| 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 |
| Responsive..................10 | |
| 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 |
| Rest........................112 | |
| 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 |