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 Responsibly.................6
provided the decision has been made wholeheartedly, awarely, responsibly, not shirking any issues or possible results. Even 32 DECISION-MAKING
alternative. By deciding with the right attitude, you responsibly accept the price to be paid. So beware 32 DECISION-MAKING
reach the state when you do it independently, responsibly and maturely, because you realize yourself that everything 32 DECISION-MAKING
there is obviously no equality. For those who responsibly fulfill their tasks in the universe and live 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
world. When you are given the freedom to responsibly run your life, how easy it is to 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
maturity, strength and fair-mindedness so that you stand responsibly on your own two feet and you don't 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
 
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a false premise. Therefore your reactions are not responsive to the real person, to the real situation 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
it require of you? And are you wholeheartedly responsive? The call of life is a dynamic movement 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
ego to control the functions that are not responsive to direct pressure. The same relationship, my friends 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
surrender to an inner movement that is not responsive to the outer thinking and willing faculties. It 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
phase is initiating negativity. The second phase is responsive negativity. In the first phase you automatically react 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
phase deals with the negativity that is merely responsive. When individuals have freed themselves from initiating negativity 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
because someone acts destructively toward you. Therefore this responsive negativity must also be straightened out, but this 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
involvement with life. The life substance is so responsive, so bubbling with explosive energy, that it is 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
and abuse, however. It is not merely a responsive action, but must also be an initial action 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
God, who is always available to you, always responsive when you reach out for His help, you 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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care of and healed. There are places of rest, also in different degrees, all corresponding to their 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
and also for spirits who have come to rest in the spiritual world after the completion of 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
completion of a great task. These beings need rest for a certain amount of time. Other spheres 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
questions cannot be answered at that time, the rest will be carried over to the following session 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
known to you -- about that you can rest assured. 14. THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
fulfilling a part of your task, whatever the rest of the task may be. If you begin 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
may be. If you begin with yourself, the rest will come to you without your having to 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
small, small part of a person; all the rest of the story is hidden from you. QUESTION 18 FREE WILL
and which your higher self longs for. The rest will come by itself. But that does not 19 JESUS CHRIST
awareness of the spirit. I will answer the rest of the questions next time, my friends, for 21 THE FALL
things the day of inactivity, the day of rest. In life, everyone has to go through periods 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
be active. They are tired, they have to rest. And this may also be good spiritually. Everything 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
spend time on your physical body, feed it, rest it, and cleanse it; you certainly do not 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
God within yourself will your heart be at rest and will your puzzling life make sense. Only 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
next incarnation begins. There is a time of rest for many spirits, particularly for those who have 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
have just mentioned can take place before the rest period or after. And then begins a period 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
small victory the sun comes out and you rest for a while; the scenery becomes a little 36 PRAYER
existence will depend on your development during the rest of this life, too. Do not forget that 38 IMAGES
of your personality cannot grow up with the rest of your being. It could not change and 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
mind remains childish, regardless of how much the rest of your personality has improved and learned. Your 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
that do not at all correspond to the rest of your person. You may find it shocking 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
insecure. Their severity is a defense. If you rest secure in your value, you will not feel 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
may be a longer or shorter period of rest or unconsciousness for the animal. In other cases 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
that you feel and react differently inwardly. The rest follows later. So, my dear friends, let the 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
your sexual drive could not mature with the rest of your personality and integrate with warm, loving 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
of the physical body. That is the physical rest. The feeling-body can expand nearer or farther. Is 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
enough, a ten-minute sleep will give you more rest than a whole night of fitful and disturbed 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
May all of you during this period of rest find new strength in your soul, new willpower 53 SELF-LOVE
consciously so that it can mature with the rest of the personality. Hence they cannot integrate sexuality 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
or backward -- while the static principle is rest, the state of being, timelessness, passivity in the 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
and applying it properly to the self; and rest, preservation -- gathering of new momentum for the 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
yourself begins to tie in with all the rest, so that you gain one overall, comprehensive picture 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
your way, for the moment at least. The rest can follow later. Receive this divine strength of 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
there is you on one side, and the rest of the world is on the other. Many 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
of this infant remains with him for the rest of his life. All wrong concepts are distortions 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
humility and accept being no better than the rest of humankind. The frustration becomes a double one 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
times you find yourselves on a meadow of rest and light until you are ready to tackle 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
wants to make up for it for the rest of his or her life. In both cases 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this time, bringing them into harmony with the rest of the personality. If man develops those qualities 62 MAN AND WOMAN
find the proper balance between work, spiritual unfoldment, rest and pleasure. You should all be able to 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
in the week in which to relax and rest. This is fine, and it should be so 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
it should be so. But what is real rest? What is the only source of strength that 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
quite clear. Incidentally, the word Sabbath actually means rest, and it also means seven. I wonder if 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that the seventh day is the day of rest. You also know the esoteric, mystic meaning of 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
circle, it is a state of peace, of rest. Each number signifies a certain aspect of a 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
certain potentials, as well as certain limitations; the rest may be a question mark. This attitude promotes 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
your inner makeup. Every person needs an occasional rest during which the spirit leaves the body. This 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
It happens because the instincts grow within the rest of the personality and therefore become, as development 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
your real self will emerge. Then you will rest within your real self, centered within. Then you 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
will not matter half as much. You will rest secure within, and you will no longer need 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
by hour, where you can see the objective, rest, and then proceed again, you will not become 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
the entity is not at one with the rest of it. Each resolution and victory on the 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
be glad to answer it. As to the rest of your question, it contains a number of 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
remain idle. You will enjoy your periods of rest and relaxation, but this has nothing to do 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
that way would indeed by cruel. You can rest assured in the certainty of the love that 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
say to you at the moment. For the rest, I shall be happy to make contact with 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
part to become flexible and grow with the rest of you. This part puts up a last 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
of you had nothing to do with the rest of your life. Your reaction to real life 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
aspects or tendencies of the parents, while the rest of their personality is not even noticed. These 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
do not wish to know the truth, the rest will come by itself. If you say, I 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
now. Begin by simply wanting to understand. The rest will take care of itself. Such understanding may 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
You could not sustain a lifetime without this rest. Physical matter is a burden to the real 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
parts which are free from obstructions into the rest of the personality. In order to do that 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
their unreasonable demands and commands that, like the rest of humanity, they issue into their surroundings. It 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
as you find your real, true self, the rest is given to you. It comes by itself 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
life, death, love - - and all the rest of it. You will fear being, because you 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
this, my friends, in order to follow the rest of this lecture. The principle I explain here 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
you cannot find a solution, then you may rest assured that old structures, based on the error 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
distrustful, but your conscience cannot ever give you rest. Even if nonlove is only a minute part 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
love, your conscience will still not let you rest. This may take all sorts of forms, destroying 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
themselves with that, not wanting to see the rest of their illusions, which they unconsciously believe they 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
of effort is often all you need. The rest follows by itself, and the ego is carried 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
self-importance, waiting to set oneself off from the rest, to draw attention to the self by making 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
assimilation, digestion, utilization of what was gained, and rest. In the disturbed organism, distorted by misconceptions, the 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
the universal self. For instance, sleep merely affords rest from ego tensions and ego chores. The type 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
really in the spiritual center, which enlivens the rest. Death means a separation from the center, so 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
There is no need to suffer for the rest of my life. I am willing, with all 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
there any questions before I continue with the rest of this lecture? QUESTION: I have a relationship 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
or even lead an unhappy life for the rest of your remaining days, because you have endured 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
mind, such negative intentions may appear preposterous, but rest assured that negative intentionality indeed exists. To admit 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
they can be awakened. As you put to rest your thoughts and your doubts, which are a 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
is a fact that the great questions always rest on many little ones. When the little attitudes 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
newly joined the pathwork are enveloped by the rest of you who are sufficiently aware of yourselves 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
the contrary. True resilient strength and fearless self-assertion rest upon the ability to accept what is and 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
Can you trust pain as you trust the rest of the universe, as the universe is supposed 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
split off any single existing experience from the rest of creation. Both the movement of yes and 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
such cases these manifestations are separated from the rest of the person as if such inclinations were 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
sexuality becomes even more split off from the rest of the personality. The split among the levels 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
broadly outlined here you can see where the rest of humanity is compared with people like you 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
small part through a narrow opening because the rest of the picture is covered. What you see 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
your innermost being, and let the doubting mind rest, you will find exactly what you most need 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
the beauty, vitality, creativity, and wisdom of the rest of your being. They would be carried by 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
you will never have to fall asleep again. Rest will not impair the awareness of a joyous 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
from a truly firm ground where you can rest and function, you cannot make the leap. Faith 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
outgrowing. On the other hand, your mind must rest, not hold opinions, be neutral, in order to 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
a purpose. In the darkness of night you rest, in the brightness of daylight you become active 228 BALANCE
where you need a balance between activity and rest. When either goes out of balance and becomes 228 BALANCE
fifty-fifty proposition. Take for example the balance between rest and wakefulness. The proper personal balance may vary 228 BALANCE
to individual, but nobody needs equal hours of rest and wakefulness. From an outer point of view 228 BALANCE
can create imbalance out of ignorance that both rest and work, for example, have their place in 228 BALANCE
static rather in the sense of allowing to rest, allowing the process to ripen, so that after 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
where I am in this ingathering contraction of rest. My defenses against my sexuality and my denial 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
complicated transactional situation in relation to acquiring the rest of the property in our Center. Would you 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
move outwardly. But even at periods of outer rest and quietude, the movement is being felt in 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
then unfold toward the outer environment and will rest on a very firm ground. This is monarchy 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
is totally false and irrational. Real autonomy must rest on what is cosmic and universal truth, not 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
and then gained power and influence over the rest of the world. Those who listened to and 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
corner of your soul catches up with the rest of you. You have no idea how strong 254 SURRENDER
of the effects of such self-concern on the rest of the world. Not that this attitude has 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
reestablish its unique rhythm, its harmony with the rest of creation. The sea has the wisdom to 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
pattern within your soul substance. If you work, rest, play, live, move and have your being in 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
loving, healing arms in which you can always rest and find new sustenance for your life task 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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