| Taboos......................7 | |
| and conflict of the personality must be. Society's taboos regarding the erotic and sexual forces contained in | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| does not take place, however, if there are taboos, fears, and an artificial separation of instinctual drives | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| between them. At one extreme are superimposed rules, taboos, and false guilts, which cause anger and rebellion | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| unquestioned. If you dare not question your own taboos, you cannot widen the horizon of your life | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| of course a wonderful thing that the old taboos are removed. The old restrictions that make sexuality | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| This is the deepest reason why such stringent taboos existed regarding sexual love; why releasing the spiritual | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| It is not to be found in old taboos and denials, nor in moralizing judgments about this | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Tackle......................32 | |
| how they should work on themselves, what to tackle first. They will perceive what the real alternatives | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| you to work diligently on your path, or tackle whatever else stands in your way quite directly | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| on this road that you always have to tackle all problems from at least two sides and | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| of subjectivity is more important for you to tackle first. Both alternatives will apply to all of | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| too impatient and also too lazy to really tackle what lies behind the wall. All these trends | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| of where you are and what problems to tackle. You can consider any happening as a reflex | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| rest and light until you are ready to tackle the next hurdle. All this is not merely | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| people you are apparently dependent on. You must tackle it from the other side, that is, by | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| clearly establish this. Then you have something to tackle. The next step will inevitably be to learn | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| their significance, the difficulties will be easier to tackle, will be handled more constructively, and will be | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| environment. People who live with this attitude will tackle any event coming their way in an entirely | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you. It may disappear again, temporarily, when you tackle a new aspect, but each step forward brings | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you anywhere. True growth happens only when you tackle your seemingly insignificant daily reactions of desire and | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| development requires different emphasis and different subjects to tackle. There can be no question of further development | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| fears or substitute fulfillments. Since you do not tackle the problem of becoming yourself, you cannot have | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| to come away from it again, as you tackle the still unresolved problems, repeating the cycles you | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| the area that would be most important to tackle at that very moment. That is why you | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| your strength and resourcefulness to go through them? Tackle it from there. A final word regarding this | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| all-important topic before, but I would like to tackle it again in a more direct way. One | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| If you are, to what degree do you tackle the issue? Take it into your self-confrontation, by | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| to substitute for feeling irritated, and unwilling to tackle the problems the child has, so may the | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| this cannot be done immediately, but if you tackle your resistance by constant honest self-observation, acknowledging the | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| Once you do, it will become easier to tackle the inner enemy -- the No. As for | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| up to it. But all of you must tackle it if you wish to realize life's and | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| he felt about you and why? If you tackle only these three questions, you will already be | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| yourself and answer these questions. Then you can tackle the next level of considering what is. For | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| and change where change is desirable. Unless you tackle your reservations about your involvement with life, about | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| seems unreal, even fake, because they refuse to tackle the destructive elements in themselves. But what is | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| you. When you identify it, observe, admit, and tackle it, you do not believe that this is | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| of its importance will help you greatly to tackle the problem also from the outside and actually | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| your life that you do not wish to tackle and set in order. Often people negate personal | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| but your spirit may nevertheless have chosen to tackle them if you have fully completed your original | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Tackled.....................17 | |
| thought twenty-five times perhaps, even if it is tackled from new angles, until you hear it for | 18 FREE WILL |
| vibrantly alive -- until the next obstruction is tackled. These rare moments should be a living proof | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| will bring to light all that should be tackled at each phase. All that I have said | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| negation. The problem of duality has to be tackled eventually along the road of development and growth | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| they come, as I said, only after having tackled life with all its facets. However, my friends | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| are a necessary prerequisite. This has to be tackled from both ends. By bringing your repressed emotions | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| get to work. When the confusion is not tackled, when one is not fully aware of what | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| it is this area that has to be tackled now. This is why those of you who | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| admonition not to fear. Fear can only be tackled by a process of psychological understanding, and by | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| that can only then be fully faced, understood, tackled and come to terms with. In principle, the | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| yourself to hedge what most needs to be tackled. This applies to practically all my friends, at | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| specific inadequacy and shame would have to be tackled. It is, of course, no real inadequacy or | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| by innumerable little misconceptions, they have to be tackled one by one, otherwise the obstructions cannot be | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| path toward liberation when the problem must be tackled from both ends: Only when you have the | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| this fear vanishes, the new fears can be tackled: the fear of pleasure, of happiness, of fulfillment | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| say, all of these can only be fully tackled when you first admit to yourself the unfulfilled | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| already exists. Often a problem needs to be tackled from both sides. You need to deepen your | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Tackling....................11 | |
| -- and these phases often overlap -- is tackling that layer of yourself that does not belong | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| would help much more if you set about tackling your inner problems. When you approach it in | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| therefore from life and happiness. To begin by tackling the big general issues will never get you | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| that yours is a meaningful part. Only by tackling what you most want to shy away from | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| You seek an easy way out rather than tackling whatever prevents you from living as fully as | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| vague uneasy feelings in a concise way and tackling them as they barricade the way; of asking | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| registering the inner No during these endeavors; of tackling these No's in the only productive way, namely | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| a God because they are too afraid of tackling life by themselves. As I have pointed out | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| damaging, for you are then less capable of tackling the problem directly. Only considerable insight into the | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| it? When you feel a strength growing from tackling and challenging the self-produced difficulties, you will experience | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| peace will be all the more sweet. The tackling of these problems will give you a sense | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| Tactics.....................7 | |
| the forces of darkness constantly aim. Their new tactics do make it more difficult for you to | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| as well. They do not recognize that such tactics generate inner reactions that are bound to destroy | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| evasion, such a wrong solution. Using such evasive tactics you do not experience life at its fullest | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| you have to resort to all sorts of tactics that weaken your real self even more. It | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| and be on the lookout for such delaying tactics from the no-current is essential to your work | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| case against the other -- all these evasive tactics build the strife and conflict, the pain and | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| go to work on the obstacles, without self-deluding tactics that remove you further from the real goal | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| Tainted.....................7 | |
| imagine. The most beautiful landscape on earth is tainted with impurity and disharmony compared to this beauty | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| dirtied. When messages from the higher self are tainted with lower-self motives, a disorder is created in | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| instance, your perception of the whole person is tainted and one-sided. You also have an unreal idea | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| motivation, which outwardly seems courageously defiant, may be tainted with cowardice and opportunism. The laziness of not | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| never just laziness per se. It is always tainted by cowardice, a conformity to a specific group | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| desires. They are not trustworthy when they are tainted by the falsehood of the appearance value system | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| issue and you build justifications around your personal, tainted desires. You claim objectivity and impartiality when this | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |