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 Wake........................27
these come, I have a better chance to wake up and look at my life from a 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
may create certain physical symptoms in order to wake up the person and find out the reason 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
fulfill. They bring something that helps mankind to wake up. They produce what is called a miracle 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
the soul, they inevitably bring fear in their wake. Fear and dignity cannot coexist. The soul that 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
what it is like for an animal to wake up after it has died? How do they 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
up after it has died? How do they wake up? I don't understand this group-soul that you 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
of uncontrolled emotions, which destroy everything in their wake. Such a person cannot help being selfish and 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
yourself have produced the misery, and that will wake you up and make you change your course 47 THE WALL WITHIN
the more relaxation. You know that when you wake up. When you had a sound sleep, you 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
anti-life force. It brings anti-life force in its wake. It is merely a distortion. They are not 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
need, and therefore fear must follow in its wake. Let me give you an example: If you 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
waking you to the truth. Sometimes you cannot wake up and even wish for truth, unless you 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
black-and-white perception of life's happenings brings in its wake a further conflict. That is the tendency to 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
the effects, the damages that follow in the wake of the idealized self-image and to fully recognize 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
of the instinct of self-preservation brings in its wake further distortions. Certain faults come into being, according 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
instinct of self- preservation ordinarily brings in its wake. I discussed this in the last lecture. These 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
or other, which always brings moralizing in its wake. This phenomenon may often be difficult to detect 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
It takes time, effort, concentration, and training to wake up and become acutely aware; it does not 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
life-stream, even if this stream brings in its wake some debris to begin with. But is it 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
negative trend, moralizing brings more negativity in its wake, even though it seems to convey an honest 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
and ever. This power waits for you to wake up to its reality. Deep in the center 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
deadness of feelings that also brings in its wake a sense of emptiness and meaninglessness. It is 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
identification brings fear of life automatically in its wake. The next on the list might be fear 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
pattern of inner behavior. Blaming brings in its wake other destructive attitudes: stubbornness, blind resistance, the desire 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
fixed substance must be made fluid again, must wake up out of its own stagnation. Stagnant, fixed 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
Yet such an exposure also brings in its wake the awareness that the worst opinion of yourself 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
you are in a wonderful process of awakening; wake up more. Take yourself out of your numbness 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
 
 Wakeful.....................5
the good road. You have to be ever wakeful for these hidden motives. Test yourself, check yourself 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
second nature, do not cease praying, but be wakeful that your prayer remains alive. Be mindful and 36 PRAYER
The vulnerable live center is separated from your wakeful consciousness -- that is your problem. The more 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
within the receptive state makes it as alert, wakeful and alive as the active state is. If 228 BALANCE
of life. The point is always to be wakeful and to never neglect the work of self-purification 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
 Wakefulness.................5
that they need hardship to shake them into wakefulness so that they do not get imprisoned in 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
feared; the longing is there because the perpetual wakefulness of an isolated ego becomes unbearable. Thus humans 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
Take for example the balance between rest and wakefulness. The proper personal balance may vary from individual 228 BALANCE
but nobody needs equal hours of rest and wakefulness. From an outer point of view balance is 228 BALANCE
being compatible with it through an attitude of wakefulness. As you listen to the rhythmic balancing factors 228 BALANCE
 
 Wakes.......................5
the same thing. Often, an inventor or artist wakes up with a new idea or conclusion. The 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
relaxed, intending to have the problem resolved, one wakes up with the solution. Then one's unconscious mind 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
all, deprived. The more one sheds misconceptions and wakes up to life, the thinner this film becomes 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
for a very long time, and when he wakes up he has yet to discover the power 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
confrontation, rather than bringing the devastation you fear, wakes up vital energy and makes you a more 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
 
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it can be seen in reverie and before waking. ANSWER: That is possible. It can also be 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
their truths. They may also be beneficial in waking people up to wider awareness. They may also 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
the negative circumstances -- are most instrumental in waking you to the truth. Sometimes you cannot wake 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the spirit has to half wander away during waking hours in order to be relaxed, it means 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
you should not forcefully concentrate during all your waking hours. Many psychological factors play a role and 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
In fact, it experiences it constantly, only the waking brain is rarely aware of it. The physical 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
reach into their depths - - transcending the waking, conscious mind as well as the destructive unconscious 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
Does it occur in sleep or in a waking state? ANSWER: The change occurs gradually on the 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
 
 Walking.....................8
Thus they close the door and may continue walking on a wrong path. Going in the wrong 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
to channel, but, most of all, concentrating on walking the spiritual path of development in the sense 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
you will obtain faith by working spiritually, by walking on this path of perfection, by getting to 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
a natural byproduct of your inner victory in walking the path to God. When you do not 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
then lie down and dream that you are walking up. The dream may seem very real, but 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
self-destructiveness is a gesture of courting death, of walking toward it. Death is the great relief the 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
insight, namely that even an insignificant act like walking from here to the street corner is indeed 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
with all that forms part of it. And walking from here to the street corner is not 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
 
 Wall........................198
away. It is the ego which erects the wall of blindness and separation around the soul. The 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
violated. The people who surround themselves with a wall of separation will become lonely and detach themselves 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
brings about a separation. The moment the separating wall falls because you leave your body behind, the 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
your own fears; this sets up a hard wall between you and your fellow-creatures that eliminates all 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
pressure and an inner pushing against a stone wall. As long as you do not relinquish or 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
from God. It surrounds you with a dark wall behind which you must be unhappy, quite apart 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
creates for you sooner or later. Behind the wall you are lonely and lost. The only way 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
into the light is by tearing down the wall and looking at what is behind it, even 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
torn down the first few stones of the wall, the relief will be tremendous. Then you will 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
feel about yourself and hide it behind a wall, so to speak. You dare not stand up 31 SHAME
of which you are ashamed. This is the wall that separates you from others. But in this 31 SHAME
For as long as you hide behind a wall of falsity, you must despise yourself -- much 31 SHAME
yourself, or how much you hide behind a wall of pretense. This wall of pretense is not 31 SHAME
you hide behind a wall of pretense. This wall of pretense is not something easily recognizable from 31 SHAME
body or as a spirit, to breach the wall that separates the lower self from God's grace 36 PRAYER
your soul, another cleansing. Prayer helps thin the wall between you and the divine forces waiting to 36 PRAYER
way on the path gradually dissolve the separating wall around the soul, then divine strength and help 36 PRAYER
it. You will free yourself of the separating wall that encloses you in darkness, loneliness, fear, guilt 39 IMAGE-FINDING
realize that secluded happiness is impossible. The separating wall must crumble, and that is what all of 39 IMAGE-FINDING
do not realize that by keeping your separating wall you defeat your own purpose and you contradict 39 IMAGE-FINDING
is in yourself, where you have built the wall that stands between you and the blessing forces 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
a few who have built such a tight wall of fear and pride around their souls that 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
soul and spirit. Be in God! 47. THE WALL WITHIN Greetings in the name of the Lord 47 THE WALL WITHIN
those which are unconscious, we can see a wall in the human soul. You all know that 47 THE WALL WITHIN
as real as your material substance. So this wall is a reality and, alas, often a greater 47 THE WALL WITHIN
some of these walls. This side of the wall is what you face and know. Behind the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
is what you face and know. Behind the wall you store all that which is unpleasant to 47 THE WALL WITHIN
to fear all that is locked behind the wall and prevent yourself from facing it. Now what 47 THE WALL WITHIN
Now what is the spiritual substance of this wall, my friends? For spiritual substance is not a 47 THE WALL WITHIN
which you are. The substance of your inner wall is partly your goodwill that is ineffective because 47 THE WALL WITHIN
Do not forget that the purpose of the wall is to keep the negative in hiding, and 47 THE WALL WITHIN
attain perfection more expeditiously by simply erecting this wall and locking up what would take much more 47 THE WALL WITHIN
lazy to really tackle what lies behind the wall. All these trends are the building materials of 47 THE WALL WITHIN
these trends are the building materials of the wall in your soul. As one progresses on the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
out certain trends and attitudes from behind the wall and transpose them into consciousness. All of you 47 THE WALL WITHIN
I advocate and teach. In this process, the wall recedes. The more comes out from behind the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
recedes. The more comes out from behind the wall, the fewer trends remain locked in. This is 47 THE WALL WITHIN
go on and on. But, my friends, this wall must one day disintegrate if you want to 47 THE WALL WITHIN
long as you retain any part of the wall within yourself, no matter how much you have 47 THE WALL WITHIN
your aim has to be to destroy the wall altogether. In most cases, this cannot be done 47 THE WALL WITHIN
many cases it is advisable to make the wall recede and to gradually lift out what is 47 THE WALL WITHIN
lift out what is behind it. Thus the wall not only recedes, but if properly done, the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
in taking out certain things and pushing the wall a little into the background, but there it 47 THE WALL WITHIN
of the necessity of one day destroying your wall. This can and should happen without unduly shaking 47 THE WALL WITHIN
Your spiritual rebirth can occur only after the wall has disappeared. Then your soul stands naked in 47 THE WALL WITHIN
root within yourself. As long as your rigid wall remains, however weak, however pushed back it may 47 THE WALL WITHIN
to the degree of the strength of the wall. In other words, the stronger the wall, the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
the wall. In other words, the stronger the wall, the weaker the effect of the divine substance 47 THE WALL WITHIN
