| Standpoint..................4 | |
| of knowledge in your brain that from our standpoint we do not consider knowledge. The knowledge you | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| the good and the bad from an ethical standpoint. Rather, I told you to evaluate these findings | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| Let us now consider something else from this standpoint. Very often you are convinced that your actions | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| connection to birth and death from the human standpoint. Let us first take the process of death | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| Standstill..................6 | |
| there will not be congestion, but rather a standstill or stagnation. The sluggishness brought about by the | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| will not be discouraged anymore by an apparent standstill. At the very beginning you do not know | 36 PRAYER |
| slowly by their experience, or remain at a standstill. Such people have guardians who are, of course | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| can be negative in the sense of a standstill, or stagnation. The feet involve the entire body | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it in check and bringing it to a standstill. These spheres are there; they not only exist | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| be experienced, at first occasionally, into a passive standstill. Then you have spiritual approaches that advocate the | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Star........................4 | |
| other planets? ANSWER: Yes, indeed. Each planet, each star, is a sphere where spiritual life exists. QUESTION | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| reservoir. Each such experience is like a new star lighting up somewhere in Creation, and becoming yet | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| its own regulatory system of pulse beats. The star appears, the star disappears, perhaps one beat has | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| system of pulse beats. The star appears, the star disappears, perhaps one beat has billions of years | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| Stars.......................4 | |
| and live also extending into the very distant stars, like the Milky Way? ANSWER: Yes, into everything | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| on Ras Algeth or any of the great stars is the same as traveling from here to | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| of Milky Ways and in the billions of stars there must be life similar to our own | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| your body, forming successive tiny explosions as if stars were dancing in your system. But for the | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| Startling...................3 | |
| is open and without prejudice. No matter what startling proofs may occur here or there, someone who | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| deeply enough to probe your reactions discover this startling fact: you are more afraid of pleasure than | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| a way out, although the discovery of this startling fact by no means induces you to instantly | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| Starvation..................5 | |
| of, including your material daily bread. Your spirit's starvation must have its consequences. The same thing applies | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| movement that finally leads to stagnation and inner starvation. This may not affect the entire personality. It | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| the frustrated emotions, causing the urgency and the starvation, have to be allowed to simmer on the | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| you live in would have wars, upheavals, crime, starvation, and all sorts of other difficulties if humanity's | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| you inflict upon yourself, apart from the perpetual starvation you expose yourself to. Any unfulfillment, hurt, rejection | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| Starve......................5 | |
| my friends. But your soul and spirit will starve. By opening yourself every day, you receive the | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| it comes to spiritual nourishment, most human beings starve themselves. There is a great confusion about what | 31 SHAME |
| predominate, a vital part of the soul will starve and stagnate. If the distorted instinct of procreation | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| gratify them. Therefore your attempts produce experiences that starve these needs even more. Since this hurts, you | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| independence. On the contrary, if you let children starve, they do not become better equipped to cope | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| Starved.....................5 | |
| not, it is always because your spirit is starved. Only that person can be truly happy and | 31 SHAME |
| to the idealized image. All human beings are starved for love; most seek it in the wrong | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| creative. Because of these misconceptions, you have deliberately starved such needs. That cannot make them disappear; instead | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| that a real and healthy need has been starved and the artificial one has taken its place | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| under the guise of giving. Those who are starved and therefore terrified by refusal are blind to | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| Statements..................14 | |
| laws that bind me to the kind of statements I am allowed to make. The answer may | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| -- at least in thought forms and clear statements -- will you reach this point. How many | 36 PRAYER |
| You will experience the utter truth of these statements yourself. But you can do so only if | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| According to St. Thomas there are a few statements allegedly spoken by Jesus which are very cryptic | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| which do not correspond to the other Gospel statements. ANSWER: I will be very happy to discuss | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| I will be very happy to discuss such statements. QUESTION: All right, I shall bring three or | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that both are true and that these two statements do not contradict each other at all. There | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| and revelation that cannot be found in simple statements. Today, when the masses understand much more than | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you. Those spiritual teachers who have made the statements you mentioned have perceived certain truths. But I | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| to comprehend and impress the self with truthful statements. This impressing has the power to gather inner | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| your intellect. The best way to verify such statements is by living their truth -- and this | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| After this is done, look at the written statements, then begin to wonder. Tell yourself, Maybe I | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| come to you. When you make these clear-cut statements, when your inability to move the inner will | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| own feelings -- thus of universal bliss. Such statements to yourself produce an ever-increasing affirmation of life | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| States......................162 | |
| real what they can see and touch; feeling states cannot be seen or touched. When we explain | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| to lead you to further insight into spiritual states. Just as time on earth is entirely different | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| that both talk about the same: that emotional states are actually spiritual spheres which are found within | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| love cannot be if the experience of these states is forced on the individual against his or | 18 FREE WILL |
| own worlds wherein they live according to their states of mind. Each state of mind creates as | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| development can share a world, which, in certain states of development, facilitates life in general but by | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| into existence in material form through various intermediate states. When this happened, a major phase was accomplished | 21 THE FALL |
| special position in God's eye. Both are transitory states and will one day even out and harmonize | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| is forced. So beware of forcibly assuming the states which I am describing here. Simply continue on | 36 PRAYER |
| bodies that leave the physical body in different states of unconsciousness. Usually in sleep the feeling-body is | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| even know that there are two distinctly different states, you will have a much harder time. When | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| to physical pain in that state. In various states of trance or hypnosis this may also happen | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| may also happen, but not in all trance states. QUESTION: What subtle bodies remain in a state | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| not bear a deeper meaning. His reappearance clearly states: After having met my ordeal fully, without pretense | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| care to elaborate on the distinction between pseudo-euphoric states of elation and genuine elation? The question has | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| will have no particular desire for such euphoric states of elation. Your desire will rather be to | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you therefore want to avoid it. True spiritual states of elation come undesired and unexpected. They follow | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| try to accomplish it by forcing themselves into states of elation that cannot be genuine. The person | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the subsequent road lead away from such euphoric states. Does that answer your question? QUESTION: Yes. But | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| seek causes the psyche to resist. Yet such states of struggle are not due entirely to the | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| of which you are not aware. In certain states of relaxation and concentration, such as concentrating on | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| the areas of human relationships. In your self-alienated states, you may have as genuine a friendship as | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| be pinpointed or proven, except in very advanced states. Most of you are probably convinced that you | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| phases of growth cannot be measured in fixed states as with the physical organism. Besides, as I | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| space, and movement are all expressions of particular states of consciousness. This is why it is difficult | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| The individual then fluctuates between the equally undesirable states of frustration and satiation. When the self is | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| this in-dwelling consciousness can change them into truthful states of mind. It is always ready to respond | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| of the little self also exists in unhealthy states such as those brought about by sickness or | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| addiction. Less extreme forms are self-alienation and mental states of disassociation from the self. These are unconsciously | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| accomplished, even if you succeed in removing temporary states of pain and deprivation. There is a vast | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| false feelings, to deceive oneself no longer, and states the intent simply and firmly, something is set | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| on the right way. When these two conflicting states are experienced at the same time -- wracking | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| of one's state of consciousness. There are various states and processes in material life which afford humans | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| of the most automatic, generally accessible of these states is sleep. Human beings who are deeply troubled | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| self can occur are blocked off. Incidentally, those states also vary as to the degree and intensity | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| the types of strength that come from other states of immersion into the divine ocean of being | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| total spiritual experience humans can have. In other states where the ego can let go of itself | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| I say no longer, I mean that previous states of consciousness existed when this was the case | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| first see what it does in you, which states more correctly the process than what you do | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| the most painful of all mental and emotional states: a double bind from which there seems no | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| and to a relatively small degree during exceptional states in their life. Most people are usually in | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| its possibility. Thus you must think of all states of bliss as existing already; all wisdom you | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| indirectly. In quite the same way there are states of outer and inner relaxation. As you become | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| strong state of either pain or pleasure. Your states of tension have become such second nature that | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| awareness of the outer thinking, feeling, and physical states, the inner awareness begins to grow. Your faculties | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| will tell you this. Knowing of the two states -- the temporary blockage you find in yourself | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| awareness and understanding of your own reactions and states on all levels of your being. You have | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| with your own system and becoming aware of states you have never paid attention to, you not | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| acclimatize yourself to it. Picture yourself in such states and call upon the universal power within to | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| you have experienced some of the truths and states I mentioned. In such a state of disconnectedness | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| in new possibilities and to unfold into greater states of fulfillment and self-expression. But if desire is | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES Greetings, blessings and welcome to all of my | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| I would now like to mention three different states of human consciousness. These states are very specific | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| mention three different states of human consciousness. These states are very specific grades of development which I | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| unconscious levels affect each other, the varying, fluctuating states of both must be taken into account. At | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| level of human consciousness, but also to higher states of consciousness where the struggle is no longer | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| as severe or painful. Increased awareness of higher states of consciousness facilitates the synthesizing process immeasurably. The | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| when you are on the threshold of these states, making the change from being lost, blind, and | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| have certain feelings or be in certain vulnerable states, along with the idea that you ought not | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| now. When you experience all these feelings and states, it is essential that you do not delude | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| with life. You wish to correct these undesirable states although usually you do this with the unconscious | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| at total variance with each other, expressing different states of development in the evolution of the person | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| and on -- as long as these many states of consciousness exist in the still disunited personality | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| less awareness you have of any of these states, the more conflict exists in your life and | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| The more concisely the conscious mind claims and states, and the more constructive and truthful the thoughts | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| take a leap into conceiving new possibilities, new states of consciousness for the self. If you now | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| against the unconscious counterforce, vacillating between the two states of fulfillment and deprivation, at least until the | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| it will carry you into new and better states, like the river of life itself. The commitment | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| you. Each necessarily creates entirely different experiences and states of mind. Why should this principle change when | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| into life. The fear of experiencing all these states is obviously also a trick of the ego | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| unconsciously, inadvertently, and erroneously such tangible events and states of mind, you can also create consciously, deliberately | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| activated, it sets events, patterns, behaviors, reactions, and states of body and soul into its specific mold | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| moving. You are constantly battling between these two states. You hanker for nonmovement. So you experience fear | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| are a result of inner truthfulness. When these states are absent, then truthfulness must be absent. It | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| who lives in chaos is not. In chaotic states it is virtually impossible to let go of | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| concentrate on very specifically to expand into new states of consciousness and experience. As you learn to | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| you automatically close off the memory of other states of consciousness. These forgotten states are much less | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| memory of other states of consciousness. These forgotten states are much less confined, much freer, much more | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| growth and expansion must always evolve toward new states of consciousness and experience. Each stage deepens in | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| attitudes and behavior patterns. Even feelings and the states they create can be contagious. It is known | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| a fixed, exclusive reality applicable to all inner states. When a human consciousness dies, as it were | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| the atmosphere, the climate, also results of specific states of consciousness. Your inner world is thus a | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| sphere, with the only difference that the inner states are externalized on earth in a way that | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| beauty, love, truth, light and bliss. All other states are temporary. Now when your mood clouds over | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| recent lecture I outlined some typical manifestations of states and experiences in which the little self merges | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| cause of helping other souls advance to higher states of inner truth. Perhaps by making this connection | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| In order to do the latter, the interim states of consciousness which the mind has produced and | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| in which you avoid falling into those other states of consciousness of your creation that must be | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| sense of it. But this requires much higher states of conscious ness, which must be earned. Humankind | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| overall plan. The fragmented aspects have certain basic states in common. When divine perfection has undergone the | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| out into new ground, into new realizations and states of awareness. There can be no development and | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| honest with yourself, as you stop acting out. States of consciousness can roughly be differentiated into the | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| way, always compatible with its particular lawfulness. These states are states of consciousness, but not states of | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| compatible with its particular lawfulness. These states are states of consciousness, but not states of self-consciousness. Take | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| These states are states of consciousness, but not states of self-consciousness. Take for example the life of | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| mind, but does not exist in the lower states of consciousness. As in many areas of development | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| meditate about the deeper meaning of these three states, you will see a great deal and understand | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| wisdom and peace. You possess these attributes, these states of being, in ample quantity and quality. It | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| psychic events, inner as well as outer events, states of being in the self and in others | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| in such a predicament, you experience long, drawn-out states of disharmony, anxiety, crisis, depression, upheaval. It is | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| it is good that way, because these very states are reminders, messages and signposts to spur you | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| individual process. I am speaking here of protracted states of disharmony, of escape, of resistance on a | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| your life and your experiences, your moods and states of mind, will never take on deeper meaning | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| the general universal laws, which apply to all states of consciousness and to all entities. They apply | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| self-confrontation and growth, but resist your experiences and states of mind, you will lack peace, joy, meaning | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| development. In the most highly developed spheres and states of consciousness, the degree of goodness, brilliance of | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| token, there are spheres of temporary reality and states of consciousness in which ugliness, brutality, cruelty, numbness | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| nature. The consciousness and energy in these evil states are so condensed and thickened that they are | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| state of development, the higher and the lower states of consciousness and energy are equally imperceptible. In | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| of development incarnate and fulfill themselves in other states. These degrees of development may seem to fluctuate | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| receptivity that is alive and vibrant. In both states you have all the qualities present, only in | 228 BALANCE |
| homeness until finally all the universe and all states of consciousness are truly your own, intensely familiar | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| formations and configurations that are produced by certain states of consciousness. To those who created that particular | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| you cannot perceive what is produced from other states of consciousness and development. The airpocket you live | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| permeates all of existence. Your higher self knows states of reality that your conscious mind knows nothing | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| lecture I will speak about three such particular states of reality, which in the higher self are | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| and omnipotence. Let us see how these three states of reality compare when you experience them in | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| of the qualities and traits manifesting in both states. The motive -- if there is such a | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| perfection, with omnipotence -- or with many other states of reality. This is also true of the | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| false version of perfection, immortality, omnipotence and other states into which you need to develop gradually. You | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| develop gradually. You can see, my friends, when states of reality on the level of cosmic truth | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| and the conscious personality misunderstands and distorts them, states that are divine truth become lies and neurotic | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| lies and neurotic manifestations. Humanity's confusion of these states at this point of your time, of your | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| the inner religious movements always knew that these states of perfection existed within humanity as a potential | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| facing those roots of the personality where these states of perfection could not yet exist. This abuse | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| as illusory pseudo-solutions and designated them as neurotic states that the maturing individual naturally abandoned, at least | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| truly exist, so a total denial of these states by psychology is equally erroneous, although at first | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| that create the urgency to be in these states. Thus you will traverse gates, tunnels and walls | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| of the development of a human consciousness, the states of expansion and contraction are both equally painful | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| contraction a positive one. In still further evolutionary states, both expansion and contraction become positive. Let me | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| reaching, giving, making yourself available for further beautiful states of consciousness. It is highly volatile creative expression | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| inner universe offers different kinds of riches and states than the outer. The inner universe offers the | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| desolation which I know, at least intellectually, as states of unreality and distortion. And I feel very | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| the effort that could make desirable events or states a reality, the less you believe in their | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| judging? Experiment with it. You will discover various states. For example, a black hole of nothingness to | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| other circumstances. You are all coming into new states of consciousness in which old blind reactions no | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| become familiar with new psychic space -- new states of consciousness, new modalities to react to, new | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| even in this new improved state. Still better states are to come. In order to let yourself | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| I mean. People usually assume that these higher states of consciousness -- whatever name they are given | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| more correct to say that the higher spiritual states I attempted to describe here are brought into | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| look at your feelings, moods and various mental states in a new light. You will, for instance | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| will, for instance, find that many moods or states you have interpreted to mean one thing have | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| includes and encompasses and transcends all other desirable states and attainments, cannot come quickly, cheaply, easily. By | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| are other worlds, other realms, and therefore other states of consciousness. Your being half-way should be a | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| were still in their immature mental and emotional states, their wills were not sufficiently developed to make | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| kinds of love or pain or many other states of inner experience. In the meantime I will | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| all actions, including outer and inner attitudes and states, have distinct consequences, creates a very specific pain | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| argument, dissension, painful struggling in dark and confused states of mind, is based on a most superficial | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| ever wish to be. You already possess the states of consciousness you aim to attain. It is | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| deeper truth we are obviously talking about different states of mind. If the mind becomes more firmly | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| rejoice in worldly fulfillments as expressions of inner states, while no longer straining toward one state and | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| said that heaven and hell are nothing but states of consciousness. This is true in one sense | 254 SURRENDER |
| people who make this statement often overlook that states of consciousness create even the physical conditions within | 254 SURRENDER |
| there need to grow gradually into more evolved states until the light of these states can become | 254 SURRENDER |
| more evolved states until the light of these states can become a means to make further growth | 254 SURRENDER |
| and excitement. For beings in the lowest, darkest states of consciousness, or worlds, all light is unbearably | 254 SURRENDER |
| you would not know the fulfillment and positive states you now enjoy. The growth you have experienced | 254 SURRENDER |
| a helpful illustration. When people go through extreme states of pain, there comes a point when the | 254 SURRENDER |
| may lead to mindless emptiness. Sleep, or other states of unconsciousness are the final stages. Focused emptiness | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| capable of taking direct steps toward attaining these states. But the knowledge of their reality is important | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| is a most important byproduct of advanced spiritual states. The ability to communicate on more subtle and | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| - - or various lesser stages of it: states of consciousness that reflect error and therefore suffering | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |