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 Self-hatred.................2
are free from it. Envy gives rise to self-hatred and to running away from that point within 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
rebellion against the authority, in order to avoid self-hatred and to preserve your dignity. But this is 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
 
 Self-healing................3
and truly become links in the chain. Such self-healing requires at the beginning a seemingly great sacrifice 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
help to others. By doing this work of self-healing, one incorporates oneself into one's proper place, and 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
medicine. It then works for you in a self-healing way. I have explained this before as one 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
 
 Self-help...................1
help his or her own problem. And through self-help, the hypnotist further helps the other person. But 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
 
 Self-honesty................53
certain very good qualities, they will not cultivate self-honesty. This alone is sufficient to become the plaything 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
over and over again in this kind of self-honesty. And people are very resourceful in finding excuses 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
as well. If you continue on this path, self-honesty becomes second nature so that you will have 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
be overcome first by the proper meditation about self-honesty, then by asking yourself why it is so 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
and work, work and wait. In the meantime, self-honesty is absolutely essential as a necessary requisite for 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
strength grows as you learn to apply absolute self-honesty. Once your motives are pure, the sickness will 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
master over your lower self, you learn real self-honesty, and your motives for development become purer and 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
matters, namely work for self-knowledge, self-purification, and utter self-honesty, then the religion to which you belong or 19 JESUS CHRIST
advocate, overcoming their own lower trends, recognizing in self-honesty their own lower nature, and thus finishing the 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this imperfection. So the first step is again self-honesty. Compare your actual feelings to the true course 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
forever has to be goodwill, diligence, and utter self-honesty. Another thing that is equally important, not only 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
constantly, your feelings will change. Constant self-observation and self-honesty will have a surprising effect on you. By 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
they read or study, no matter how much self-honesty they try to have, become locked in a 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
by practicing any type of daily review. Use self-honesty to examine your feelings and the desires behind 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
all instances, is always your endeavor toward self-knowledge, self-honesty. The wise and mature attitude, of course, is 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
sensitivity for your ego, with utter and shattering self-honesty. That is the only procedure that I cannot 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
end and continuing the work of self-analysis and self-honesty, one day you will feel as though you 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
significance you may have previously ignored. In such self-honesty, you are already in purification, even long before 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
must eventually go through. The beginning is always self-honesty. QUESTION: Coming back to your answer about guardians 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
have looked away from. The more you learn self-honesty, the deeper can the truth penetrate into the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
deeply feeling into yourself and only by complete self-honesty -- which you must have learned to some 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
behind it. Finding your motives requires the utmost self-honesty, and a little more. It also requires an 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
is not based solely on objective deliberations. This self-honesty is of great benefit to the soul. Are 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
and where not. Only your complete sincerity and self-honesty, listening into yourself, checking out your reactions, analyzing 53 SELF-LOVE
as yet incapable of feeling differently. But this self-honesty will give you strength, security, and self- respect 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
evidence the bravest emotion there is: that of self-honesty. Therefore, you do not have to be ashamed 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
the human being. Only inner health and objectivity, self-honesty and the removal of one's personal deviations will 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
appears that way, ascertain the truth with absolute self-honesty. There are no fixed rules to determine whether 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
in one's own soul. By virtue of such self-honesty, the outlook for a new direction may often 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
further my independence, my self-responsibility, my maturity, my self-honesty? Or does it further escapism, no matter how 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this ever so subtly; again, it takes utter self-honesty to recognize these emotions. Even if you manage 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
and unused to any kind of self-observation and self-honesty. From that stage onward you learned to explore 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
long as you are truly honest with yourself. Self-honesty is the first step toward love. So be 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
have to be examined with a maximum of self-honesty. The outer, conscious motivations may be true, but 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
way to accomplish this, my friends. Only utter self-honesty in all your doings and reactions -- be 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
undesired one. It takes a great deal of self-honesty and awareness to understand this phenomenon and detect 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
to bring into awareness. It takes considerable willpower, self-honesty, and patience to become aware of how you 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
your needs even superficially requires focused attention, considerable self-honesty, and much digging on your part. Now, my 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
helps toward that end. No one's efforts at self-honesty are beneficial only for himself. Incidentally, this change 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
will be swept along by the truthfulness, the self-honesty, the humility of those who actively participate. This 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
this needless suffering that finally brings you to self-honesty. The suffering could have been avoided if your 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
-- and that requires the courage of ruthless self-honesty -- the past negative cause dissolves and you 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
the other hand, the self-indulgent one, who evades self-honesty as much as the overcontrolled person, will claim 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
help to one's self-purification. Conversely, only by thorough self-honesty and self-facing can relationships be sustained, can feelings 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
concealed, it requires specific attention in self-observation and self-honesty to see this process at work. Only when 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
to be recognized with a very incisive, sharp self-honesty for what they are. Denial, rationalization, and projection 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
honest exchange is totally dependent on the individual's self-honesty and goodwill to abandon dishonest, hurtful, and destructive 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
on their purification process, on deep self-knowledge and self-honesty. Only then does the receptacle become commensurate with 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
inversion of the unity of self-respect and total self-honesty. So what you need is again and again 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
of approach to the self regarding self-love and self-honesty or, in distortion, self-indulgence and self-hate -- or 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
now, as a result of your practice in self-honesty, this should be possible for most of you 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
life, and will examine it with intelligence and self-honesty. Do you have a personal stake in maintaining 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
larger cause of life and with the ever-necessary self-honesty that fosters development and expansion of individual consciousness 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
 Self-honor..................1
lower self's desire to act out will create self-honor, tenderness, and deep appreciation for the self. The 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
 
 Selfhood....................88
There is only one way -- to attain selfhood. You cannot have a genuine God-experience and trust 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
while forgetting the rule, you cannot come into selfhood, you cannot develop true self-confidence, which cannot be 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
that the peace, strength, and self-confidence deriving from selfhood can be attained only through finding the point 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
light. But, as you know, the growing into selfhood cannot come unless you are very much aware 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
from self-alienation. There are many indications of true selfhood. Take for instance the capacity to experience and 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
for yourself. Finding your own values leads to selfhood and away from self-alienation. This will bring you 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
The world seems to deny your right of selfhood, and you give in, agreeing with the world 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
and thus yourself, how can you be free? Selfhood is freedom. Discipline and channeling lead away from 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
increased awareness, the result must be a growing selfhood and a sense of integrity that leads inevitably 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
have, in some respect, failed to establish your selfhood. Whenever you feel a vague fear that others 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
moment in its fullness. Wherever such lack of selfhood, such dependency on others exists, you are bound 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
There is no formula. You cannot come into selfhood by adhering to unexamined values, but by examining 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
inner problems and conflicts rob you of freedom, selfhood, self-sufficiency, independence. Many of you begin to experience 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
this great spiritual truth, my friends: lack of selfhood means self-centeredness. Full selfhood means concern for others 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
my friends: lack of selfhood means self-centeredness. Full selfhood means concern for others, fairness in evaluating advantages 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
have the infant who has no sense of selfhood, no awareness of itself, accompanied by utter self-centeredness 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
the mature person who has a sense of selfhood, an awareness of the self beyond the pleasure/pain 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
is again a step into the world, toward selfhood, away from seclusion. The child begins to learn 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
such rationalizations. By the same token, the growing selfhood of humanity will also enable it to assert 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
made. This process is identical with the growing selfhood of the individual. The more each one of 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
her destiny, she must gain the strength and selfhood which give her full security in herself. She 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
understanding. It indicates a resistance to fully grown selfhood and an insistence on artificial infancy. This carefully 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
your dignity -- meaning pride -- and your selfhood -- meaning self-will -- when, in reality, true 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
self-will -- when, in reality, true dignity and selfhood can be gained only by giving up pride 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
Only when you can freely give up your selfhood will you gain more selfhood. Now, if death 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
give up your selfhood will you gain more selfhood. Now, if death, or dying, can be such 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
control I mean when I speak of true selfhood which masters the universe. When the latter exists 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
possible after experiencing again and again your true selfhood and its results, as opposed to self-imprisonment and 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
tried, and then experienced as the key to selfhood. The self is realized in choosing accountability and 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
in this respect, you will also strengthen your selfhood. By honoring the individual rhythm of your personal 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
pathwork -- whose aim is to attain full selfhood in every possible way -- without making use 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
you learn and hear points to liberation and selfhood and self-responsibility. Therefore it is easy to overlook 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
yourself float, observing what is coming up. This selfhood, trusting your soul movements, will exist in the 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
mentioned, something in you tries to attain the selfhood you simultaneously deny when you refuse self-choice and 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
lacks awareness, the self-willed, wrong way of attaining selfhood is chosen, instead of true independence. Concomitantly, your 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
path as this whose aim is to attain selfhood, there are many snares to tempt you away 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
reawaken and live in the state of fulfillment, selfhood, and beauty. You do not need to repeat 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
the more you love, the more freedom and selfhood you have. If you express this possibility as 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
be another stepping stone on your road to selfhood and self-realization. The greatest struggle for human beings 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
appear as death, as the giving up of selfhood and safety, as long as destructive aims persist 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
direction, a sense of responsibility. It requires the selfhood of a mature personality which copes with personal 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
the first step in the direction toward full selfhood. Life's relative nature is therefore neutral: life itself 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
to deny love in order to have one's selfhood intact and one's freedom unhampered. This is the 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
can then integrate and establish your full, independent selfhood. Be blessed, all of you. Be in peace 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
your own views, will pay the price for selfhood, will assert your rights as you fulfill your 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
is unable to use its faculties of strength, selfhood, and self- responsibility. Or it can take the 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
is part of the universal law of life. Selfhood, autonomy, self-assertion are aspects of maturity and self-responsibility 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
-- and not because of their need for selfhood and ecstasy -- must they believe this falsity 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
for can ever equal the true feeling of selfhood -- of your own powers, your own strength 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
could ever be. It means attaining one's full selfhood as it is meant to be. If only 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
and the receptive principles require the integrity of selfhood, on the one hand, and knowing that one 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
for the self. Such lack of freedom and selfhood decreases the capacity to love and increases underlying 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
others, through which you hope to gain your selfhood, self-respect and happiness, you cannot comprehend the messages 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
possibilities for pleasurable and meaningful existence, of real selfhood, of the dignity of being a creator of 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
a woman has to be secure in her selfhood by activating the creative principle within herself, for 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
in her mate. She will encourage his full selfhood, not competing with or rejecting his activation because 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
yourself, you have made a tremendous step toward selfhood and liberation. For you are then incredibly aware 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
fearlessness and undefendedness. A certain basic state of selfhood must be attained in order to use all 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
of suffering, nor can you reach the spiritual selfhood you long for. The third step is to 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
incisive importance. It means knowing your power, your selfhood. For to the degree you see the negative 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
authority figure one depends on. You will want selfhood, autonomy, in the truest sense of the word 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
everything in you that is essential for true selfhood. The second prerequisite for self-possession is being true 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
and meaningless rebellion. Rebellion no more leads to selfhood than does submitting to other people's standards, although 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
people's values like a parrot. In both instances selfhood is lost because the truth of the matter 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
is a child's only way to preserve its selfhood. If the child's inner resistance to letting go 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
divine self that alone can bring about true selfhood, autonomy, independence. You have a stake in your 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
only temporarily appear as an abdication of your selfhood. Soon you will discover that what you always 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
that what you always perceived as constituting your selfhood is the most dependent and weak of all 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
Only then do you find true and full selfhood -- after you make that leap in self-surrender 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
dependency and the consequent submission and lack of selfhood exist, service to a greater cause is premature 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
must differentiate between being unable to take on selfhood individually, and being unwilling to do so, insisting 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
from and give to the group without losing selfhood, autonomy, and self- responsibility. They do not lose 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
and around them. They cultivate an unyielding false selfhood. All the phases of the alternation of individual 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
to prepare the individual for full autonomy and selfhood. This had to happen first only on the 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
on the outer levels, for full autonomy and selfhood on all levels can exist only when God 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
but it is still often confused with genuine selfhood. Both men and women must find their way 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
in accepting it you can only heighten your selfhood and your true dignity. By following this leader 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
you. In either case, your liberation and your selfhood, the discovery of inner truth that is both 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
trusted and followed. Then you can shed your selfhood in safety, as your soul demands, without the 254 SURRENDER
to reaching the all- important state of autonomous selfhood. You still crave an authority figure who will 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
delusion and thus deliberately avoid growing into full selfhood. Whenever you rebel against authority figures, take it 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
your life whom you accuse of denying your selfhood, the more you secretly resent them for not 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
confused about individuality versus community; about self-surrender versus selfhood and real independence. True selfhood creates a social 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
about self-surrender versus selfhood and real independence. True selfhood creates a social being who is not at 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
followers, because their vision is clear and their selfhood is centered in divine reality. If you go 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
run, defeats you. True maturity -- health and selfhood -- is the prerequisite for a healthy, fully 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
so cannot be overcome unless you establish full selfhood in all areas of your being. From the 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
see, as you grow in stature through gaining selfhood, that more of your real being is born 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS

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