work on this path so successfully, visualize this wall within yourselves. You can find it in meditation 47 THE WALL WITHIN
reactions, and you will then know where the wall stands. After locating it, it will be much 47 THE WALL WITHIN
in extricating some hidden trends from behind the wall but strengthening the wall unconsciously by employing halfway 47 THE WALL WITHIN
trends from behind the wall but strengthening the wall unconsciously by employing halfway measures. When and how 47 THE WALL WITHIN
one can use these truths to reinforce the wall. So you can hide your faults, emotional conflicts 47 THE WALL WITHIN
use that as the outer facade of your wall. It is as though something in you said 47 THE WALL WITHIN
have broken the first resistance and pushed the wall considerably into the background, allowing certain information to 47 THE WALL WITHIN
good. For as long as you maintain the wall, resistance is inevitable, and only the form and 47 THE WALL WITHIN
from this point of view and find your wall again. Once you are aware of it, you 47 THE WALL WITHIN
when and how you are hiding behind your wall, and what truth you are misusing. Only by 47 THE WALL WITHIN
others. Therefore it is opposed to let the wall crumble and concocts all sorts of ruses to 47 THE WALL WITHIN
If you are truly desirous of making the wall crumble, to become empty and naked in your 47 THE WALL WITHIN
where and in exactly what way your own wall exists. It is always easier to notice it 47 THE WALL WITHIN
God to help you first to see the wall and then give you the courage and the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
QUESTION: On rereading the last lecture, on the wall, it seems to me that when we are 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
that when we are supposed to find the wall, we are also supposed to realize that this 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
we are also supposed to realize that this wall is almost physically present. Is that correct? ANSWER 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
a dream. QUESTION: Is it only after the wall has disappeared that one's spiritual rebirth can occur 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
become conscious of everything that was behind the wall, or only after you have actually purified yourself 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
completely conscious of everything that was behind the wall. Then the regenerating forces of nature can begin 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
than the absurd guilt you use as a wall to hide behind. What are absurd guilts? They 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
to realize, and since you believe, behind your wall of separation, that others can succeed while you 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
moods, encasing you more and more in a wall of separateness, egocentricity and blindness. These qualities make 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
when people withdraw inwardly and put an invisible wall around their soul in the mistaken idea that 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
you must feel when you hide behind this wall of a fallacy. Such fallacies very often turn 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
understand yourself. You can never really penetrate the wall separating you from your fellow-creatures before you have 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
from your fellow-creatures before you have penetrated the wall that separates you from your innermost self. Thus 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
purpose of introspection is the to break the wall between the self and others. By the same 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
is often difficult to break through the separating wall between reason and emotion. The resistance to face 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
of ignorance and fear soon erect a separating wall again. The aim of development as such is 62 MAN AND WOMAN
Love is the only key to eliminate this wall. With love, understanding is open. And with understanding 62 MAN AND WOMAN
being and may decide to hide behind a wall. This may not be a wise decision, but 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
access to understanding other people, to bridge the wall of separation. It must happen through your own 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
true self is very often hidden behind a wall of stone. This wall of stone is not 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
often hidden behind a wall of stone. This wall of stone is not wickedness, or even selfishness 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
a lesser degree. The main component of the wall behind which you hide the real you is 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
you also withdraw behind your shell, or your wall. A part of what you display as love 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
you to hide your true self behind a wall. The inevitable effect must be the realization that 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
and eventually knowing. Intuition will never be a wall you can lean on with blind certainty and 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
They want the fixed pseudo-safety of a stone wall on which they can lean. It was this 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
feel as though you could lean against a wall. It seems like a strong support while, as 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
you will experience a liberation from the confining wall of isolating self-centeredness. You will feel a deep 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
realize that secluded happiness is impossible. The separating wall must fall, and that is what all of 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
realize that in desiring to keep your separating wall, you defeat your own purpose, and you illogically 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
perhaps in a different way. Prejudice is a wall of darkness, while a child is usually without 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
a chance to work and build such a wall. That is why children can often approach truth 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
your way out of it. You erect a wall around you, be it ever so subtle. If 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
world around you, while you put up a wall of false protection against the impact of emotional 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
extreme opposite. The defense structure is an invisible wall, unconsciously perceived by everyone, which prohibits love at 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
needs. Simultaneously, train yourself to feel your defensive wall. Observe it in action. Feel its existence. It 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
behavior and reaction when you feel the defensive wall in you, and when you do not. This 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
close the circle and recognize that this defensive wall brings the very unfulfillment you wanted to avoid 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
times you try to dispense with the hardened wall, the cramped movement, either pressing down or pushing 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
are repressed and you barricade behind a solid wall many of your productive, genuine feelings whose guidance 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
shame for not being perfect, create a rigid wall that makes growth and change impossible. The trouble 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
point, we see you barricading yourselves behind a wall of separateness. This wall is a useless and 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
barricading yourselves behind a wall of separateness. This wall is a useless and illusory form of self-protection 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
Conversely, the inner person may resist leaving the wall of separateness, even if there is some outer 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
and recognition of your resistance to removing this wall, you will soon see for yourself what it 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
have begun to observe a hard knot, or wall within, when you withdraw in fear and close 101 THE DEFENSE
and reality any breathing space. Wherever a defensive wall is put up, your concern at that moment 101 THE DEFENSE
probe within to find and eliminate this defensive wall, so much hardship could be avoided in day-to-day 101 THE DEFENSE
it. It is the same with the defensive wall. As long as you are unaware of it 101 THE DEFENSE
ask themselves very truthfully: Is there not a wall in me that prevents insight? Am I, perhaps 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
road. In the past we have discussed the wall that you keep around your heart. We will 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
and necessary. Without comprehension and awareness of this wall in you, you cannot understand your loneliness. You 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
petty self-pampering and cowardice surround you with a wall of isolation when you could be freely flowing 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
overcoming a resistance. So begin to penetrate the wall of evasion by realizing that you are a 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
of this. If you voluntarily give up your wall of isolation, and thus let the richness of 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
are blocked off. Obstructions and misconceptions create a wall. But wherever walls do not exist, such a 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
remedy, in this case, is an artificial, protective wall, set up to prevent constant heavy impacts causing 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
the soul-substance, which are experienced as oversensitivity. The wall is hard and brittle; it prevents feeling and 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
the other. You may first find the brittle wall of rigidity. Do not expect to find a 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
the too great resistance of the brittle pseudo-protective wall has similar effects to that of the too 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
it will, of necessity, result in drawing a wall of isolation around the person indulging in such 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
on with the little self and create a wall of clouds between their higher consciousness and their 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
seek. This creates a block of pride, a wall, a cloud that hinders insight. Self-will causes apprehension 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
being a certain kind of person. The first wall in the maze, then, is your belief that 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
what you so easily might have. The second wall, resulting from the first, is your shame about 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
out that it was an illusion. Behind the wall of apparent suffering, or annihilation and fear, stands 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
to enter into you as you remove the wall of doubt, fear, and ignorance. There comes a 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
point when you actually feel and experience this wall and you can slide it away, opening yourself 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
being. The separation from the center is the wall of not knowing that this inner center of 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
When, due to increased self-awareness, parts of the wall begin to crumble while other parts still persist 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
it, you remove another brick from that separating wall. More understanding, more life must result, so that 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
the process of development. False control strengthens the wall of separation. Eliminate this wall by contacting deeper 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
control strengthens the wall of separation. Eliminate this wall by contacting deeper and vaster faculties to activate 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
vaster faculties to activate you, even while the wall is still present. Make this your main concern 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
you the right ideas for removing the separating wall. Request it to inspire you with the most 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
The control in this case is a tight wall consisting of fear and the dualistic belief wherein 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
they can be. This belief erects an impenetrable wall of errors and defenses. The stronger the control 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
defenses. The stronger the control, the greater the wall, and the further one is alienated from the 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
true, real, constructive, alive, and blissful. Behind the wall one suffers separation from the best of life 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
that people cannot get beyond the seemingly solid wall of matter that, as the ego perceives it 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
as a blessing, but it reverberates on a wall either of resistance and opposition or of noncooperation 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
now. This shame makes you set up a wall of secrecy that makes you lonely. The loneliness 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
still feel it is impossible. There is some wall that does not let you get through. This 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
that does not let you get through. This wall must never, under any circumstances, be disregarded or 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
your will to overcome the no of this wall. Such forcing will remove you further from your 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
you have to interpret the meaning of the wall. Translate it into clear words. Whether you doubt 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
you do so, little by little, the heavy wall, the thick fog, the mazes of confusion that 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
you, leading you toward others and dissolving the wall of separateness and defense. You will then find 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
of discipline. Both distortions create a heavy defensive wall in the soul substance, for both wish to 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
and resistance is the elimination of this separating wall. You struggle so fiercely against it. This is 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
of life, and the elimination of the separating wall between the conscious and unconscious mind. You must 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
experience, a thick, glazed film, like a plastic wall. This wall separates you from the ability to 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
thick, glazed film, like a plastic wall. This wall separates you from the ability to be touched 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
become: Here I am, behind a transparent glazed wall, and through it, outside, I see experience, but 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
touched by experience and therefore building a defensive wall against it. In order to come out of 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
covering the previous one and thus thickening the wall around the kernel. Rather than being nourished by 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
path, so that you can break through the wall of your fear of self. You must emerge 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
see yourself separated from it all by a wall. You must remove this wall. But the ongoing 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
all by a wall. You must remove this wall. But the ongoing process of another life is 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
of the other. The latter is like a wall that throws off any incoming flow. Thus, the 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
to you. You will not live behind a wall through which nothing can come to you and 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
Wherever there is obstruction, unfulfillment, or an unyielding wall in your life, an unreal need has to 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
inner world of truth, finally eliminates the strong wall that separates your ego from the greater reality 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
human being who does not fear death. A wall within separates people from the process of life 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
of meditation. You may want to remove this wall and ask for necessary guidance, but are you 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
If you are, you can indeed remove the wall. You can live without fearing death. You can 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
really are: the greater consciousness that knows no wall and therefore fears nothing. You may delude yourself 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
you are now. Then there is no more wall, no more ego: you are the divine consciousness 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
will have removed an unnecessary defense or brittle wall, which keeps you from experiencing life. Your adult 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
shy away from a feeling, it remains a wall, it remains your enemy, and you must remain 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
real advantage -- you will create a hard wall out of your flowing energy stream. Nothing can 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
stream. Nothing can come into you through this wall, nor can anything flow out from you toward 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
reluctance in you. It is as though a wall in you prevented you from the clear, concise 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
the inner spiritual truth and beauty behind a wall, separating it from the material reality. The individual 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
sense you already are. What is this strange wall that holds you back from being who and 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
to do so. The fear creates a tremendous wall and is a much greater obstruction than the 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
you, but your clogged energy system erects a wall that closes you off from the ever-present abundance 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
beware of stubbornness, my friends; it is a wall that shuts out the divine inner guidance. Understanding 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
because you are afraid you set up a wall between you and them. You make yourself critical 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
to ask for help. Do not set a wall between you and the grown-up world. There is 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
you and the grown-up world. There is no wall unless you make one. And then with that 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
life situation -- you find, embedded within a wall of protective covering, the lower-self attitudes, intents, feelings 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
allow prejudices and word associations to create a wall that would prevent you from taking in what 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
a total loss. For you truly confront a wall which you cannot penetrate as yet. This wall 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
wall which you cannot penetrate as yet. This wall is of your own making. It is a 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
airpocket of your condensed reality. However, that self-created wall can crumble only when you accept its existence 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
and let yourself feel the feelings that this wall elicits in you. You need not abandon the 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
them, and that you do fear the black wall of the unknown which you must traverse. You 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
more the walls will dissolve, even the great wall. This will make it possible, even while living 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
is truly positive, seems to you a black wall that you fear and wish to avoid. Avoiding 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
of mortality, you can go through a black wall and truly realize immortality as an experienced fact 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
environment. If nothing else, they create a separating wall of loneliness and fear. To break through the 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
of loneliness and fear. To break through the wall, one truly needs to face it and to 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
on yourself and others. Once you remove your wall of resistance, you will see how foolish it 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
people are never fulfilled emotionally. They keep a wall of separation between themselves and others and then 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
blame and accusation, you only create a bigger wall. But if you attempt to explain yourself by 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE

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