| Self-searcher...............1 | |
| detect by others as well as by the self-searcher. This requires depth work such as you are | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| Self-searching..............2 | |
| to be true than through the path of self-searching, self-understanding and self-analysis. Any one of you who | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| mental, emotional and spiritual waves of being. Genuine self-searching will never make a person self-centered and withdrawn | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Self-seeking................4 | |
| to demand is that we be selfish and self-seeking. When we are not, we are considered crazy | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| anew and adjust to its particular requirements. Since self-seeking will not be your central focus, you are | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| to divine will, is based almost exclusively on self-seeking and vanity -- in other words, what others | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| try to strike a bargain, substituting a little self-seeking for doing the will of God, which you | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| Self-selective..............1 | |
| stem against the necessary stages of growth, the self-selective process of dying off, or exclusion, sets in | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| Self-serving................17 | |
| purification, after a certain point is reached, is self-serving, then remaining unpurified and unhappy would seem to | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| all people who have realized that selfishness and self-serving aims do not bring many desirable results. If | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| you have wrong and confused motives that are self-serving and cause detriment to others -- may they | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| one's desires to put down others, to be self-serving, or to be exploitative and unmindful of others | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| say, no. Would you be envious, jealous, petty, self-serving, spiteful, manipulative, malicious, denying others their own Godself | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| fulfillment in life as a totally selfish and self-serving enterprise in which everything is supposed to be | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| organic process that develops as you face the self-serving opportunism and vanity of your little ego. You | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| become. If you are honestly aware of your self-serving, you are a step nearer to truly selfless | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| your best will loosen as you detach from self-serving, as you release the stingy withholding from life | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| higher self functions, when you are free from self-serving, selfish attitudes, when you are true to your | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| laws selfishly, distort them according to their own, self-serving purposes -- individually or in political life -- | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| other when this is inappropriate, because of something self-serving and negative that is hidden. When the format | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| unacceptable and does not pay. Although it is self-serving and hypocritical, this phase is temporarily necessary, until | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| the more obvious aggressive acting out of cruel, self-serving, dishonest malice. It is important to be fully | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| pretending to be good, when one's cowardice and self-serving gives silent permission to the evil act. This | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| meant overcoming personal pride, power drives, self-interest and self-serving opportunism. If this had happened, no such conflict | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| they did not wish to abdicate their negative self-serving power. Once the separation became a reality, more | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| Self-sufficiency............5 | |
| of godlike independence and power. Believing in complete self-sufficiency, such a person does not feel the need | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| problems and conflicts rob you of freedom, selfhood, self-sufficiency, independence. Many of you begin to experience the | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| power resulting from spiritual growth. This is the self-sufficiency that does not exclude love and deep relating | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| different? ANSWER: The divine original aspect is self-containment, self-sufficiency, impartiality, serenity. In every healthy life there must | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| not mean this in terms of independence and self-sufficiency, for obviously the child is not able to | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Self-sufficient.............5 | |
| primitive and self-centered instincts. If the child were self-sufficient and independent while possessing self-centered drives, you may | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| and emotionally mature individual. One must be fully self-sufficient in order to come into the full realization | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| to stand firmly and to love, to be self-sufficient and have a healthy interdependence -- be it | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| of the person. The unhealthy distortion of the self-sufficient person is the recluse who cannot cope with | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| more you can receive from it. For the self-sufficient person has valid needs for love, intimacy, closeness | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Self-sufficiently...........1 | |
| required to live productively in union, by living self-sufficiently as an individual. To begin establishing this benign | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| Self-surrender..............17 | |
| unhealthy currents -- the more the person fears self-surrender, in spite of yearning for it. The more | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| When a woman refuses the apparent helplessness of self-surrender by exerting an artificial and unhealthy control, she | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| and feminine principles of discipline and strength versus self-surrender and letting go of the self meet in | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| existence of the fears of loving and of self-surrender because you are acutely aware that you ardently | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| are afraid. The more capable you are of self-surrender, to your feelings, to the creative process, to | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| The ego strength of such healthy self-assertion makes self-surrender possible. Conversely, the weakness of an ego that | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| weakness of an ego that fears self-responsibility makes self-surrender, and thus pleasure, impossible. The person who habitually | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| a totally generous, giving, self-surrendering person. In fact, self-surrender and giving are not only not depriving -- | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| control it, so is woman justified in fearing self-surrender as long as she makes herself helpless for | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| trust in him will be warranted, making her self-surrender justified and dignified, and enhancing her individuality. Giving | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| receptive state of letting-be, the state of being, self-surrender, is a vibrating force that contributes to her | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| realize the truth of his or her situation. Self-surrender is never an indication of passivity. It is | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| ego terms which defeats the very act of self-surrender, you will want to balk. Unless you acknowledge | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| habit pattern is instituted, where the act of self-surrender to the all is actualized, where it manifests | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| or small, are made on the basis of self-surrender, where the little self surrenders to the godself | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| selfhood -- after you make that leap in self-surrender to a larger Self that is truly you | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| longer be confused about individuality versus community; about self-surrender versus selfhood and real independence. True selfhood creates | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| Self-surrendering...........1 | |
| at the same time, a totally generous, giving, self-surrendering person. In fact, self-surrender and giving are not | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| Self-testing................6 | |
| has to be done through objective self-analysis and self-testing. Vanity or the desire to impress other people | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| self. You do this by daily observation and self-testing, observing again and again how far your inner | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| where the borderline lies. Only by very severe self-testing can this be accomplished. QUESTION: You said that | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| emotions, and only the most severe and sincere self-testing can teach you the truth about your soul-reactions | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| To find the right way is not easy. Self-testing and meditation will open you to the answers | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| and searching for new approaches. This calls for self-testing, for removing defenses and vanity, for courage and | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| Self-transcendence..........4 | |
| to deny the ego's expansion, which would effect self-transcendence. The ego denies the joyousness of true being | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| this territory indicate the degree of the ego's self-transcendence. Every incarnation, on whatever level, requires increasing the | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| thus indirectly contribute to the ultimate task of self-transcendence. The acquisition of new knowledge and skills also | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| demands the cultivation of the attitudes necessary for self-transcendence. Every bit of new knowledge or a new | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| Self-transformation.........1 | |
| process motivate you for the great task of self-transformation, which is not only possible, but is the | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| Self-trends.................1 | |
| to dealing with the creations of your lower self-trends. Thus you load a double guilt upon yourself | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| Self-trickery...............1 | |
| be: I want to stop this kind of self-trickery. I cannot trick life. I choose to be | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| Self-trust..................5 | |
| QUESTION: Yes, but it also gives self-confidence and self-trust. ANSWER: Actually, it does not give you self-confidence | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| When this interplay is learned and lived with, self-trust grows, and positive chain reactions between ego, real | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| yourself through which you vibrantly live in absolute self-trust. Here all the limitations of life must dissolve | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| have. The trust can only come when your self-trust becomes wholly justified. But even before this is | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| if it may expose you to criticism. Strength, self-trust and security come as a result of the | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| Self-understanding..........25 | |
| see oneself in one's true reality to achieve self-understanding in order to improve oneself. But how can | 21 THE FALL |
| currents immediately. You will grow in self-recognition and self-understanding, however. This is fundamental. The proper spirit of | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| accomplished this, the door will open for further self-understanding. This might be a very good way to | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| They will be of great importance for your self-understanding. In the first place, we may again clarify | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| and in this way help you to better self-understanding. I will show you how to meditate on | 31 SHAME |
| have made great progress on the road to self-understanding, on the way to becoming yourself. Then, when | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the recognitions you need for a more thorough self-understanding. Whatever happens to you now is mostly a | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| have to go to the next stage of self-understanding by realizing why. You will have to understand | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| but this is not even necessary for your self-understanding. For, if you are truly on the path | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the strength and the happiness that self-search and self-understanding means. Be blessed, my dear ones, be in | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| strong certainty as a consequence of your complete self-understanding and the solution to your inner conflicts. That | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of instruction whereby they obtain a degree of self-understanding. Before assuming any position of responsibility, they will | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| we always come back to the importance of self-understanding. You do not have to be free of | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| be true than through the path of self-searching, self-understanding and self-analysis. Any one of you who has | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| As you progress in reaching deeper levels of self-understanding, I can show you a few more links | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| you realize it now or not. Only increased self-understanding will make this clear to you. You may | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| you wish to have. In your search for self-understanding you have come to realize that whatever you | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| conscious determination. Hence, the primary step is always self-understanding, from which your love-capacity grows. Although this is | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| does not pay to involve yourself. With true self-understanding, and the consequent liberation from your self-inflicted prison | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| represents a valuable clue to further insight and self-understanding, provided it is understood as a symptom. The | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| are directed exclusively toward outer matters, or if self-understanding is neglected, the integration of all personality levels | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| experience the connection yourself, in the effort of self-understanding. You will then know the truth of these | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| resources and attention to go further in your self-understanding. Then your negative feelings with the distorted thoughts | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| You need to gather a great deal of self-understanding and need to expose and release a lot | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| so that you will obtain further help in self-understanding and can begin to focus in the right | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |