| Summer......................11 | |
| so that you can prepare yourself during the summer. The first step, as always, is the recognition | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| an exercise for you to start with this summer in preparation for our later work together. Sit | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| be very beneficial, my friends, if during the summer months you tried to prepare yourselves a little | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| the last lecture, before we recessed for the summer, I presented the general ideas. Now I want | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| new phase. I even said so before your summer vacation. I said that we shall deal with | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| do not feel happy at the moment. The summer was a time of fruition. Some of you | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| friends to ponder over all this during the summer months in which there are no group activities | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| as a shield against complete commitment. May these summer months prove a fruitful time during which the | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| needs a little guidance and further help. Last summer you helped with some advice concerning her guilts | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| the plant grows in spring toward fruition in summer. In the fall it slowly dies. In the | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| sequel to the one I gave before the summer recess, it also constitutes a new beginning. It | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| Summon......................27 | |
| people who suffer so much that they cannot summon up this strength. For instance, someone who has | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| superficialities, viewed from the perspective of total truth. Summon up your inner will for truth and open | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| second nature. The more difficult it is to summon the discipline for the daily prayer, the more | 36 PRAYER |
| has no willpower and yet has courage may summon this courage partly from the recesses of the | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| hard, who battles and overcomes, constantly willing to summon his or her strength to overcome inner blocks | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| to be motionless, it is extremely difficult to summon the strength to set yourself in motion. And | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| very simple and important fact enables you to summon the strength not to succumb to the negative | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| confront these depths of your being. May you summon the courage to overcome the fear that produces | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| paralyzes the best in you -- until you summon the courage and effort to do what your | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| crisis is short-lived. It lasts only until you summon the strength to overcome the resistance. But if | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| self and others. This alone will make you summon all your resources to bring about a change | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| You must learn to delve into yourself to summon the necessary resources and strength from within, in | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| Moreover, it is necessary for the self to summon, deliberately and consciously, the universal forces, not only | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| require a great deal of effort. You must summon all the strength and courage you can muster | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| register the presence of the self, let alone summon the courage to acknowledge and follow through such | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| The negative conviction makes it also impossible to summon the necessary effort for bringing change about. The | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| experience this truth. To do so, you must summon a great willingness for such experience, which is | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| in one way or another until you can summon the courage to choose to live through now | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| The second important aspect of meditation is to summon your faith that going in will not annihilate | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| be enslaved by it. The less you can summon feelings, the more you are frightened of them | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| bring out whatever is in you, if you summon all your inner truthfulness and commitment for the | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| bad it may feel, at first. If you summon your courage and honesty and persevere with a | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| degree of self-knowledge. This is not easy to summon up for the novice, but it is possible | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| guidance, advice and loving inspiration. Thus you cannot summon up the courage you need to go through | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| an outright illusion, easy to discover once you summon up the courage to do without it. But | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| necessity for it and help the followers to summon the energies and the stamina. But they often | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| your goodwill for the truth. You need to summon the maturity to realize that others do not | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Summoned....................7 | |
| learn that. A special kind of humility is summoned up when one asks and accepts a favor | 36 PRAYER |
| heaven, but deep within where it can be summoned and consulted. More and more it will be | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| truth about the self must be cultivated and summoned -- daily. I am not afraid to look | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| Anyone can corroborate that the more courage is summoned to look at the truth of oneself and | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| nothing to fear. This courage has to be summoned, only to find that this is really the | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| manifestation, and therefore natural, the moment energy is summoned -- perhaps, at first, with some effort -- | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| at first seem frightening, but after you have summoned up the courage to do it again and | 254 SURRENDER |
| Summoning...................11 | |
| it is can be found out only by summoning the inner will in meditation. And even if | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| that you can advance on this path without summoning the courage to follow the call? I can | 31 SHAME |
| discipline or outer willpower, but by your relaxed summoning of your calm inner will. The more detachedly | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| so they guard against the dreaded disappointment by summoning their inherently childish claim for omnipotence as a | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| have taken, you always had to overcome it, summoning your will to look at yourself in truth | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| a humiliation that she fights against it by summoning all her masculine traits as weapons against the | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| the right measure of self-discipline, self- facing, and summoning your goodwill to see the truth and change | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| that it exists. You need to fight by summoning up all your energies to a courageous recognition | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| position is preferable to annihilation. Only after finally summoning sufficient trust to risk the jump can the | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| to unblock little by little, through deep insight, summoning of courage, and letting yourself feel what is | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| is always connected with the evil and then summoning your positive intent. Positive intent requires faith in | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| Sun.........................32 | |
| stormy, the sky grey, and then again the sun will shine and the waters be calm until | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| you will get the answer as inevitably as sun follows rain, as life must follow death. And | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| it. Just as plants are leaning toward the sun seeking light and warmth, so is the human | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| your doubts will dissolve like snow in the sun. It is the way of sacrifice, my friends | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| when you have won a small victory the sun comes out and you rest for a while | 36 PRAYER |
| you do not allow yourself to think the sun will never shine again you shall accept the | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| say: All I can expect is unhappiness; the sun will never shine for me anymore. You may | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| and sisters will disappear like snow in the sun. You will be able to unite with understanding | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| the spark. We see it as though the sun were shining through dirty glass and the rays | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| willing, God's light comes to you again. The sun will shine again. So I bless all of | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| feel hopeless, but fight with courage until the sun shines brightly again. With the mature concept of | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely riches kept for the owners thereof to | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| can reflect the light and warmth of the sun. But, one day, without fail, it pierces through | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| significance of Creation. The truth is like the sun, around which all other planets revolve while it | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| development -- the clouds disperse and the warm sun of your higher consciousness regenerates you with strength | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| strength and well-being, with joyfulness and peace. This sun within yourself is constantly ready to warm and | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| -- all these evaporate like ice in the sun. Are there any questions? QUESTION: What about a | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| flower, will unfold in the rays of the sun. As each layer is soaked through with truth | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| behind it? I once compared this with the sun behind the clouds. If a person lives in | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| a person lives in a climate where the sun rarely comes out and they forget that the | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| rarely comes out and they forget that the sun exists, they will become hopeless. By realizing the | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| exists, they will become hopeless. By realizing the sun exists behind the clouds, there is no hopelessness | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| fears must then dissolve like fog in the sun. My dearest friends, the fear of your negativity | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| only to be allowed to surface like the sun coming out from behind the clouds. You will | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| dimensions of the issue that will make the sun rise, and the dark night will turn out | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| and experiment with every conceivable experience under the sun. You can approach life in all its different | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| against coming out of your hold, the golden sun and force cannot come through. But it is | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| those things that are shadows that hide the sun from you. You are indeed blessed. The love | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| as though a cloud has come over the sun and you do not yet know why, but | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| inner clouds to suddenly cover up the inner sun may vary, of course. It may be that | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| where you speak the word. It is the sun that creates the planets. It is energizing force | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| Their influence will dissolve like snow in the sun. This is not so now, because too many | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |