| Premises....................27 | |
| to risk losing the love given on false premises. So the person feels compelled to create a | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| met. These demands are made on very faulty premises. Therefore, you may get what you ask for | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| it, but only after realizing where the wrong premises are. You will have to see that as | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| your question is based on so many wrong premises that it is hard to even begin answering | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| happen with all the deviations and basic false premises. In an artificial manipulation you prevent your soul | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| similarly split and partly operating on unconsciously false premises, just as you do as an individual? You | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| is to uncover the no-current, understand its faulty premises, and thereby gradually shed the belief in the | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| the misconception, the original image with its false premises and negative emotions causes deep shame. Whether you | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| have fears and hopes, all based on false premises. You even fear yourself, your own unconscious mind | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| is your struggle to resolve problems on false premises. The question slumbering within yourself -- the question | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| exist and against which you fight on wrong premises. Then it is even more essential that a | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| prevent you -- in false fears, under false premises -- from doing just that. This is why | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| are in this false struggle, based on nonsensical premises -- and I deliberately use such a strong | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| it successfully, must be led according to these premises. You must find the way back to your | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| soul substance, compel people to act upon these premises. Since the premises are false, the ensuing actions | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| people to act upon these premises. Since the premises are false, the ensuing actions and emotions are | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| therefore erroneous -- alternatives, based on completely false premises. I have discussed many of them and you | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| to look further and begin to question the premises of these beliefs. You can begin to open | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| be much easier to question and challenge the premises that led to the distortions in the first | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| the groping for a solution with such erroneous premises, one polarity is always set off against the | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| temporary block to loving, based on some false premises, which exist on a deeper level of your | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| tear down a structure that is built on premises which contradict the laws of cosmic truth, love | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| nonsensical. Even for those who could accept the premises because they sensed the truth of the many | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| it must disintegrate. If it exists on faulty premises based on appearance, on confusing the outer life | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| part of your personality functions on defensive negative premises. As you deeply explore your mode of reacting | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| general discussion of some cosmic realities and philosophical premises, but once again you will see that they | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| new values and reestablishing life based on spiritual premises, truth and love. In other words, destructiveness that | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Preoccupation...............16 | |
| negative, especially not with one's own faults; such preoccupation creates more negativity. It is enough to identify | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| reaction is set in motion. This kind of preoccupation with one's faults is obviously wrong. It not | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| spiritual understanding who tries to dissuade you from preoccupation with negativity means this kind of preoccupation. On | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| from preoccupation with negativity means this kind of preoccupation. On the other hand, it is absolutely necessary | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| cannot change. Whoever leans toward this sort of preoccupation should not only heed the advice of shifting | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| and errors in the human soul. Ego-importance and preoccupation are directly opposed to love. But before the | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| finds these factors. If you have a particular preoccupation with this subject, this in itself should give | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| reactions, you are bound to discover such a preoccupation. It may manifest in intense thoughts about a | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| that one cannot let go of it, the preoccupation with the experience excludes important aspects of reality | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| off despite unlovable traits. In short, this entire preoccupation, though very often unconscious, may be a negative | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| hide his wish to escape under an unhealthy preoccupation with an abstract God-idea that could anyway never | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| healthy extroversion, it furthers true growth. If self- preoccupation is fruitless, not constructive, and revolves around the | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| both vertical and horizontal shifts. The intensity of preoccupation resulting from such displacements applies to both forms | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| at least in some respect. For instance, the preoccupation of the mind with would-be situations belongs to | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| up all the ego attitudes; all the tremendous preoccupation with everything that sustains and cultivates the ego | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| and other creating techniques must be a secondary preoccupation for the reasons just mentioned. However, when a | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| Preoccupations..............3 | |
| all your faculties will withdraw from their usual preoccupations and will be directed to and concentrated on | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| truth, health, and wholeness. Disorder creates tensions and preoccupations; it consumes valuable creative energy that could otherwise | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| your ego, your own needs, expectations, and personal preoccupations to make yourself empty. Then you can let | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| Preoccupied.................13 | |
| Take, for instance, the many people who are preoccupied with becoming free. They avoid anything that could | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| I ask a very occult question? It has preoccupied me for long. Yes. Does it connect to | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| these discoveries to constructive use. They are still preoccupied with using them destructively. As long as this | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| another angle. For a long time we were preoccupied with the emotional side of your nature. Again | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| correct the past. You have no idea how preoccupied your subconscious is with the process of reenacting | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| will not be slothful. Someone who is not preoccupied with personal safety will not withdraw, and therefore | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| begins to ask the important questions that have preoccupied mankind ever since the beginning of time. These | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| this is not possible because one is too preoccupied with the unpleasant effect of the dent upon | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| able to recognize as long as they were preoccupied with the material side of life. For a | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| how, never on the what. If we are preoccupied with the what, we will surely run the | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the family circle. The early adolescent is most preoccupied with companions of the same sex intellectually, mentally | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| very insidious thing begins to happen. They become preoccupied with the disorder they create. This is often | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| concentration and focusing impossible. The mind must wander, preoccupied with things undone, with disorganized life and chaos | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| Preoccupy...................3 | |
| completely understand. He says that one should not preoccupy oneself with the negative, especially not with one's | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| inability and unwillingness to love. Humans need not preoccupy themselves with speculations about the inconceivable and incomprehensible | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| safety, as long as destructive aims persist and preoccupy the psyche. Therefore, in order to preserve one's | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| Preparation.................34 | |
| I wish to warn you, though, that the preparation for and eventually the hearing of something that | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| be in God! 25. THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS Greetings in the name of God | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| something else to you about this phase of preparation and decision: expect to have a fight with | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| up to that point is mere theory or preparation for crossing that great dividing line on your | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| do leave your self-will aside; and third, for preparation to use your willpower even more actively to | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| as yet, but merely in a state of preparation for entering the gate leading to it. In | 31 SHAME |
| will meet them with better mental equipment. 34. PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION Greetings in the name of the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| no spirit in it, but the procedure or preparation proceeds according to the rays, the magnetic fields | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| matter that has been prepared before birth. This preparation determines what urges, trends, and leanings should come | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| vaguely glimpse how infinitely complicated and exact this preparation of the so-called soul must be. As you | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| others only after definite conditions are fulfilled. This preparation in the fluidal bodies will perhaps be easier | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| chosen parents change enough during the time of preparation for birth to warrant their receiving a different | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| preservation -- gathering of new momentum for the preparation of the new cycle. The static principle is | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| said in the lecture about rebirth, about the preparation of the spirit, how certain conflicts remain on | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| for you to start with this summer in preparation for our later work together. Sit down twice | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| prove progressively less workable. The inner process of preparation, based on an imagined need for safety, stems | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| different way. Let it be a time of preparation and of increased training in awareness of what | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| cannot be hurried. Yet it needs encouragement and preparation. It needs help to direct attention to his | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| group activities. It may give you an excellent preparation for our work together next year when we | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| the pleasure principle. Life on earth is a preparation for this supreme pleasure, and therefore it is | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| a time of consolidation of past work and preparation for future work on your inner path of | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| the groundwork of the real inner life, the preparation needed to awaken the inner center. If the | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| take -- if not immediately at least as preparation -- in understanding where you are going and | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| energy. The physical work is one aspect of preparation. As we approach the energy centers themselves, we | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| Gaining this knowledge first intellectually is the necessary preparation to experiencing it. Without such intellectual awareness of | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| for me to give. It has been in preparation for a long time -- in your terms | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| long time -- in your terms. It required preparation on your part to be ready to absorb | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| be ready to absorb it, as well as preparation in the realm I live to adjust the | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| anything beyond dualism. It was also a necessary preparation for the next age, the one you have | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| to you through this channel. More of this preparation is needed all over the world. And it | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| as you well know. Then, as a necessary preparation, the pendulum had to swing to emphasis on | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| goes far beyond your present life. It is preparation for important changes in evolution and you are | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| topic is always carefully chosen and prepared. The preparation is not easy, for the topic has to | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| may remember me saying then that in the preparation before incarnation the life plan is exactly laid | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |