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not necessarily be connected with a gift for spirituality. As this entity enters the spirit world, the 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
a fact that in times to come, when spirituality will have developed so much more, many people 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
be expected. Then there is the level of spirituality and symbolism -- the level that you might 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
wonderful and an expression of one's devotion and spirituality. Here we have one of those cases where 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
change inner currents indicates the true and mature spirituality that we want for you. Only in this 35 TURNING TO GOD
law is a must and therefore not real spirituality. But outer law is a necessity for those 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
for the good of the community, one's personal spirituality is an eminently private affair. The maximum growth 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
do they ignore the difference between true, individual spirituality and the escape into a pseudo-religion out of 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
distinct from and in addition to the original spirituality and karma and the plan? ANSWER: Heredity can 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
a danger that, to one born with afflictions, spirituality serves as an escape? ANSWER: You cannot do 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
discover the old, old truths of metaphysics and spirituality. The more successful your earth methods become, the 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
most of you connotes such vague and distant spirituality, let us use the phrase pleasure supreme on 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
a moment believe that you move away from spirituality by our emphasis on psychological work. The one 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
for a number of individuals. True religion, genuine spirituality, aims primarily to make you free, to make 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
happiness -- not accepting death with a wishful-thinking spirituality, by avoiding your fears and doubts; not by 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
of you are free of the distortion of spirituality; namely, its use as escape, as a substitute 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
conclusions, the false solutions -- directly contradict the spirituality that you all aim for. Then, and only 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
us consider this subject in the light of spirituality. You all have come originally with the idea 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
from it? How can you hope to gain spirituality -- and spirituality, religion, and love are one 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
can you hope to gain spirituality -- and spirituality, religion, and love are one -- by neglecting 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
you all sit back, hoping for a comfortable spirituality that leaves out your personal involvement in the 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
able to change would lead you away from spirituality, is utterly untrue, of course. Common sense will 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
inner change that brings you closer to true spirituality than all the words you hear in the 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
it shows a gross misunderstanding of what true spirituality is. It shows the superficial approach of humanity 101 THE DEFENSE
about yourself. But they cannot be used for spirituality. Spirituality is, above all things, love, with all 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
yourself. But they cannot be used for spirituality. Spirituality is, above all things, love, with all its 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
if people are still so crude in their spirituality that they have no conscience, nothing will interfere 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
self- knowledge is the prerequisite to love, to spirituality. There is no way around that. No matter 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
a creative talent. An unbalanced, one-sided need for spirituality and seclusion may be the manifestation of displaced 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
combination of these two aspects, for the misunderstood spirituality is a product of the greedy, fearful, weak 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
being can manifest: not by escaping into cut-off spirituality, but by complete integration of the ego with 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
to come through, having found my misconception about spirituality and the physical body. But it is still 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
world. In reality it is not so. True spirituality is not a state up in heaven. This 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
than positive. Even your preaching about love and spirituality generally has little to do with true emotional 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
come into your divine nature, must not confuse spirituality with mere spiritual ideas. You must bring your 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
must be particularly concerned with this topic. True spirituality must make fuller men and women out of 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
have emotional and mental integrity. Therefore pleasure and spirituality, pleasure and decency, pleasure and emotional maturity, pleasure 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
the whole of your personality, to your manifest spirituality, than you realize. For by denying it, you 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
guidance. There are two basic approaches to human spirituality. One is to emphasize and concentrate on the 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
to do this, the second approach to human spirituality must be adopted. It means shedding the light 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
this path that the second way of approaching spirituality and realizing the spiritual self is the approach 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
When sufficient unblocking has been done and false spirituality has been sufficiently cleared up, then a new 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
result of either adopting a false, escaping, separating spirituality, or negating the greater reality altogether. In both 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
channel for the real spiritual influx. Often real spirituality is rejected by people meaning to reject the 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
by people meaning to reject the false, escapist spirituality, and confusing the two. As the blocks to 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
in religions, with very undesirable results. It discredits spirituality itself among those who cannot distinguish between superimposition 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
regions. The more life on earth progresses in spirituality, justice, love, truth and oneness, the more it 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
the whole. Forsaking everyday living is not true spirituality. In most cases, it is merely another kind 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
processes safe. The self-disciplined person can surrender to spirituality, to sexuality, to the deeper feelings and processes 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
do with the important questions of creativity, or spirituality, or life. But it is a fact that 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
say that having desires is a hindrance to spirituality. Eastern philosophy expounds on desirelessness as a necessary 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
it is still inconceivable to combine sexuality with spirituality. This concept is bound to change soon; the 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
a new era. In former times, sexuality and spirituality were considered antithetical. It was not known that 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
and oneness must bring sexuality into alignment with spirituality. The realization of your spiritual life is possible 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
part from the other. The real meaning of spirituality is oneness and wholeness, and that means it 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
yourself. The difficulty human beings have in unifying spirituality and sexuality, even in a concept, is due 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
in sexuality, sexuality becomes vicious and antagonistic to spirituality. This is why people acted out for millennia 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
emphasis on the negative is necessary for genuine spirituality to be reached. Some of you may have 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
the deepest, most honest level, who fuse their spirituality, their emotional selves, their minds, and their physical 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
your work on the Path, you are using spirituality as an escape from self, an avoidance of 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
then often came to mean an opposition to spirituality, a contradiction which, of course, is utterly false 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
being different, thus challenging your insecurity about your spirituality and your religious background. Some of you have 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
leads to further separation -- the duality of spirituality versus practical life -- and therefore ultimately to 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
life -- and therefore ultimately to a delusionary spirituality that is not grounded in the Now. This 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
never fleeing it, never denying it, never using spirituality as a means to escape from it. All 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
the underpinning of spiritual self-realization. Without this state, spirituality must, sooner or later, bend into some distortion 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
therefore it is seen as an obstacle to spirituality. This again shows how everything in the universe 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
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needs this approach particularly to complete the total spiritualization of the inner personality. Then the power of 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
 
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quiet within, to turn to God, and to spiritualize her whole being and attitude during pregnancy. When 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
therefore I must sublimate my fleshly impulses and spiritualize them. This leads to repression, and when you 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
the most dominant factor when you attempt to spiritualize your being in ways which avoid taking cognizance 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
 
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in spite of yearning for it. The more spiritualized the soul, the less it will stem against 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
find the necessary fulfillment with parents having a spiritualized outlook. Enough parents are available whose attitude would 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
fulfill. Such worthiness is often determined by the spiritualized way of looking at life. So, last-minute changes 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
one: Celibacy is supposed to be a highly spiritualized form of development in certain religious sects. On 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
conducive to the pleasure principle than is the spiritualized rejection of bodily pleasure. In a mature and 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
manifestation. As matter disintegrates, it has already been spiritualized by having possessed the kernel of life, even 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
to spirit so much that matter will have spiritualized completely. Matter will no longer be an obstruction 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS

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