| Reactivated.................3 | |
| for you to deceive yourself, that the crisis reactivated the still immature emotions. It just does not | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| but has instead been repressed will constantly be reactivated by present situations. These remind you in one | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| not work. However, your defenses will be automatically reactivated if and when you learn to stop defending | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| Reactor.....................3 | |
| receiving station, so that it must become a reactor. Its consciousness content is still too limited to | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| still too limited to be more than a reactor. It cannot be as yet an initiator and | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| human state is, but it is definitely a reactor. You may often find that you have certain | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Reacts......................27 | |
| contact with any kind of spirit. Another group reacts by saying that any contact with spirits is | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| the person has this association, he or she reacts accordingly. The incident may have occurred in childhood | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| path. There are many ways, and each individual reacts to them differently. Of course, in these general | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| your undisguised lower self as it works and reacts. Try to watch it as you would a | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| so to speak. The disharmonious part in one reacts automatically to the disharmonious part in the other | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| progress. Sometimes it may be noticeable that one reacts toward life's downs in a more serene and | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| anything to remove the core. Thus, the psyche reacts often to the best interest of the person | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the other person, so that he or she reacts in a way that makes your illusion impossible | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| anymore. This is the child in you who reacts to the moment almost like an animal. It | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| not react to others as he or she reacts to you because it is you who constantly | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| truly healthy and mature human being nearly always reacts this way, and when this occurs, genuine self-confidence | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| But since the power drive also exists, it reacts to such self-effacing submissiveness with self-contempt and guilt | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| so it is not the other person who reacts badly to my defense-mechanism. ANSWER: In the first | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| come to see how this mechanism in you reacts and how such reaction is against your interest | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| you will finally see how the real self reacts, often in- between the two high or low | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| quality of the real self is that it reacts in forever new ways to each experience and | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| that prohibit feelings and intuition. A feeling always reacts to reality, however temporary this particular reality may | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| of the time this is indeed so -- reacts in a similar way, all relationships and interactions | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| they once were. And the infant responds and reacts as it once did. It is concerned only | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| The ignorant child, believing it has to hide, reacts very strongly before it is brought out of | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| condition to which the pleasure principle in you reacts. This awareness must be not only intellectual, but | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| what one feels, where one is, why one reacts in the way one does and why the | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| to which one functions, moves, lives, responds and reacts. Look at the illusion of separateness between your | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the holding on -- no wonder the system reacts first with fright and alarm. It requires a | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| part feels so deprived and demanding that it reacts as though the world ought to revolve around | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| it is never questioned or challenged. The personality reacts blindly in a conditioned reflex, rather than out | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| It is indeed true that such a person reacts to pain no differently than to pleasure. In | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Readied.....................3 | |
| could be. Human beings whose overall development has readied them to realize their divine kernel must now | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| has arisen where your own inner expansion has readied you to realize that individual fulfillment is the | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| circumstances is released now. The inner timetable has readied the soul for it now, since all the | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Readiness...................34 | |
| to others, but first you must have the readiness to do so. Indeed, today, tomorrow, next week | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| have to make the resolution to be in readiness; you must consciously conquer your resistance. Do not | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| unconsciousness. Then you must try to translate the readiness into action. And so the spiritual law can | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| and again, not mechanically, but with an ever-renewed readiness. In no way does it suffice to do | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| become His co-worker. All you will need is readiness; the how must be left to God. You | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| out whatever is wrong within you and the readiness to allow for new recognitions, inspirations or teachings | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| original good quality is a strong willpower, a readiness to pay the price in effort, a desire | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| love, life, and the other being in such readiness will you be able to bestow the greatest | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| who has, in essence, the same maturity and readiness to embark on this journey. The choice of | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| a happy outcome, you would display an inner readiness which would be bound to bring success. Often | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| bring success. Often, to the measure the inner readiness is lacking, you overcompensate with a superficial outer | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| is lacking, you overcompensate with a superficial outer readiness, which however can never make up for the | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| without a doubt that the lack of inner readiness, the tiny little inner voice saying no does | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| a question mark. This attitude promotes openness, a readiness for further observation and perception in you that | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| questions, the better it is for your inner readiness and for the shedding of your inhibitions. This | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| that it is your ability to love, your readiness and willingness for it. You may believe that | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| situation based on immature craving instead of free readiness to love and communicate. Since you are new | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| to love always involves the inner willingness and readiness to do so. People belonging in this category | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| one form or another. The greater your soul's readiness for loving -- or to put it differently | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| force the facing of real guilt before the readiness manifests naturally in your private work, would either | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| -- is a consequence of a general, overall readiness of this earth-sphere to grasp higher truth. If | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| presently active potentials in this respect. Your present readiness to tolerate the frustration of your will and | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| and expresses the potential beauty of life. Your readiness to express the dynamic process of life in | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| in this very lecture. There is a great readiness and willingness to love; the potential is great | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| really is, in its potential, in its waiting readiness to unfold whenever it is allowed to, wherever | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| makes these experiences possible through the right attitude, readiness and active interests. If this is the case | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| both in your attitude. Wait with an inner readiness. It requires your intuitive groping to combine and | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| convinced that their strong longing indicates their actual readiness for a real mutuality. After all, they experience | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| feeling is as available as your willingness and readiness to venture into it. These feelings are often | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| is no tight, fearful attitude and when the readiness to deal with whatever the answer may be | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| need also understand that such honest commitment and readiness to deal with what really is goes hand | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| achieved or not. Only complete dedication, watchfulness, awareness, readiness to dismiss wishful thinking and restrain pride will | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| must prevail with forgiveness and understanding, with a readiness to understand deeper connections so as not to | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| blessing lasts; it stays and slowly awaits your readiness. It will come to its full flowering in | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Reading.....................15 | |
| knowledge and feeling will you gain insights by reading inspired literature and philosophy. QUESTION: I would like | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| free. QUESTION: Would you say it is like reading a book that takes us back many millions | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| spiritual nourishment is, in part, listening to lectures, reading the appropriate literature, and conversing with people who | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| by following some of my advice, simply by reading these lectures, or simply by meditating and praying | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| way of self-development and self-recognition. Anyone hearing or reading these words has sufficient means to acquire this | 31 SHAME |
| cannot ever sense absolute reality by studying and reading. Even studying the greatest wisdom of the ages | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| that if it is a question of mind reading, this eliminates the spirit-being's living and existing. The | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| no one who is here, or who is reading these words, for whom one of these aspects | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| wholeheartedly, be it a human relationship, be it reading a book or taking a walk, or going | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| are, of course, very theoretical and abstract; just reading or hearing them merely opens you up to | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| to that particular truth. By studying theories, or reading even the greatest literature on earth -- even | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| here. I mean actively make use, not just reading this as a beautiful theory, but deeply knowing | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| read your own mind accurately, you cannot help reading those of others -- since in reality it | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| is an excitement and interest in them, like reading about them, then you will also create a | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| to walk, handle objects, you speak; you learn reading, writing, numbers, certain basic laws of outer life | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |