| Relatives...................4 | |
| have feelings of love for their children or relatives. ANSWER: This is not a question that I | 18 FREE WILL |
| existed during their lifetime, feel bound to their relatives for a very long time. But this is | 18 FREE WILL |
| being will learn to detach itself from its relatives and from its old bonds. That does not | 18 FREE WILL |
| people still feel very much bound to their relatives of the last life. Others also have this | 18 FREE WILL |
| Relax.......................41 | |
| truth. For if the person's goodwill does not relax, the unconscious negative currents will eventually penetrate into | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| is a sense to all of this. So relax, untie knots, be open. Your problems are so | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| or her a lift. He or she will relax, will feel less lonely. Then do you know | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| responsible for your lack of success so far. Relax completely, not only physically but also emotionally. Then | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| As long as you do not relinquish or relax this pushing force going in the wrong direction | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| will be much more painful than if you relax. There are certain people who have such control | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| QUESTIONER: I have known some people who can relax for ten minutes and be thoroughly refreshed. ANSWER | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| or occupation, your mind should be allowed to relax. The best form of relaxation is attained when | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| comfortably. Do not lie down. Become very calm. Relax completely, without trying to exert any force, strain | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| one day in the week in which to relax and rest. This is fine, and it should | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| happens without direct volition, without forcing. If you relax and let your mind wander after a strain | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| is to acknowledge your fear and suffering and relax into it. You cannot avoid the illusion of | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| but it depends on you. You can all relax and enjoy yourselves as much as possible and | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| pressuring yourself into a state of bad conscience, relax in the knowledge, I know where I stand | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| what you can expect will enable you to relax, to further observe, so that answers still hidden | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| found the need, you will be able to relax inwardly. All this is difficult to explain in | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| apart from its destructiveness -- will be to relax the hardened mass of energy. Thus it will | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| to the manipulated emotions, will come when you relax by yourself and allow your true feelings to | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| greed, you disregard the other, cannot sit back, relax, and calmly look at the other person? Or | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| it is very true to say, let go, relax your self-will. But if your will does not | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| to yourself, I'm too nervous and restless to relax and do this part of the very process | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| win. But because one never allows oneself to relax, to let one's guard down, to let go | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| your deepest instincts so that you cannot ever relax and be unguarded about yourself. Since you are | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| you feel inwardly tense and are unwilling to relax into an attitude of wise, positive reasonableness and | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| to block off this material. Therefore, it cannot relax, it cannot adopt the flexible, unafraid attitude that | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| great value to merely observe your reluctance to relax and know that tension and intensity are the | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| only way to correct the damage is to relax what has unduly tensed up. For that purpose | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the more unbearable it becomes. The more you relax toward it, the less severe it will be | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| will the fear vanish and the soul movement relax. Thus you will make room for the endless | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| there is a painful, anxious urge, it can relax only when you find your own specific, personal | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| that your fears and defenses can begin to relax deep within you. The first step must be | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| aware of, the tension, in order to subsequently relax it voluntarily. This parallels mental and emotional functioning | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| observe your state of tension in order to relax it are therefore extremely useful. Once your outer | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| and feel every part of your outer body. Relax it deliberately. Then try and see what happens | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| exercise you may also lie down flat. Again relax and tune in to your body. Let every | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| Let every part of the outer functioning deliberately relax. Then you will find tense areas of which | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| outer will. If you can recognize this and relax the pressure of the outer will, the inner | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| strongly and concisely, your inner will needs to relax, allowing the soul substance to be impressed. You | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| will trust my faculties to bear it, to relax into it, to learn from it, to handle | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| only pull your chains tighter. Only when you relax your rebellion and open your mind and intuition | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| place outwardly. Now, my dearest friends, let us relax. Let go, center into yourselves, become very quiet | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| Relaxation..................70 | |
| they are in such a high state of relaxation that what would ordinarily hurt badly does not | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| Does one have to be sound asleep for relaxation or does a light sleep suffice? ANSWER: The | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| suffice? ANSWER: The sounder the sleep, the more relaxation. You know that when you wake up. When | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| unfoldment. And part of it to pleasure and relaxation. In other words, your life should be harmonious | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| be allowed to relax. The best form of relaxation is attained when the mind is given a | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| will experience a certain amount of peace and relaxation. The next thing you may do, when you | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| of energy. Thus it will dissolve, and the relaxation will then bring the relief and release that | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| You will enjoy your periods of rest and relaxation, but this has nothing to do with laziness | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| acceptance can you attain the state of inner relaxation that is so badly lacking. This does not | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| you are not aware. In certain states of relaxation and concentration, such as concentrating on the will | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| stored in you. In such a state of relaxation it is also possible for spirit helpers to | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| In this other, wider, freer dimension there is relaxation and a gathering of strength. This is essentially | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| rhythm. It spreads more joy, fulfillment, peace, accomplishment, relaxation. At the very beginning, one may have to | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| in peace, be in God! 135. MOBILITY IN RELAXATION - SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF THE LIFE FORCE | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| that is, is a mixture of mobility and relaxation. The key of mobility, combined with relaxation, opens | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| and relaxation. The key of mobility, combined with relaxation, opens the world. It is the state of | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| distortion of the unifying principle of mobility in relaxation results in the following misconception: on the one | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| in the following misconception: on the one hand, relaxation is viewed as non-movement or stagnation, on the | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| your personal work, are derivatives of this duality. Relaxation can exist only in non-movement, that is stagnating | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| easily see that the distortion of mobility and relaxation is the primary duality, underlying all misconceptions, resulting | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| harmonize with the great cosmic flow. Mobility in relaxation comes more and more into being. The same | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| life itself is the harmony between mobility and relaxation, the phenomenon of dying must be the misunderstanding | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| learning from without the art of mobility in relaxation. By working at it from inside out, and | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| an extremely vibrant principle, and this vibrant, dynamic relaxation is particularly available to human consciousness in the | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| mobility will exist without tension and anxiety, and relaxation will exist without stagnation. All of you, my | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| distortion of the unitive principle of mobility and relaxation. Where do you have mobility and tension? Where | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| have mobility and tension? Where do you have relaxation and stagnation, immobility? Observe them in your mental | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| evolutionary process. QUESTION: Do mobility and tension, and relaxation and stagnation lessen as you remove the pleasure | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| happy. My whole body becomes almost incapable of relaxation. I get into too much activity. Even though | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| in a tight cramped state. Letting go induces relaxation, without which contact with the divine inner self | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| which seem to be passive qualities. In healthy relaxation the outgoing movement of action is unstrained and | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| can learn the great, important attitude of inner relaxation. It is by no means true that the | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| this in an atmosphere of letting go, of relaxation, can your wishes materialize. When you are in | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| that the personality is in inner and outer relaxation. Such relaxation does not imply immobility, nor lack | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| personality is in inner and outer relaxation. Such relaxation does not imply immobility, nor lack of energy | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| energy. It is not the kind of false relaxation that does not breathe, move, respond. Quite the | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| Do this ego-cooperation in a firm, relaxed way. Relaxation must be combined with full commitment. Often, tension | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| of them is the alternation of tension and relaxation, of firmness and softness. The fertile soil of | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| the pulsation and rhythmic movement of tension and relaxation. This kind of tension is not the painful | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| forth naturally and organically. The same applies to relaxation; it must not be confused with the inertia | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| own time. The proper interaction of tension and relaxation is the pulsation, the breathing, of the universe | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| principles and laws. The pulsation of tension and relaxation expresses the integration of these two forces: the | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| the more pleasurable and blissful both tension and relaxation inevitably are. At a certain stage between these | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| reconciled, and the pulsating movements of tension and relaxation will be nothing but two different aspects of | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| from the pleasure/pain pulse beat of tension and relaxation to the liberated state in which tension and | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| to the liberated state in which tension and relaxation are different aspects of pleasure. Unless frustration ceases | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| you establish the proper relationship of tension and relaxation in your approach to yourself. Such balance can | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| to itself. As self- deception ceases, a deep relaxation sets in, a flow starts, an undefendedness takes | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| way there are states of outer and inner relaxation. As you become more attuned to yourself -- | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| a relaxed state is necessary on all levels. Relaxation does not mean inactivity, paralysis, being slumped in | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| state of tension on all levels. Once outer relaxation has become your usual state, your awareness of | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| useful. Once your outer body has attained the relaxation, feeling healthy and vital, and you therefore gain | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| behind the flaccidity of unhealthy forms of apparent relaxation. Once you can bring these three levels of | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| a totally relaxed inner state is needed, but relaxation is not passive apathy, paralysis or inertia. True | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| is not passive apathy, paralysis or inertia. True relaxation is a constant, harmonious movement. It is the | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| growth process. The balance of conscious effort and relaxation applies to the smallest details as well as | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| involuntary functions, balancing poised effort and discipline with relaxation. Each step of growth, each victory over conflict | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| creativity can thrive only in a state of relaxation. You cannot express yourself when you hold tight | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| as bliss in every part of your being. Relaxation and excitement, peace and pleasure you then experience | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| at the expense of feelings, of expansion, of relaxation, of freedom, then the innermost being is sending | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| created an order that affords you ease and relaxation? In what way do you resist doing so | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| yourself, others, and life. Your total attitude of relaxation about every part of yourself eliminates the need | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| when there is no fear, there is complete relaxation. The word relaxation could be misleading and I | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| no fear, there is complete relaxation. The word relaxation could be misleading and I hesitate to use | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| resisting the movement, while effortlessness, ease and inner relaxation lie in the harmony that is being established | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| Neither can find the balance between discipline and relaxation and the intuitive knowing of when one and | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| a deep -- and more than physical -- relaxation of the entire human system in order to | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| unable to heal itself. The state of deep relaxation of body, mind, and the feeling self brings | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| amounts to a certain kind of inner, involuntary relaxation. The involuntary process comes about gradually as a | 254 SURRENDER |
| the necessary state of total inner and outer relaxation. Also, expectations are unrealistic, for it may take | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |