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 Unselfishly.................6
it is all-important whether or not you act unselfishly because you truly want to or because you 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
and nursed constantly; the inner wish to help unselfishly should be expressed in prayer and intention. The 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
they are proud of their capacity to sacrifice unselfishly, of never claiming any knowledge, accomplishment, of strength 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
unjustified demands, and when to give and act unselfishly. Truthfulness with yourself finally helps you see where 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
of the word, has to want to give unselfishly. Unselfish giving must exist truly in your smallest 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
others. If you do not want to give unselfishly, you cannot assert your leadership. If you give 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
 
 Unselfishness...............51
often people try to believe in their own unselfishness and in that way fool themselves about their 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
learn but also from their helpful attitude and unselfishness. So this will work only for the good 35 TURNING TO GOD
needs an explanation. True love, true kindness, true unselfishness is unthinkable without courage. Meditate on what courage 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
human being would not have otherwise: impulses of unselfishness and affection he or she might have been 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
quite clearly, Is it really pure goodness, pure unselfishness if I do such and such? You become 47 THE WALL WITHIN
to replace hatred, resentment, aggression with love and unselfishness. But before you can do that, you must 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
in the little outer things but the outer unselfishness can camouflage your emotional selfishness or ego-centeredness. You 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
part you discover behind the first mask of unselfishness, believing that now at last you are true 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
you discover. You will grasp that your former unselfishness was ineffective because it was false, not because 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
was ineffective because it was false, not because unselfishness as such is ineffective. This approach will lead 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
which is one of the fundamental requirements for unselfishness and the capacity to love. The more you 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
find the other you - - therefore as unselfishness and lack of egocentricity, as search for union 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
able to be selfish. On the other hand, unselfishness is considered virtuous, but is really a burden 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
truth, this or any other. With this insight, unselfishness will no longer be a compulsive burden one 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
one's happiness, in the belief that it constitutes unselfishness. If you are happy, you will make others 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
It has nothing to do with selfishness or unselfishness. ANSWER: I know, but I also know what 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
am speaking about your concepts of selfishness and unselfishness. People very frequently think -- and if they 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
is to suppress it and superimpose a compulsive unselfishness that is not genuine. Out of the superimposition 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
in your interest. Or, to put it differently, unselfishness is healthily selfish. I said before that performing 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
compulsion. This, in turn, will show you that unselfishness is not a yoke that you have to 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
Instead, you will see without a doubt that unselfishness is really selfish in a healthy sense, and 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
a greater, others to a lesser extent. Love, unselfishness, emotion, sympathy, affection and so on are valid 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
All this is covered with the rationalization of unselfishness, sacrifice, and your ability to love. In truth 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
believe that your submissiveness is true sacrifice and unselfishness. Only very close analysis and insight will show 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
feel you have to decide between pleasure and unselfishness, both of which are part of the divine 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
degree. So the difficult choice between happiness and unselfishness exists only in the relative time element. When 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
these trends are signs of their goodness, holiness, unselfishness. When they sacrifice in order to finally possess 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
their real and healthy form. Warmth, affection, communication, unselfishness: all that is despicable, and whenever an impulse 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
are happy, you must be selfish, while all unselfishness automatically goes against your interest and gratification. Needless 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
the inner understanding and conviction that happiness and unselfishness are not incompatible. QUESTION: You said in the 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
to change. Mature responsibility also requires love and unselfishness. Find where, why, how these are lacking when 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
be questioned, whether it be faith in God, unselfishness, or love for others. Each of these can 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
the idealized self. Goodness means also self-sacrifice and unselfishness. Yet this contradicts the claim for special treatment 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
flexible adjustment; the needs for ego-gratification and for unselfishness. These, and many other apparently contradictory needs and 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
you the feeling that you have love, generosity, unselfishness, and kindness. Only this thin layer assures you 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
can you truly convince yourself of your potential unselfishness. This requires the courage that comes into being 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
level of reality. You cannot reconcile fulfillment and unselfishness, so you remain undecided; you continue to vacillate 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
and reward covers up the deep despair that unselfishness brings deprivation, so one is forced to hold 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
In this duality, all these contradict goodness and unselfishness and must therefore be sacrificed. The opposite facet 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
You must be good, or else! Goodness and unselfishness then mean renunciation of bliss. The harmfulness of 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
is wrong, bad, undesirable, while all kinds of unselfishness are laudable, good, right. One rarely makes the 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
grow, expand, evolve. Concomitantly, one rarely notices that unselfishness can be a sick manifestation of self-destructiveness and 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
onto others by buying them with my false unselfishness, through enslavement, through making myself feel so unselfish 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
divine kernel, which itself becomes your anchor. False unselfishness makes you lose this center. You are then 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
it is as selfish as it is unselfish. Unselfishness is selfishness, and vice versa. Sacrificial unselfishness always 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
unselfish. Unselfishness is selfishness, and vice versa. Sacrificial unselfishness always implies an inner bargaining, a secret desire 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
a path in which unhappiness is equated with unselfishness, which is equated with being a good person 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
underlying emotions. The greater the outer, assumed, sacrificial unselfishness becomes, the more the ensuing rage and hostility 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
When selfishness is deemed to be bad and unselfishness good, regardless of the how and why, duality 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
become a unification. For example, instead of seeing unselfishness versus selfishness, you will truly see that healthy 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
consciousness. They cannot differentiate between healthy selfishness and unselfishness as two expressions of the same source. But 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
 
 Unshakable..................3
as essentially unique, separate and peculiarly your own, unshakable and untransmittable. You are the only one who 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
not mere words, my friends. They are the unshakable reality that can be verified by anyone who 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
how it may hurt you, you experience the unshakable truth of your core. Then your sense of 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
 
 Unsolved....................8
that you do not escape what is yet unsolved in you. This may surprise you, my friends 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
perhaps be better to concentrate on a heretofore unsolved psychological problem. For entities of higher development--all this 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
of a long chain. The child brings along unsolved problems which can find solution in the very 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
unconscious fears and blocks are still unrecognized and unsolved. Forcing will not bring a happy solution. But 62 MAN AND WOMAN
entirely unconscious. Or it may be that an unsolved problem, an unconscious deviation of the hypnotist, may 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
favorable effect, even upon those who still have unsolved problems of this sort. This law always works 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
accomplished only through the work of self-search. Wherever unsolved problems and conflicts exist in the soul, a 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
with fear and uncertainty. When inner problems remain unsolved, as you know, the fear of the unknown 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
 
 Unsound.....................3
allow your inner economics to become fraudulent and unsound. The temporary pain of exposing your debts, your 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
reality of poverty. You cannot trust that your unsound managing can be changed, that you can indeed 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
avoid the necessary bankruptcy. You grab outer, temporary, unsound means to coast along on pretense and cherish 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
 
 Unspiritual.................5
if you were still affected by the often unspiritual influences of your usual surroundings. Developing a concise 36 PRAYER
and selfishness, all the causes of war, are unspiritual. But many people still find themselves in such 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
he vaguely feels that this is unkind or unspiritual, he wavers. This wavering, in itself, makes the 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
saying that pleasure is wrong and frivolous and unspiritual. You may have your own private excuse to 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
people who have led a difficult and apparently unspiritual life have done more for the universal process 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS

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