| Self-infringement...........1 | |
| rebellion and overlook what within you creates your self-infringement, the less you find true self- love and | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| Self-interest...............23 | |
| on the path of self-development, then neither material self-interest nor vanity or any other obstacle will stand | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| soul movements which must run counter to one's self-interest. The conditions produced by these soul movements increase | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| distorted, false love impoverishes and breeds conflict between self-interest and the interests of others. It comes from | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| is completely objective; it disregards the small, vain self-interest -- and this is one of the reasons | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| all personal happiness, fulfillment, gratification on all levels, self-interest, self-assertion. In this duality, all these contradict goodness | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| duality and error are rampant. Therefore conflict between self-interest and the interest of others is inevitable. It | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| are one, within. You will inevitably experience that self-interest in the right way can never interfere with | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| it and deludes itself into claiming that true self-interest is nothing but egotism and destructive selfishness. This | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| and fear of your probing -- that healthy self-interest cannot be against the true interests of others | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| the part that wants to abdicate self-responsibility. Healthy self-interest can, however, be against the interest of stagnation | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| decision between goodness and joy, morality and pleasure, self-interest and love, you cannot ever fully decide, and | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| It offers solutions that unify decency, honesty, and self-interest; love and pleasure; reality and bliss; fulfillment of | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| of using power against others. The illusion that self-interest must be against the interest of others is | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| serve a larger cause, to forget the little self-interest, at least some of the time, for the | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| in puny fear that this might damage your self-interest, to that same degree must you hold back | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| part of you that sells out your genuine self-interest, your real rights, in order to please some | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| my friends. For when you are blinded by self-interest and self-righteousness, by resentments and demands, by fear | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| to own how difficult it is to put self-interest out of the way. For if self- interest | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| becomes evident that God's will coincides with your self-interest in the best and most far-reaching way. The | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| would have meant overcoming personal pride, power drives, self-interest and self-serving opportunism. If this had happened, no | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| secondary guilt. The mask self claimed greed, calculating self-interest, prideful appearance values, and the mutual using of | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| to fight objectively for truth and to disregard self-interest and hidden agendas will give you sufficient strength | 254 SURRENDER |
| see that if they pursue nothing but their self-interest to the detriment of others, they go far | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Self-interests..............3 | |
| self- interest almost always interferes with the egotistical self-interests of the other person. This is why following | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| other person. This is why following one's true self-interests is often a great struggle and requires a | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| You can afford to give up the little self-interests. You can afford to be in a state | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| Self-investigation..........1 | |
| say, provided you take the necessary steps of self-investigation. As I have already indicated, human beings strive | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| Self-involved...............2 | |
| more it is possible that you are still self-involved, withdrawn, fearful, anxious, bound, and blind to the | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| own sometimes appears, to the uninitiated and still self-involved, an unwelcome development that one cannot identify as | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| Self-involvement............2 | |
| to fulfill its needs without the necessity of self-involvement. The price you pay for such evasion is | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| confusion of the workings of your mind, its self-involvement, its blindness to itself and its tendency to | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| Selfish.....................282 | |
| even from the point of view of your selfish ego, as you will see once you go | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| person who has this particular misconception is necessarily selfish. He or she may even be less selfish | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| selfish. He or she may even be less selfish than another who has already found the key | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| or just emotionally, and this goal is a selfish one, they will often not be able to | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| Such a choice however might easily be too selfish. On the other hand, if you were affected | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| very hard to recognize where he has been selfish; next, as he asks more and more to | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| which he now sees as examples of his selfish behavior. Such recognitions will make him very uncomfortable | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| paying the price. It is very proud and selfish, and always has a great deal of personal | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| scents. For example, a person may want something selfish and because he or she does not want | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| that this is selfishness, begins to rationalize the selfish desire and fool himself or herself about it | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| the person to be quite ruthless about a selfish desire. It is not difficult for anyone of | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| they were already unselfish. But they actually are selfish, and feel the selfishness. They hate the pressure | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| people remain convinced that they need to be selfish, but are also untrue to their nature, violating | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| your desire to do your best diluted by selfish and vain reasons? Once you have given yourself | 18 FREE WILL |
| separated these two trends in yourself -- the selfish or vain one from the one that wishes | 18 FREE WILL |
| ultimate goal because this again would be a selfish goal, and selfishness is diametrically opposed to mysticism | 18 FREE WILL |
| there are some ruthless people who are completely selfish. The majority of the people follow some cause | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| whole nations to kill each other for their selfish interests. Deep down they know and sense this | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| evaluated in the same way as the purely selfish and wicked one -- and therefore this must | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| path is well worth taking, even from your selfish point of view, and even though your main | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| to my good motive, there is also a selfish or vain motive hidden under the good cause | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| and to be a better human being also selfish since this means that we become happy? ANSWER | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| certainly does not help you to become less selfish. The mere fact that you are thinking about | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| they are used for good or for evil, selfish, destructive purposes. In the latter case, material progress | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| about that, my friends! Some people are so selfish that they do not want to do anything | 38 IMAGES |
| many people are afraid that their prayers are selfish. But that depends very much on how you | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| cannot say of any act that it is selfish or not without examining it. Aside from crass | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| other reason, then, of course, it is a selfish prayer and it will do no good at | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| of your soul will have an effect. A selfish prayer indicates a misunderstanding of life and is | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| construed as selfishness. Furthermore, it is certainly not selfish to pray for the good of other creatures | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| your resistance to developing yourself, there is nothing selfish in that. If you believe that wanting the | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| you are, as still imperfect. Even if the selfish motive is not as pure as expecting happiness | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| this kind of prayer there is certainly nothing selfish. For God wants you to be happy. It | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| their wake. Such a person cannot help being selfish and destructive, although this kind of selfishness is | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| a goodness he has never known. The utterly selfish person will, while this feeling lasts, have unselfish | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| that sphere. The pure sex force is utterly selfish. Sex without eros and without love is referred | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| harmoniously, are refined, and become less and less selfish. Nor do I mean that a human being | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| this yearning and aside from the superficial and selfish motives of your unfulfilled desire for partnership, there | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| this yearning and aside from the superficial and selfish motives of your unfulfilled desire for partnership, there | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| is separated from love, and therefore the more selfish it is. Anything without love is sinful, if | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| love force. Consequently, sex in fact often is selfish and loveless, raw and animalistic. If people would | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| of your higher self, but simultaneously lower and selfish aims are also present in your motivation. These | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| purify yourself to such an extent that these selfish, proud, vain, and fearful motives cease to exist | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| good. But I recognize that this or that selfish motive also plays a role. I will continue | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| best of intentions: you know certain reactions are selfish or unloving, and you do not like to | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| admired. Therefore, the desire for goodness is also selfish. Understand this and recognize within yourself that the | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| you can separate the pure motive from the selfish one. This confusion is so strong at times | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the desire for goodness, particularly after discovering the selfish motives. You should certainly continue to aim for | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| human beings who are still spiritual infants, seek selfish ends and believe that their selfishness will serve | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| ends often brings greater disadvantage than resisting such selfish impulses. At this level, the entity has outgrown | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| development, good is done outwardly but one harbors selfish and evil thoughts quite consciously and knowingly. When | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| more deeply buried. Good desires are superimposed on selfish ones, which are suppressed and relegated to the | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| of the higher self and partly to the selfish ends of the lower self. Here begin the | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| way or another. The more you keep the selfish motives suppressed, the more confusion and disorder are | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| from hurt. In what way have I been selfish? In what way has my conclusion been wrong | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| is so destructive. You will not bury the selfish emotions and look away from them but rather | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| love -- to relinquish a fear that is selfish in nature. If you allow yourself to love | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| the past. I was ignorant and blind and selfish. I was too much of a coward to | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| yet in your sphere of existence. The more selfish you are, the more immature you are. You | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| still undeveloped, where you are primitive in your selfish reactions. Your selfishness may come as a shock | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| decisions; it cannot be independent of weak and selfish motives -- and therefore must depend on other | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| nor humanly possible. The love it wants is selfish; it does not want to share love with | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| consciously think is right oppresses them. Perhaps their selfish instincts are still so strong that their real | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| do what is unflattering, uncomfortable, and against your selfish desires. Then your hope that your inner voice | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| hope that your inner voice warning against your selfish desire may be your compulsive conscience is unjustified | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| do not have to commit a harmful and selfish act to be honest. It is sufficient that | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| your whole personality that wishes to commit the selfish act. It can only be a part of | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| one alternative is right and the other is selfish. COMMENT: We have learned by now that very | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| is confronted with the choice of an obviously selfish or unselfish act. The other problem you bring | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| whether these valid motives may also hide a selfish one. You will know how to evaluate it | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| mere discovery and knowledge of the possible hidden selfish motive will show you what course to take | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| generalization can be made. The discovery of the selfish motive will show you that the outer selfless | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| spite of the fact that you have discovered selfish motives; you will see that although there is | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| of realizing possible hidden motives which may be selfish, while the outer conscious motive may be unselfish | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| image that any consideration of the self is selfish and sinful. This mass image hinders their ability | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| from making any decision. Either you are being selfish or masochistic, because in not considering yourself with | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| produce the same results as inconsiderate, heedless and selfish decisions that are made without further thought. It | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| error to believe that independent decisions are necessarily selfish and self-willed, it is equally erroneous that refusal | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| personality experiences the sex impulse in an entirely selfish and separated way it is sinful, if you | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| say: By constantly thinking about myself I become selfish. It is better to think of other people | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| many of you may think this is a selfish desire. We will discuss this separately a little | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| impure. The mere fact that the impure and selfish motives are conscious causes the wish capacity to | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| wish. Humanity is very confused about what is selfish and what is unselfish. Suppose you desire perfect | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| you may have thoughts like this: This is selfish. I have no right to desire something so | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| error, my friends. You often believe something is selfish that in reality has nothing to do with | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| haven't an inkling that you are egocentric or selfish. To desire health because in your full strength | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| others and to yourself -- is certainly not selfish in the least, even though it seems to | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| enjoy it, even this wish need not be selfish. But should you desire health for the purpose | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| it ever so subtly, then it would be selfish. When I say harm, I do not mean | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| these lines, you will also find wrong, impure, selfish, and unhealthy motives in your desires that are | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| this through, becoming aware of imperfect reactions or selfish emotions will not depress you. I assure you | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| or idealistic: they would have to be ruthless, selfish -- and would often have to betray the | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| follow in such a way as if the selfish side had won out. The outer result must | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| to betray others, to be ruthless, disloyal, or selfish. But as long as your good intentions prevent | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| the sake of perfection itself, but seek a selfish end. And it is wrong further because you | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| prey to his or her own immature and selfish nature. Does that answer your question? QUESTION: There | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| I can kill and plunder and be as selfish as I want. My wrong actions cannot harm | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| would be happier to be able to be selfish. On the other hand, unselfishness is considered virtuous | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| It leads people into confusion. It is not selfish to have the right to be what you | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |