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| what you experience when you meet your innermost terrors. For, what I say here, philosophical, metaphysical, and | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| is also unconscious. As the fears, doubts and terrors manifest indirectly, so does the longing for eternal | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| longing. To the degree the fears, doubts and terrors are unconscious, the longing is unconscious. To the | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| toward transforming the level of fears, doubts and terrors into faith, knowledge of truth, security, and peace | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| transform the deep, universal, existential fears, doubts and terrors. Let us now deal with two further points | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| of fulfillment which alone eliminates the fears and terrors and stills all doubt. Without even a vague | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
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| will. And then, when you have withstood the test, the dark forces will be periodically allowed to | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| difference as to whether you are passing the test or not; it will determine the direction of | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| will help you and show you the way. Test yourselves how much you want happiness, harmony, light | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| word blessed -- it can be a great test. When the spiritual force is given to a | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| ears open for a message. This is a test, an opportunity to learn humility by being open | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| for you to undertake. When you pass this test, a new, wonderful experience of deep recognition will | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| effort on their part. God's spirit world must test a medium again and again, to see whether | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| being solidly rooted in it. You should therefore test all mediums from this point of view. Most | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| Also, an obstacle can serve as a valuable test which will only benefit the person, for every | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| which will only benefit the person, for every test is beneficial when successfully passed. After reaching a | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| enough to deserve it. Simply follow the Bible: Test everything and keep the good. Quietly accept what | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| or dismiss disquieting words can also be a test. When you are not able to find an | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| sufficiently open and free of vanity. When you test several mediums -- and they should be tested | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| or are they given this advantage as a test? And if they will not use the talent | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| where the metaphysical bent is used as a test, where an experience of metaphysical reality is offered | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| are dealing with. There are many ways to test a spirit to see whether it actually belongs | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| given to bring you the necessary knowledge. One test is that a spirit of God's world will | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| this kind of an answer may be a test for you, to gauge how you receive it | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| stumbling block on the spiritual path. If this test is passed and the resistance is overcome, the | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| a genuine desire. Consider this an occasion to test yourself. And now, my dear friends, I would | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| a sense of happiness because you passed the test and learned what there was to learn. However | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| God's will makes me unhappy? If you sincerely test yourself, you will find that this is why | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| not for any of you, my friends. So test yourself and answer the question: How much do | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| win. But do not be superficial about it. Test yourself again and again as to how sincere | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| and adhered to if you meditate daily and test your inner motives in complete honesty. Do you | 18 FREE WILL |
| appreciate this communication with God's world is a test for them. Every test and trial results directly | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| God's world is a test for them. Every test and trial results directly or indirectly from one's | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| actively and with open eyes will observe and test everything that happens to them in the course | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| is unreasonable. There are many ways, indeed, to test with what spirits you are communicating. Anyone who | 22 SALVATION |
| to study the vast subject of how to test spirits. Only then will that person be in | 22 SALVATION |
| to be ever wakeful for these hidden motives. Test yourself, check yourself each day in your hour | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Do not just put the superficial excuses aside. Test them, deal with them, examine them. Many of | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| as difficult as it may appear at first. Test yourself first where your own ego is involved | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| of which you are not even aware yet. Test yourself concerning your real feelings. Only by taking | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| these opinions are fanatical and inflexible, people should test their real inner motives and then they may | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| utmost importance that you muster the courage to test your feelings, to translate them into clear and | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| thinks these thoughts consciously, but if you would test your emotions, examine their demands as to what | 31 SHAME |
| guidance appears in the form of an unpleasant test, you cannot fully understand what is happening. Yet | 31 SHAME |
| joy and peace will you feel after the test is over and you have fully understood how | 31 SHAME |
| sides which you wished to avoid. If you test this emotional, and for the most part unconscious | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| you think about yourself -- and of others. Test yourself in this respect too, my dear friends | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| reactions to other people may amount to that. Test yourself in this respect, and ask if you | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| relationship with God, it is your task to test yourself if and how strongly this may apply | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| of you to whom this may apply to test your feelings when you think about God, when | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| often observe that when you are undergoing a test your view of things is completely distorted. When | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| for the next incarnation. This is considered a test, and afterward it is explained to the individual | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| it is a karma for the parents, a test through which they have to pass. But the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| thus are ready to bear this cross and test which otherwise would have been too much for | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| not consciously aware of reacting negatively to life. Test your emotions and your fears of other people | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| a hidden wrong reaction, emotion, and motive. So test yourself. The best way to find God is | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| has brought you nothing but trouble. The basic test of any entity in the body or out | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| learned by everyone alike in every hour of test and difficulty about pride, self-will, and fear. Isn't | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| your intellect does not want to accept it. Test these feelings. People often think that by being | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| It is very true that to take a test in a spirit of humility with the attitude | 38 IMAGES |
| can do is not only to take the test but also to search for your images. Your | 38 IMAGES |
| to do with it. It will be a test of how you use the strength if you | 38 IMAGES |
| it happens very rarely. QUESTION: Is there a test by which one can know what is one's | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| what is one's image? ANSWER: There is no test necessary, because when you have found your image | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| falling in its place. So there is no test and no trick and no magic. So no | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| is freedom, dear friends. It can stand the test of truth as it prevails in the other | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| are sometimes unavoidable and will be a great test for everyone concerned. Your attitude toward a disagreement | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that He has considered it necessary as a test for you. This is only partly true. You | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| true. You can say a hardship is a test in the sense that your errors can be | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| self-responsibility. Otherwise, hardship will not even be a test. One day, however, you will come to the | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| become retroactive medicine, and in this way, a test. But it will not be medicine until you | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| falling into the abyss. Here again you can test the validity of your fear by jumping in | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| you really and truly? When things go wrong, test your emotions. As you analyze these feelings and | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| simply see what happens, and learn from this test. What the spirits tell about purification work and | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| so that your defeat will not be exposed. Test yourself on how you embellish a situation to | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| about what your attitude really is to defeat. Test how you fear exposure of certain reactions and | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| hopelessness, or a superficial rationalization, blaming outer circumstances? Test yourself very carefully and you will see that | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| are sad due to a good outer reason, test your emotion in the sense in which I | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| laborious road of trial and error is a test from which each individual can learn. When you | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| the chance not to be helpless, nor to test whether or not your helplessness is real. On | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| allowing the no-current to become strong again. Please test yourself as to this possibility, at least in | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| out; it fluctuates. This may represent an additional test for you because it may lead you to | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| any occasion that might put you to the test. Changing from a deeply engraved no-current to a | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| tempt you into self-glorification. Listen deeply into yourself, test various aspects of your life by focusing only | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| cannot be more than a theory you must test with good faith, willingness, and openness. Later, the | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| to unfold, to experience beauty. When you finally test it and discover the beautiful world outside the | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| of it, my friends. Only gradually can you test it and see it at work -- and | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| accessible greater wisdom and power within yourself, honestly test it by allowing it to manifest if it | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| attitude toward life. As you first taste and test this fundamental approach to life, you will be | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| each one of you whenever you choose to test the truth of these words. Be in peace | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| pain. This may appear preposterous, yet when you test your feelings you will find this to be | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| self. I was going along nicely until the test came, and then I just ran the other | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| to and unite with total good. You can test this right now. Take any problem you are | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| you feel it is impossible to do so! Test it right now. Although you really want to | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| and ultimately are, you have to consider and test the possibility of positive creating. You will then | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| in the secret regions of your inner self. Test your reactions to see whether you really want | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| a human being's faith is put to the test. You have to face the discrepancy between what | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| into this undercurrent. It is therefore safe to test the kind of pain that you experience. Does | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| totally identified with it, you cannot confront and test it. But the moment you observe it as | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| them and those people who attempt to check, test, and challenge their concepts, who seek the truth | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| is unearthed. Meditation is a wonderful way to test how much you resist your conscious positive desire | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| way there is. Examine courageously this attitude and test yourself to find whether you have a stake | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| going into the apparent abyss of commitment to test the truth. Staying with the theory may sometimes | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| are decisions that you make constantly. If you test yourself as to the meaning of these decisions | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| it, it may still be true. You must test it out and explore your inner self. Do | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| The theory has indeed been put to the test, and the result is visible. In the recent | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| the whole picture, you will have passed the test; you will have the information available from your | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| all this time that was such a difficult test for all of you. I am here, once | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| incarnation among the Jewish people was also a test. All gifts are tests, just as painful occurrences | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| tests, just as painful occurrences are tests. The test was to recognize Jesus for who He was | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| level, both Jews and Christians have failed the test. This is obvious. The general fear of admitting | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| that makes you hold and hoard is erroneous. Test once again a new ground rule of life | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |