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| This will suffice for the moment. QUESTION: A seeming unproductivity in your life; is that possibly a | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| a very obvious way to serve his immediate seeming advantages, disregarding all laws -- spiritual as well | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| for you now. But there are many other seeming contradictions, in connection with soul trends, where such | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| activity and passivity. You cannot truly solve the seeming mystery of suffering in life if you do | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| passed on to humanity, in spite of its seeming so crassly contradictory to what people believed of | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| -- even unconsciously, if I may use this seeming paradox -- of what is a healthy and | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| discouraged when you temporarily find yourself in a seeming impasse, where the path is thorny and involved | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| is much less than the additional factor of seeming to receive proof of your worthlessness, inadequacy and | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| how to cope with the difficulty, actual or seeming, of facing oneself. Yet this is the very | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| can cause suffering, one is in illusion. This seeming contradiction will split a concept. When one realizes | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| you dare not acknowledge the opposite of this seeming goodness, so you struggle against admitting that which | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| your genuine generous nature, unless you take the seeming risk of exploring yourself to discover whether the | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| release, truth, harmony, and dynamic progress. Again, a seeming contradiction: The more you go to the spot | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| are regulated by this principle, each of these seeming opposites containing both active and passive elements. Work | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| a twofold approach to the understanding of this seeming contradiction. If detachment is indifference because you are | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| and cheat, making their excuses valid by giving seeming justification to their argument that it is an | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| task of the evolutionary journey to penetrate this seeming reality, namely, that the world is dualistic. You | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| here? What could my response be to this seeming delay that would most further my development? If | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
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| in the wrong direction often begins with a seemingly trivial choice, but the more one moves away | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| veil. If the whole wheel were visible, the seemingly contradictory parts would be seen as belonging to | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| chain. Such self-healing requires at the beginning a seemingly great sacrifice: the overcoming of resistance to see | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| always a core of truth that underlies the seemingly contradictory positions. As far as masculine and feminine | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| It is very tempting to escape in this seemingly harmless way, but my advice is not to | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| to them. But they can succeed with the seemingly harmless faults that draw such a person slowly | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| be accomplished through all sorts of happenings, even seemingly unimportant and apparently coincidental ones. All those who | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| recognize God's laws as being just. If this seemingly impossible task were really to be fulfilled, then | 22 SALVATION |
| felt during the day in response to often seemingly unimportant incidents. If you try to formulate concisely | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| that a benefit can be derived from this seemingly abstract piece of information. In other words, a | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| to form an opinion. From a little and seemingly unimportant symptom you may find out something infinitely | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| for it. Various reasons may prevail. The most seemingly contradictory factors may all play a role simultaneously | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| the price will not be something difficult or seemingly disadvantageous. You will be able to work calmly | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| reactions? ANSWER: Speak out your most irrational and seemingly senseless feelings. Pronounce what you feel, why you | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| touched off by the self-destructiveness. These are the seemingly mysterious, but actually very real laws and mechanisms | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| the maximum development. This may apply to a seemingly unimportant detail, but what is apparently insignificant may | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| For your whole personality is influenced by many seemingly unimportant details. By now, you may no longer | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| be yours, but not ever by skipping this seemingly trivial and undramatic step. In this way you | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| path. You should pray to apply the little, seemingly insignificant daily disharmonies to your work on the | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| you can put your finger on. The little, seemingly insignificant things that confuse you serve to bring | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| nor distrusting them and standing alone in a seemingly hostile world. You will judge in reality, seeing | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| the inner -- the many little, in themselves seemingly unimportant events, and your attitude to them. The | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| these laws. The truth is that outer events seemingly unrelated to your inner state are actually the | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| concerns the big issues as well as the seemingly lesser ones. The great opposites are life and | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| be true. When happiness is far away and seemingly unattainable, you can safely long for it. However | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| True growth happens only when you tackle your seemingly insignificant daily reactions of desire and fear. Only | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| The teacher may excuse this untruthfulness by the seemingly commendable attitude that does not want to let | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| allows the intuition to function in spite of seemingly contradictory intellectual considerations, the person has a deep | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| Moreover, they can often be rationalized away by seemingly real needs. Last, but not least, they are | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| right before your eyes. You look past the seemingly unimportant emotional reactions to certain situations simply because | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| therefore more or less eliminated. Needless to say, seemingly valid explanations are always found. This process may | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| the child, seeking solutions to cope with a seemingly hostile and frightening world is not equipped to | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| up and go again and again through the seemingly discouraging repetitions, each time finding the same anew | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| the other pseudo-solutions. It is clothed in a seemingly more acceptable cloak, but it contains as hardened | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| the light of self-alienation to understand why this seemingly harmless process is so damaging. But first let | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| belong to a symbolic superior world. When this seemingly superior world happens to be unfeeling, undemonstrative, or | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| soul-stuff will be so resilient that even a seemingly detrimental occurrence will bounce off it, in a | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| not miss them. You will learn to take seemingly legitimate excuses with a grain of salt. Resistance | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| effort for the truth to penetrate. But the seemingly valid rationalizations pose the real dangers: they require | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| that is a tense, anxious, grabbing, striving effort. Seemingly, you have to decide between these two alternatives | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| been exaggerated and made into a big and seemingly rational fear. The fear of letting go of | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| only, so that people cannot get beyond the seemingly solid wall of matter that, as the ego | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| gratification. You must become resentful of life, which seemingly does not let you be. The message coming | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| you go through it. This is the second, seemingly so difficult step. If people shy away from | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| the more you can apply it to the seemingly most insignificant, subjective experiences and reactions in your | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| This increases your creative power to alter the seemingly static reality. You can expand reality to the | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| you can see, my friends, even with the seemingly good versus bad of the Yes and No | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| will no longer use the mass occurrences, which seemingly affect all people indiscriminately, to rationalize away true | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| Creator must become total, applied to the most seemingly insignificant aspect of daily living and being. You | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| will take full responsibility for them which will, seemingly paradoxically, liberate you from being identified with them | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| that exists in so many people for a seemingly desirable inactive life. It is not enough to | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| you experience seems to exist only in those seemingly objective terms of the ego. The more you | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| has happened and yet your mood changed. This seemingly causeless change is so frustrating that you inwardly | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| a process of reeducation is needed in which seemingly new knowledge is to be gained -- although | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| well as artificial, expressed this conflict between the seemingly divergent interests of the self and others. Now | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| the largest issues to the most mundane and seemingly insignificant ones. The more you become aware of | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| may choose to submit to another, stronger or seemingly stronger person: a mate, a boss, a dictator | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| to your work. The organic movement brought about seemingly miraculous changes of personality in the best sense | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| expansion and movement. This is why so many seemingly new organizations, orientations, or schools of thought, arise | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |