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| of this or that wish, but with your self-will, your feelings, and often even in your thinking | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| see farther, even if this means giving up self-will, spite, self-righteousness, and other negative currents. The magnitude | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| of the personal ego with its vanity and self-will: all this was symbolized by the body of | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| perception of absolute truth is impossible. Stubbornness and self-will are exactly what hinder the raising of your | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| one likes to hear that, my friends. For self-will and ego and vanity exist in every human | 21 THE FALL |
| all who have no hatred, no resentment, no self-will, and no fear. They will be able to | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| ego is involved, your pride perhaps or your self-will; right then and there you should learn to | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| or indirectly all your various individual shortcomings, are self-will, pride, and fear. This is very important, my | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| In other words, if there is a strong self-will, the fear is there automatically that this self-will | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| self-will, the fear is there automatically that this self-will will not be gratified, or that your pride | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| it could be hurt. If you had no self-will, you would not have to fear that it | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| comes in and whether it is connected with self-will and pride and to what extent. So begin | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| you: giving up your pride, your fear, your self-will, your egotism, or a particular resentment or resistance | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| be entirely free of ego, pride, vanity, and self-will. That is the answer. So you will realize | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| you are not willing to put aside your self-will for His will first. By doing so you | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| your every thought and intention to relinquish your self-will and your own desires to God in the | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| else will open it. As long as your self-will is stronger than your desire to put God | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| say to you: be ready to sacrifice your self-will for the sake of God, even if a | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| before in your life. Whether you surrender your self-will in the little problem areas in your life | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| unreality into reality. Once you have sacrificed your self-will and therefore God has become a profound reality | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| with yourself. But if you sincerely surrender your self-will to the divine will you will see that | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| use your willpower -- which does not mean self-will, for these are two different things -- to | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| First of all, you confuse God's will with self-will. Let us determine clearly what is self-will in | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| with self-will. Let us determine clearly what is self-will in comparison with free will. Self-will is the | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| what is self-will in comparison with free will. Self-will is the will of the little ego. Free | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| terminology so as not to invite any misunderstandings: self-will belongs to the little blind ego and is | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| God's will, you must certainly be free of self-will, but your active and clean willpower must be | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| for making sure that you do leave your self-will aside; and third, for preparation to use your | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| if people constantly decide to use their little self-will, they become more and more bound and chained | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| peace, be in love, be in God! 30. SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR Greetings in the Name of | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| hindrances to perfection which apply to everyone alike: self-will, pride, and fear. Since the Fall these three | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| basic light is, but also to realize that self-will, pride, and fear exist in you and to | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| Offhand, my friends, you might ask: How do self-will, pride, and fear connect? Why is one unthinkable | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| path of purification and understanding the role of self-will, pride, and fear is certainly essential on this | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| human being alive who is entirely free of self-will, pride, and fear. Thus my words apply to | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| clarify that there is a distinct difference between self-will and free will. To make sure that you | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| status. However, it has to be distinguished from self-will, the will of the little self or the | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| of the little self or the little ego. Self-will strives to get what it wants, regardless of | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| little ego is too blind to understand this. Self-will is a blind and immature state, too blind | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| example, a criminal. Such a person will use self-will in a very obvious way to serve his | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| outer actions of those who are driven by self-will, for to none of you would this be | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| We are focusing on the emotional currents of self-will within each one of you. For each unpurified | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| coming from my little ego and from my self-will, that does not correspond with the other part | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| How does this connect with fear? If your self-will is strong -- and it can be all | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| remain in fear that the desires of your self-will will not be gratified. Thus, coupled with self-will | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| self-will will not be gratified. Thus, coupled with self-will you find fear. For deep down in your | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| do know that all the wishes of your self-will can never be fulfilled. They are, for the | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| currents within you run in different directions: the self-will desires very strongly something that is wrong, impossible | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| are unfulfillable. This knowledge creates fear, since the self-will is still demanding its gratification. If you meditate | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| fear comes automatically from the desires of the self-will. You will thus proceed a step further on | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| into detail to show you the connection between self-will and pride. That is too easy. That you | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| that way. As far as the connection between self-will and fear, or between pride and fear, is | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| as you are caught within the snare of self-will, pride, and fear, you cannot ever be happy | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| would be yours if the desires of your self-will were fulfilled. I am talking about the greater | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| call God-eclipsing. Last time I explained that pride, self-will, and fear underlie all faults and are responsible | 31 SHAME |
| every one of them is connected with pride, self-will, and fear. I will show you how to | 31 SHAME |
| Then recognize the pride in combination with the self-will. Treat it similarly. If you can conquer both | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| Treat it similarly. If you can conquer both self-will and pride in this particular connection, your fear | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| gratified. As soon as you have given up self-will and pride, your fear will vanish, and with | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| and after you have conquered your pride and self-will. Thank you. QUESTION: In the last lecture you | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| of God is awakening before your pride and self-will have left you. The two opposite trends combine | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| you know that all faults come from pride, self-will, and fear. It is essential that you see | 36 PRAYER |
| inner and often unconscious attitudes rooted in pride, self-will, fear, and error. They equip you to be | 36 PRAYER |
| participation with every other creature in existence. The self-will, pride, and fear inherent in every human being | 36 PRAYER |
| act of sacrificing for God and overcoming your self-will is the right kind of activity. You use | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| attitude. The distortion is in the struggle of self-will against accepting anything hard. The refusal to accept | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| every hour of test and difficulty about pride, self-will, and fear. Isn't the seeker who kicks and | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| struggle mean that I reject through pride and self-will the lesson life has to teach me? Am | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| individual whose ego currents are so strong that self-will has the upper hand is necessarily proud and | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| cannot simultaneously have dignity. In the measure that self-will, pride, vanity, and egotism are present in the | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| search, the common denominator. It is pride. Your self-will says: I do not want the risk of | 38 IMAGES |
| your development to give up some of the self-will that wishes to deny life in its present | 38 IMAGES |
| no spiritual aims. Those people will let their self-will push ahead. Controlled by their desires, they will | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| you will be able to see where your self-will, pride, and ego claim gratification that your higher | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| purpose of life is not the gratification of self-will and that the sole purpose of life is | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| which, of course, can exist only because of self-will and pride -- the personality builds defenses. People | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| not for development, but out of ignorance. From self-will and pride. Everything that the Fall has brought | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| ripe. If you learn to put aside your self-will and can say, and mean it: Father, Thy | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| complexes have the common denominator of pride and self-will. Self-will: because you crave the gratification of your | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| have the common denominator of pride and self-will. Self-will: because you crave the gratification of your pride | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| or else it is the strength of your self-will that paralyzes you and makes you shy. And | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| and makes you shy. And where pride and self-will exist, fear too must exist. If you were | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| actions pretend. You fear that your pride and self-will would not be gratified. No inferiority complex would | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| process. And the will, which is not necessarily self-will, is, in this type, used mainly to follow | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| layers of imperfection, of fear, of insecurity, of self-will to have God manifest in all instances. Besides | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| of development and purification. Thank you. QUESTION: Isn't self-will the main hidden current in the case of | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| goodwill. But it consists also of cowardice, pride, self-will, and impatience. Your impatience mounts because in your | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| certain channels. Let us take the current of self-will. It is there. You use it, whether consciously | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| unconsciously makes no difference. The using of the self-will generates a current, and the current has an | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the current has an effect. The current of self-will is not the self-will itself. It is the | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| effect. The current of self-will is not the self-will itself. It is the self-will at work. Self-will | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| is not the self-will itself. It is the self-will at work. Self-will could be dormant, it could | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| self-will itself. It is the self-will at work. Self-will could be dormant, it could be unused. Then | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| at this stage and the guilt of hurtful self-will. Being imperfect should not in itself make you | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| also in other respects. And he manifested extreme self-will. His self-will wanted to be already at a | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| other respects. And he manifested extreme self-will. His self-will wanted to be already at a point that | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| recommended attitude is neutrality: let go of your self-will without being either optimistic or pessimistic. Just wish | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| amounts to. But this is the wrong attitude. Self-will prevails to a strong degree when this emotional | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| incarnation into another with an attitude in which self-will and self- pity prevail, tries to force the | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| be guided, but sometimes you do not. Your self-will and blindness stand in the way. The fact | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| will, the higher self will, free will, and self-will? ANSWER: The higher self will is God's will | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| free will may either be God's will or self-will. Even self-will may correspond to God's will, only | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| may either be God's will or self-will. Even self-will may correspond to God's will, only the motive | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| with one's ego. God's will is flexible, while self-will may want to attain the same results but | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| arbitrary choice of my fellow-creature's free will or self-will? The deeply hidden fear of dependence on other | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| well know, fear can only arise out of self-will and pride. It may sound like oversimplification, but | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| life. This person believes that this would be self-will and pride and that one has to wait | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| decisions. By no means do I suggest using self-will. Decisions may, but need not be prompted by | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Decisions may, but need not be prompted by self-will. It depends entirely on the motive. Whoever interprets | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the motive. Whoever interprets free, mature decision-making as self-will, should question himself -- or be questioned by | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of waiting for God's will, lacks selfishness and self-will. It may be much more self- willed, in | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| already implies a certain flexibility, a lack of self-will. So ask for guidance in humility, knowing that | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| character. When you cannot let go of your self-will, which may not necessarily mean that you want | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| degree to which you let go of your self-will? ANSWER: Of course, there is a connection between | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| the letting go of the inner tension that self-will produces. Any deviation produces an inner tension, whether | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| of loving, unafraid of giving up the strong self-will current, will meet even tragedies with true detachment | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| respect, each person's energy is the expression of self-will. Each is convinced that what he or she | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| is wrong, the more the energy of your self-will will produce an increasingly stronger resistance in the | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| the other person, along with an even stronger self-will or forcing current which you are bound to | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| that all faults stem from three basic ones: self-will, pride, and fear. No matter which fault you | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| personal fault or weakness, be it pride, vanity, self-will, rebellion, insecurity, frustration, or whatever. Even if these | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| rightly understood, I let go of my small self-will, of my limited outlook, and I open myself | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| turn, the alternative is always between your childish self-will and a rigid rule or principle. Incidentally, the | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| the latter falls into the circle of pride, self-will, and fear? ANSWER: Where there is perfectionism, which | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| than encourages it, all three are present: pride, self-will, and fear. There is the pride of wanting | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| pretense. All this implies a fierce pride. The self-will says, I have to be perfect already. Since | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| perfection. Again, this is pretense. Both pride and self-will lead to pretense. Or, to put it in | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| Be in peace. Be in God! See 30, Self-will, Pride, and Fear 103. HARM OF TOO MUCH | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| the past from many different points of view: self-will, the outer and the inner will, and the | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| very true to say, let go, relax your self-will. But if your will does not function at | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| you have it, you let go of the self-will by showing tolerance to the how and when | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| longer be hemmed in by the confinement of self-will. Without will, there can indeed be no life | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| be love or a belief, it stems from self-will. Such a person acts out of compulsion. I | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| how you do not love; where your pride, self-will and fear, your separateness, petty self-pampering and cowardice | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| with life. Here we are back to pride, self-will, and fear, the fundamental faults that prohibit love | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| appear to have no similarity with either pride, self-will, or fear. Yet when you look closely and | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| further propagation of love. QUESTION: Isn't a wish self-will? ANSWER: Not necessarily. QUESTION: How does this combine | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| you will see that it is not necessarily self-will. QUESTION: Do you mean, if the wish is | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| woman does not out of fear, pride, and self-will fight her destiny, she must gain the strength | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| momentary awareness. The three basic hindrances are pride, self-will, and fear. All faults, problems, confusions, distortions, conflicts | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| confusions, distortions, conflicts, and misconceptions derive from pride, self-will, and fear in one form or another. The | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| pride, a wall, a cloud that hinders insight. Self-will causes apprehension that what you find may force | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| up something which it is unwilling to surrender. Self-will wants the little ego to be in control | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| Fear bars the way when both pride and self-will indicate a lack of trust; then fear makes | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| that blocks full self-recognition. The triad of pride, self-will, and fear also applies to the barrier between | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| your innermost nature. The drive deriving from pride, self-will, and fear pushes you away from love. Self-will | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| self-will, and fear pushes you away from love. Self-will is opposed to love because it wants all | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| meaning pride -- and your selfhood -- meaning self-will -- when, in reality, true dignity and selfhood | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| be gained only by giving up pride and self-will. The fear of losing safety and one's very | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| similarity, at least occasionally. The triad of pride, self-will, and fear also influence one's attitude to death | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| all-powerful, you hold onto it in pride and self-will, thereby creating ever stronger waves of fear. In | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| by clouds. The clouds are your pride, your self-will, and your fear, your ignorance and your stemming | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| one. This means letting go of tense, anxious self-will and replace it with a relaxed, free-flowing, flexible | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| thing you most wish for, fear, pride, and self-will are always involved. Years ago I said that | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| comes not from need, desperation, greed, pride and self-will, but from having met and successfully overcome the | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| again that the basic evil triad is pride, self-will, and fear, which are always interconnected. All other | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| of resistance and breeds more resistance, or evil. Self-will says, I resist any other way but my | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| my way is so often anti-life, anti- God. Self-will resists truth, love, union -- even if it | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| to want it. The moment the tightness of self-will exists, divine aspects are hindered from manifestation. Pride | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| or imagined. The resistance may be linked to self-will that says, I must not be hurt; to | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| creates joy and bliss. Whether resistance comes from self-will, pride, or fear, whether it is ignorance and | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| love, and light on the one hand, and self-will, pride, and fear on the other -- must | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| its own disposition, widening the disconnection. Fear and self-will take over and make inner listening impossible. Premature | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| not want to give up my pride, my self-will or my fear and put them into the | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| of being in which no fear, pride, or self-will exist. It exists for its own sake, simple | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| reality of all life, all consciousness. However, when self-will and fear motivate the conscious mind of the | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| as well. In that distorted, immature state the self-will dictates total omnipotence: I want it my way | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| of omnipotence has nothing to do with pride, self-will or fear. It does not exclude others. It | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| of it in this way, but when your self-will governs your life, and you have strong feelings | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| strong feelings of humiliation and powerlessness whenever your self-will is not fulfilled, then you will be led | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| in, yielding, following, accepting -- even when your self-will may not like it -- will replace humiliation | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| will always remain attached to your very shortsighted self-will, which brings you pain and confusion. Surrender means | 254 SURRENDER |
| decisions. The refusal to surrender creates an overdeveloped self-will which takes its toll on the personality. The | 254 SURRENDER |
| must follow it according to natural law. Overdeveloped self-will always brings strife. You can see in your | 254 SURRENDER |
| are you blinded by wishful thinking, by your self-will which demands that the other person be a | 254 SURRENDER |
| to follow their leadership, and to surrender your self-will. This surrender of self-will is always an act | 254 SURRENDER |
| and to surrender your self-will. This surrender of self-will is always an act toward God. His will | 254 SURRENDER |
| toward God. His will alone must replace your self-will, but sometimes His will can function only through | 254 SURRENDER |
| on the one hand because the limited mind's self-will is often contradictory to divine will and law | 254 SURRENDER |
| will and law. Insistently holding on to your self-will, you become less powerful, because your creative forces | 254 SURRENDER |
| mind is relaxed enough and sufficiently free from self-will to allow the inner voice to manifest. The | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |