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The moment you fight your lower self, you protect yourself completely. This is what you must do 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
own souls, remove the crust with which you protect your hurt, and only then can you be 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
and a great inner insecurity, erroneously attempting to protect himself. Consider how often you have had a 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
thought that this was the best way to protect yourself. To the extent you do this yourself 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
not the task of these mission spirits to protect the people destined not to die. This is 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
you still act according to the necessity to protect yourself and not out of enlightened vision and 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
from a distance. They will interfere only to protect according to past merits, following exact spiritual laws 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
through the process of self-purification which alone will protect you from committing sins again. As long as 22 SALVATION
so. Unconsciously you are convinced that your images protect you. Let me give you a very primitive 38 IMAGES
convinced that avoiding certain actions and reactions will protect you against the hurts of life. Now how 38 IMAGES
was the occasion? What did I want to protect myself from? How did it work out in 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
and intolerant the law-upholder becomes, in order to protect him- or herself from their own fear and 47 THE WALL WITHIN
you through the basic misconception that self-centeredness will protect you from hurt or bring you a reward 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
-- that selfishness will bring me reward, will protect me from hurt. In what way have I 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
want to realize this all-important truth, you can protect yourself from crises and breakdowns. It is never 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
about white lies -- lies in order to protect a higher cause or prevent hurts? ANSWER: My 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
can you examine why you think it will protect you and whether or not this assumption is 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
by forceful measures avails you nothing. You cannot protect yourself by isolating yourself even more. The only 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
are other responsibilities, such as the responsibility to protect weaker people physically and emotionally. You can recognize 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
resort to, either to get it, or to protect yourself from the horror of not getting it 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
seems to be such a tragedy that they protect themselves by pretending they do not want anything 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
bargain they have made with life. They may protect themselves from disappointments and failures, which in reality 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
yourself guilty, otherwise you would not have to protect yourself by going on the offensive. QUESTION: Yes 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
understand this, you will no longer need to protect yourself from hurt and disappointment when you do 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
either to gain what you want, or to protect yourself against the disappointment and frustration of not 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
as long as they love, appreciate, approve, and protect him or her. All evaluation of others hinges 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
obedience had to be stressed in order to protect society. Superficially this may seem right; in reality 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
the wrong motive: If I obey, you will protect me. You will make decisions for me. I 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
in their development, human law will suffice to protect society from their untamed and destructive impulses. The 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
you never wants to accept that. Since you protect yourself in this foolish manner, you isolate yourself 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
a rigid structure of morality in order to protect yourself from your untamed instincts. You think that 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
believe it will -- but also serves to protect you from yourself. Wherever immaturity and emotional disturbance 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
means to you that people will no longer protect you and therefore it is difficult to risk 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
in fear and close yourself up, meaning to protect yourself. However, this defensive reaction is so imbedded 101 THE DEFENSE
not muster the energy that is necessary to protect yourself. With the glandular reaction, however, you will 101 THE DEFENSE
hopelessly dangerous and futile, to run away and protect yourself by hiding. There is no room for 101 THE DEFENSE
and anger precisely because this enables you to protect your physical safety. Such concentration does not leave 101 THE DEFENSE
with spiritual life. They were merely safeguards to protect health. If humanity at this time still clings 101 THE DEFENSE
laws of cause and effect, that God can protect you from certain stages that man has to 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
walls -- all of which are supposed to protect you. To give up this protection induces fear 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
off because you thought that doing so would protect you. When you start the work, the conscious 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
fear of having to shed attitudes that supposedly protect one from hurts; and, third, insistence on remaining 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
I stop myself from warm, loving feelings to protect myself. In spite of the numbing effect on 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
detriment, for it is the wrong way to protect yourself and to cope best with life. The 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
forces and the high degree of awareness would protect them from negativity and the resulting tension between 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
on certain attitudes that are obviously destructive but protect you from danger. This makes it appear as 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
numbness. Even though you created the numbness to protect yourself from the supposed dangers of life, you 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
whole. Instead, you wastefully and ignorantly think you protect yourself by denying them. You think the life 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
tight and guarded, you not only fail to protect yourself from danger, but you close yourself to 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
their existence in you not only does not protect you or is favorable for you, but is 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
unable to assert yourself, and even unable to protect your truth and integrity. When it comes to 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
reasons or pseudo-reasons why people believe they must protect themselves from the very thing that makes them 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
a person's inalienable right to be happy and protect their ability to grow, expand, evolve. Concomitantly, one 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
of dying off, or exclusion, sets in to protect the whole organism from being affected by life-defeating 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
not wish to admit this in order to protect your self-image, others will reflect this negativity. Your 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
between these two types of recognition, you can protect yourself from hopelessness, or at least realize that 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
state of self-consciousness. This state needs structure to protect it from the chaos of negativity and destruction 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
defenses you have so painstakingly erected serve to protect you not only from the evil of others 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
your doubts in the open will, at least, protect you from the illusory nature of your faith 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
pain and deprivation upon you, and you again protect yourself by denying the pain rather than experiencing 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
being has anything to cover up, defend, or protect, then the full potential of your creativity and 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
me all I ask for, and you must protect me from all unpleasurable feelings. My hopelessness will 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
of the lower self which you used to protect so jealously. Reach out with tentative questions, questions 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
not met, or in situations where you should protect your rights for the sake of the truth 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
cases, to justify one's own situation, or to protect oneself from admitting the destructive intent, then nothing 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
evil. There is no one formula that can protect you from evil: only sincerity of heart can 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
that doing so will annihilate you. You ardently protect this limited consciousness, yet this very limitation creates 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
fit the truth either. If you have to protect this pretense, which may seem desirable in order 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
trusted and the only way the self can protect itself is by being as mean as the 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
your interests are contradictory, that in order to protect your interests you must defeat others, and vice 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
outlook about the very subject you so doggedly protect with certain opinions. You wish to believe that 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
believe that only your selfwill and pride can protect you from danger. This implies that the universe 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
to dismiss wishful thinking and restrain pride will protect you from illusion -- and the pain of 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
to doubt in the destructive way, faith must protect you from being submerged in it and blotting 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
planet and to serve it. As such you protect yourself in an incredibly efficient way against the 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
your lower self, you need those laws to protect others. But where you have outgrown the lower 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
your brittle hardness with which you think to protect yourself. In the open, vulnerable state you fear 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
assume that in this open state you cannot protect yourself against abuse. Nothing could be further from 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
Christ to guide you, to infuse you, to protect you, and to love you. And you discover 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975
universe to be hostile to you and you protect yourself against this alleged hostility with destructive defenses 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
foresight manifest in the smallest details designed to protect, sustain and maintain each species. The abundance, the 254 SURRENDER
and the greater the show of I must protect my autonomy, so I will never be told 254 SURRENDER

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