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If I give first, without being sure, my pride might get hurt, I might be injured, the 4 WORLD WEARINESS
important than the I with its vanity and pride. Then the feeling of unfulfillment, of vague yearning 4 WORLD WEARINESS
of your ego, your oversensitivity, your vanity, your pride, and how they play their part. Whoever has 4 WORLD WEARINESS
soul that you have to give up your pride, the importance of your ego, but you do 4 WORLD WEARINESS
genuine way without being afraid that their little pride might be hurt or that they may encounter 4 WORLD WEARINESS
different from false dignity, which is based on pride and vanity. Such wrong currents in the soul 4 WORLD WEARINESS
to forget itself and not take its vanity, pride, and personal advantages so seriously. Such an emotional 4 WORLD WEARINESS
what this choice implies. Selfishness, anxiety, oversensitivity and pride have won out. When as a consequence the 4 WORLD WEARINESS
and shortcomings, are nothing but a form of pride and arrogance. You want to be better than 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
recognition of his lack of humility, of his pride and arrogance in being so terribly upset about 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
into himself and find what other characteristics his pride and arrogance have given rise to. Thus he 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
the ego with its self-pity, vanity, cowardice and pride -- in short, everything that nurtures the ego 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
certain level of success is to succumb to pride instead of mastering it. Complete humility is a 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
guilt, but your lower self interferes with its pride and laziness, so you often assume guilt that 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
connected to God's spirit world. Ego, power, vanity, pride, craving for admiration can be just as great 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
oneself, and self-analysis. The lower self, in its pride, wants to be perfect without doing the necessary 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
valley. And this is also a kind of pride, coupled with laziness. You want to be there 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
whether this bondage concerns a fanatic patriotism, family pride, a profession, or whatever else it may be 18 FREE WILL
accept yourself without fear, without shame, and without pride. Where you still discover these trends, examine what 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
effort to overcome a little bit of your pride. By doing so, you will have attained some 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
first where your own ego is involved, your pride perhaps or your self-will; right then and there 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
indirectly all your various individual shortcomings, are self-will, pride, and fear. This is very important, my friends 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
self-will will not be gratified, or that your pride may be hurt. If you had no pride 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
pride may be hurt. If you had no pride, you would not have to fear that it 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
and whether it is connected with self-will and pride and to what extent. So begin to observe 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
is most difficult for you: giving up your pride, your fear, your self-will, your egotism, or a 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
real love must be entirely free of ego, pride, vanity, and self-will. That is the answer. So 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
be in love, be in God! 30. SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR Greetings in the Name of the 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
to perfection which apply to everyone alike: self-will, pride, and fear. Since the Fall these three attributes 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
light is, but also to realize that self-will, pride, and fear exist in you and to find 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
my friends, you might ask: How do self-will, pride, and fear connect? Why is one unthinkable without 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
of purification and understanding the role of self-will, pride, and fear is certainly essential on this path 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
being alive who is entirely free of self-will, pride, and fear. Thus my words apply to everyone 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
your own chains. Now let us turn to pride. What does pride mean? It means that your 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
Now let us turn to pride. What does pride mean? It means that your ego is more 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
than your own, you still have too much pride. And who does not feel that way, my 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
to make yourself so important, for your little pride and ego do not matter half as much 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
than your brother. The moment your vanity and pride assume such importance, you are again in constant 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
fear, being afraid that the gratification of your pride will not be granted to you by the 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
to show you the connection between self-will and pride. That is too easy. That you can do 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
the connection between self-will and fear, or between pride and fear, is concerned, I have shown it 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
you are caught within the snare of self-will, pride, and fear, you cannot ever be happy. It 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
might call God-eclipsing. Last time I explained that pride, self-will, and fear underlie all faults and are 31 SHAME
the wrong kind of shame comes from your pride and furthers your pride even more. This may 31 SHAME
shame comes from your pride and furthers your pride even more. This may sound paradoxical at first 31 SHAME
facing everything about yourself -- and that is pride. Let me stress once again: Intellectually you know 31 SHAME
be. So the wrong kind of shame means pride, laziness, injustice, and escape from your present reality 31 SHAME
attitude brings further hazards, however. Because of your pride and your need for respect and love from 31 SHAME
on the path. Then you rid yourself of pride and falsity long before you are perfect in 31 SHAME
you despair so easily, there is too much pride in you, and then the healing, curative action 31 SHAME
of shame and self-acceptance, which brings humility, overcomes pride, and shows you how to live in your 31 SHAME
faults, it might make you even prouder, and pride is more harmful than many other faults. Apart 31 SHAME
this point of view, you will lose the pride you take in it. As long as the 31 SHAME
you take in it. As long as the pride persists, however, you cannot possibly overcome the fault 31 SHAME
how every one of them is connected with pride, self-will, and fear. I will show you how 31 SHAME
In all probability there is a measure of pride in you which you cover up with the 32 DECISION-MAKING
and work is most necessary. Then recognize the pride in combination with the self-will. Treat it similarly 32 DECISION-MAKING
similarly. If you can conquer both self-will and pride in this particular connection, your fear will be 32 DECISION-MAKING
soon as you have given up self-will and pride, your fear will vanish, and with it your 32 DECISION-MAKING
the apparently pleasant ones. However, some people, through pride and defiance, choose an unfavorable one. Rejection is 32 DECISION-MAKING
give up and after you have conquered your pride and self-will. Thank you. QUESTION: In the last 32 DECISION-MAKING
dangerous one. Dangerous because there is so much pride contained in it and also because it is 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
with the bad and impure ones -- spiritual pride and separateness from one's fellow-creatures. Since you will 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
and love of God is awakening before your pride and self-will have left you. The two opposite 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
layer exists the ego with all its vanity, pride, fear, and ambition. This ego layer believes that 35 TURNING TO GOD
you are not able to overcome your ego, pride, fear, and the cowardice that allows you to 35 TURNING TO GOD
make the effort to overcome such vanity and pride. All faults bar the way to divine grace 35 TURNING TO GOD
fault opens a door to grace. It is pride that makes you shy. I cannot stress it 35 TURNING TO GOD
now you know that all faults come from pride, self-will, and fear. It is essential that you 36 PRAYER
to feel ashamed? Isn't that a sign of pride? In prayer you learn to humble yourself; it 36 PRAYER
your inner and often unconscious attitudes rooted in pride, self-will, fear, and error. They equip you to 36 PRAYER
with every other creature in existence. The self-will, pride, and fear inherent in every human being will 36 PRAYER
in every hour of test and difficulty about pride, self-will, and fear. Isn't the seeker who kicks 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
kicks and struggles against unhappiness acting out of pride? Doesn't the personality often react in emotional outbursts 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
Does my struggle mean that I reject through pride and self-will the lesson life has to teach 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
Dignity is a divine aspect. Its distortion is pride. How often do we notice human beings proud 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
do we notice human beings proud of their pride mistaking pride for dignity, which has no life 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
notice human beings proud of their pride mistaking pride for dignity, which has no life apart from 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
simultaneously have dignity. In the measure that self-will, pride, vanity, and egotism are present in the soul 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
misunderstood concept of dignity is nothing less than pride -- the exact opposite of dignity. Spiritually unawakened 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
feelings that have probably been influenced by hurt pride. Show your own good sides in sincerity; show 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
and arduous search, the common denominator. It is pride. Your self-will says: I do not want the 38 IMAGES
pray for guidance, being ready to overcome your pride so you can be open with another person 38 IMAGES
will be able to see where your self-will, pride, and ego claim gratification that your higher self 39 IMAGE-FINDING
to you. Perhaps it is giving up your pride, going through your apparent shame. When you approach 39 IMAGE-FINDING
course, can exist only because of self-will and pride -- the personality builds defenses. People think that 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
development, but out of ignorance. From self-will and pride. Everything that the Fall has brought about. You 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
persistently, it is for two reasons. One is pride: the one you have chosen as your loved 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
tolerance, but it is done really out of pride. The second reason is that deep down in 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
the truth, you could not go on loving. Pride, and your present inability to truly love, make 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
probably because of the two reasons already stated: pride, and your inability to love the other as 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
for your ego, for your vanity, for your pride because of your still existing inability to love 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
What does the block mean? It often indicates pride. Yes, my friends, this might seem strange to 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
the impression of humiliating yourself, and that is pride. For the truly humble person does not fear 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
It is nothing else but a form of pride. For he who is so afraid of how 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
All inferiority complexes have the common denominator of pride and self-will. Self-will: because you crave the gratification 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
Self-will: because you crave the gratification of your pride so much that you either act more secure 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
paralyzes you and makes you shy. And where pride and self-will exist, fear too must exist. If 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
your outward actions pretend. You fear that your pride and self-will would not be gratified. No inferiority 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
proud, I do not want to have this pride, therefore I hide it from myself. Your concern 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
to practice humility and love leaving out your pride and ego and proving that what you mean 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
deal of experience, mostly out of fear and pride. This type fears that emotion might lead to 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
emotion-type is equally onesided. Predominantly emotional people often pride themselves that only they are capable of truly 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
built such a tight wall of fear and pride around their souls that they avoid this part 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
will be purified also by putting away your pride and revealing yourself as you really are. Your 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
will be purified also by putting away your pride and revealing yourself as you really are. In 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
fight to overcome the temptation of sluggishness and pride! For it also requires a certain humility to 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
be the predominant factors in each case. And pride also plays a role, in both instances, only 47 THE WALL WITHIN
misapplied goodwill. But it consists also of cowardice, pride, self-will, and impatience. Your impatience mounts because in 47 THE WALL WITHIN
facing the self gives up because of laziness, pride, or for whatever reasons that follow the line 47 THE WALL WITHIN
the courage to shoulder your responsibility without the pride of destructive wrong guilt feelings that make you 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
lack of self-recognition and for self-deception out of pride and fear. There was in him an impatience 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
already perfect -- an impatience connected with spiritual pride. He used his desire for good to suppress 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
that he was self-righteous? ANSWER: Yes, that is pride. There was pride in this respect, but also 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
self-righteous? ANSWER: Yes, that is pride. There was pride in this respect, but also in other respects 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
people's shortcomings, but your ignorance, your fear, your pride, your egotism that directly or indirectly caused that 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
fear can only arise out of self-will and pride. It may sound like oversimplification, but this viewpoint 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
person believes that this would be self-will and pride and that one has to wait for God's 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you how much you are involved in your pride and ego and therefore not half as objective 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the final answer, whether it is the word pride or compulsion or whatever it may be. It 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
special. It is not sufficient to call it pride. You will have to go further than that 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
that. Why do you feel a need for pride? Because of the wrong conclusion of the image 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
is what they amount to. Thus, you use pride as a defensive measure, as a means to 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
an end. This is why the realization that pride exists in you never really helps to eliminate 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
You may not have been aware of your pride before, but after some efforts on this path 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
perhaps with a shock, that you, too, possess pride. But no matter how often you then tell 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
how often you then tell yourself, This is pride, I must not be proud, it does not 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
understand fully that you unconsciously believe that your pride serves to gain something for you or to 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
assumption, you can then get rid of the pride, the vanity, the self-importance: you comprehend that there 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
find, further, why you need the dependency and pride, or rather, why you think you need it 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
in becoming bigger -- and not out of pride for the sake of pride, but out of 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
not out of pride for the sake of pride, but out of the mistaken idea that being 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
if you act out of a level of pride, the other person will respond automatically in kind 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
motives too. Unhealthy motives, such as self- importance, pride, vanity, or the will to rule can exist 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
something. Not being able to ask because of pride is nothing but weakness. But to find out 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
emotions are, no matter how much you may pride yourself on your objectivity in other and outer 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and unconscious -- is unfair; it amounts to pride, for you claim an extra special position for 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
which are always a manifestation of self-concern and pride. You withdraw your real self in fear of 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
all faults stem from three basic ones: self-will, pride, and fear. No matter which fault you take 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
dignity will increase to the extent that your pride of separateness decreases. The fullness and richness of 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
motive is mere embarrassment and unwillingness to overcome pride, we are not allowed to heed it. QUESTION 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
for you -- perhaps by giving up your pride, by going through your apparent shame. When you 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
is no longer desirable. This is not merely pride, but it is based on the misconception that 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
your decision is right, feeling neither guilt nor pride nor doubt. You will spontaneously be the best 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
In your soul-sickness and error, productive of fear, pride, arrogance, ignorance, darkness, confusion, you are not only 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Of course, this is also a question of pride, of the feeling of being exposed to others 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
from a personal fault or weakness, be it pride, vanity, self-will, rebellion, insecurity, frustration, or whatever. Even 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
the compulsive attitude that denies present imperfection, the pride and lack of humility that prevents you from 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
that nothing makes a person as vulnerable as pride; nothing causes so much fear. In most cases 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
moral standards impossible to live up to and pride in being invulnerable, aloof, and superior. The co-existence 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
that what you regarded as commendable is really pride and pretense, you will have gained a most 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
will have a somewhat harder time discovering the pride that prevails in all these attitudes. The pride 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
pride that prevails in all these attitudes. The pride in the other types is quite on the 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
other types may even be proud of their pride; they may be proud of their aggressiveness and 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
from having what less good people attain. The pride of self-sacrificing martyrdom makes it difficult to discover 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
do in the other attitudes linked to pseudo-solutions. Pride, hypocrisy, and pretense are present in all of 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
type will have a harder time finding the pride, while the aggressive type will have a harder 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
love, friendship, or help acknowledged as important. The pride in this image is very obvious, but the 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
negative view receives plenty of confirmation, and takes pride in being objective and the opposite of being 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
love and protection, the seekers for power take pride in never failing in anything. In certain combinations 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
dictates are unrealistic and unrealizable. They, too, include pride and hypocrisy: pride, because this detachment seems so 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
and unrealizable. They, too, include pride and hypocrisy: pride, because this detachment seems so godlike in its 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
no longer need to build false values with pride and pretense. You will no longer rely on 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
healthy power, which is not the power of pride and defiance, neither the power to triumph over 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS

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