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| Then consider how you demand that God should prove to you His greatest love and justice before | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| an absence of material cares is tested to prove that he or she will follow the way | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| entities must, in the cycle of their incarnations, prove themselves capable of standing fast under any circumstances | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| harder for a spiritual opening; the overcoming will prove to be more difficult and in no way | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| meet a difficult fate well and may not prove himself, but only become more embittered and more | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| and more separate from God. Another person may prove herself worthy during periods of good fortune, working | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| their thinking, they will discover all this and prove the truth by their success with their patients | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| use this power in a certain way might prove to be dangerous for you, yet as long | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| Thus it was logical that Christ Himself should prove His love by His great sacrifice and work | 22 SALVATION |
| an opportunity to do this, when you can prove it by an action. It does not have | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| appear to cease for a time, that will prove a sign of success. There are many people | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| and who have been given a chance to prove what they can do with an easy life | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| in a future incarnation, perhaps so they can prove themselves. But to imagine that going on this | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| reach by merely lecturing them, by trying to prove a truth they could not see as yet | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| loving, and humble enough not to have to prove themselves right all the time. Many people may | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| you do not like the choice that might prove to be His will for you. Trust that | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| still within the realm of possibility, but may prove too difficult--or too easy. In such instances, the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| your trouble in one way or another, you prove that emotionally you have not accepted all that | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| with the adversities in your personal life will prove to you that within yourself you have not | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| that by being negative and pessimistic they can prove that they are accepting life's lessons. Actually negative | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| we should accept them in humility and thus prove our worthiness of God's mercy and bliss. This | 38 IMAGES |
| endeavors, and whom I congratulate. For nothing can prove better what this search is all about than | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| is the only way, everything else may even prove dangerous. Goodwill alone is not enough protection. Ignorance | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| be developed if psychic powers are not to prove dangerous. I am sorry that we could not | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| you go about it, the more sincerely you prove your goodwill, the more you will realize that | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| -- partly in response to outside events, to prove to himself and others that he or she | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| explain why you are alone. This understanding should prove helpful and may even enable your emotions to | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| would like to make a proposition which should prove exceedingly interesting to all of you. There is | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| corner of your being you still want to prove how right you are, you have not fulfilled | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| teachings and the path I show you must prove to you forever more that it is you | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| understand it quite well, so a discussion may prove to be illuminating for you. Or is there | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| proof is never sufficient. Besides, you can only prove something to someone who is open and without | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| be there because you no longer have to prove anything to anyone else or to yourself. If | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| people's opinion, it is because you have to prove something to them. And if you rebel against | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| a defiant I don't care attitude, then you prove something to yourself. Both extremes come from an | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| yourself. Both extremes come from an attempt to prove something. When there is no longer a need | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| is no longer a need in you to prove anything, the right middle way will be as | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| to make independent decisions and choices. If these prove good, it is to your credit. However, you | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| accept full self-responsibility, the vision of truth will prove to you that harm cannot come to you | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| may come too, eventually. Such a machine will prove extremely useful. QUESTION: Could it also be used | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| friends have already experienced, the negative occasions will prove to be the most productive. QUESTION: In the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| an additional light on understanding yourself. It will prove most useful for you, once again, to make | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| of you in a way that will ultimately prove damaging to themselves. But in other instances the | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| only. No overt deeds can be found to prove the act of betrayal. If you are not | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| convince you. You will find excellent arguments to prove that it is not so. But your heart | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| in topic and in approach and that should prove to be important for all of you. Be | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| in your footsteps, or, you may have to prove to them that you agree with them, that | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| of the substitute desire -- the fight to prove yourself. Sooner or later, in the course of | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| what is behind it all. The compulsion to prove something exists in everyone, only the degree varies | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| then realize that your fight for approval, to prove something or other, makes you self- centered, proud | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| your struggle. Find specifically how this fight to prove something, or yourself, in one way or another | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| Yet to step into this abyss will soon prove liberating, refreshing and exhilarating, after you have overcome | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| have to become aware of the compulsion to prove whatever it is you want to prove at | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| to prove whatever it is you want to prove at any given instance. When you arrive at | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| why it is so important for you to prove yourself in this or that way. Why should | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| or whatever it is you set out to prove. You will also detect that subtle little tendency | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| to let go of the fighting current to prove yourself. Your emotions will learn to give up | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| love will forever be unreciprocated and that to prove true love you must give up your personal | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| like to say a few words which may prove helpful for those of you who struggle and | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| be tremendous, regardless how negative the answers may prove to be. One of the most outstanding features | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| in combination with the task -- but to prove and show the world to accept suffering and | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the sand from trickling back. The work may prove tedious, but it certainly is worth the effort | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Such observations will broaden your understanding and will prove very beneficial for you. In the past, before | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| may produce a conflict because it may simultaneously prove damaging to another person. It may make you | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| to it. This phenomenon was not meant to prove just that life does continue in the spirit | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| who glorifies such negative tendencies, believing them to prove strength and independence, superiority and aloofness, would be | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| commands are often not obeyed. When the rules prove ineffective, your insecurity is increased for two reasons | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| you believe you should; and 2) your rules prove unworkable. All your planning and blueprinting is therefore | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| and commands, despairing more and more when they prove progressively less workable. The inner process of preparation | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| to awareness, for only then will your solution prove to be unworkable and you will come to | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| will reveal the truth of the matter and prove of utmost importance for your further development because | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| instances you hide something and ardently try to prove to yourself and others that the hidden does | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| attempt this examination, you tend to try to prove that you have nothing to do with the | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| is dictated by the false belief that you prove yourself unworthy if you admit that you do | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| example is loved anyway, a little investigation would prove that the loving person does not love him | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| your rebellion against the world. You have to prove that you do not bow down when, in | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| And there you go to great lengths to prove that your problem is different; that it has | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| you see yourself in situations in which you prove to those who have slighted you how superior | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| up. If the ego is too weak to prove the world wrong, as it were -- if | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| put it on another level, where you can prove yourself right. Your third option is a counterattack | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| moment, it becomes more important for you to prove that the accusation is unjustified, even if it | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| of thought process and of exerting the will prove only that these faculties cannot directly bring freedom | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| if the effect is but small, they will prove tremendously helpful. Think and feel these words. Pursue | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| have this last year, the group work will prove more and more fruitful, an addition to the | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| unconscious currents are a reality, their response would prove this to be so. Only when you have | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| that you voice your confusions, these discussions will prove of immeasurable value. Help will then be given | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| you fear so much because you cannot yet prove its reality. Your very haste, on the one | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| defy conformity. But whenever the stringent need to prove something exists, one can certainly find a flaw | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| shield against complete commitment. May these summer months prove a fruitful time during which the gains of | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| What may now appear as defeat will soon prove to be victory, an absolutely necessary experience. Please | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| the hurts and pain during childhood, will now prove useful in that it will be easier to | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| be lost and confused, and their actions will prove unsuccessful. But those who know themselves and understand | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| this is where humankind is today. This will prove helpful and widen your understanding. Many individuals who | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| useful not only for general speculation, but will prove helpful for your most personal problems in your | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| receive such examples from some participants, this may prove of great value, my friends. Are there any | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| with which you could not previously cope will prove how essential it is to live in truth | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| yourself that the need is nonexistent, but you prove it by emphasizing the opposite. This, then, becomes | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| of insight into yourself, of clarification. This will prove of more crucial importance than you even realize | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| what respect you remain unresponsive. Determining this will prove very revealing for your immediate problems. When you | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| even though, in this case, death would not prove any different than life -- for both are | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| a further elaboration on a point that might prove very helpful for you, by jotting down what | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| control -- the little selfwill -- will finally prove to you that this step releases one into | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| because they are so afraid their acceptance may prove disappointing. This is a very general situation. Have | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| after struggle has been positively accepted will it prove superfluous, and work and pleasure will become one | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| EVIL Greetings, my dearest friends. May this lecture prove helpful, and thus a blessing. May these words | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| ever made, will be borne out and will prove to be true. On the other hand, if | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| Let us take the following example, which might prove useful for all of you. Suppose, on your | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| Greetings, my dearest, dearest friends. May this evening prove a blessing for every one of you. May | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| want to spite her and, in a way, prove to her that whatever she expects of me | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| demonstrate how this is so. The more you prove your friend wrong, the more friction exists and | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| over life, over others, over circumstances. You must prove yourself to be stronger than all other forces | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| is. When you moralize, you always need to prove something. To whatever extent moralizing exists, it exists | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| is to appear right or good -- to prove something. A person who genuinely desires to transform | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| and otherwise quite enlightened individuals. These instincts will prove themselves as bearers of light when they are | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| that are not inevitable. You are compelled to prove your specialness and to set yourself up in | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| who genuinely feel their value never need to prove themselves better than others. Only those who doubt | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| shirking any effort, in any direction that may prove to be necessary. This may sound like a | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| whole being to want this, you can never prove the reliability of the involuntary creative processes contained | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| and deeply feel and work them through, will prove indeed a gate, a threshold through which you | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| RECEIVING Greetings, my dearest friends. May this evening prove helpful and strengthening for all of you, and | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| circumvent that which they fear. That must always prove a way of error and disappointment. You cramp | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| no matter how correct these general theories would prove to be -- it will be more helpful | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| of the emotions you fear so much will prove to be an error only when you emerge | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| the same time determines how soon experience will prove to you that there is nothing to fear | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| to your inner erroneous state. This effort will prove extremely enlightening and liberating. It is one necessary | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| with the universal spirit. Later the emptiness will prove to be a tremendous fullness impossible to express | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| reach you. But if they can, they will prove of tremendous help for you as you meditate | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| this seems painful at first, but it will prove liberating. Those of you who have not yet | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| of a mere theoretical discussion. Then it will prove of vital significance in your personal evolution. Be | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| for the sake of rebelling against others to prove independence of spirit. Every one of these links | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| You must dispense with the prideful desire to prove yourself better than others and to impress the | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| also dispense with the equally damaging tendency to prove your independence by blind and meaningless rebellion. Rebellion | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| concepts may make room for, and this might prove to be an obstacle. An open, waiting, accepting | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| misconceptions create behavior patterns that inevitably seem to prove the correctness of the assumption, so that the | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| wanting something that cannot be done and must prove a disappointment. This extreme reaction takes place in | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| instances the willingness is very small. Your reactions prove contrary to what you know in your mind | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| away from yourself. This lecture, my friends, will prove to be of tremendous help and provide rich | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| yourself for your submission, and believe you must prove your independence. In both instances you violate the | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| they will annihilate you or that they will prove that you are no good. This misconception must | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| be avoided in any summary. Yet it will prove helpful because it will give all of you | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| unfair and showing that the resulting emotional reactions prove destructive for all concerned, then a lot will | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| the self and others. It says, I must prove to the world that I am admirable and | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| and without false ideas and projections, will not prove to be a tunnel through which you go | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| where you are in this respect. This will prove immensely helpful and further your development. Use your | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| is bad and unfair, which you proceed to prove by the dismal results you are about to | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| to compare and compete and subdue others to prove itself superior. This is the particular evil that | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| greatness in humility, without ego, without needing to prove anything, without comparing yourself positively or negatively with | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| always deny in my teachings. As I will prove to you on a very practical level, the | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| but your actions and your approach to decisions prove in which camp you belong. More and more | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| attitudes are based on illusion, they must ultimately prove painful and unworkable and are being destroyed by | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| the imbalance is deliberately sought in order to prove, as it were, it does not work, nothing | 228 BALANCE |
| difficulties must first be accepted. They will then prove not so difficult at all. Self- responsibility seems | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| you put on a mask of perfectionism to prove to the world and yourself that the worthlessness | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| into your soul a belief creating circumstances that prove it. You then forget that you had started | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| doubt and not only to mistrust but really prove the unreality of beauty. And I want very | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| of evil. Your understanding of this material will prove immensely useful and will bring into clearer focus | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| suspect they are. The more you need to prove that you are a free agent and not | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |