| Practices...................34 | |
| prefers the road of least resistance and vanity, practices self-deception and thrives on discord. But, in the | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| words. My friends, one of the most important practices on this path is the daily struggle to | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| who has learned what proper prayer is and practices it. I will now try to explain this | 36 PRAYER |
| movement such as you describe and learns certain practices, in areas where he was healthy anyway and | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| than the unrecognized ones. Therefore, a person who practices hypnotism in order to exploit others may sometimes | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| you become a more selfish person. Many religious practices, however, will not make you happier. That is | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to it by concepts you learn; philosophies and practices you observe; doctrines you follow. If you are | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| be imitated or learned through any teachings, prescribed practices, or disciplines. It is the natural outcome of | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| Any person who remains isolated behind barriers also practices both these inner activities of discipline and letting | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| well as a new form of speech. Metaphysical practices have succeeded in providing adequate training and disciplines | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| you ignore its existence or pursue blind, rigid practices. People have too ingrained a tendency to obey | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| including the total personality. You will learn certain practices that will make you aware of when a | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| the existence of these centers by following certain practices, and to come to know how to activate | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| possibly open up. In addition to that other practices will be established later. You see, breaking through | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| will deal with cultivating these centers and with practices to open the clogged-up channels leading to them | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| wherever you may be. 173. BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| Many spiritual philosophies discuss these centers and give practices that foster awareness of them and help to | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| them and help to open them. Usually these practices are more or less mechanical, such as concentration | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| lecture, we shall discuss the third aspect: the practices and attitudes that help to open the centers | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| your individual path. As you will see, the practices I suggest are never merely mechanical. They always | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| related to error. In all your approaches and practices, whatever they are, observe this erroneous state and | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| as though it happened quite independently of these practices. The other practice I suggest is very much | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| and organically. Often people go through various spiritual practices and wait for a miraculous manifestation of the | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| by a direct act of will, nor by practices and actions that leave out the necessity to | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| becomes a reality. Many movements exist which have practices, teachings, and exercises which actively and effectively help | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| quite possible, indeed a frequent occurrence, that such practices genuinely bring out the real higher self and | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| the self-discipline to give yourself time for these practices every day. Even only a few minutes pursued | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| higher spiritual consciousness. There are many methods and practices which attempt realization of the spiritual self. Though | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| not your way. The temptation to use spiritual practices to grab happiness and fulfillment, and to avoid | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| path into and through your own darkness. Spiritual practices alone can not fulfill your longing, no matter | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| much you sit in meditation and concentration. Such practices can only be helpful tools when used in | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| world behind the curtain. But if all these practices are substitutions for self-search, self-purification, and for change | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| artificially induced means. I include mechanical exercises and practices as such means. There is only one safe | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| found there. This is also why all meditational practices and exercises focus on inner space. A long | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| Practicing..................9 | |
| have learned concentration in prayer to some degree, practicing regular self- discipline for this purpose, you may | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| only way you can do so is by practicing any type of daily review. Use self-honesty to | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| you do not want to find out. By practicing what I suggest here, you will do good | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| of you may believe that you have been practicing it all the time. But have you really | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| or anger, is the healthiest way conceivable of practicing discipline and self-responsibility. In this way you can | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| and you can spend time in your meditation practicing this differentiation. For a long time the main | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| possibility is a substantial first step in the practicing and acquiring of faith. In fact, it is | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| on your path. You need not spend hours practicing focused emptiness. That is not the purpose. But | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| truth. By learning the skill of communication, and practicing it as an art, you foster love and | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Praise......................5 | |
| can only stand in awe and rejoice and praise Him! As I said in my last lecture | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| receive homage for their goodness and righteousness. Such praise is tempting. It appears to work like a | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| being criticized. You seem centered when you receive praise and admiration because you feel gratified at the | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| to want, whatever you think would earn you praise and admiration. Therefore, when you operate with appearance | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| your community develop and expand is enormous. We praise the Lord for this wonder that springs from | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Praised.....................3 | |
| certain pleasurable circumstances in childhood. Perhaps you were praised for some real qualities you suspected you did | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| outside. They will be less dependent on being praised and loved because they will be able to | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| appear in their eyes. So when you are praised and honored, you derive a great momentary sense | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| Pray........................163 | |
| the resistance from several sides. He needs to pray for strength and willpower to see himself as | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| Most of them will tell you that they pray and strive to be decent people. However, they | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| achieved only by following a slow, laborious path. Pray for help in this respect as well. Very | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| will get it sooner or later. When you pray for the answer in order to fulfill God's | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| your will alone, you would not need to pray for it. You do not pray that you | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| need to pray for it. You do not pray that you should be able to move from | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| resistances and to accomplish the inner change. So pray for it. This, too, has to be confronted | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| temptation. Rather, the meaning is for you to pray that God may lead you when temptation comes | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| lead you when temptation comes to you; to pray that God may guide you so that you | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| have something in you that responded. When you pray that God keep Satan away from you, you | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| be ready to face it. Above all else, pray to have the will for it by meditating | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| the presence of mind to bring yourself to pray, to reach out for God within you, or | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| it make? Why should God mind whether I pray to Him today? No, God does not mind | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| cause of it as well as the solution. Pray at that instant to God to help you | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| the pattern. This will help greatly. You should pray for enlightenment and guidance every time you conduct | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| does not mean, my friends, that you should pray to Jesus Christ. Only God the Creator should | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| be able to forgive wholeheartedly. And try to pray for the person who offended you. This may | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| person to work with, I advise you to pray for guidance. You will see what happens. For | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| right co-worker, as we might call it, can pray for guidance and you will be helped. Then | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| to help you to be receptive to it. Pray: Father, is this thy truth? Is this thy | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| with an inner wrong attitude of yours and pray for recognition, for guidance, for enlightenment in this | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| feel something, but cannot quite make the connection, pray sincerely and openly for this realization. The answer | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| how much you speak and think of Him, pray and meditate. He will be something vaguely abstract | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| the conscious motive, and for that you should pray for God's help. Then He will help you | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| and before you can feel this way, to pray not only for the understanding of what I | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| the understanding of what I am saying here. Pray also for strength and enlightenment and everything needed | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| are emotionally attached to some of your faults, pray that God may help you to recognize why | 31 SHAME |
| this is so and what lies behind it. Pray that you may be able to see this | 31 SHAME |
| how to reach her or him. If you pray for guidance and inspiration and keep yourself open | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| Moreover, when tests befall you, as they must, pray that your thinking capacity should not be paralyzed | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| how you go about doing it. If you pray to God in your disappointment, asking Him, Father | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| words about prayers. We observe you as you pray. You say the right kind of prayers; you | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| untiringly, even patiently for the things you should pray for. Yet it often happens that when your | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| through these tests before that for which you pray can come to you. But you do not | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| should someone else who works but fails to pray not receive it? This argument seems, at first | 36 PRAYER |
| fact is that a person who does not pray will never be able to act or experience | 36 PRAYER |
| by zeroing in on what you want to pray for. You can simultaneously derive the benefit of | 36 PRAYER |
| spiritual development? You learn to concentrate when you pray, for instance, for your loved ones. First, you | 36 PRAYER |
| your good will may be a lengthier task. Pray for individuals you know, as well as for | 36 PRAYER |
| all spirits in the universe as a whole. Pray for peace, the spreading of truth and the | 36 PRAYER |
| and the fulfillment of the Plan of Salvation. Pray for all the blind creatures who are still | 36 PRAYER |
| the blind creatures who are still in darkness. Pray for the purification process of more and more | 36 PRAYER |
| eventually, little by little, you will learn to pray better. When your thoughts wander, just start where | 36 PRAYER |
| automatically be different from when you do not pray. This will occur in more ways than one | 36 PRAYER |
| feel what they can sincerely feel when they pray. So the importance of prayer lies not only | 36 PRAYER |
| unable to sincerely feel when you do not pray. In prayer you may sincerely wish well those | 36 PRAYER |
| down at a certain time each day and pray, because you will then emanate prayer by every | 36 PRAYER |
| heart of the matter. There are many who pray daily, using ready-made prayers, or perhaps self-made ones | 36 PRAYER |
| proud to ask for a favor. When they pray they have to learn that. A special kind | 36 PRAYER |
| a good person; I do not need to pray unless I feel particularly inspired. This is utterly | 36 PRAYER |
| as you did when they were new. Furthermore, pray according to your daily needs. You do not | 36 PRAYER |
| to neglect the many things for which you pray that have nothing to do with yourself directly | 36 PRAYER |
| more you dislike them, the more you should pray for them. Then try to observe your feelings | 36 PRAYER |
| yourself love for everyone, at least while you pray. Everyone should pray for peace, for love, brotherhood | 36 PRAYER |
| everyone, at least while you pray. Everyone should pray for peace, for love, brotherhood, justice, the spreading | 36 PRAYER |
| contribute to the opposite of all that you pray for. Your realization that you are a part | 36 PRAYER |
| done in all respects. But do not only pray for this in general; try to observe in | 36 PRAYER |
| feel differently from what is pleasing to God. Pray that you may find out specifically what your | 36 PRAYER |
| are. And once this prayer has been answered, pray that you can overcome your fears by being | 36 PRAYER |
| is good for your development and spiritual growth. Pray for the ability to embrace pain as well | 36 PRAYER |
| ability to embrace pain as well as happiness. Pray that you do not love your ego so | 36 PRAYER |
| you shirk the healing agent of occasional pain. Pray for the courage to take pain in the | 36 PRAYER |
| out of immediate efforts and needs. If you pray for all this and, in addition, introduce your | 36 PRAYER |
| your life is not without problems -- then pray to God. He will give you further guidance | 38 IMAGES |
| the way I have suggested here and then pray for guidance, being ready to overcome your pride | 38 IMAGES |
| recharged by prayer? ANSWER: Of course! If you pray specifically for willpower and courage for a good | 38 IMAGES |
| the prayer will certainly be answered. If you pray for something else, you will get something else | 38 IMAGES |
| is so very important to know what to pray for at any given stage of your development | 38 IMAGES |
| your development. People seldom realize that they must pray to get ahead. Often it is not clear | 38 IMAGES |
| The path changes constantly. And you surely cannot pray with equal concentration on everything at once. QUESTION | 38 IMAGES |
| it again as objectively as you know how. Pray to God for further enlightenment and strength to | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| newly-found knowledge and view it from various angles. Pray and meditate on the deeper level of this | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| a problem, you have to think, meditate, and pray with the new findings all over again. Whether | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| And then you have to think about it. Pray to assimilate the new material properly. Pray that | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| it. Pray to assimilate the new material properly. Pray that you will be able to integrate it | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| But that depends very much on how you pray. You cannot say of any act that it | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| determine this is really very simple. If you pray for things solely because you want them and | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| the answer, it is a good beginning to pray for the will to recognize yourself fearlessly and | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| truthfully. Thus, in such an instance, you would pray that your motives should become purified. This cannot | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| selfishness. Furthermore, it is certainly not selfish to pray for the good of other creatures. If you | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| other creatures. If you can bring yourself to pray for those who have harmed you -- and | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| is an act of purification. And if you pray for strength and understanding to overcome your cowardice | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| if you also become happy. But do not pray directly for happiness. Pray for the strength and | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| happy. But do not pray directly for happiness. Pray for the strength and ability to remove the | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| is the spirit you should have when you pray. QUESTION: May I ask why is it so | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| group gathering a person finds it difficult to pray in front of others, that is something to | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| so beautifully explained away that your inability to pray in front of others is modesty. Still, when | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| comes from a feeling of humiliation. When you pray to God you quite naturally feel humble. And | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| state that needs looking into. If you cannot pray from your heart in front of others, this | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| understanding and love. We in the spirit world pray for this understanding and love to be given | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| other trend may be involved. I can only pray and hope that these unruly currents will weaken | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| this lecture. You can expand your meditation and pray in your own words, asking God to help | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| it again and again. Merely acknowledge it, and pray for guidance and recognition. Then, gradually, your emotions | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| you who have not yet found the way, pray that God show you His will and His | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| with. Prayer for recognition is important. When you pray, observe how sincerely you desire the answer. You | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| sincerely you desire the answer. You may dutifully pray for the recognition of your misconceptions, but inside | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| questions. One: is it valid for us to pray for others? ANSWER: Yes, certainly, it is valid | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| others? ANSWER: Yes, certainly, it is valid to pray for others. But the question may arise in | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| arise in some of you, What if I pray for something for another person that this other | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| touching the heart of another person. When you pray and wish well to another person, it generates | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| instance, you find that you are ashamed to pray. Does not that which you are ashamed of | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| a deeper level for each one of you. Pray for deeper understanding of the words I gave | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| operates in a very similar way. When you pray, you should ask for help to be able | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| your current problems on your path. You should pray to apply the little, seemingly insignificant daily disharmonies | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| down within yourself. I assume that when you pray you do not direct such prayer up into | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| exact answers to your questions. If you then pray for the answers and work with the questions | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| know that many people are afraid that they pray out of mere selfishness. Here I can only | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| that it depends very much on how you pray and what your motive is. You cannot say | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| to this is really very simple. If you pray for things because you want them merely because | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the answer, a good beginning would be to pray for the will to recognize yourself fearlessly and | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| cannot be construed as selfishness. Thus you will pray that your motives become purified. Furthermore, there certainly | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| well and if you can bring yourself to pray for those who have harmed you -- and | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| That in itself is purification. And if you pray for strength and understanding to be able to | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| That certainly does not mean that you should pray directly for happiness. What you should pray for | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| should pray directly for happiness. What you should pray for is the strength and the ability to | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| is the spirit you should have when you pray. QUESTION: May I ask why is it so | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| who feel the need don't just wait and pray. They offer their help by working through the | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| does this conglomerate interfere with our ability to pray? ANSWER: This is a very good question. Any | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| And you have to do more than merely pray for help. You have to observe your attitude | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| a very deep and subtle thing. If you pray and find the hidden attitude that you expect | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| life and your role in it. If you pray for help, but with the full intent and | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| gradually weaken. There is no better way to pray than using your current resistances and stumbling blocks | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| denial of any higher being, he does not pray, of course. At least not in the conventional | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| Of course you, and the whole group, can pray. The validity of such prayer is the sincere | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| yourself all these questions and then listen carefully. Pray that you do not deceive yourself with the | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| The truly integrated spirit would not need to pray or meditate. Every breath would be a prayer | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| the struggle in the other person. Although I pray and want to let go, I am still | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| that is good if you honestly grope and pray for understanding. These words will suddenly assume a | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| my message to you tonight. If you truly pray for the inner understanding and inner action, something | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| truth and to change. And you have to pray to the innermost divine functioning within your soul | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| if you make a sincere effort and truly pray that guidance be given to you for this | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| really present. You can think of this and pray for awareness, as you pray for awareness of | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| of this and pray for awareness, as you pray for awareness of the ugliness. When you can | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| them or to begrudge them? You can then pray for your ability to love, right in the | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| an inkling of the reality of these words, pray, in this very moment, to be able to | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| bring a new force field into being. I pray for the power, the belief, the faith, and | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| itself. No matter how much you meditate and pray or devote your energies to spiritual or artistic | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| And that requires courage which comes when you pray or meditate for it. You must want the | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| open your eyes, to use these experiences and pray deeply for the guidance to understand, to let | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| be part of it. And maybe you can pray inside of you that you can trust that | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| hatred toward the opposite sex. You have to pray for this ability: to love, to forgive, to | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| but I know I will win and I pray for that. So I would like the force | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| desires this, I do not want it. I pray to the divine forces within me to help | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| distortion of the beauty. However, you need to pray for the courage and the strength and the | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| begin to contemplate this aspect in you and pray for direct guidance. There may have been short | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| feelings of pain, fear and longing most specifically. Pray in the simplest and most humble way for | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| this path has kept a steady balance. We pray to the Lord for His grace that this | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| this, beloved friends, I deeply bless you and pray with the angels and the spirit helpers on | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| choose not to act upon it and to pray for help to purify it, you are invulnerable | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| you are ultimately good. So you need to pray for the faith in your ultimate divine essence | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| levels. At the same time, you need to pray consciously and deliberately to be able to trust | 254 SURRENDER |
| the Christ within to make this change possible. Pray for that part of yourself that does not | 254 SURRENDER |
| You know that all the isolated goals you pray for converge on one central point, experiencing the | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| are pure, so you do not have to pray for purification. In that instant, you know all | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| know -- so you do not have to pray for insight and enlightenment and understanding. You understand | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| soul -- so you do not have to pray for love. In that moment you activate the | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| is -- so you do not have to pray for healing. In such a moment you have | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| creativity -- so you do not have to pray for success. In such a moment you also | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| to understand that all you really need to pray for is to experience God's presence, God's hand | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| The time will come, however, when you simply pray that you can contact the power and presence | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| attempt it to some degree every time you pray and meditate, after you use your mind to | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| of and believe in. If you seriously long, pray, and search for a realization of Jesus Christ's | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| person, when you work to recognize it and pray for help and the answer still fails to | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |