| Satisfactions...............6 | |
| solitary and will lack love. Certain joys and satisfactions must then be given up, not reluctantly, but | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| want something more than a life of material satisfactions. Religious philosophies tell them in various terms about | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| out what is within, just as all other satisfactions and pleasures flow from giving oneself to life | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| punish yourself and rob yourself of the real satisfactions of life. You will come to see that | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| just as a result of abandoning these pseudo- satisfactions and pleasures, these poor substitutes? As long as | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| to sacrifice destructive patterns with their short-lived, expensive satisfactions. Only then can awareness gradually grow, perception sharpen | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| Satisfactorily..............4 | |
| this will still not answer your question quite satisfactorily. Whether God created this world or the longing | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| am showing you. You can conduct your life satisfactorily, but He will not do it for you | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| the second seemed not to have been answered satisfactorily. They are related. One has to do with | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| you will become perfectly capable of coping very satisfactorily with other people's demands on you, thus maintaining | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| Satisfactory................14 | |
| any more. Two people may arrange an apparently satisfactory relationship, and as the years go by they | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| a little ambiguous. It will not be as satisfactory as if I could pronounce one rule and | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| about by the inner will is always very satisfactory. Does that clear up your question? Yes, thank | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| You will not find it there. The only satisfactory way can be by looking within, no matter | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| you a new road which might be extremely satisfactory and fulfilling. In many instances, what one wants | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| that, If I could only find such completely satisfactory love, I would be willing to give my | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| can possibly need in order to live a satisfactory life. I have said this so many times | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| that your previously limited accomplishments were not a satisfactory solution. These ventures, fraught with tension and anxiety | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| in-between -- a half-measure which is no more satisfactory than a complete lack of awareness of these | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| are not. The now will then be fully satisfactory. Wherever you stand at that moment, this emptying | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| whatever you decide or do cannot possibly yield satisfactory answers or results. When you first contact this | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| that leads to desperation and never to a satisfactory conclusion. The real hurt is a gentle, soft | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| very obvious way. Union between the sexes is satisfactory to the degree that the two sides are | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| inner universe. Whether you have had therapy -- satisfactory and successful or not -- or whether you | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| Satisfied...................15 | |
| are in doubt. But should you not be satisfied with your own inner voice that tells you | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| your way so that you can feel happy, satisfied, and secure. But when it does not, you | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| and you would not know. You would be satisfied. But we do not do it that way | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| to ask yourself: How happy am I? How satisfied am I with my life and with myself | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| as much as you desire. You are not satisfied with my answer, I know, my friend. It | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| has something with which you are not quite satisfied in your life: perhaps a desire that is | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| to be lazy; they lack ambition and are satisfied with a certain amount of comfort. They do | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| to develop in a slower way or be satisfied with a slightly raised consciousness, affording them better | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| also true that the child would be very satisfied with real mature love. In fact, if it | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| hunger is misdirected. Real, legitimate needs can be satisfied only with full awareness so that understanding can | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| you have a recognition that you can't be satisfied with second best, while knowing this to be | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| that person manifests dependency. When the need is satisfied, the picture may change. QUESTION: Isn't the greatest | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| openness exist. Those of you who are not satisfied with your progress should question themselves deeply and | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| bliss your soul longs for can only be satisfied through fusion with another consciousness. It depends on | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| ever experienced this stage has ever truly been satisfied by it, not even on the merely physical | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Satisfies...................3 | |
| of ours. It is easy to say, it satisfies human curiosity, and it can never be proven | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| caused religion to be distorted into dogma. Rigidity satisfies the very irrational, unfounded fear in the human | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| no solution exists. Neither of the two alternatives satisfies, for it must be either off the mark | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| Satisfy.....................23 | |
| from living in harmony with God, you can satisfy your longing for God already in this life | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| spirit of God's world will not seek to satisfy its own vanity. It will not demand admiration | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| you belong or which you have chosen will satisfy your spirit. The purification of your lower self | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| merely as a cure -- let alone to satisfy personal curiosity. It must be taken as a | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| awakening. And therefore we consider it important to satisfy your queries as much as this is possible | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| seek worldly substitutes, the latter will never really satisfy you. However, you may certainly also feel love | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| you feel disproportionately dejected. With each failure to satisfy the compulsive conscience, you feel more strongly that | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| wanting to be tortured or wronged just to satisfy your guilt feelings. Accept another's wrong in a | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| do so. His position was better suited to satisfy the demands of the universal rulership principle of | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| be a question of life or death to satisfy the child's craving, you will not have to | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| that being self-centered will preserve its safety, or satisfy its craving. Nothing can be further from the | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| this will bring serenity. In actuality, you cannot satisfy both instincts any better. Satisfaction becomes even less | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| at times, they materialize, they will not really satisfy you. These aims and values are resorted to | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| originate from emotional disturbances. When one neglects to satisfy one's real needs, illusory or imaginary needs must | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| glory, the need to triumph, the need to satisfy vanity or pride. In order to understand this | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| hand, you rebel against this very necessity to satisfy your needs. Neither of these two alternatives will | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| ambitious and will use all his resources to satisfy the image-claims to have success and receive approval | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| but may feel wrong, or neither alternative may satisfy anyone. You feel helpless, and because you cannot | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| to find easy explanations that do not really satisfy you. Observe how you make excuses for not | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| willingness or unwillingness, of the other person to satisfy your needs to the full extent. Because you | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| -- to provide exactly what you need to satisfy every contingency -- this fundamental violation inevitably leads | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| create willfully on an ego level, which cannot satisfy your heart and soul. The ego mind has | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| to be a financial and social contract to satisfy other personality functions and lower motives. Financial and | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Satisfying..................28 | |
| harmonious relationship with God can provide. Financial success, satisfying emotional ties, and professional recognition can also be | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| change. Nothing can be more fruitful, more permanently satisfying and fulfilling than this. God's blessings go with | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| and to make the marriage venture meaningful and satisfying. So much help and counseling is being offered | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| it does not. But how lasting and how satisfying the result is will depend on the presence | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| loved and cherished you in a much more satisfying way. To find and stop this inner betrayal | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| with others, to communicate in a rewarding and satisfying way with the world around you, while you | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| Desist from living superficially in the sense of satisfying the world rather than your own standards. Do | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| for both real and false needs. The more satisfying your fantasy fulfillment is, the less incentive you | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| causes frustration. In truth, reality is infinitely more satisfying than the daydreams, but one needs courage and | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| to find yourself and live the full and satisfying life you are destined to live, the easier | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| makes it possible to relate in the most satisfying way. Thus you will truly become men and | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| real-life relationship, in such instances, is never as satisfying as the fantasy. Hence, one assumes that giving | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| the universe fulfillment is a vibrant, unending, deeply satisfying continuum and therefore cannot be feared. In the | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| outside the room, and see how safe and satisfying it is, you experience it as a miracle | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| makes you experience yourself in a much more satisfying way. Of course, this is an illusion, because | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| relationship with another can be spontaneous and mutually satisfying. Not in contact with your innermost being, you | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| and make it impossible for you to make satisfying choices. You are then torn in inner dissension | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| all possible contingencies are clear, strong, and entirely satisfying and right for each occasion. A resiliency and | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| This is indeed a beautiful venture, a deeply satisfying state of mutuality. The slightest flaw in a | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| upon each other. Loving, sharing, and profound and satisfying closeness to others could be a purely positive | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| They constantly grow and experience life as deeply satisfying. Yet these same individuals react entirely differently in | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| no less, it can only be rewarding and satisfying. But this is comparatively rare. Usually people give | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| within and reasonably integrated, for meaningful functioning and satisfying experiences. The moment you can see the level | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| with another on one level in a truly satisfying way, while keeping separate on any of the | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| that means it must include all there is. Satisfying relationships with others therefore always mirror the degree | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| emotional, and physical levels. Allow yourself this vision. Satisfying fusion between a man and a woman is | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| action stemming from the divine center. A truly satisfying and fulfilling inner balance comes only through the | 228 BALANCE |
| the prerequisite for a healthy, fully lived and satisfying life. It forms the underpinning of spiritual self-realization | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |