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| God's blessings. Each emotional reaction, thought, opinion or tendency, even the smallest personality trait, is a luminous | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| happens, the more harmoniously each soul current and tendency will meld and the whole personality will reach | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| in you. Each living individual has the understandable tendency to want to appear superior to others. You | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| so. You have to recognize the ever-present sluggish tendency in every person along with the basic evolutionary | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| yearning and to direct it properly. The sluggish tendency in the lower self makes you hold back | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| talk about what to do with such a tendency, my friends. In the first place, it is | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| and good and right. In your world the tendency to adhere to such distortions is now very | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| either/or judgment also holds true for every individual tendency -- good or bad. If you have this | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| openly with others. Some much lesser fault or tendency that has no apparent connection with a fault | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| is the same with every emotional current or tendency. Therefore you should not be surprised when you | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| dangerous too, my dear ones, especially because this tendency lends itself extremely well to deceiving yourself into | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| just as truly good as one with a tendency to hidden rebellion. Both react immaturely and ignorantly | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| variations in both these opposite types. The law-breaking tendency must be combined with a current of courage | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| aspect of your life one or the other tendency may express itself more strongly. If you examine | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| weak and fearful motives of your own law-upholding tendency. Thus you will make an act of strength | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| if you do not look out for this tendency in yourself. The very teachings I give you | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| extreme is an overdependency that arises from the tendency to let go too much in the wrong | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| of these two wrong extremes. The more frequent tendency is to not give up the self at | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| you may experience both. The first is the tendency to dismiss a recognition of something within yourself | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| is possible to be split in a particular tendency: you can in some realms of your being | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| to human rigid standards, which always have the tendency to go by the letter and not according | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| strengthen it by thinking in reverse. Bearing this tendency in mind, you will automatically cultivate an objectivity | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| The maturing of the soul will change this tendency, but until then a person will be inclined | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| More specifically, it creates in certain temperaments a tendency to be in bondage. Of course, many other | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| human being may have a little of this tendency. Just think about how important it is for | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| soul is separate. Every quality, reaction, attitude, or tendency must invariably influence everything else in the soul | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| unaware that he or she unconsciously encourages a tendency to stagnate, which is hidden underneath the good | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| next step by asking yourself why that negative tendency exists in you. Why does this temptation exist | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| else or to yourself. If you have a tendency to depend too much on other people's opinion | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| guilt. This, in turn, would lead to a tendency toward self-destruction. Moreover, the desire for this ideal | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| one bit. As long as you observe this tendency in others only, but not in yourself, it | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| the most common diseases of humanity is a tendency to generalize and standardize, which has more far-reaching | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| human institutions, it was affected by the human tendency to generalize and standardize, to make rules and | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| will or any other wrong conclusion or erroneous tendency. But sometimes the deviations and tensions are so | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| trouble about it now. The deeper the damaging tendency goes, the harder it becomes. It is also | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| for your longing to be loved. The frequent tendency to conform, to be the obedient child, is | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| are bound to become aware that this constant tendency to fight for approval exists in you. As | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| prove. You will also detect that subtle little tendency which strives for conformity with others; you will | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| reconciled with the current misconception that the masochistic tendency to allow the unhealthy instincts of others to | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and misconceptions. Be on the alert for the tendency to close the door, to avoid facing yourself | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| its wake a further conflict. That is the tendency to dramatize oneself, which is present to some | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| rationalized. The only way you can find this tendency is, again, to analyze what your moods and | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| immature part of yourself, but also to a tendency toward dramatization. If the great drama cannot be | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| on which they can lean. It was this tendency which caused religion to be distorted into dogma | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| One of the psychological factors responsible for the tendency to let the spirit wander away is fear | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| On the other hand, there is the aggressive tendency of desire for rulership, for mastery over others | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| should become acutely aware of this -- the tendency to inflict hurt upon yourself rather than taking | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a number of layers. For instance, an original tendency, coming from the higher self, can be distorted | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| years of work here, there has been a tendency on the part of the earliest members, certainly | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| soul in order to get love. When this tendency is on the surface, you may tell yourself | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| It is very difficult to find only one tendency in the emotions. For instance, when you feel | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| discovered as the underlying core of the predominant tendency. For others, both tendencies exist side by side | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| apart in constant conflict. But even if one tendency predominates strongly, it does not mean that conflict | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| is harder to determine the cause when one tendency is hidden. Because of this raging inner battle | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| your modesty and undemandingness. Very often the predominant tendency hides its opposite underneath. If the predominant tendency | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| tendency hides its opposite underneath. If the predominant tendency is the quest for power in order to | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| vulnerable, submissive, insecure, and dependent. If the predominant tendency is a quest for love in order to | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| arises from the very shame of the underlying tendency that has to be covered up. Even if | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| your power drive. An additional aspect is the tendency of submitting to the very person you fear | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| discussed in the previous answer. There is a tendency of cringing, appeasing, and submitting to the most | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| has encouraged and capitalized on this very sick tendency. It has set up rules and dogmas, and | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| helplessness, and a humiliating, though often very subtle, tendency to appease. This has the additional crippling effect | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| conflicts to the surface. But so does the tendency of religion to encourage blind obedience. Both causes | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| hide the helplessness and desire for protection, the tendency to appease and be falsely good. By finding | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| without the danger of reinforcing in you the tendency to succumb to false religion. Then true religion | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| fear of involvement because you have a strong tendency to withdraw, then your desire to be alone | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| from a poor motive. In other words, either tendency can be healthy as well as unhealthy. An | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| discuss three such conditions. The first is a tendency to moralize -- with yourself and therefore also | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| possible to change these harmful tendencies. This moralizing tendency may exist in many subtle forms, even in | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| Any kind of goodness that comes from this tendency is always a poor and shallow imitation of | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| very undramatic about themselves. In other words, this tendency may not show. Yet, on some level of | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| mean it isn't so. You should pinpoint this tendency, but this does not mean letting go of | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| feeling. There will be an insight into one's tendency toward childish selfishness or greed or whatever else | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| very process I am describing. The stronger your tendency to submit, the more self-contempt you beget, and | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| feelings on the one hand, and your moralizing tendency and idealized self-image on the other, make of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| and experience in connection with dream events. The tendency to escape from unresolved problems, from conflicts, from | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| your problems in this life, you have a tendency to be discouraged or even to feel, What | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| is followed through, you will automatically understand the tendency of self-rejection called masochism. To recapitulate briefly, I | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| order to get one's own way. Since this tendency is subtle and hidden, and often has nothing | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| your wish capacity. Much confusion comes from your tendency to regard something as right or wrong, good | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| will can be directed to go beyond your tendency to moralize and to focus instead on what | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| be that you wish to be without this tendency because you feel, for many reasons, that you | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| that does it. The memory, combined with the tendency to form habits, is the danger of the | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| Learn to observe your own reactions. Observe your tendency of always explaining your reactions away. Observe your | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| so, what can we do to counteract this tendency, in education, say, or in cultural life? ANSWER | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| is quite true that this is a general tendency, of course, as you all know. What you | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| then is that he or she develops a tendency to believe to be always right. It takes | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| forgiving means to recognize and then stop the tendency to moralize with oneself, to understand the harm | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| as condemnation, so as not to encourage the tendency of perfectionism in yourself. On the whole, you | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| the mask self, the idealized self, and the tendency to self-deception all have to be eliminated before | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| the fuller impact of and reason for this tendency, you cannot be aware of how this ambitiousness | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| I mention this again because I see a tendency to overlook the importance of such vague glimpses | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| have begun to see in themselves this strong tendency to need control. Each individual resorts to different | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| nonidentification with yourself. If you look at this tendency from the point of view discussed here, if | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| anger for the frustration, must create shame. This tendency completely contradicts the ideal which is superimposed and | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| possessions. To an infinitely greater degree, the identical tendency existed in former times, as it does today | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| changes of outlook, attitudes, feelings, and thoughts. Your tendency to petrify a pleasant outcome because this seems | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| most in the other is their own hidden tendency toward the opposite choice. Most human beings harbor | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| as in specific areas of your personality. Humanity's tendency to escape reality is often not based on | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| blind, rigid practices. People have too ingrained a tendency to obey an authority. We have discussed this | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| I have. It seems that I have a tendency to feel overburdened by the cruelty existing in | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| the immediate situation. The reasons for the strong tendency to escape from the self -- and therefore | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| first question, a pertinent question for those whose tendency is to escape from their unfulfillments, to deny | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| dishonesty existing in the childish nature, where the tendency to cheat life always prevails, impossible. You will | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| this need is due to confusing the rightful tendency toward, and the inner need to bring about | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| manifests in being hurt, expresses itself in a tendency to be taken advantage of; you will always | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| afford to antagonize. A special temptation strengthens the tendency to forsake independent inquiry and the forming of | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| with the self can avoid distortion. The human tendency to run away from the self prompts the | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| direction, loving is impossible and outgoingness inverts. The tendency to go out, trustingly and lovingly, can never | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| in the same direction. The conflict between the tendency to follow life and the fear to do | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| hinder the expansion of perception. People have a tendency to consider outer conditions as the decisive factors | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| people usually switch back and forth, although the tendency to one extreme may be stronger. Only when | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| attitudes nurtures hate, separateness, distrustfulness, illusion, weakness, the tendency to damage the self and forego its best | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| yesterday I am aware of a very deep tendency of disliking people, almost inadvertently. It is frightening | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| safety of gray life. Once you find this tendency within yourself, you have made a tremendous step | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| let us say that a man has a tendency to assume too much responsibility for others. He | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| does so, what the ramifications are, where the tendency comes from, what other attitudes in him contribute | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| is too self-effacing and unable to change this tendency without going to the equally destructive opposite extreme | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| its self-involvement, its blindness to itself and its tendency to get lost to itself. It is not | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| victimization. Being true to yourself dispenses with the tendency to submit to others, to conform and appease | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| you must also dispense with the equally damaging tendency to prove your independence by blind and meaningless | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| parents and children, friendships, or business contacts. The tendency to make yourself emotionally dependent on others, the | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| in deep projection in this area. A favorite tendency among people is to say, You are doing | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| human soul. And thus, due to the limiting tendency of your consciousness, the opposites cannot be transcended | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| attitudes. Also, we must consider whether the hidden tendency to be destructive can leave your actions totally | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| your being unacceptable and unlovable, all create the tendency to deny the state you are in. The | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| is all there is to life. People's prevalent tendency to live for the sake of appearances, rather | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| be moved from within. Those who have a tendency to overdramatize, to be willful and to counterfeit | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| of their real feelings. Those who have a tendency to use certain limited emotions as a defense | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| The disturbing situation is a result of your tendency to harbor just such thoughts, judgments, and opinions | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| and try out new alternative interpretations. If the tendency to build a cluster of opinions and judgments | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| seeing yourself in a certain perfectionistic way. This tendency has to be questioned. Then you need to | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| of the previous distortion and half-truth. The present tendency is that the suffering person is seen as | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| QUESTION: What is the positive origin in my tendency to avoid taking responsibility for my life, my | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| to avoid taking responsibility for my life, my tendency to avoid? ANSWER: In its original, divine manifestation | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| QUESTION: I can't imagine anything positive in the tendency to remove yourself, being cool, pretending to be | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| When this movement is halted by the ever-existing tendency to stagnate, it creates a painful crisis. You | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| contact, but still it is frequently overlooked. The tendency remains to view the world in reverse, or | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| be thought of in the highest terms. This tendency can be quite obvious and overt, but it | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| to rule selfishly and cruelly. In hiding this tendency you project it outward, so that you assume | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| your ever growing community. This obstacle is a tendency in human nature to build on deficit, a | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| in human nature to build on deficit, a tendency intrinsically connected with the belief in an empty | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| the illusory picture of life and encourage the tendency of building on deficit. The methods I have | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| not use misapplied faith to justify the current tendency of your world to function on deficit. At | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| here in the context of the personality's general tendency to keep the self secret. The false belief | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| all concepts of truth, because of a human tendency to be glib and lazy and to label | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| true concept. I have often warned against this tendency in the past and have sometimes suggested new | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |