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 Prey........................21
will let yourself go, and then you become prey to these influences which, as we said, can 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
creatures influence humans. Human beings are not helpless prey to these influences, but determine them. And by 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
will realize that you are not ever a prey to circumstances and other people's imperfections, but really 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
in injustice and are afraid of being the prey of circumstances over which you have no control 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
me against my will, making me a helpless prey. I will call forth the unhappiness myself! Then 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
the inner motivations and reactions, thereby being a prey to his or her own immature and selfish 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to assume adulthood and self-responsibility makes a person prey to the fear of harmful influences from outside 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of control over your life, but you are prey to your unvolitional background thoughts. There is, of 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
If you regard yourself as lost, helpless, a prey to circumstances beyond your control, you grasp for 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
the truth that you are never a helpless prey to the influence of others, nor are others 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
other person. Under no circumstances are you a prey to distorted forms of others because, if you 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
of how you truly feel yourself victimized, a prey to circumstances. Then observe how you feel frustrated 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
she is paralyzed, helpless, and actually becomes a prey, behaving like a victim when he actually is 101 THE DEFENSE
causes in motion by refusing to be the prey of your own destructive aspects. When you finally 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
maintaining the non- commitment. You are not a prey to it, nor are you a victim of 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
succeed. You will no longer be a helpless prey. You then take hold of yourself by using 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
you do become helpless; you do become a prey to circumstances beyond your control. Consequently, on one 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
the destructive infant reveals itself, one could fall prey to believing that this destructive self is the 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
transcend the lower self, frequently made them the prey to evil influences. Lack of self-knowledge inevitably led 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
lower self unattended to, the more you become prey to evil influences who are much more concerned 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
example the suffering of animals who become the prey of other animals in order to sustain the 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
 
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their personal preferences. Yet they pay a higher price than they are initially aware of. They act 4 WORLD WEARINESS
and commit yourself to pay at least one price, even if for the wrong alternative. Such straightforwardness 4 WORLD WEARINESS
themselves: I have so chosen, I know the price, and I prefer to pay this price rather 4 WORLD WEARINESS
the price, and I prefer to pay this price rather than give up my negativity. It will 4 WORLD WEARINESS
only that for which we have paid the price, brings lasting happiness. It cannot be otherwise. QUESTION 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
press on steadily. That has to be the price. Today I will not speak much about what 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
only as a hardship. You focus on the price you must pay, on what you have to 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
whoever is ready to begin to pay the price will soon recognize that one gets a hundred 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
want happiness and are willing to pay the price, you must receive it. By the same token 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
thing you can ever attain. For that a price has to be paid. When you buy a 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
be paid. When you buy a house the price will be higher than when you buy a 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
attitude. One does not wish to pay the price. The lower self likes to remain in the 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
the higher self knows that there is a price to be paid for happiness. The price is 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
a price to be paid for happiness. The price is all the effort one has to make 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
attain happiness by outer means and without the price of conquering itself. And the basis for conquering 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
lower self is not prepared to pay any price; it wants to have its cake and eat 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
not try to get out of paying the price. Misapplied or misunderstood positive thinking wants to have 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
lower self does not want to pay the price. So learn humility; learn to take yourself as 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
outside, and wants its way without paying the price. It is very proud and selfish, and always 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
may still not be ready to pay the price for eliminating the lower self. This would mean 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
spiritual laws, which says that there is a price to be paid for everything. Whoever tries to 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
avoid this will finally pay a much heavier price. Every single person is doing this constantly in 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
only half-open eyes. Realize that there is a price, but the price is well worth it! When 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
Realize that there is a price, but the price is well worth it! When you buy a 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
mansion, you are reconciled to paying an adequate price. You will not expect a mansion or a 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
expect a mansion or a palace for the price of a shack. On the material level, you 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
levels you wish for a palace for the price of a hut -- and sometimes you do 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
sometimes you do not want to pay any price at all. That is part of your sick 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
That is part of your sick soul. The price you pay by going on this path of 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
touch you or throw you off balance. The price is: no self-pity, no self-delusion, utter severance with 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
and courage. What you will receive for this price is indeed a hundred times worth it, but 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
I have given you here. Consider what the price must be, and what you must expect. Then 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
not be as ready to pay the necessary price and therefore merely wants ego gratification. This part 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
which you are not prepared to pay the price. The fact that you do not consider the 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
and are therefore unaware that there is a price to be paid for each desired gratification, does 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
least. In your unwillingness to pay the necessary price for a desired goal, you leave the issue 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
fear or a desire to not pay the price wholeheartedly -- which is not necessarily bad, and 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
it may be good. For, spiritually speaking, the price is sometimes too high. At times it is 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
be fought for and paid for with the price of self- development and victories over the lower 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
to work for. You have to pay the price and deserve it, for it is the highest 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
what you want and to know what the price is; to realize that you cannot fully have 32 DECISION-MAKING
this earth sphere because there is always a price or a disadvantage to any alternative; and to 32 DECISION-MAKING
and to be wholly willing to pay the price even before it becomes a certainty that the 32 DECISION-MAKING
with the right attitude, you responsibly accept the price to be paid. So beware of making your 32 DECISION-MAKING
them with closed eyes, wishfully thinking that the price can be evaded. Each alternative will have an 32 DECISION-MAKING
knowing that whatever you choose there is a price to be paid, you can ask yourself which 32 DECISION-MAKING
to be paid, you can ask yourself which price you prefer to pay; you can think it 32 DECISION-MAKING
if perhaps you prefer to risk a higher price because the possible advantage seems worthwhile. You will 32 DECISION-MAKING
blindly, not ready and willing to pay the price. This, my friends, happens with each one of 32 DECISION-MAKING
advantages without shouldering the responsibility of paying the price for them. That, needless to say, is a 32 DECISION-MAKING
light on this too. Ambition is often a price for what you desire. If you give in 32 DECISION-MAKING
realize you were not ready to pay a price that could perhaps only be paid by efforts 32 DECISION-MAKING
lack of ambition. On the other side, the price is the hard work of overcoming a very 32 DECISION-MAKING
that can only be reached by paying the price, namely hard spiritual work. The necessary spiritual work 32 DECISION-MAKING
because you realize yourself that everything has a price. To fight inwardly against this fact is not 32 DECISION-MAKING
a strong willpower, a readiness to pay the price in effort, a desire to work, to serve 32 DECISION-MAKING
wish you consciously express but cannot fulfill. The price for your unconscious pseudo-protection is the frustration of 38 IMAGES
The symptoms are merely one part of the price you pay for your ignorant inner conclusions. Start 38 IMAGES
You will always be chained and bound. The price for freedom is the courage and humility to 38 IMAGES
that you still have desires and accepting their price. Because of the acceptance, your desires will differ 39 IMAGE-FINDING
to himself. He is willing to pay the price. That is the healthy attitude. Is that clear 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
enough in your soul to realize that the price must be paid. That is the way. It 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
the labor and is willing to pay the price. Yes, miracles do happen on this path, but 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
Emotional maturity means being unafraid to pay the price of living. And the price of living includes 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
to pay the price of living. And the price of living includes an occasional hurt or disappointment 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
mature person knows that there is always a price to pay. Emotional maturity or emotional health means 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
can have, and being willing to pay the price for it. To give up egotism on all 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
spirit of courage and humility. By paying the price you will find happiness and peace. Bearing your 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
out. It could never work out. So the price you pay for the second conscience is high 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
is high -- so much higher than the price everyone must pay to live life healthily! What 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
courage to live up to it, at the price of differing from your environment, you will automatically 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
suffers a disadvantage ultimately demands a much higher price from you than what you lose by giving 53 SELF-LOVE
make mistakes. I am willing to pay the price of learning from my possible mistakes. In reality 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
only try to get out of paying the price for living. This is healthy. It is unhealthy 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
further reason that whatever you desire requires a price. Unconsciously you may not be completely ready to 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
may not be completely ready to pay the price -- the true price, not the outer one 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
ready to pay the price -- the true price, not the outer one. The outer one is 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
compensation for the inner disinclination to pay the price in a deeper and real sense. Thus, the 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
you cannot have it without paying the particular price it requires. The goal thus becomes of doubtful 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
all times the awareness that everything requires a price. The immature part of your personality hopes against 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
it wants without the necessity to pay the price. Until you become certain that this cannot be 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
you desire them? What would be the required price? Are you ready, completely, without reserve, to pay 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
you ready, completely, without reserve, to pay this price? Do not force yourself to say, Yes, I 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
you are not truly ready to pay the price without forcing yourself, it would not work anyway 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
necessary state of development, where to pay the price will not be something difficult or seemingly disadvantageous 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
it seems so hard to pay a particular price or to accept the principle in general. When 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
it, feeling undeserving and disinclined to pay the price are the two basic factors that stand in 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
this basic attitude, not realizing how high a price you pay for it. You would not need 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
help doing it even at a very disadvantageous price to you. This price may be emotional. And 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
at a very disadvantageous price to you. This price may be emotional. And also, if others or 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
not exist; it is illusion or Utopia. The price for illusion is extremely high. The more you 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
want to evade paying the natural and fair price -- in this case self- responsibility for freedom 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
on evasion of the payment of the rightful price. There is a strong desire and insistence on 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
having both ways, the easy way. Ultimately, the price you pay for the evasion is so heavy 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
follow this particular road. A part of the price is the constant effort you waste in trying 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
So you see that fear is the heavy price you must pay for insisting on your Utopia 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
to get something for nothing, not paying the price. If a person wants to receive love without 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
-- one pays a terribly high and unnecessary price in unhappiness, helplessness, and hopelessness. To be adult 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
adult self- responsibility, is willing to pay the price for anything, and is capable of making a 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
order to pursue it, willing to pay the price by overcoming a special resistance. Such overcoming necessitates 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
will take a risk, but at such a price that further disturbances are bound to set in 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
and therefore it is not accepted as a price to be paid. Rather, it came as a 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
your true self cannot manifest. So far, the price you have paid for holding on where you 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
think you know where you are. However, the price you pay for this precarious order and security 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
its needs without the necessity of self-involvement. The price you pay for such evasion is very high 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
you do not yet realize how high that price is. This running away from self-responsibility and from 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
desire of not wanting to pay the necessary price connected with the fulfillment. It may be a 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
deserving, where you are willing to pay the price and to give. You will then realize that 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
warmth, appreciation and love. This is a high price to pay, even if it were true that 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
happiness is selfish, will extract from you a price you are incapable of paying, or which seems 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
is good and peaceful, and the heavier the price you inevitably pay. You foolishly talk yourself into 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
pleasure. COMMENT: Very often we put a false price on paying for pleasure. It is not necessary 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
pleasure. It is not necessary. There is no price. ANSWER: Right, exactly. Any other questions? QUESTION: I 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
If so, are you willing to pay the price of perseverance, of total commitment? The total commitment 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
needed, where it may be overemphasized at the price of neglecting other areas. The experience of each 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
integrity of your own views, will pay the price for selfhood, will assert your rights as you 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
ecstatic delight. For this is your birthright. The price is some effort of overcoming laziness, resistance, and 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
you are unwilling to give up. Well, the price one pays is high, very high indeed. As 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
you want to be. But what an expensive price you pay for living life as if! Once 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
felt adequate as a man, for which the price was guilt and a feeling of being sinful 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
your negative production is never worth the exorbitant price you pay for it, because all you deplore 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
expand joyfully and guiltlessly without paying the heavy price you now pay for negative creation and sacrificing 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
to give this up. You must see what price you pay. Doing so, you will become experientially 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
up the negativity. You must see the heavy price you pay to be truly motivated to want 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
into the open. He can see that the price he pays for the doubtful satisfaction of punishing 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
of this burden to others. But what a price to pay! Doing this renders you helpless indeed 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
I have about myself, for this is the price for leading such a rich life, and I 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
magical gift. I am willing to pay the price. I am willing to involve myself deeply in 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
you are not really willing to pay the price. You will experience the inner resistance, you will 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
exploration of the underlying misconceptions and the heavy price paid for them. The universal self can help 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
the causes and effects, the meaning and the price to be paid for the present destructive attitudes 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
unjustified fears, or an unwillingness to pay the price. This underlying denial creates too tense a desire 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
and paralyzed so that it cannot change. The price of recognizing and accepting the destructive, evil aspect 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
but it really is not. By contrast, the price of denying it is enormous. You may grope 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
level of your unconscious you must pay the price and follow through. You must then also express 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
degree are you really willing to pay the price? Meditation can set your mind on the right 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
of denial, spite, and hate even at the price of suffering is tremendously difficult to admit. But 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
I want the result without paying the full price, or for some other ulterior motive. I hardly 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
duplicity, spite, cheating life by not paying the price, wanting more than one is willing to give 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
become decent and honest, but not at the price of looking at, exposing or admitting anything that 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
to take the risk or to pay the price necessary in order to have what a part 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
you covet and be prepared to pay the price. You wish to examine in what way you 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
I really want it? Do I pay the price for what I envy? Do I really make 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
never work and which exact a very high price. Consequently, the entity may hold on even tighter 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
are, although you know quite well at what price. This lecture is supposed to help you move 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
If you realize that you pay a heavy price for a loveless existence, but you let it 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
choice; you know it and you pay the price for it. You withhold from the world your 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
or pleasure and creative expansion without paying the price of strictest self- confrontation. It is false when 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
relish order and are willing to pay the price for it. They are in reality. When people 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
to avoid the feelings that are inconvenient. The price you pay for avoiding is literally insanity. However 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
you want to think that way and what price you pay. Begin to see creation as the 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
experience only in limited ways and at the price of guilt. You will be appreciated, simply because 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
want to fulfill the longing without paying the price. The price is the labor of searching, of 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
fulfill the longing without paying the price. The price is the labor of searching, of seeking and 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
of consciousness compatible with this experience, then the price is high. I hardly need to illustrate the 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
wants to gain the result without paying the price. The insistence to be in heaven without being 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
leadership. True leadership is taking responsibility, paying the price for leadership. Distortion of it wants the glory 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
to make the connections conscious and see what price you pay for persisting in the negativity. Yet 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
of both wants the advantage without paying the price: man wants the superior position but resents the 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
man wants the superior position but resents the price of taking care of a parasite. Woman wants 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
on her own two feet, but resents the price of losing her autonomy. Both play the same 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
that assumes that learning and homework is the price to be paid before pleasure can begin can 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
to attain the desirable result without paying the price. This, in turn, increases guilt and a sense 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
up perfectionism and the honesty of paying the price for developing slowly into a more genuinely perfect 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
dreams of fulfillment without having to pay a price: without any change of personality or attitude or 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
leadership -- and there are many -- the price is giving. The laws of life and creation 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
you act as if this were an unfair price, and you are full of outraged rebellion and 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
love you do not submit. Submission is the price you wish to pay in the hope of 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
all of your being and fully paying the price. The fact that this commitment already exists stems 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
coveted privileges. These are envied only when the price is not being paid. Those who fully give 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
without wanting to be one and pay the price for it? Is it the envious part that 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
others -- if indeed you believe that this price has to be paid. When someone in your 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
and you can then choose to pay the price, which may be to give up what this 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
of the discovery by far outweighs the personal price that needs to be paid for infringement of 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
and effect, even if it means paying the price. On one level you resist, because you desire 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
your misdemeanors, never to have to pay the price. On a deeper level you dread this possibility 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
must come back to you and extract a price: positively, in a life-affirming way, or negatively, in 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
not want to give by paying the necessary price, which may be giving their best to their 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
burdens, as hindrances to light and love. The price for keeping a secret becomes too high, too 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
As long as this pain is denied, the price becomes much higher, for such pain must turn 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
your inevitable mistakes force you to pay the price for them, when your unavoidable imperfections create conditions 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
possible to avoid mistakes and avoid paying the price for them. This illusion is dangerous, all the 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
making any mistakes, from having to pay any price and going through any consequences of your errors 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
mistakes? Are you truly willing to pay the price for them? The more willing you are to 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
you are to do so, the lower the price will be. The price will turn out to 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
so, the lower the price will be. The price will turn out to be a stepping stone 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS

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