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knowledge and acceptance of all its consequences and related renunciations of whatever has to be given up 4 WORLD WEARINESS
to touch on something else, because it is related to today's theme. This is self-pity, which often 4 WORLD WEARINESS
understood correctly, the splitting of the atom is related to the idea which I have just attempted 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
but you have intuited that the concepts are related. When one says that the splitting of the 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
own divine self or this medium's divine self related to such a master? ANSWER: I will answer 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
If you do not have a personal image related to a mass image, the mass image may 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
life, and doubly so where a similar or related personal image is involved. Before we turn to 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
also is a subject, and indirectly it is related to the problem I have discussed tonight. But 47 THE WALL WITHIN
which the baby cries seems in no way related to its anger, fury, and unhappiness. This part 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
subject, my friends? QUESTION: How is all this related to the Oedipus complex? ANSWER: In the condition 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
To accomplish that, your efforts must be directly related to the change you wish. To determine the 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
should like to add a thought that is related and which supports what you have said. In 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
you are bound to see how every impulse related to this outlook creates fear and insecurity and 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
what one sees and perceives as truth, is related to what one projects. And what one projects 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
on this path is a larger conflict always related to your world of duality. Behind your images 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
not to have been answered satisfactorily. They are related. One has to do with the possibility that 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
substantial proof of your self-alienation? If you were related to your real self, if you were in 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
a constant practice in adulthood, it is certainly related to gluttony, although the displacement of the real 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
Others, such as teachers, siblings, or anyone closely related, also play a significant role in forming the 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
found that the sibling relationship is always directly related to the parental situation. The parents express, symbolize 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
original and the current conditions? How are these related in your psyche? How, if at all, are 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
your psyche? How, if at all, are they related in reality? On what false assumptions is the 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
they enjoy life or because they are dynamically related to it, but in order to avoid death 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
between, outer and inner self. All suffering is related to helplessness. The greater the helplessness, the less 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
false concept a person has is always directly related to somehow not wanting to accept a truth 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
a superior power -- all this is directly related to your innermost integrity, your honesty with yourself 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
unconscious minds. The fear of happiness is directly related to the fear of letting go of one's 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
This brings me to the next very much related fear on the list, and that is the 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
it dies. Therefore splitting off and dying are related, as reunification and living are related and interdependent 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
dying are related, as reunification and living are related and interdependent. Ego existence, pleasurelessness, and death are 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
highly energized state lately, which seems to be related to my job. It has prevented me from 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
tense because of an intensity that is directly related to the state of duality -- through believing 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
opening up to receiving life's gifts. Very much related to what I said here is an important 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
rigidly upheld. The Lever Law This law is related to the See-Saw Law. The difference is that 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
often even destructive attitudes? Tension must always be related to error. In all your approaches and practices 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
The other practice I suggest is very much related to the topic of this lecture -- the 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
is too taxing. On the surface this seems related to how difficult others are, but actually the 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
of the soul. The outer life is always related to the inner life in some way. It 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
it. All matters of life must finally be related to the spiritual self and to spiritual reality 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
things of your life. Order and beauty are related and interdependent. There will be generosity, a giving 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
to whatever degree, how these processes are directly related to and part of larger cosmic processes that 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
apart, form together in a new meaningful pattern, related to the larger plan. Trying to imagine the 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
of how and what should happen. Still another related apparent contradiction: You need to be specific, yet 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
have a personal question that is very much related to the lecture tonight. I realize now the 228 BALANCE
there is a lot of vanity and pride related to my outer will that forces me from 228 BALANCE
you will see that it is very much related to it. As this stage is being achieved 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
would like to shed light on a similar, related reaction, and that is your innate rebellion against 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
duality, with its cause and effect, is directly related to and connected with impurity, distortion, limitation of 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
gives birth to yet another pain, which is related to the pain of your resistance to being 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
corrected and is an utterly dismal prospect. A related manifestation is its converse: Whenever you seem to 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
it not frequently occurred to you that you related a dream quite adequately, once you started it 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
on this path. All your outer experiences are related to your personality, your various levels of self 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
 
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in connection with others vanishes, and therefore true relatedness becomes possible. Self-fulfillment also means something much more 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
of itself and be capable of the true relatedness which makes the distinctions and differences disappear. In 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
others? And these two forces make a real relatedness absolutely impossible. For as long as lack of 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
a compulsion to cover up this little voice. Relatedness, the true flow of union, is determined directly 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
greater capacity to relate to others. For your relatedness with others can exist only in exact proportion 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
can exist only in exact proportion to your relatedness with yourself, which includes the awareness and understanding 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
at one end, and the deepest, most intimate relatedness at the other, such as capacity to love 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
personal sense of fulfillment by the depth of relatedness and intimate contact, by the strength of the 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
 
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evolved that they receive answers to their questions relating to their own development, then their faith will 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
know less or more about the great questions relating to Creation, whether you have more or fewer 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
I would like to ask a final question relating to this topic. I have come to the 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
hold true for certain crass modes of conduct relating to crime and the upholding of social laws 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
to evaluate the importance of any happening by relating it to permanency, which is a facet of 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
QUESTION: With regard to the last lecture, and relating it to the lecture on The Abyss of 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
of the symptoms of self-alienation such as: not relating to yourself and to others as you and 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
the universe. You are capable of loving and relating, and experiencing joy. You are truly self-responsible. You 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
of the soul, which makes it incapable of relating, communicating, and loving. In the broadest terms, sin 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
are opposites of love, of communication, and of relating to others. These vices do not unite, but 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
first wonderment represents the first conscious steps towards relating to the Creator. Who created these laws? Who 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
Before you have reached this highest state of relating to God, of being, where prayer and being 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
It does so because it prevents you from relating to others. We began discussing, working on, and 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
have to understand more profoundly what relationship and relating are. Life is relationship, my friends. What is 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
it lives, it relates, but its degree of relating is limited to its degree of life -- 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
is a mineral because it is incapable of relating more. The mineral relates by the fact that 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
it relates in a completely passive way. The relating capacity of an animal is already more dynamic 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
are unfulfilled. Thus you also prevent others from relating and do not give what they search for 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
before you used them as substitutes. Often, real relating and communication is confused with the childish compulsion 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
and flow? Is it a manifestation of healthy relating if a relationship changes and if a person 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
not say yes to life in loving and relating, as well as in obligations, you are pushed 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
helped. This is true love, this is true relating. You all have much to learn about this 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
them by their own capacity for loving and relating. They never feel insecure and helpless because they 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
interacting with certain people, but you may dread relating to others. If so, do not fail to 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
extroversion will never take the form of true relating. The extroverted person can also be introspective. Any 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
traits and attitudes. If you have difficulty in relating and coping with certain types of people, avoiding 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
you have asked, or political, social, religious, or relating to any other human activity or attitude, from 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
The more it develops its inner faculties, thereby relating more and better to others, the higher it 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
have a problem with partnership, a difficulty in relating to the opposite sex. Let us further suppose 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
Such fears are quite naturally barriers that prevent relating to the opposite sex, which is one of 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
is one of the important aspects of self-fulfillment. Relating to other human beings is always a gauge 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
your demands, will open the flow of true relating. So, my friends, let us briefly recapitulate: self-fulfillment 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
Such objectivity must open the door to full relating and living, to that immeasurable happiness which every 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
truth behind another person's confusions. True knowing and relating removes all havoc. I am sure that most 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
self-sufficiency that does not exclude love and deep relating with others. This is the fine point of 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
being. But this, after all, is the real relating, the closeness which eliminates isolation. Intimate self-expression and 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
the closeness which eliminates isolation. Intimate self-expression and relating flows with the life-stream and brings dynamic peace 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
isolation and for the pain when you are relating to others. They must both be the same 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
outer personality. Thus the weight is subtly shifted relating to what is healthy and what is sick 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
to connect with others and is capable of relating to others. Its negative, distorted version is pushiness 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
inner state. The friction that arises out of relating with others can be a sharp instrument of 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
peace and unity that comes from avoidance of relating has even led to concepts that spiritual growth 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
still project on others your own problems in relating and still render others responsible for anything that 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
and denial of self-responsibility for the difficulties in relating. This denial fosters dependency on the perfection of 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
can you love without fear unless you approach relating to others the way I have outlined above 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
are profound fulfillment, vibrant aliveness, and blissful, joyous relating. When you are inwardly ready to relate to 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
same holds true. Alternating periods of aloneness and relating have their own, built-in safety valves: each preserves 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
the honesty of feelings and the more intimate relating among yourselves. What is more, the spiritual force 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
of it, as the result of two beings relating on the deepest, most honest level, who fuse 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
to see all experiences as intrinsically meaningful events relating to your total inner reality and to your 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
group consciousness, and what is learned in group relating can then further individual development. I will now 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
need to be by yourself. That kind of relating is true intimacy. This kind of relating must 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
of relating is true intimacy. This kind of relating must also exist for a couple in order 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
fear your aloneness, you must also understand that relating to the other -- be it one person 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
other sex and fulfill yourself. To attempt such relating and fulfillment while the old attitude remains unchanged 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
is the man of the New Age. For relating, my dearest friends, you need to go into 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
soon learn to recognize on this path. If relating the outer to the inner is not a 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS

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