impressionable substance that is exactly as | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| is no word to describe its intense and potent aliveness. When you fear and deny your feelings | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| very center of the human personality exists a potent, white-glowing mass of energy. It is a constant | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| and sought to realize it in the most potent way open to humanity: in love and sexuality | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| that surrounds and permeates you is the most potent energy imaginable. It is the most malleable, most | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| of yourself that is the source of essential, potent creative energy without which you can never be | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| into blocking off the feared feeling, the more potent the magnetic energy block becomes, and the more | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| the helpless state of sickness and overlook the potent factor of their own will which must be | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| is creating because you live in a highly potent creative substance, which is what I have also | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| on the conscious level. Fear and guilt are potent creative agents. They contain a great deal of | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| level, enthusiasm, joy, vitality, interestedness, stimulation are also potent energy agents. A path such as this must | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| create disturbance and negative experiences. It is very potent energy. Only when you release it directly and | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| are. This very released energy is also highly potent creative stuff. The time has come when you | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| self-creation is blocked. Stagnant energy becomes even more potent, creating a conflict that tears the soul apart | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| unify yourself so that you can actualize your potent creative power and use it consciously and deliberately | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| breath you take you fill yourself with its potent love and wisdom. There is nothing that surrounds | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| atomic energy that could be anywhere near as potent as the energy of direct consciousness. By this | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the surface, can observe very clearly the highly potent energy aspect within inanimate matter which has no | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| can also perceive the consciousness content within this potent energy, the consciousness contained within the outwardly dead | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| not to know. That choice creates a very potent negative energy field. This path helps you to | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| give you; for I am giving you a potent tool for your further development. Do not close | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| aspects has been willfully neglected, so that the potent energy currents of the consciousness invert themselves and | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| consciousness invert themselves and manifest in an equally potent negative way. The spiritually immature and young appear | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| regenerating itself with the life principle and the potent energies of the nucleus, until it is ready | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| best, of God, but to as active and potent evil as the more obvious aggressive acting out | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| change will increase. Your specific path is a potent agent to bring this change about in the | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |