| Revelation..................29 | |
| individual instances, you very rarely need a transcendent revelation. God's will is always contained within you, behind | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| many instances you will not need a particular revelation, but with your good efforts and God's help | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| When a certain point of usually quite superficial revelation is reached, you are under the impression that | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| the partnership of love is the complete mutual revelation of one soul to another -- not just | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| soul to another -- not just a partial revelation. Physical revelation is easy for many. Emotionally you | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| another -- not just a partial revelation. Physical revelation is easy for many. Emotionally you share to | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| The mistake you make is in thinking that revelation and the meeting of souls is brought about | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| the liberated. QUESTION: When you talk about the revelation of a soul to another, do you mean | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| God. But actually, deep in their hearts, such revelation to God is only a subterfuge because it | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| accomplish so much that cannot be accomplished by revelation to God who knows you anyway, and who | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| anyway, and who really does not need your revelation. When you find the other soul and meet | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| the point where these words will be a revelation to you. Then a new door will open | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| hidden in symbols, has an additional meaning and revelation that cannot be found in simple statements. Today | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and cleaner than ever. Just so does the revelation of the essence of strength and clarity manifest | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| occurrences. This came to you as a wonderful revelation. You may not have as much success in | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| the mistakes and everything. I felt a wonderful revelation and relief. This kept on, somehow, but I | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| new approach -- and can, indeed, become a revelation. It must deepen and widen the knowledge you | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| masked by apparent certainty, contentment, sociability. Such a revelation can seem like a major recognition, for it | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| still mostly negatively -- is as wonderful a revelation and liberation as it was at first a | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| develop. The involuntary yields recognitions, inspiration, guidance and revelation until the puzzle fits together. In this alternation | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| sad reality. For a complete perspective on the revelation of the egotistic infant, one needs to ask | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| life in a deeply meaningful way is a revelation that must be earned through growth. It is | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| of guilt on others makes their true self- revelation almost impossible; it implies that if they admit | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| reality behind the great curtain. But when this revelation occurs without earning it by making the state | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| way to attain the blissful now point, the revelation of reality in its unlimited dimensions. That is | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| brings peace and joy, awe and excitement. A revelation fills you that removes all dissension. You experience | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| do this, grope and patiently wait for the revelation from within, you will find. Of that you | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| What was once an entirely new truth, a revelation, later becomes renewed in repetition -- an old | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| and resistance to this full vision of unconcealed revelation of all that is -- of the World | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Revelations.................3 | |
| Jesus forgot all he had known, all the revelations and insights he had gained. Has it not | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| self as yet. You may not experience magical revelations, visions, and mystical inspirations. The first answers may | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| self-rejection or to reject others. The answers and revelations will show the oneness and unity of all | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| Revenge.....................10 | |
| governed mostly by vindictiveness, by hatred, and by revenge, and these emotions remain predominant, there will be | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| admired instead of slighted and you experience satisfaction, revenge and gratified pride. Thus you enjoy living in | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| the person cannot experience pleasure without also experiencing revenge -- some kind of sadistic wish toward the | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| someone is rejected, except in the form of revenge. That I can understand. ANSWER: Perhaps you can | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| found this cruelty in me in connection with revenge. I also feel my cruelty when I withdraw | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| the female sex out of anger, frustration and revenge, the sexual force has entered into this urge | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is painful, unrewarding, and limiting. This is his revenge. He wants to make his parents feel guilty | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| or life, is resentful, withdraws good feelings in revenge and spite. The person is also fearful of | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| to destructive attitudes; to hold on to hate, revenge, vindictiveness, for example. Yet, even so, you are | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| you feel justified to hate, resent, and take revenge. Another byproduct of your disconnection is your growing | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| Reversal....................3 | |
| be a projection. It may also be a reversal of the fear of life. If one fears | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| is a natural phenomenon of aging -- another reversal of cause and effect. Aging itself is a | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| and your responsibility they may seem, a curious reversal begins to take place in your vision of | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| Reverse.....................50 | |
| within. Then you are able to see the reverse, that is the original goodness at the root | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| they had by that time. Was there a reverse procedure of this when the Fall occurred? Or | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| how it has influenced your life, start to reverse the circle and the conclusion into its opposite | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| and continue to strengthen it by thinking in reverse. Bearing this tendency in mind, you will automatically | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| as great as you think. Woman is a reverse of man, and man a reverse of woman | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is a reverse of man, and man a reverse of woman, if I may put it that | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and intuitive nature. With woman, it was the reverse. The effect was, and is, very unfortunate for | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| tie or connection there would be in the reverse, by which I mean that we live in | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| therefore you could not trust yourself. You can reverse that process only by becoming aware and then | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| shame, which, after all, is nothing but the reverse side of the inordinate pride of the idealized | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| the very opposite direction and produces just the reverse of your conscious aim. Again, this is symbolized | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| have only in fantasy. This also works in reverse, so that when they try to be flexible | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| see the process for what it is. Now, reverse the process. Imagine the effect it must have | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| these facets with a pretense that is the reverse of your specific shame. Slowly but surely, as | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| in this respect. People either consciously or unconsciously reverse the facts into exact opposites; whatever is healthy | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| activities of discipline and letting go, but in reverse, which necessarily impedes self-fulfillment. The same fear applies | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| scale; healthy other-centeredness at the other. If you reverse one so that it becomes an unhealthy childish | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| you commit and give yourself fully. Usually a reverse situation exists. The little ego is lazy, unwilling | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| for all of you. QUESTION: What about the reverse of what you have just said? What about | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| necessary to persevere. For purposeful activity the exact reverse is needed: Where the personality forces and pushes | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| submit to in the first place. When you reverse this process and use your energy to halt | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| the opposite extreme: resignation. It is simply the reverse of the same coin. When you see either | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| to derive pleasure from hurting others, you may reverse it and direct it against yourself. Since all | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| you are to attain all that, you must reverse the direction. The more you are bent on | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| in the vicious circle. The only way to reverse it is, as mentioned, to let go of | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| the compactness becomes too painful that they may reverse the direction and set out to make the | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| pride that makes facing fear impossible. When you reverse the old habit pattern of blaming others and | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| have and do not have. Once you can reverse these processes you have discovered a tool of | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| leaves itself enough power at the moment to reverse the course. Thus the consciousness may get lost | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| you constantly use, affords you the possibility to reverse the downward curve that makes you ceaselessly seek | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| conflict, the pain and confusion. Now, let us reverse the process. How are you affected by others | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| the self be dealt with. The attempt to reverse this process will fail, for everything must start | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| others: this is known to you. But the reverse is equally true: as you treat others, so | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| pain. While you believe in illusions, you usually reverse the true order of the universe: you think | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| that often the most severely disturbed individuals completely reverse their painful lives into happy, healthy, unified, fulfilled | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| your focus in a meaningful way. You can reverse the course of what is now a meaningful | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| less than nothing. But how about trying to reverse this premise? Would you really feel less than | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| The latter is a deliberately sought measure to reverse negative creation. It may require a great deal | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| organic movement. The same holds true for the reverse. There are periods when group development is essential | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| also endanger yourself because this force will then reverse the process and bring you into a crisis | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| The tendency remains to view the world in reverse, or upside down: you take certain phenomena as | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| appear to be caught in it, unable to reverse this pattern. They seem to be its victim | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| of the negative pattern of your creation, and reverse the momentum that takes hold of you as | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| nature and meaning. The same is true, in reverse, for the expanding principle: you seldom recognize in | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| level of manifestation the active principle must then reverse itself, if it is to be harmonious, and | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| go with it, accept it, embrace it. Completely reverse your attitude, from rejecting to accepting it. And | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| another form of birth. It simply is the reverse side, symbolized in your religious history by Easter | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| direction, you will also find, once again, a reverse unity which, in its own way, will help | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| success as much as failure. Out of this reverse unity a real unity can grow, when you | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| will to live is usually weak, although the reverse is not necessarily true. It is possible that | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |