| Self-rulership..............2 | |
| developed enough to assume the responsibility of true self-rulership. Therefore people needed guidance. Obviously, I do not | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| outward. You start with yourself; later, when sufficient self-rulership has been established, a small sphere of leadership | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| Self's......................12 | |
| that may have been free of the idealized self's dictatorship, but wholly and fully free in every | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| erroneously believe them to be wrong. Accepting your self's inherent value is sometimes as difficult, or even | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Thereby it eliminates the possibility of the lower self's growing out of the infantile state. But the | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| than those of the superimposed conscience. The real self's standards are often more difficult to obey because | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| to it. So, when I say that the self's part in the mutual interplay between the self | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| You neglect to open yourself for the deeper self's truth and feelings. You go blithely ahead as | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| new vibrations, the new ways of the real self's functioning. But this is certainly not incompatible with | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| universal self more frequently. One of the universal self's remarkable attributes is that it can be activated | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| outer personality is totally unaware of the inner self's decision and that makes the process of dying | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| wishful thinking that the positive voice is the self's only reality must be taken into consideration, and | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| be real becomes somewhat distorted. Perceiving the higher self's knowledge through the maze of the ego consciousness | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| with the self, and firmness with the lower self's desire to act out will create self-honor, tenderness | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| Self-sacrifice..............5 | |
| developed people may use all their efforts in self-sacrifice for others, helping them to the best of | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| may be very misleading and may encourage false self-sacrifice, defeatism, and self-destructiveness. You will find this point | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| part of the idealized self. Goodness means also self-sacrifice and unselfishness. Yet this contradicts the claim for | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| and offer it as a reward for the self-sacrifice and goodness. This demand cannot be fulfilled. This | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| that self- realization must automatically mean deprivation and self-sacrifice. If your life-conditions will not, sooner or later | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| Self-sacrificing............3 | |
| what less good people attain. The pride of self-sacrificing martyrdom makes it difficult to discover what is | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| to impoverish oneself. Loving acquires the connotation of self-sacrificing deprivation. If one does not suffer through loving | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| that takes hold of the psyche of the self-sacrificing person. When the polarity of selfishness/unselfishness is reconciled | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| Self-satisfaction...........1 | |
| could be yours -- and then feeling false self-satisfaction, as opposed to real self-respect. The point of | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| Self-scrutiny...............1 | |
| go anywhere, rather than look at the self. Self-scrutiny frightens them, and they frantically try to avoid | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| Self-search.................68 | |
| a spiritual path of inner discipline, self-knowledge, and self-search. For all this, my dear ones, you need | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| or reads my words has ample material for self-search. Whoever has such longings should know that his | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| voluntary manner, kindled by the knowledge that the self-search cannot be avoided. What seems to be difficult | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| are, in reality, nothing but subterfuges to avoid self-search. Use your critical faculties to detect the excuses | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| their soul force and open the door to self-search and through that to higher perception. This is | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| enlarge their vision by taking a path of self-search and discipline, of love and humility, in order | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| soul. People nowadays talk about depth psychology. Your self-search is exactly that. But in order to win | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| this search that it is worth while. This self-search is the only thing in life that matters | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| inevitable in a spirit of positive and constructive self-search, in an attitude of humble acceptance. How much | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| truth within yourself. Only a path of stringent self-search will make such discoveries and the ensuing change | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| reason, by emotion, and by will. In your self-search it will be useful for you to find | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| so that reason will function properly in the self-search and purification which ultimately will eliminate the phantoms | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| your psyche becomes impregnated with the process of self-search. It becomes second nature and will remain in | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| to the emotional levels you are uncovering through self-search and not to your intellectual surface knowledge. Try | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| inward movement, caution, patience, thoughtfulness. It also represents self-search, in contrast to the search for the other | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| At any rate, as a result of your self-search, the more you progress, the more you find | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| who are not active on this path of self-search will interpret what I am saying on an | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| more word of advice concerning your work in self-search. Many of you believe that to find yourself | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| image is usually completely unconscious until a serious self-search is undertaken in this direction. QUESTIONER: I feel | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| all find the strength and the happiness that self-search and self-understanding means. Be blessed, my dear ones | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| are taught that salvation comes through work, through self-search, through effort and through the finding of images | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| least for a while. Only the path of self-search will eliminate such temporary, harmful confusions. QUESTION: How | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| clear up unless you do the work of self-search and self-finding. The vague feeling of something being | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| lacking, you have to continue the work of self-search, of examining your motives and concepts in comparison | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| doing it. To summarize: At first, before the self-search, you are convinced that you do an unselfish | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| discussing is a very important insight. In your self-search you can find the existence of this conflict | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| pulled deeper into despair. On the path of self-search one learns not only to deal better with | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| manifest only by way of this path of self-search, of utter honesty with yourself, by working on | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| my words again be material for your further self-search. And so I retire and leave you with | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| which is a consequence of the work of self-search on this path. In the course of the | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| means, of course, a very serious effort in self-search. It is not enough to hear these words | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| for those who have not really begun a self-search, these words may perhaps be somewhat obscure. Intellectually | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| partner who has the possibility and knowledge of self-search should make an honest effort to find his | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| will be. In such cases, the work of self-search and inner re-education is most essential. But in | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| them the incentive to do the maximum of self-search, in order to fully accept the responsibility of | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| I do not even mention the need for self-search and development in the teacher, because this is | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| automatic process when you pursue this work of self-search while also envisaging the ultimate aim. Once you | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| unrest. The ultimate aim of this work of self-search is to free you from the superimposed layers | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| personality. It may need a great deal of self-search and analysis of your real reactions, going to | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| your life. Most of you have begun this self-search in good faith, yet at this early stage | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| depths of your being, in this phase of self-search. Then I tried to show you a general | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| easily see this, especially in the work of self-search. You may be quite unaware of your hidden | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| I have often said, the real work of self-search cannot be done alone. This applies not only | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| should be avoided. Only by a very personal self-search can you determine how you react to both | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| self is, after all, the goal of your self-search on this path. QUESTION: I would like to | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| will yield the necessary results. So continue your self-search out of these new considerations and do not | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| does not come overnight. It comes from steady self-search and analysis of your problems, your attitudes, and | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| can be accomplished only through the work of self-search. Wherever unsolved problems and conflicts exist in the | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| will be a part of your task in self-search to ascertain where false religion exists deep in | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| by any intellectual process, but only indirectly, by self-search, and with further assistance. Suddenly the point of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| different matters. It takes a great deal of self-search, systematic work, and the utter will to be | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| links together requires the active work of sincere self-search. The perfectionism that is so deeply ingrained in | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| they come up in the process of their self-search. Chances are that underneath the conscious urgent need | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| to apply it in your meditations and your self-search and find where and how it holds true | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| another topic: obligations. Many of you, in your self-search, have found your rebellion against living. This rebellion | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| just something remotely connected with this path of self-search. They are as integral a part, or rather | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| with some people at the beginning of their self-search. With others, the work may have progressed for | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| according to your progress. Through your work of self-search, deeper levels of understanding are opened up, so | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| good examples which can be used in your self-search and extended in individual cases. Does that answer | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| right now. When you are engaged in intense self-search, when you vigorously confront yourself and face truth | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| friends have encountered in the course of their self-search a strange and inexplicable distaste for activity and | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| you go deep enough in your work of self-search, my friends, sooner or later you will discover | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| total being in whatever you do in this self-search -- for example, in finding the answers to | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| in each case and must be found by self-search. When you become capable of truly loving, these | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| the primary problem. Any work concerned with genuine self-search and development must unearth this inner negation and | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| life and yourself. Often many years of attentive self-search are necessary to obtain this self-awareness. But when | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| But if all these practices are substitutions for self-search, self-purification, and for change from the depths of | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| is not independently found through the process of self-search and self-confrontation, but lazily accepted on the surface | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |