| Sand........................11 | |
| an ostrich that buries its head in the sand. If, after taking on the problem, you come | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| while everything will no longer be running like sand through your fingers. You will have something definite | 36 PRAYER |
| deep under many layers of hard rock and sand. Layer upon layer accumulated during the earth's span | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for slow digging and eliminating to keep the sand from trickling back. The work may prove tedious | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is an illusion, your faith is built on sand. But if you take the great, courageous step | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| out that the edifice was indeed built on sand. The withdrawn type and the seeker for power | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| your rules undermines inner peace. You build on sand and need to rely on things you cannot | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| rock. When you deny it, you build on sand. Your security and self-confidence are based on these | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| This kind of faith is truly built on sand. It is false religion that leads to obedience | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of it all! Everything seems to run like sand between my fingers; I not only fail to | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| way, it will be built on rock, not sand. No fear will ever find room under such | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| Sandy.......................3 | |
| it encounters all kinds of obstacles. Some are sandy. They make the waters muddy and their deadening | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| have to blast through formations of granite, while sandy accumulations call for slow digging and eliminating to | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| convincing. He who builds a house on unsafe, sandy ground, may indeed erect a lovely-looking structure that | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Sane........................4 | |
| this: An insane person will have fears the sane person does not have. To the former, these | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| quite some degree, if you want to remain sane, you have to go through this active part | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| -- and this is usually the case with sane human beings -- there must be something in | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| false reality seems indeed the most realistic and sane acceptance of life. The problem is that to | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Sanity......................6 | |
| thoughts and emotions are the same in essence. Sanity and emotional health depend largely on the ability | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| up, it at least retains a modicum of sanity. The exaggerated self-governing of an aggrandized ego condition | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| higher order. On the mental level, balance means sanity and must lead to more balance and more | 228 BALANCE |
| and must lead to more balance and more sanity. Imbalance, on the mental level, means insanity, which | 228 BALANCE |
| be only temporary, leading eventually toward the greater sanity of a higher organization. The greatness of divine | 228 BALANCE |
| is a divine and spontaneous manifestation. Balance is sanity. Within every particle of your being -- the | 228 BALANCE |
| Satan.......................13 | |
| in that notion lies temptation. No devil, no Satan could get at you if you did not | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| that responded. When you pray that God keep Satan away from you, you are therefore in error | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| one who is sometimes referred to as Lucifer, Satan, or the Devil, who influenced others to follow | 21 THE FALL |
| this spirit after he became what you call Satan. That was his name when he was created | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| your unconscious mind, is really more of a Satan. You yourself have to find out in your | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| was an angel of light. He turned into Satan. It is the evolutionary task of all separated | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| separated entities to bring about a re-transformation: from Satan to Lucifer, from darkness to light. This process | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| quite conscious and intentional level. The worship of Satan occurred openly. And when this was not the | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| her acts. It is known that everything about Satan is earmarked by separation -- not only from | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| a medicine. It is often not understood that Satan does not regard God, the source of all | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| whom all his efforts and warfare are directed. Satan, the ultimate personification of all evil containing all | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| that very exacting laws and rules exist, preventing Satan from acting outside these laws. Definite limits are | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| again: that Christ is the great adversary of Satan. What exists in microcosm within the human soul | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Satanic.....................7 | |
| thank you. QUESTION: How come that for the satanic power the name Lucifer, which means light- bringer | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| When you hear the word evil or the satanic forces, you automatically picture something very specific and | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| is recognized in divine spheres also exists in satanic spheres. The third principle of evil is little | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| defenses and negative intentionality, and the voices of satanic entities. Together these two sources of negativity wreak | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| and of eternal life is unbearable to all satanic spirits. This same light will inspire you with | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| way for all creatures captivated and weakened by satanic influences. This has to do precisely with the | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| a tunnel to the world of light. When satanic entities encounter this Christ light, they suffer physical | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Satiation...................5 | |
| therefore unwelcome. Similarly, in distortion, fulfillment turns into satiation, stagnation -- a dead-end street. The individual then | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| between the equally undesirable states of frustration and satiation. When the self is no longer feared, neither | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| state. Why does it then inevitably turn into satiation? Fulfillment can remain vibrant only when the inner | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| you fear fulfillment because fulfillment is distorted into satiation and therefore is a dead-end street. You can | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| between the two equally undesirable alternatives: frustration and satiation. Only when you are no longer alienated from | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| Satisfaction................43 | |
| if they reach it, its effect and the satisfaction it gives will be a fleeting one; it | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| and less painful and will give peace and satisfaction. This is the truth behind the human misunderstanding | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| you happy; they may give you a moment's satisfaction, but never peace of mind, serenity, steady happiness | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| you. This gives it a great deal of satisfaction, not only because it thus fulfills its task | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| put them into practice. When I speak of satisfaction with your faith, I do not mean the | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| with your faith, I do not mean the satisfaction of your surface conscience: that is not enough | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| need is not recognized and therefore the wrong satisfaction is sought. However, the case you mention is | 31 SHAME |
| things naturally do not turn out to your satisfaction? Do you revolt against your self, your surroundings | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| and the act itself gives you a certain satisfaction, as of a duty done. As long as | 36 PRAYER |
| the longing for this great journey, but sexual satisfaction begins to suffer if the relationship is not | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| way. If you can give up the slight satisfaction in being hurt and wronged -- yes, there | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| hurt and wronged -- yes, there is a satisfaction in it, added to the pain -- and | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| above, a much greater, fuller, and more durable satisfaction will be yours without the pain and disharmony | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| show you that it gives you a certain satisfaction to be in your disharmony. It may show | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| bound to be frightening in some way. True satisfaction and safety, which should be the byproduct of | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| actuality, you cannot satisfy both instincts any better. Satisfaction becomes even less possible as the distortion increases | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| discover how they have shortchanged themselves of the satisfaction of a legitimate need. The first step, as | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| include other people, or is it for the satisfaction you get from the activity itself? If you | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| are admired instead of slighted and you experience satisfaction, revenge and gratified pride. Thus you enjoy living | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| living and no longer try to attain real satisfaction of your needs. The precarious pseudofulfillment is at | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| quality of your fantasies and the kind of satisfaction you derive from them may indeed indicate the | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| no matter how unaware of the enjoyment or satisfaction one may be. The real answer can never | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| universal attitude is that of feeling a certain satisfaction at another's misfortune, not only about not having | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| and liberation, regardless of how much precarious temporary satisfaction it appears to give. You always find reasons | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| the hopelessness and destruction, the temporary and pseudo- satisfaction of no-current manifestations, unless you become deeply aware | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| you from life for the so-called safety and satisfaction of your negative aims. These negative aims have | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| obstruct what you want most, namely the deep satisfaction of being wholly yourself, which also means being | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| correcting any situation that is not to their satisfaction. You cannot activate the limitless power you have | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| the old way only appeared to give you satisfaction, then you will not cry over something that | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| a hidden, emotional forcing-current, you go about seeking satisfaction in the wrong way and not granting the | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| cease to be attractive and no longer yield satisfaction. New, deeper pleasures arise that are not the | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| may even feel a temporary, precarious sort of satisfaction when they feed the needs of their destructive | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| you see that you derive a sort of satisfaction from allowing the inattention to go on. When | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| a negative outlook. If you cannot relinquish this satisfaction, you cannot hope to come out of the | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| that the price he pays for the doubtful satisfaction of punishing his parents is so horrendous that | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| consequences when for the sake of a momentary satisfaction you give in to these destructive impulses? When | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| their personal creative outlets that yield the deepest satisfaction. An imbalance of these two aspects of creation | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| experience of total union the fulfillment transcends personal satisfaction and enrichment. In this way these individuals are | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| most intimate relationship with one mate, and the satisfaction of deep, open friendships. Pleasure will no longer | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| about being loved. You will experience the deep satisfaction of giving, helping, fulfilling a task, and of | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| cause beyond the little ego is the supreme satisfaction. Deprive yourself of that and you cannot know | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| bliss? Why do I settle for the puny satisfaction of my spite, my destructiveness and my selfishness | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| do so freely is in itself a great satisfaction that replaces whatever tediousness may have existed. This | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |