| Selfishness/unselfishness...1 | |
| of the self-sacrificing person. When the polarity of selfishness/unselfishness is reconciled, the self is accepted as the | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| Selfishnesses...............2 | |
| and admit those negative, destructive traits, weaknesses, little selfishnesses, cruelties, and vanities that often make you vindictive | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| a greater cause will cleanse the residual little selfishnesses that make you fearful. You believe you cannot | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Self-judgement..............1 | |
| to recognize and adopt new attitudes, without devastating self-judgement. It is also possible to judge negatively in | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Self-judgment...............2 | |
| reason to do so. As you know, stringent self-judgment is usually destructive and hinders your search. It | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| spotlight the feelings without courting the dangers of self-judgment, more substantial growth has to take place. True | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Self-judgments..............1 | |
| may put on a false appearance faith. The self-judgments that you do not face openly distort the | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| Self-justification..........17 | |
| is so very easy to deceive oneself. The self-justification is always ready at hand that this belief | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| harboring such evil or unkind desires, while seeking self-justification in the shortcomings of others. This you would | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| guilt feelings that make you despair of yourself; self-justification -- the blaming of others for real or | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| yourself in the wrong way; subtly you seek self-justification, and you go too far in looking for | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| please suggest an approach to this problem of self-justification and self- condemnation? ANSWER: As you become aware | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| preconceived ideas, there will be no need for self-justification and condemnation if immediate success is not forthcoming | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| become aware of and understand your self-moralizing and self-justification, they diminish by the act of observing them | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| the peace of true self-awareness, without self-condemnation or self-justification, as rarely as this may happen to you | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| and even by the opposite of self-condemnation, namely, self-justification. They are caught in their accusations of others | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| these aspects, calmly and proportionately, without self-condemnation or self-justification, yet fully taking responsibility for any wrong you | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| the effect -- all the while knowing, without self-justification, the irrational and destructive nature of what is | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| without falling into the danger of self-indulgence and self-justification for the destructive traits that exist in all | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| fall into the erroneous attitude of defiance and self-justification, because you believe that admitting your undesirable traits | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| realistically, without falling into the trap of projection, self-justification, self-righteous exoneration while blaming others on the one | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| you are caught in a battle of blame, self-justification, helplessness, self-rejection and self- doubt. You cannot help | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| state -- only leads to self-hate, denial, repression, self-justification and projecting onto others. This in turn leads | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| your present state. Denial and repression lead to self-justification, destructive guilt and blaming of others. Your pathwork | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| Self-justifying.............1 | |
| to get away from facing blame, accusation, and self-justifying victimization, this may lead to a false, superimposed | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| Self-knowledge..............74 | |
| what is the right action. Everybody has enough self-knowledge -- or should strive to reach this point | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| by entering a spiritual path of inner discipline, self-knowledge, and self-search. For all this, my dear ones | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| entered the path of perfection, of development, of self-knowledge, of self-discipline, of humility, when he or she | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| oneself by overcoming one's faults, and to cultivate self-knowledge. As to the greatest existential questions of Creation | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| be ever more happy children of God. 11. SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| from answers that pertain to personal development, to self-knowledge, to one's own faults, it is necessary to | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| only when the internal obstacles are eliminated and self-knowledge has come about, when you are willing to | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| effort one has to make on the path: self-knowledge, overcoming one's faults, learning the spiritual laws generally | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| can be found only on a path of self-knowledge. Find the fault in you that is responsible | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| have to achieve spiritual growth, purification, and complete self-knowledge as much as possible according to your strength | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| can give to others, is self-development, self-purification, and self-knowledge. It is tearing off your masks; tearing away | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| and do what alone matters, namely work for self-knowledge, self-purification, and utter self-honesty, then the religion to | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| day so that they may further increase their self-knowledge. To the extent that you grow stronger both | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| improve oneself. But how can one attain this self-knowledge? ANSWER: This is a very good and very | 21 THE FALL |
| you have to have a certain amount of self-knowledge so as to have a clear-cut idea why | 21 THE FALL |
| wishes, and most important of all, to gain self-knowledge, you definitely need some willpower already to begin | 21 THE FALL |
| issues are, why it is necessary to have self-knowledge. What are its advantages? How costly is it | 21 THE FALL |
| the why of the trouble and discomfort of self-knowledge has to be established. These questions are not | 21 THE FALL |
| develop oneself. And self-development cannot be done without self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is the only thing that really counts | 21 THE FALL |
| oneself. And self-development cannot be done without self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is the only thing that really counts, my | 21 THE FALL |
| you choose, if it does not contain complete self-knowledge, or does not make it a major requirement | 21 THE FALL |
| a pure spirit. If you want to gain self-knowledge, you have to reconcile yourself first to the | 21 THE FALL |
| again and again, until you have learned through self-knowledge that you need what life gives you, and | 21 THE FALL |
| that, all of you. In order to gain self-knowledge, you might, for instance, sit down and ask | 21 THE FALL |
| avail yourself of the opportunity of self-purification and self-knowledge by doing what seems at first so difficult | 21 THE FALL |
| your faults, which is the next step after self-knowledge, is a very different one. Briefly, the process | 21 THE FALL |
| conscious of your feelings, a great deal of self-knowledge is necessary; most people are unaware of their | 21 THE FALL |
| so far and thus begin to gain greater self-knowledge, you may occasionally come to feel this block | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| It is only through the long road of self-knowledge and self-recognition that the answers will gradually make | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| may have already gained a certain amount of self-knowledge. There is not a single one of you | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| life spark if you follow the path of self-knowledge and perfection, and do what God wants you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| in mind. You all know that to gain self-knowledge is of imperative importance. Now, how can this | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| be extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to gain the self-knowledge which is the essence of and the key | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| in all instances, is always your endeavor toward self-knowledge, self-honesty. The wise and mature attitude, of course | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| such and such, thus avoiding the work of self-knowledge on your part. There may be isolated instances | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| Unfortunately, you bypass most of these opportunities for self-knowledge and purification. You let them slip by. If | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| this is the purification of motives, the deep self-knowledge that is an indispensable requirement for spiritual development | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| criminal. It is merely confusion, error, lack of self-knowledge, deviation from divine law: it is ignorance that | 36 PRAYER |
| you have realized the importance of purification and self-knowledge. You have all started to think about your | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| and actively direct yourself into the channel of self-knowledge. You have to learn to accept on all | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| manifested world, or emotional self- knowledge? Clearly, emotional self-knowledge is more important. But what do you have | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| of course! Erudition has nothing to do with self-knowledge, unless it serves and helps development. If erudition | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| judges others according to oneself, even if this self-knowledge is not conscious. If you can truly find | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| This path is certainly the fastest way to self-knowledge and self-purification. The latter is not possible without | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| have not only made a further step in self-knowledge, but the recognition -- even though by no | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the human being develops spiritually and matures emotionally, self-knowledge continues on ever deeper levels. On the most | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| soul. As one progresses on the path of self-knowledge and perfection, one slowly begins to take out | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| and more people pursuing such a path of self-knowledge, of understanding one's innermost motives and feelings -- | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| spiritual knowledge that gives the true incentive for self-knowledge, so that your search can be conducted constructively | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| manifestation but an important one, if one seeks self-knowledge and self-recognition and the other one does not | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| So we always come back to the same. Self-knowledge, a true and realistic self-evaluation, is the only | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| action is force, and therefore leads away from self-knowledge. The intent to look at yourself as you | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| as you want to be does lead to self-knowledge, yes. But discipline connotes compulsion, suppression, repression, and | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| educated according to teachings such as this. If self-knowledge and self- understanding, and the honest facing of | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| after he proceeds on such a Path of self-knowledge, does this hidden unconscious stage come to the | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| you have started to pursue this path of self-knowledge. Psychiatrists often diagnose people according to their ability | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| constructive ones? If you cultivate your wish for self-knowledge daily and mean it sincerely, your extreme reaction | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| the significance of one's reactions. In other words, self-knowledge is still lacking to a vast degree. The | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| easy to find unless you have gained considerable self-knowledge. To summarize: The prohibition against allowing the flow | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| inner reality -- as a result of considerable self-knowledge and development -- he or she clearly senses | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| have attained, at this moment, the level of self-knowledge that you ought to have. When this feeling | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| insight you have been lacking so far. This self-knowledge is purification in the truest sense, because ultimately | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| the whole system, everybody fights this piece of self-knowledge almost more than the actual destructiveness and evil | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| that is in itself alien to determination, to self-knowledge -- in short, to everything that distinguishes consciousness | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| vitally essential this is on any path of self-knowledge, self-confrontation, and purification. The majority of humankind is | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| clean and clear reaction that comes from deep self-knowledge and from understanding your inner unreality. This confusion | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| unhook yourself, not only by your admission and self-knowledge, but also by comprehending the negative intentions, the | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| on the path. It requires some degree of self-knowledge. This is not easy to summon up for | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| people work on their purification process, on deep self-knowledge and self-honesty. Only then does the receptacle become | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| you need the labor, courage and honesty of self-knowledge so that you cannot be corrupted by lower-self | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| them the prey to evil influences. Lack of self-knowledge inevitably led to lack of self-responsibility. Thus humanity | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| the personality has reached sufficient purification, security, faith, self-knowledge, comprehension of the universe, Christness. Sexual liberation has | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| must always be primarily concerned with self-exploration and self-knowledge. It must never stop there, however. Self-knowledge is | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| and self-knowledge. It must never stop there, however. Self-knowledge is only the preliminary phase. The next organic | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |