| Re-form.....................3 | |
| and attitudes. You will then be able to re-form your concepts. In many therapies people become stuck | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| know that whole planetary systems explode, disintegrate and re-form. The same is true of everything else. If | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| flow of feelings, the tiniest organisms explode and re-form themselves on the physical as well as on | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| Reforms.....................6 | |
| rebel. You can, at best, make certain superficial reforms that have no solid ground and are therefore | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| continue in the world, regardless of what social reforms are instituted. Social reforms are the product of | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| regardless of what social reforms are instituted. Social reforms are the product of man, they are maintained | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| self-flagellation, only the recognition of a fact. Outer reforms, regardless how efficient, will work lastingly only when | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| history, you will see that this is so. Reforms and general improvements exist in a genuine and | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| aware of himself, more mature. But wherever social reforms were way ahead of man's inner growth, they | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| Refrain.....................24 | |
| align their actions with God's laws, and to refrain from giving in to their lowest instincts. More | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| You may be able by voluntary action to refrain from committing a crime such as stealing or | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| to do with it. Until then you must refrain from final judgments about the events in your | 38 IMAGES |
| this fear will be justified only if you refrain from risking the journey of self-revelation together. This | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| this fear will have justification only if you refrain from risking the journey of self-revelation together. This | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| reactions. To begin with, simply register the desires. Refrain from judgments and evaluations such as, But this | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| act with a bad motive, or should one refrain from performing the deed? ANSWER: Oh no, one | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| the deed? ANSWER: Oh no, one should not refrain. One should merely recognize that the good act | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| Least of all do you benefit if you refrain from making any decision. Either you are being | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| This is an additional factor causing you to refrain from wholly loving. For how can you love | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| for the person who thwarts your will. You refrain from constructing unreal situations which obstruct your view | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| that is selfish, or, if you choose to refrain from this selfishness, your happiness is unimportant. This | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| instinct of self-preservation will lead a person to refrain from self-endangering activity. Yet when the distorted instinct | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| you and your growth. I sometimes have to refrain from stating a spiritual truth directly because your | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| you cannot accept your human fallibility. I purposely refrain now from showing you how the healthy, mature | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| from it through understanding yourself. Do not automatically refrain from a constructive action merely because you have | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| will and intelligence they could not discriminate and refrain from acting in ways harmful to others and | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| and that it is better to see and refrain than not to see and refrain from good | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| see and refrain than not to see and refrain from good action. It is very important for | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| and motives, disharmony is created. Even if you refrain from quarreling, your not knowing what motivates them | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| that respect, I do not love, and I refrain from wanting to love because I am afraid | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| awaits them in their innermost center! Those who refrain from going all the way are usually obstructed | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| how resentful and deprived you feel when you refrain from destructive behavior, and also how guilty and | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| evil behavior, when you collude with it and refrain from fighting for the truth? You encourage evil | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| Refrains....................4 | |
| yourself. It could be that a person constantly refrains from having opinions in order to avoid friction | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| feels extremely uncomfortable and strongly compelled when he refrains from assuming the false responsibility. Such a forced | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| manifest in some way, even if the personality refrains from active deeds. Holding back from loving and | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| God than the self-righteous, apparently good person. Inertia refrains from action for the good. Laziness, nonmovement, passivity | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| Refreshed...................3 | |
| a sound sleep, you will feel much more refreshed than when you had a light sleep. The | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| can relax for ten minutes and be thoroughly refreshed. ANSWER: If the sleep is profound enough, a | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| is your salvation. Doing so will leave you refreshed and strengthened, more yourself than you ever were | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| Refuge......................14 | |
| represents a last resort, or second best, a refuge, He will have to show you that love | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| important aspect of their soul development. They find refuge in the steady comfort of their relationship. They | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| come where the entity can no longer take refuge from its message. The personality must see eventually | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| crisis. I feel I either have to take refuge somewhere or I have to ride through the | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| It touches upon the age-old alternatives of taking refuge or driving through. It is perhaps the most | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| that going through can be avoided and taking refuge will do some good. Actually, taking refuge does | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| taking refuge will do some good. Actually, taking refuge does not do any good; on the contrary | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| your mind, however, saying, I will not take refuge, I will go through it, the resources within | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| obscure to those who still tend to take refuge. They then feel weak and do not believe | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| more fraught with apparent danger, so that taking refuge in fantasy life is the only avenue of | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| with certain parts of themselves, they often seek refuge in paths which promise that one can avoid | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| all: You will no longer need to take refuge in your negativity, which appears to be more | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| a maze of inner confusion and can take refuge in the outer law, for that may be | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| and give in. Human beings have always sought refuge in hard and fast rules that can be | 228 BALANCE |
| Refusal.....................77 | |
| for long. Yes. Does it connect to the refusal of the Makama that the split was made | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| struggle of self-will against accepting anything hard. The refusal to accept life's terms can be on the | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| your intellect, you may not openly admit your refusal to be unhappy. By defiance, self-pity, wanting to | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| react that way; or denial -- the fearful refusal to look at imperfection which may not fit | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| selfish and self-willed, it is equally erroneous that refusal of decision-making, under the mask of waiting for | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| will can coexist with a certain cowardice and refusal to assume self-responsibility. I am only pointing out | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| This trend in itself is a sign of refusal to accept self- responsibility. If you are truly | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| within still yearns. An individual's withdrawal from and refusal to love is often much less determined by | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| come out in a very hurting way. Your refusal to comply with a demand cannot really hurt | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| Those who are starved and therefore terrified by refusal are blind to others. All they feel is | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| the underlying cause, which basically is always the refusal to face the lower self, and its consequence | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| part of human communication, and your fright and refusal to engage are unjustified. Such reaction indicates an | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| exchange in relationships. Beneath the inner and unconscious refusal to cut ties with protective authority lies identification | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| on the point of confusion, despair, and stubborn refusal to open up and go further. I wish | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| fierce overcoming of stubborn, easily misleading resistance, and refusal to yield to temptation. There is no shortcut | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| pride, fear, self will, greed, childish dependency, and refusal to stand on one's own feet produce soul | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| from giving oneself to life without restriction. The refusal to give yourself freely, the involvement in a | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| A negative chain reaction is triggered by your refusal to give up the inner life and look | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| destructive feelings, I shall neither deny this inner refusal by repression nor give in to it. I | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| there were such a thing -- but the refusal to expose it, see it, and let go | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| indifference, non-involvement, non-commitment, numbness of feelings, separateness and refusal to love. When you are involved in this | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| between giving and receiving. There is no more refusal to add to life; consequently, deep sorrow and | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| is a childish demand from life, an angry refusal to cooperate with life's laws, which are most | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| free rein. From this point of view your refusal to let go of the ego is understandable | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| or they may have vaguely experienced an inner refusal to love but never quite faced or really | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| and outer life, they are due to the refusal to love in certain respects connected specifically with | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| this, it is often useful to compare your refusal to love with those areas where you do | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| see that personal integrity is affected by the refusal to seek answers independently, an innate decency and | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| this always happens, again and again. The rigid refusal to look and consider -- the adherence to | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| of motives and attention, as well as a refusal to give of oneself wholeheartedly. All these create | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| because I do not want to face my refusal to have real feelings? you can then proceed | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| when the spiritual pulsebeat is stopped through hardening, refusal of the experience, and unnatural restriction. The better | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the experience is a result of yourself, your refusal of it amounts to refusing yourself. Psychologically this | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| of it amounts to refusing yourself. Psychologically this refusal manifests in denial of happiness and pleasure. This | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| fright and contraction the person would express a refusal of the fact that he or she has | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| as you remain in the old position of refusal and isolation. As long as you fail to | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| afraid of receiving. You are doubly frustrated. Your refusal to let go of the negativity and the | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| to let go of the negativity and the refusal to give of yourself makes you unable to | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| to be caused by the other person's mean refusal to cooperate and to give, brings into your | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| compliance in varying degrees, passive resistance, spite, withdrawal, refusal to cooperate, forceful outer aggression, intimidation, and persuasion | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| to win and have your way, and your refusal to lose on the ego-level make it impossible | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| ego control fail, due to the personality's stubborn refusal and false ideas. All self- destruction is a | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| also to the deliberate, although possibly unconscious, mean refusal to give of yourself to life and others | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| is an unreasonable inner act. It implies a refusal to assume the responsibility and consequences for your | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| things I said about fear, it is a refusal to risk anything. It is impossible to lose | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| they find false aggression, hostility, violence, overactivity, impatience, refusal to wait for the powers to lawfully come | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| think they did to you, and of your refusal to see their failures as anything but a | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| suffering, your unfulfillment, your unhappiness, and your inner refusal to give up persisting negativity. Only when this | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| as useless and ineffective as accepting its direct refusal to budge. When the conscious ego does not | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| you slowly discover your intolerance, your criticalness, your refusal to accept others for what they are, you | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| pain -- the denial of it and the refusal to ride with it -- is the reason | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| and even dangerous, and thus you justify your refusal to feel sad. You may do this by | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| experiencing pleasure and thus for reaching fulfillment. The refusal to experience painful feelings results from the misconception | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| not allow yourself to experience painful feelings. The refusal to do so also causes you to create | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| and imbalance of the will functioning, and every refusal to feel what is there within you, inevitably | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| of being hurt and humiliated, fear of and refusal to experience past and present pain. A negative | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| will direction is also the result of a refusal to assume self-responsibility, or to deal with less | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| on maintaining it. Why does this apparently senseless refusal exist, even though you know it only causes | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| better way. But when you reaffirm the senseless refusal to give up negative will, it is because | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| you cannot give up the lower self. The refusal to do so is the misplaced will to | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| degree evil exists -- misconceptions, defenses, negative intentionality, refusal to experience one's self-produced pain -- bliss is | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| always finally come to a breaking point. The refusal to expose the truth and to admit what | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| attitudes harbors the other two as well. The refusal to move may be evaluated on a more | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| variations and with different degrees of intensity. The refusal to love, when not admitted, often manifests in | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| Yet they can impede this expansion by their refusal to give up certain attitudes. So you must | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| right or wrong. There is also a defiant refusal to recognize the keys contained in them. In | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| to pay attention to until now. This ongoing refusal and self-imposed blindness remove you to such an | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| desire, which manifests as resignation and hopelessness. The refusal to endure any kind of frustration creates an | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| other periods living alone represents stagnation and a refusal to follow the organic movement. The same holds | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| is a tight holding back, a cramp, a refusal to flow and give out. This form of | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| case with positive contraction, but rather in a refusal to move, reach, love, trust, and give out | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| truth about myself or about anything else. This refusal to look at the truth manifests in confusion | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| distortion. And I feel very much that this refusal is an expression of the words I won't | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| surpass the natural, cause-and- effect result of their refusal to fend for themselves and instead take on | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| does this hold true for spiritual growth! Your refusal to surrender has to do with lack of | 254 SURRENDER |
| and your ability to make future decisions. The refusal to surrender creates an overdeveloped self-will which takes | 254 SURRENDER |
| exposure is always present. It is obvious that refusal to expose creates isolation. When you deny exposure | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |