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healthy, and as such free from masochistic or sadistic tendencies; it will not be egocentric or violate 4 WORLD WEARINESS
the logical conclusion that God is cruel and sadistic. The best way of dealing with suffering combines 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
are one current of inflicting pain. The so-called sadistic person inflicts pain on others as a protection 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
the dissolution of this force will stop the sadistic and the masochistic current. So these two forces 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
without also experiencing revenge -- some kind of sadistic wish toward the mother? This happens perhaps only 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
On the sexual level, such an individual is sadistic. Negative contact that manifests in being hurt, expresses 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
You seem to be implying that I have sadistic feelings toward women. I may also have to 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this way: When you can fully face the sadistic feelings, without the threat and terror you still 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
connect the feeling of unacceptability with the newly-faced sadistic impulses. That connection is the important thing. When 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
affected by the causal connection of unacceptability and sadistic impulses, then you will be on the way 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this prison. This is the prerequisite. Gradually, the sadistic impulses will lessen and the feeling of acceptability 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
will grow not only because you lose the sadistic, primitive impulses, but primarily because of the courage 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
have to reject entirely. For in this destructive, sadistic side resides a power which is, in itself 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 
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weariness -- an indefinable longing or melancholy or sadness which may at times take hold of you 4 WORLD WEARINESS
deviation is -- then a vague feeling of sadness and longing can grip them at times; it 4 WORLD WEARINESS
thus also toward lifting the feelings of longing, sadness, nostalgia, or whatever else you want to call 4 WORLD WEARINESS
along with other symptoms, cause indefinite longing and sadness, and anyone who is haunted by similar feelings 4 WORLD WEARINESS
no torment, no bitterness, no tension, nor any sadness or world weariness. Going back once more to 4 WORLD WEARINESS
oneself to it without rebellion and bitterness. The sadness that comes from undergoing such hardship will in 4 WORLD WEARINESS
stay in the old way. The result is sadness or dissatisfaction with life; you do not understand 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
They create vicious circles, they lead to heaviness, sadness, whereas truth always liberates, no matter how unpleasant 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
the truth. Again and again we must observe sadness and remorse as so many beings regret that 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
few people here with problems. There is a sadness here, a very specific sadness. Every type of 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
There is a sadness here, a very specific sadness. Every type of sadness or sorrow can only 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
here, a very specific sadness. Every type of sadness or sorrow can only exist because you human 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
divine law is made. So wherever there is sadness or sorrow -- or disharmony for that matter 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
realize that there is never any cause for sadness. There is nothing that can ever cut you 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
know what remains for you to do. If sadness, or disappointment, or any lack of understanding comes 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the disharmony, all the feeling of injustice or sadness, defiance or misery. Just turn your attention to 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
in your self-work. You may experience a certain sadness when discovering that you did not heed the 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
you are only partly conscious of the inner sadness, the unfulfilled longing, and of your struggle within 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
of your struggle within to cover up the sadness and to fight for a substitute for the 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
not only know in your intellect that the sadness of your unfulfillment exists, but you will also 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
desire implies, nor being afraid of feeling simple sadness that will never have an unhealthy effect on 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
the original desire to be loved and the sadness that you are not loved as you could 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
make you tense, or compulsive, or intense. This sadness will be free of self-pity and it will 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
to be happy about it, but face the sadness and it will not harm you. The reward 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
harmony. It applies to happy incidents, not causing sadness, but rather the opposite, while still being in 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
sad, you would not be your real self. Sadness is healthy; it is a result of feeling 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
not. Boredom is not. Life is joy and sadness; happiness and tragedy; fulfillment and frustration. The real 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
real feelings -- with its resultant boredom is sadness. Be clear about the very decided difference between 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
very decided difference between these entirely contrary feelings: sadness, and self-pity mixed with futility. When you cringe 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
mixed with futility. When you cringe away from sadness, you wind up in shallow living with all 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
realities of life, in happiness, in joy, in sadness and sorrow, in temporary struggle and crisis, are 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
it! Be in peace, be in God! 106. SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP Greetings, my dearest friends 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
to discuss, first of all, the difference between sadness and depression. It is important, at this time 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
If the case is crass, the difference between sadness and depression is very distinct, and I believe 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
sometimes the differentiation is not easy because both sadness and depression exist simultaneously. They intermingle and overlap 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
depression exist simultaneously. They intermingle and overlap. Your sadness may make you believe that depression is absent 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
absent. You may believe that your feelings of sadness and pain are purely normal and healthy and 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
its underlying cause, in spite of the rational sadness. Let us first define the difference. In sadness 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
sadness. Let us first define the difference. In sadness you accept without self-pity a painful fact of 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
cannot accept something with the simple feeling of sadness it is because the outer circumstance is not 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
then, causes depression, and depression, as opposed to sadness, is a very stifling, frustrating, unhealthy feeling. Let 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
I have discussed it. Is it really just sadness? Do you not feel hopeless and frustrated? Are 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
the real self, such as in natural, unexaggerated sadness. But you make sure to deny the experience 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
wish to do this -- you encounter a sadness about the true lack of feelings. You feel 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
you create false anger. You may really feel sadness, but you feel mortified to acknowledge this sadness 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
sadness, but you feel mortified to acknowledge this sadness, even to yourself, so you create false sadness 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
sadness, even to yourself, so you create false sadness, which you can easily display to others. You 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
via a number of other emotions, such as sadness, self-pity, pain, healthy aggression, and self-assertion. All negative 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
emotions you had denied -- perhaps rage, hurt, sadness. When these emotions are fully experienced in body 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
joy, safety and peace is right behind the sadness and pain. It cannot be activated by a 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
feelings when they are denied. Let us take sadness. When something in you says, I must not 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
exaggerated, fear turns into terror. The terror of sadness creates a compulsive urge to avoid sadness. If 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
of sadness creates a compulsive urge to avoid sadness. If life finally forces you to feel your 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
If life finally forces you to feel your sadness through the circumstances you inevitable attract, your terror 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
you struggle so arduously and painfully against the sadness. When you then experience sadness in this mental 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
painfully against the sadness. When you then experience sadness in this mental and emotional state, the experience 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
is indeed unbearable -- but not because straight sadness cannot be borne. Any straight, clean feeling can 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
build mental concepts that sustain the belief that sadness is unbearable and even dangerous, and thus you 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
illusions. Whenever an original experience -- say, of sadness and pain -- is denied, it becomes displaced 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
be reexperienced in subsequent situations. Displaced and denied sadness becomes self-pity, hopelessness, depression. These emotions are indeed 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
and destructive, whereas the direct, original feeling of sadness, if fully experienced and consciously connected to its 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
to practice. If the original, clean experience of sadness is denied in any way and thus becomes 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
message of vengeance into the world. The mellow sadness of real pain and real needs dissolves into 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
brings out as yet unexperienced residual feelings of sadness, longing, pain. But while you experience these, you 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
the old, yet unexperienced feelings -- pain, longing, sadness, fear. When you are totally committed to feeling 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
be completely without anger, rage, fear, pain, or sadness. This idea is distorted and leads to a 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
hate and anger; at will produce pain and sadness; at will produce fear and terror; at will 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
expect that it will make you forget your sadness and pain or let you gloss over those 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
how can true purification take place unless the sadness that has existed all along about the impure 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION

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