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| first step to spiritual development, to an inner awakening. And therefore we consider it important to satisfy | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to the next, this has the effect of awakening in you a new life spark that furnishes | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| development. Your longing and love of God is awakening before your pride and self-will have left you | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| ones, a crisis, a shakeup, and a painful awakening that will hurt deeply is often unavoidable. Actually | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| conflict I have discussed is as follows: The awakening sex instinct mingles with the longing to be | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| the case, the conflict is aggravated. When the awakening sex instinct turns to the other parent, the | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| organism goes through. As this general growth and awakening continues, mankind will perceive more and more the | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| imaginary God-image. To recapitulate: the first state of awakening causes man to wonder. In this spontaneous experience | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| become more than mere general knowledge. Your momentary awakening is the first step in the right direction | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| you will experience the truth of true spiritual awakening: that the tremendous power and immanence of the | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| and joyful effort is the result of spiritual awakening. Effort made against one's will, forced on the | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| no longer suffer. It postulates that true spiritual awakening is marked by the realization that suffering does | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| at the moment when you awaken to truth. Awakening to truth is possible only when you have | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| will be more auspicious for the final, total, awakening to your inner center, which contains all life | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| have not yet attained the total transition, the awakening in which you find the truth of life | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| path is destined to help you accomplish the awakening of a new self you have not consciously | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| in the sense that it aims exclusively at awakening the real self, absolute reality. It goes about | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| peripheral values, including personal pain or pleasure. If awakening the real self requires what temporarily seems like | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| needed to awaken the inner center. If the awakening brings what also happens to be most joyful | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| will inevitably be destroyed. Conditions that promote the awakening of the real self bring peace, joy, well-being | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| life, and thus self-fulfillment. All three depend on awakening and activating your innermost center, the core that | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| feelings. You are just as much frightened of awakening your feelings as you are of their deadness | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| accept this in theory, but when the emotional awakening comes, it is world-shaking. It is as though | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| did not exist, there would be an instant awakening -- a click, as it were -- and | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| happen to you will be a wonderful new awakening. Perhaps you will begin in this phase of | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| it is possible after a certain amount of awakening has taken place in the consciousness that the | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| forces within and deliberate requests for help in awakening and maintaining awareness of these destructive aspects and | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| parts only with the greatest difficulty, because true awakening must happen within the dormant part. Free-flowing energy/consciousness | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| semiconsciously or unconsciously; (2) the first state of awakening, when you can acknowledge, observe, and articulate what | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| and integration, which manifests as a wonderful new awakening and sense of wholeness. When feelings are not | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| knowledge become available as a manifestation of the awakening real self. This growing intuitive perception, this inner | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| experience of eternal life. The certainty of it! Awakening the spiritual potentials also involves access to the | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| problems, confusions, one's faults and negativities, or the awakening of the ever-present ongoing divine voice inside you | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| time or another encounter a rude and painful awakening. You must go through this process; you must | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| state of consciousness. The latter may have some awakening power of thinking, but self-consciousness, in the sense | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| it stay behind. This is another aspect of awakening consciousness, and in that sense this lecture is | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| happen suddenly. It is rather a process of awakening to something that has always been there. Awakening | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| awakening to something that has always been there. Awakening consciousness suddenly perceives psychic events, inner as well | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| out of infanthood, with a limited consciousness. The awakening is partial and gradual. As you grow physically | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| anesthetized and unaware. At birth, there is an awakening to a slight degree -- slight in relation | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| become more and more ready for an inner awakening and enlightenment that has not yet occurred and | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| friends, you are in a wonderful process of awakening; wake up more. Take yourself out of your | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| all of you to the Christ who is awakening within you, on your plane of inner reality | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| When this happens, it is indeed a wonderful awakening that indicates a connection with more levels of | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| the aliveness of this new force that is awakening all over the universe. You have journeyed into | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| the understanding occurs first and results in the awakening of the will to love. Either way, the | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| best sense; it brought new fulfillment and the awakening of previously dormant potentials. A new abundance made | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| of life. Our world is actively involved with awakening this new awareness and encouraging it to express | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| times, polluted and distorted. Nevertheless, the power of awakening and growing consciousness cannot be halted. The current | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| personality that are not compatible with your newly awakening self, so must the entity Pathwork do the | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| will recognize these symbols as you awaken. The awakening depends utterly on your surrender to the Creator | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
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| of your being. Movement is refuted because movement awakens the deadness. When the life center is feared | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| I just described. Welcome the painful feeling that awakens in you. It is your life, it is | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| may safely identify. To the degree the personality awakens and self-consciousness is gained, such decisions and choices | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| decisions and choices of attitude are made, consciousness awakens and expands. The immediately available consciousness of every | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Thus the sense of past, present, and future awakens in the human mind, but does not exist | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| that gradually and surely diminishes the anesthesia and awakens you to who you really are. You also | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| love of God, in the Christ force that awakens in your innermost being. This love and strength | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| But the point must come when the soul awakens to the meaning of these manifestations and experiences | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| development and purification is reached, the new vision awakens - - sometimes suddenly, sometimes gradually. Even the | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
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| and thus does not gain anything. You are aware, of course, that the atmospheric disturbances, thunderstorms, the | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| to your soul. You live, possibly without being aware of it, in fear. You do not take | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| know this, too, so that you are quite aware of the fact that you gain nothing when | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| of your development, and when you are not aware of it, the insight will be given if | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| pay a higher price than they are initially aware of. They act contrary to spiritual law and | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| that extend much further than you are immediately aware of. When you can no longer bear the | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| yourself, you go to a psychiatrist to become aware, in time, of these opposing soul currents. Only | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| can be made only when you have become aware of the hidden emotional currents and can pinpoint | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| be controlled as long as you are not aware of them. It is a great mistake to | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| is, to religion. The more a person is aware of this wish, the more peacefully and harmoniously | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| of whose existence and nature you are well aware. Do you understand? Yes QUESTION: I would like | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| will lead to a sense of unhappiness. Be aware that the intellect is an instrument of great | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| levels. Do not minimize it. Yet be also aware of how it should be used, as well | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| and possess sufficient strength will, because they are aware of unpleasant or harmful experiences with people on | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| of the lower self. You will always be aware of the discrepancy -- but now without being | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| The most important factor is to be fully aware of the basic conditions, laid down in all | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| Your spirit will become increasingly lighter, stronger, more aware. Your spiritual core develops, breaks open the husks | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| according to their original sexual identity can become aware of this through meditation. Of course, experience has | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| the process unfolds, you may not even be aware of the extent to which you and your | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| immediately. In the days to follow, just stay aware of the question. In one way or another | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| completely out of your mind. Rather, stay patiently aware of it in a relaxed and serene way | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| tribulations. It means that you should be perfectly aware that every difficulty in your life is self-inflicted | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| the path, and you will not even be aware at the beginning that any transformation is taking | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| positive thinking, you say that we should be aware of the hatred or resentment we feel. But | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| can conquer only that which you are fully aware of. This means taking the narrow path, the | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| your lower self, but that you should be aware of it. Do not fool yourself if you | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| out of enlightened vision and inner conviction. Be aware that your feelings are still unpurified in this | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| combination of effort and patience, you can become aware of your own imperfections, unclean desires, and lower | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| is needed to transform yourself, you should be aware of your lower self and know that you | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| in a superficial way and to become fully aware of them are two different things. So, for | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| the fault is within you and the less aware you are of its full significance, the closer | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| food so badly, often without the person being aware of the need. And only if this food | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| determined very justly. QUESTION: Is the spirit world aware of the spaceships and flying saucers which are | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| among beings of whom you are not even aware. My friends, if you could know how much | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| with help from someone -- who are really aware of all their faults. And they can be | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| it properly in your conscious mind and become aware of the spiritual laws from which you have | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| for spiritual progress, but even what you are aware of you may only know with your intellect | 18 FREE WILL |
| many subtle inner will currents one should become aware of and learn when and how to use | 18 FREE WILL |
| dormant powers? Many people are confused and not aware of the possibilities. Thus the first step is | 18 FREE WILL |
| formulate your thoughts clearly and concisely. Become consciously aware of what you desire. If there is a | 18 FREE WILL |
| in your own personality, many faults to become aware of and cast off, and many things to | 18 FREE WILL |
| to build this community have proven themselves sufficiently aware of many of their weaknesses, the presence of | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| completely purified, but you control it, you are aware of it -- even if only less than | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a former life, can be solved without becoming aware of them? Yes. That depends very much on | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for you cannot handle something you are not aware of. You may be aware now of the | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you are not aware of. You may be aware now of the existence of it by its | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it is for you. The less people are aware of it, the better it serves the purpose | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| days for an answer, without tension, just being aware, the answer may come through other people or | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of God by way of recognition and enlightenment, aware that only when you are perfect will you | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| as you take charge of yourself and become aware of who you are. When I say aware | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| aware of who you are. When I say aware of yourself, I mean knowing your lower self | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| naturally that you may not even be fully aware of it at first. Study these words now | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| and at the same time try to be aware of your fear of your lower self, and | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| in you strongly, even though you are not aware of it consciously and do not see its | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| the surface, so that you can actually become aware of it. When your enemy becomes visible, you | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| forces in me, and I have to become aware of both, including the one I have so | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| it often happens that you are not even aware of this basically wrong attitude. Yet, due to | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| something else. But whatever the problem is, be aware that this problem is in direct connection with | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| layers that are important for you to become aware of. There may be many images that have | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| of you of which you are not even aware yet. Test yourself concerning your real feelings. Only | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| patterns in your life which you cannot become aware of otherwise. That is all you should do | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |