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 Role-playing................6
free. QUESTION: Will you tell us something about role-playing? People are forced to take on multiple roles 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
evolutionary role to play in this life. Does role-playing exist, or is it just one way of 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
first determine what is meant by the expression role-playing. Unfortunately, it is true enough that most people 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
you merely play the role of an employer. Role-playing does not necessarily apply only to a pretense 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
habit in a person, again in relation to role-playing? Could a person assume a habit and then 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
negative pleasure, the pseudo-satisfactions of your pretenses, your role-playing, your defenses? How can you begin to wholly 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
 
 Roles.......................16
sure that one mass-killing causes another, changing the roles from torturers to victims until all have learned 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
role-playing? People are forced to take on multiple roles in their lives. One can be a parent 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
is true enough that most people do play roles. In this work, our whole discovery of the 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
you let be. These two principles and their roles deserve much closer scrutiny. To activate means that 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
you are still involved in the coverups, the roles and the games, you cannot get at the 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
take some time now to identify the various roles you have chosen. Name these roles in simple 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
the various roles you have chosen. Name these roles in simple sentences that describe what they are 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
all. They are cultivated habits. So are the roles you play. Each objective acknowledgment of your pretenses 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
of reacting already exists now behind the false roles of pretense, beyond the grip of destructiveness. Underneath 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
it with your subterfuges, negativities, with your games, roles, and pretenses, with your projections and your escapes 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
and resistance to pleasure, and give up the roles and pretenses that stand in the way. The 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
ungenerous attitudes toward life and others. All the roles and games we have amply discussed and that 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
functioning being. You will do away with the roles and pretenses. You will allow yourself to fully 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
the various levels of human consciousness assume varying roles of active and receptive interaction. Your conscious ego-mind 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
go into much detail to show how these roles were not always fulfilled, even though at first 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
leader, a monarch, or simply a follower. Both roles have their value and carry their distinct differences 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
 
 Rolling.....................4
own unconscious emotional reactions to set an avalanche rolling. In this way, you and many others can 47 THE WALL WITHIN
impressions and it repeats them automatically like the rolling of wheels. As long as these thoughts remain 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
positive, involuntary process that is like a gently rolling sea with an immense and benign energy cannot 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
and how more and more of it unfolds, rolling endlessly, like the waves of the sea. Now 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
 
 Roof........................4
after all, you do not start with the roof when you build a house, but with the 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
by stone. It is not completely erected, the roof is still missing, and it is not yet 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
some of the walls were erected, but the roof was still missing, as were various other details 35 TURNING TO GOD
So the temple construction has advanced considerably. The roof is almost finished. And the coming year promises 35 TURNING TO GOD
 
 Root........................87
It must be put into practice and take root in your personal life. Thus every person needs 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
about this deeply, so that the knowledge takes root in your soul. It will be to your 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
to be an unimportant detail is often the root of all unhealthy currents in the soul. You 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
and again into this thought, until it takes root in your soul, until it becomes such a 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
reverse, that is the original goodness at the root of your faults. By visualizing the positive you 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
general rules as to what is at its root, nor tell you exactly how to dissolve it 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
Such a symptom cannot be removed while its root remains in the ground. When the root is 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
its root remains in the ground. When the root is pulled out, the symptom will disappear. Therefore 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
enough to remove the outer symptoms, the sick root must be found in the soul. That is 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
sense to solely eliminate their outer manifestation; the root of the problem has to be unearthed. One 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
superficial mistake in action only. For then the root may very well remain and nothing much is 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
exists merely on the surface and has no root in you. Thus you live a lie, well 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
fault, knowing that the outer manifestation of the root cause cannot disappear immediately but has to be 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
think of your illness first, but of the root of the problem. That will be the only 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
a so-called psychosomatic illness, the cause or the root of it has to be found in the 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
you find this out, you are at the root, and all that remains to be accomplished is 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
Of course, even a right idea can take root first in the brain, but as long as 18 FREE WILL
another fault grown out of the same bad root of the initial splitting from God. There should 19 JESUS CHRIST
committing sins again. As long as the evil root is not torn out, it must again produce 22 SALVATION
anymore, but as long as resentment exists, the root of hatred is still in the soul. It 32 DECISION-MAKING
and dearer to God than other people? The root of this feeling may even exist in people 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
you distrust yourself. You will find at the root that you do not live up to your 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
cases like that you will still find the root in your image. Because if a karma has 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
been paid off it must mean that the root is still within the self. If you had 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
off the karma, you would not have the root anymore. You may find in yourself the same 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
committing because of your development. Nevertheless, the same root must still be there, for otherwise you would 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
God, ask Christ, to show you where the root is in yourself, where you have built the 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
of extreme subjectivity that comes from the same root although it manifests in a very different way 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
advantages the crime may bring. The deep, underlying root is rather the opposition to either the real 47 THE WALL WITHIN
be a painful one, particularly if the inner root is not sought while the outer remedy is 47 THE WALL WITHIN
that divine substance can fill you and take root within yourself. As long as your rigid wall 47 THE WALL WITHIN
from the symptoms, refusing to go to the root of the evil, or of mustering up courage 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
does. This desire must ultimately be at the root of your self-contempt, of your feelings of inferiority 53 SELF-LOVE
you find this side, you come to the root of your inferiority feelings and your lack of 53 SELF-LOVE
all guilt and shame and is at the root of all other guilt feelings. All the feelings 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
but one will try to find the inner root of the problems and eliminate the cause. Compulsion 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
they truly mean, when you come to the root, you will undoubtedly find that this childish part 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
the influence which encourage turning away from the root of the problems, while other parts of the 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
departed loved ones almost always has at its root this very problem. Therefore, I say it is 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
bring you any disadvantage. May these words take root in your souls. May each one of you 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is harder for you to get to the root of the problem. Then it becomes more complicated 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
elapsed, during which these problems have taken deeper root in your soul. So, you have been carrying 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
innermost self. That is so often at the root of people's resistance to religion. Psychology, on the 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you only theoretical knowledge that has no real root in your inner world. By becoming aware of 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
in this way can you get to the root of the confusion. It is not quite so 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
the point and lead you closer to the root. You will then be able to eliminate the 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
and secondary when we want to consider the root of the problem. It is possible that a 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
contributed greatly to this understanding. The essence and root of psychology, if you go deep enough, will 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
always find in yourself, in the present, the root that has caused an evil. So this saying 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is not. The inner processes are at the root of it. If you should find and change 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
through the work produced, emerges from the same root: the desire for immortality. Neither wants to let 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
I would like to go immediately to the root of the problem, bypassing the outer, general causes 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
general causes which are only symptoms of the root anyway. In the world of feeling you experience 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
the right direction. May a small grain take root in yourselves. May it help you to absorb 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
your self-alienation. Compulsive overactivity comes from the same root as energy loss and is only a superimposition 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
as laziness and apathy stem from an identical root. You will find in the overactive person a 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
be much more constructively spent on finding the root of your sense of inadequacy and eliminating it 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
This will offer you invaluable material about the root of your problems. Instead of repressing daydreams or 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
both have the same common denominator, the same root. They are both an expression of your self-alienation 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
One leaves well enough alone, and therefore the root, which remains embedded, may create another destructive pattern 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
really lies. You focus your attention on the root. You shift your emphasis from evasion to reality 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
of the coin and stems from the same root as the behavior of those persons who cannot 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
reasons. Both manifestations come from the very same root. The too-troubled conscience substitutes for the inner lack 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
each such growth opportunity for going to the root of the negative incident or mood, you will 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
are designed to penetrate to a still deeper root of understanding in your soul, according to your 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
to meditate about it. May these words take root in you. May the new friends also have 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
in one form or another. Often the real root -- in what respect fear of self and 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
out of the no-current. The yes-current is the root of all. It is the cause. It is 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
and patiently waiting until the seed has taken root and can sprout compares to the gardener tending 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
result of this threat; it is the deepest root of your fear when it comes to letting 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
understand immediately, some of these words may take root in your psyche and come to fruition later 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
this medicine treats only the symptom, never the root of the problem. When the real reasons for 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
all there is to individuality. This is the root of the fear to let go of all 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
within the self -- and that is the root of all suffering. No matter how many times 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
appear that way. When you go to the root of all things, there is no conflict between 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
way of the path. As you discover the root of your negative experience within you, you become 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
the guiding principle in the search for the root of your obstructions. Contemplating the fulfillment or the 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
any of these manifestations with the more profound root, namely that you do not think much of 174 SELF-ESTEEM
harbors the three attitudes that are at the root of all destructiveness and deviation: pride, selfwill and 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
manifestation? You invariably mistake the manifestation for the root cause. You must learn laboriously, through your personal 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
your hate and destructiveness, and that is the root of all emotional sickness and suffering. As you 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
concept. Only then will the true concept take root in the psyche and open up new channels 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
attitude can easily be explored to find its root manifestation. It can then be seen that only 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
is the same. Allow this thought to take root in you, and you will fear much less 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
have to readjust themselves, so they can take root in the new land of beauty and abundance 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
give time for the positive intentionality to take root and flower, so must you have patience and 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
a while, so that higher pleasures can take root in you. No one else, not even the 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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