| Protective..................42 | |
| with the help of spiritual protection. Then this protective influence will step somewhat aside and you are | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| it is way down, deeply hidden, first under protective masks of falseness that have really nothing to | 18 FREE WILL |
| certain faults seem necessary as a defense, a protective measure. This, of course, is unconscious reasoning. The | 38 IMAGES |
| childish and immature side of the personality, the protective measure seems very good and logical. Still, you | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| work if I did not have this false, protective measure -- this image? The answer will always | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| currents. Thus, the law-upholder, motivated by the wrong protective measures he or she has chosen, has a | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| it exists because it is thought to be protective and advantageous. In truth it is not. For | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| the mistaken assumption that they are useful or protective. Once you realize that this is not so | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| will find that the defense mechanism, the pseudo- protective armor of this fault, is useless, senseless. It | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| has absolutely nothing to do with the healthy protective fear we just discussed. Any reference to fear | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| his or her own advantage. The need for protective love has a certain validity for the child | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| your outflowing soul- forces because, unconsciously, this seems protective. When healthy, the instinct of self-preservation will lead | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| third alternative -- after understanding how superfluous this protective measure is apart from its destructiveness -- will | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| is the real me and which is a protective defense mechanism. By observing emotional exaggeration versus repression | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| of human needs. Before you uncover your various protective layers, you cannot even be fully aware of | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| who are unafraid of involvement; who have no protective covering against experience and feeling. Therefore they love | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| need for manipulation -- which is an unconscious protective measure -- to that degree real love cannot | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| false remedy, in this case, is an artificial, protective wall, set up to prevent constant heavy impacts | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| inner and unconscious refusal to cut ties with protective authority lies identification with such authority. Children need | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| to give and receive; the need to be protective or protected -- or both; the need for | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| to help? ANSWER: It happens because of a protective mechanism in the human psyche. It enables a | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| This is often a useful and quite realistic protective device. Likewise, when children are confused because they | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| seems to say no, which means that a protective layer of unfeelingness has formed. In that moment | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| of numbness. First, numbness toward the self, a protective mechanism. Second is the numbness toward others. In | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| or from a subtle process of strengthening the protective device of numbness. At first, this may appear | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| numb. Although this numbness during childhood was a protective shield against cruelty from the outside, it does | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| effect on others, as well as question its protective value. When you are no longer sure that | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| to the separating forces of nonlove as a protective device. It has become increasingly urgent to comprehend | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| a false one. This falsification functions like a protective garment which no one but one's deepest, usually | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| one's deepest, usually unconscious self knows of. This protective garment anesthetizes one to the vibrancy and buoyancy | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| yourself, you will finally step out of your protective shell and become more real. You will be | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| that negation and negativity, evil and destructiveness, seem protective devices. Whatever you must know about yourself in | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| defends itself by closing up, by building a protective armor -- which is the closed, contracted state | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| inner will and intent toward overcoming this self-induced protective stagnation, by mustering the courage to feel what | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| part of the self, which is geared to protective negativity and withholding, will be set back considerably | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| will sooner or later be exposed. Therefore a protective, defensive tightness is put into both desires, which | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| could destroy the divine. So, as an in-built protective mechanism, negativity closes the perceptive organs: blindness, deafness | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| in me. I rather trust my ego-defenses and protective blockings, no matter how destructive they may happen | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| -- you find, embedded within a wall of protective covering, the lower-self attitudes, intents, feelings, thoughts and | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| the negativities are in themselves a more subtle protective layer that obscures the perfection of your inner | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| this path, and you cling to the old protective illusion that your painful feelings of self-rejection are | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| for God's Great Plan, put yourself under Christ's protective energy and consciousness. You live in a sea | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Protects....................7 | |
| which both considerations can be achieved. The symbolism protects the truth from those who would misunderstand and | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you are no longer sure that the fault protects you, and possibly even see that you are | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| ego, with its confinement, is the structure that protects the entity from its own destructive creating. It | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| am allowed to manifest. A great spiritual power protects this group. This may seem incomprehensible or a | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| still craving the right authority, the super-person who protects you from the vicissitudes of life and thus | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| cares for you, never forgets you and always protects you, no matter what the momentary circumstances are | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| here. He hears you, He loves you, He protects you, He is deeply concerned with you, even | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Protege.....................6 | |
| it still has to know the language its protege knows, although we see the thought of the | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| worlds, and they can come close to their protege only if he or she asks for divine | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| in the background, watching that nothing befalls their protege that is not according to God's laws of | 22 SALVATION |
| for the bad, but will watch over the protege so that they are affected only by what | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| guardian cannot force the right decision on the protege. The more a person turns toward God, the | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| the closer the guardian can come to the protege. The more he or she turns away from | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| Protest.....................3 | |
| soul protests when love is obstructed. Therefore the protest itself, unpleasant as it may feel, is the | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| Every tear not shed is a stoppage. Every protest not voiced sits in you and makes you | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| your rebellion you will attain freedom. When you protest indignantly about every frustration that life puts in | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| Prototypes..................3 | |
| to avoid death by superimposed faith are two prototypes. Neither realizes that each is doing essentially the | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| -- they might well be termed as the prototypes of masculine and feminine aspects -- exist in | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| with, to adopt from, or to emulate as prototypes for a new state to grow into. The | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| Protracted..................3 | |
| of shock reaction. A child responds to a protracted painful situation or a subtle emotional climate with | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| my friends, especially when you are together for protracted periods at the Center, that there is still | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| the individual process. I am speaking here of protracted states of disharmony, of escape, of resistance on | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| Proud.......................39 | |
| way without paying the price. It is very proud and selfish, and always has a great deal | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| not admit it, but you are actually quite proud of some of your faults. Of course, as | 31 SHAME |
| being displays the same fault you are somewhat proud of in yourself. Once you approach the fault | 31 SHAME |
| unpurified needs. There are many who are too proud to ask for a favor. When they pray | 36 PRAYER |
| feel ashamed to do so and are even proud to feel ashamed? Isn't that a sign of | 36 PRAYER |
| pride. How often do we notice human beings proud of their pride mistaking pride for dignity, which | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| that self-will has the upper hand is necessarily proud and cannot simultaneously have dignity. In the measure | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| much concerned with the impression he makes is proud, or, if you prefer, vain. It is the | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| this: isn't it natural that when you are proud -- which is a fault -- you feel | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| unconscious of the personality will say: I am proud, I know it is not good to be | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| I know it is not good to be proud, I do not want to have this pride | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| down on the emotion-type. He or she is proud to be so steeped in the reasoning process | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| that what he or she has been so proud of has ceased to be an asset because | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| yourself to such an extent that these selfish, proud, vain, and fearful motives cease to exist in | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| and pompous kind of authority that is so proud of its law and its letter. His is | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| look at so- called punishment. It is too proud to realize that you simply cannot be perfect | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| cannot be perfect yet. It is also too proud to let you accept yourself as you are | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| on the subject, except when you are too proud to admit that there is a subject that | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| yourself, This is pride, I must not be proud, it does not help. You have to go | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| prove something or other, makes you self- centered, proud, arrogant, superior -- or unhealthily submissive, which is | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| inward to determine where you are selfish and proud, fearful and withdrawn. Search deep within your inner | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| not the right solution. To feel guilty and proud as you think, I should not feel and | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| be considered good, ethical, or moral. Aggressive, hostile, proud, overambitious trends are glorified, or idealized. It is | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| possess a strong and loving protector, they are proud of their capacity to sacrifice unselfishly, of never | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| the surface. The other types may even be proud of their pride; they may be proud of | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| be proud of their pride; they may be proud of their aggressiveness and cynicism, but once they | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| on deep shame. Conversely, the submissive type is proud of loving everybody and of considering all other | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| case with the submissive type. But being too proud to admit that an exalted one can be | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| feel self-hate, because they think they should be proud, aloof, and independent, not seeing that one could | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| self-image, you know that its nature is very proud. This pride cannot admit defeat. Since defeat is | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| the emotion that is still predominant, the childishly proud one, all the more persistent because one tries | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| have negative motives of which you seem so proud, but there is also a very healthy motive | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| It is quite the opposite, because it is proud, arrogant, and breeds self-deception and untruthfulness. I also | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| feel this would somehow mean to be wrongly proud. You fear that the mere consideration of such | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| you overcome the hurdle. Do not be too proud, even if they outwardly have not done this | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| my familiar friends also, with whom I am proud and happy to work. Blessings for you all | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| has never accepted them. Your consciousness is too proud and impatient, too geared to limiting vision and | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| by wishful thinking. Very often those who are proud of their doubting because they do not wish | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| really feel and think. They are either too proud or they demand to be understood by others | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |