| Requesting..................5 | |
| acknowledging the fact of it without self-deception, and requesting the help of your higher self, success will | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| as your reaching out for the life force, requesting its help. The pathwork is specifically preparing you | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| your seeking the truth of the now and requesting the greater truth of the life force. Little | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| explanation exist in you. You assert this fact, requesting understanding and help to correct false concepts -- | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| by impressing your intents into yourself, and by requesting the power of God within you to unite | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| Requests....................6 | |
| unreasonable, one-sided love that the child in you requests. But as you steadily convince yourself that not | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| immature part of yourself, the child in you, requests an unlimited amount of love and covers this | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| to own up to your unreasonable feelings and requests, your unfair demands, and your childish selfishness. Let | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| of your being, and each difficulty and hardship requests something from you. It contains a distinct message | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| inspiration from the higher forces within and deliberate requests for help in awakening and maintaining awareness of | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| divine to come through. If the ego specifically requests wisdom from the divine part of the self | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| Requirement.................18 | |
| at least to a degree, is a basic requirement for a spiritual experience and for the feeling | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| unconstrained soul. Many good people fulfill the first requirement and have the wish and will to help | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| instead of mastering it. Complete humility is a requirement. Consider how difficult it must be for a | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| conviction. I am not referring to the basic requirement that a medium must commit his or her | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| to recognize in themselves. Yet this is a requirement of spiritual development for everyone, not only for | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| self-knowledge, or does not make it a major requirement, you will accomplish nothing, no matter how much | 21 THE FALL |
| you the necessary humility that is a major requirement of spiritual development and true detachment. Accepting yourself | 21 THE FALL |
| than you are, you have fulfilled the basic requirement to be on this path, my friends. Before | 31 SHAME |
| truly understand them -- which is the basic requirement for transformation. But where you cannot make the | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| motives, the deep self-knowledge that is an indispensable requirement for spiritual development. Some people may neglect this | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| understanding of yourself and your problems is another requirement. It introduces an order into your soul that | 36 PRAYER |
| moment anyone seems to fail to meet this requirement, the person's world crumbles. Happiness becomes an impossibility | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| accept a truth out of unhealthy emotions. The requirement always and foremost should be the purification of | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to be loved. Being loved is a necessary requirement for being happy and therefore constitutes a major | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| what way do I work? ANSWER: The first requirement is to feel its existence. Just verify it | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| adjusting to any given situation, person, or unforeseen requirement. Contrary to your unconscious conviction, safety lies in | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| with all their consequences. This is a fundamental requirement to eliminate the limitation. In that spirit you | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| let yourself go into yourself. Meditation is a requirement without which the way becomes unnecessarily difficult. Such | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| Requirements................29 | |
| too lazy, or they are not fulfilling the requirements for some other reason. But to those who | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| with God's spirit world and to learn the requirements, conditions, and laws that regulate such contact. More | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| or spiritual. Even a person who fulfills the requirements as well as possible may yet deviate slightly | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| When, however, a medium fulfills most of the requirements, when he or she develops steadily and does | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| wish for God's help and fulfill the necessary requirements first, before this help is given. If this | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| to through human channels. Now if all these requirements are fulfilled, you will eventually establish contact one | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| -- or read them -- have the necessary requirements to find out about it the right way | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| on whether or not they fulfill the necessary requirements. I have occasionally mentioned what these requirements are | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| necessary requirements. I have occasionally mentioned what these requirements are and may mention them again in the | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| spread divine truth as well as the necessary requirements to be in communication with the world of | 21 THE FALL |
| other sights, if the spirit world fulfills the requirements and wishes to give such a sign. But | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the Eternal Now. Each moment has its own requirements, and meeting them can only be done by | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| stating a fact, and one of the basic requirements for your path is that you accept the | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| emotions without that. If you fulfill the necessary requirements, help will be given to you -- that | 31 SHAME |
| the human attitude does not fulfill the basic requirements, the Spirit World cannot do its part. Similarly | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| manifest only if he is fulfilling the necessary requirements. Now, if science is discovering today so many | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| more you will alleviate the suffering. Among other requirements, that means not expecting a miracle overnight. Understand | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| to love, by cultivating all the qualities and requirements necessary for true love. Only when love has | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| discover where you deviate in your emotional tendencies, requirements, and desires from you conscious knowledge. You may | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| and conscious actions, but in your unconscious childish requirements and aims. So, my dear friends, work through | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| an objectivity, which is one of the fundamental requirements for unselfishness and the capacity to love. The | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| harmful, even if the hypnotist fulfills the stated requirements. For instance, symptoms, which would serve the person | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| aware and alive to the moment and its requirements. You will know that nothing that should be | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| nature of your idealized self: its demands, its requirements of self and others in order to maintain | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| each situation anew and adjust to its particular requirements. Since self-seeking will not be your central focus | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| to do and when to meet the necessary requirements of the moment. QUESTION: What about people who | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| real self. It simply does not have the requirements at its disposal. So when people are not | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| you may not be capable of fulfilling the requirements for action, while on another level you fear | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| by society, but also to comply with the requirements of your innermost conscience, which can never be | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| Requiring...................5 | |
| obvious if you think about them and those requiring development from inside -- inner enlightenment that has | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| in certain isolated areas and manifest very indirectly, requiring a keen eye for detection. My advice is | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| Deep self-recognition is a long and consistent path requiring the greatest courage of truthfulness with oneself. This | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| interaction among these three levels must take place, requiring a tremendous amount of alertness on the part | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| ego will. It is more mechanical and laborious, requiring consistency and effort. It has totally different characteristics | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| Requisite...................4 | |
| link in the chain, which is the sole requisite to keep the stream of happiness alive and | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| meantime, self-honesty is absolutely essential as a necessary requisite for any success in this most wonderful venture | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| of this need. Everyone is endowed with the requisite capacities to fulfill all needs on all levels | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| contact of one individual with another establishes the requisite conditions in the personality for true inner union | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| Research....................3 | |
| man who has been an investigator for psychic research, cooperating with scientific circles, and has had much | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| it time like a scientist who does the research patiently and laboriously, without shying away from effort | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| variables, that you cannot possibly envisage requires exacting research. You must also imagine that all other people | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| Resemblance.................4 | |
| part of the whole scheme. QUESTION: And physical resemblance? ANSWER: The same thing. I explained it already | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| truth, because the present has, in reality, no resemblance to the past, or would not have any | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| in-gathering movement in its positive manifestation bears no resemblance to the negative contraction. There is no fear | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| in this state of safety that bears no resemblance to a false faith. It is not superimposed | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| Resemble....................5 | |
| to the last one, in that it will resemble a very abstract and philosophical lecture that seems | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| aspects of such submissive behavior seem superficially to resemble true love, it is easy, especially when you | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| are many stages of unconsciousness which may outwardly resemble death, but they are not really death because | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| certain facets of the work of self- confrontation resemble mundane psychology. This may be true to some | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| person would rightly guard against anything that might resemble faith. For you do not want to be | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |