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of his or her own life but also weakens the forces of darkness, for the less they 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
recedes, but if properly done, the substance itself weakens. Otherwise, one may succeed in taking out certain 47 THE WALL WITHIN
just that, it is a doubtful joy. It weakens you and is bound to make you fearful 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
superimposed parody of manhood. In another sense this weakens him even more. The goal must be the 62 MAN AND WOMAN
you discover that the original desire disappears or weakens with the absence of the unhealthy motives? You 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
self, which cannot really be trusted, and therefore weakens you. The freedom of shedding this burden cannot 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
any semblance of defeat. As your idealized self-image weakens, you will no longer command yourself to be 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
strength for the other person, or whether it weakens you. If it is the latter, you now 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
observing your unrealistic and immature emotions and reactions weakens their impact and begins a process of dissolving 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
Often when the two defenses intermingle, the unhealthy weakens and undermines the healthy one and diminishes its 101 THE DEFENSE
have to live in such useless dependency, which weakens rather than strengthens you. Do not overlook your 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
are most ardently denied by the person who weakens himself due to the above-mentioned misconception. He substitutes 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
will is not used sufficiently, the ego gradually weakens. When the will is overexerted, it becomes so 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
varying degrees of cruel impulses. This, in turn, weakens the personality even more as guilt comes up 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
need is not fulfilled by the other also weakens your conviction that you have a right to 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
you want. Thus you have mutual forcing-currents. This weakens you and creates a host of negative emotions 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
feeling of comprehension, so that the obstructing mechanism weakens and the creative expansion process becomes stronger. The 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
worked out, the inner determination to be destructive weakens -- again in proportion to the understanding of 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
unconscious material remains unattended, the pulsation lowers and weakens. The pulsation can be strong only to the 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
truth -- any truth -- the more one weakens oneself in some way, the more split off 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
attitude -- and genuine surrender. Genuine surrender never weakens the personality. It makes the positive ego healthier 254 SURRENDER
responsibility for your life- creation. This immature part weakens you in a different way. Neither of these 254 SURRENDER
the beat is vigorous, at other times it weakens. You can see how the same creative principle 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE
sometimes prolonged crisis. Since crisis is painful, it weakens the pulse beat. Only as the new life 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE
 
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have their tasks within the plan, even the weakest. For them it may suffice and perhaps mean 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
be distorted and truth obscured by encouraging humanity's weakest, sickest, and most immature tendencies. It is those 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
voice of the higher self is often the weakest at the beginning, yet you need to listen 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
 
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will happen in an unhealthy way, out of weakness and fear, not out of strength. Actually some 4 WORLD WEARINESS
but also physical manifestations in the body: tiredness, weakness, and even sickness can come from emotional short-circuits 4 WORLD WEARINESS
not like to recognize and part with a weakness. One does not like to break a wrong 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
also because it can indulge in its particular weakness. On the other hand, you may be completely 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
The physically undernourished person will complain about tiredness, weakness, or other physical symptoms, without thinking about the 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
are unavoidable, will give you strength instead of weakness when you view yourself in that way daily 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
have never suspected to exist. All tiredness, all weakness, all weariness -- physical or emotional -- will 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
learning and thereby strengthen awareness of each individual's weakness. You who belong to the inner circle have 20 GOD: THE CREATION
still there. If one person overcomes a single weakness, it constitutes the best help in the great 21 THE FALL
most difficult for you to show having a weakness, then to show that is just what your 21 THE FALL
accomplished something; perhaps they have overcome a particular weakness or a hatred against someone sharing their last 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
remedying something even more important than the actual weakness you are treating. You will learn the right 31 SHAME
will also show you how every single fault, weakness, or imperfection is a direct hindrance to love 31 SHAME
to relinquish only a tiny bit of your weakness, while expecting results that you would only be 32 DECISION-MAKING
to many. So my friends, meditate upon this weakness from this angle: If I have no ambition 32 DECISION-MAKING
karmic debt, but will not overcome a certain weakness or solve a psychological problem. The time of 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
allows you to cheat. If you overcome a weakness and begin to give some love, even before 35 TURNING TO GOD
in an idealized form. No, it is a weakness and often a bondage. Real love is freedom 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
or imperfection, omnipotence that promises security, or utter weakness it must avoid. The child can accept only 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
of the law-upholder described here are rooted in weakness and fear. And an act or an attitude 47 THE WALL WITHIN
an act or an attitude that comes from weakness and fear can never produce positive results. The 47 THE WALL WITHIN
conscious and mature motivations based on strength, not weakness. Please, my friends, do not take the words 47 THE WALL WITHIN
of the law- upholder who is motivated by weakness and fear. As I said before, the vicious 47 THE WALL WITHIN
act of strength out of an act of weakness. You will remain on the side of the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
perfect, if I have no faults and no weakness, if I am the best in everything I 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
be loved. The second conscience is motivated by weakness and fear. It bargains; it wants to avoid 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
flow back, provided you do not give in weakness, with a motive of proving something. If the 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
free yourself from the yoke of your own weakness will have the same positive effect. Another motive 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
adopting the opposite opinion out of fear and weakness. Such opinions are often particularly rigid -- and 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
has decided but the result of their own weakness, unwillingness, or inability to make decisions. It is 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to use a spiritual truth to rationalize the weakness and sickness of the soul. QUESTION: Is making 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
encourage her aggression and hostility; in man, his weakness and dependence. When healthy motives are muddled with 62 MAN AND WOMAN
provided this development takes place without encouraging sick weakness and dependency. If woman develops those qualities in 62 MAN AND WOMAN
weapon. Whether this weapon serves to cover either weakness and dependency in the man or rebellion and 62 MAN AND WOMAN
nature, he is afraid and guilty of the weakness he senses in himself. On the other hand 62 MAN AND WOMAN
understand that a woman should show signs of weakness so as to make the man strong? ANSWER 62 MAN AND WOMAN
other things, the strength to overcome many a weakness for which you may despise yourself. It will 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
expressed the thought that prayer was indicative of weakness and he was therefore opposed to it. I 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
a friend who feels prayer to be a weakness is, of course, an emotional, subconscious and illogical 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to ask because of pride is nothing but weakness. But to find out where and in what 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
not ready to give up this fault or weakness, for reasons still hidden. Therefore you feel guilty 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
in some way, you betray yourself by a weakness that is the result of a wrong conclusion 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
while the rejecter is strong. Therefore love becomes weakness, while aloofness is a sign of strength, at 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
be a distortion of love that causes the weakness. Or, the capacity for love is relatively real 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
is relatively real and other factors cause the weakness and afflict the love capacity. On the other 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
or her very act of giving as a weakness that deserves contempt. The betrayal is subtle, but 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
based on the following wrong conclusion: Love is weakness; withholding love and affection is strength. Since you 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
the part in your emotions where you ascribe weakness to acts of love and humility that are 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
demonstration of your true self are signs of weakness. Your true self is very often hidden behind 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
the real you is the shame of imagined weakness, of being yourself with all the tenderness and 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
often ignore the difference between love and sentimental weakness, love and masochistic dependency -- and thus distance 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
not being afraid of the supposed humiliation and weakness this desire implies, nor being afraid of feeling 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
for conformity with others; you will discover the weakness embodied in this trend and begin to understand 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
inadvertently hurt and disappoint you due to their weakness. You want to be understood and loved in 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
for sickness is a degree of death. The weakness, resulting from tension and fear, indirectly creates a 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
or one area of the personality with a weakness in the other. Many who do not pursue 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
by outwardly submitting to unjustified demands out of weakness and fear, but by constructive work of self-analysis 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
the way of avoidance out of fear and weakness. This is one way of trying to deal 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
of cringing fear, in a negative spirit of weakness. It is an altogether different choice to accept 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
not help because it is accepted out of weakness, which pollutes people's motives. Deeply sensing the untruth 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
intellectual superimposition to which you cling out of weakness and fear. Such a frank admission will give 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
faith that is embraced out of fear and weakness. So let us be careful and always keep 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
consoling faith to which you cling out of weakness and fear, but as actual experience. And you 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
hurtful truths come from a personal fault or weakness, be it pride, vanity, self-will, rebellion, insecurity, frustration 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
cling to religious faith out of fear and weakness will come to the conclusion that one opposes 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
has accepted a belief out of fear and weakness, and not through inner knowledge. Another believes to 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
self insists on and would consider it as weakness, vulnerability, and dependency in an unhealthy sense. Such 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
feels deeply ashamed and considers any emotion as weakness, whether it is an actual weakness or an 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
emotion as weakness, whether it is an actual weakness or an imagined one. Love and goodness are 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
one. Love and goodness are also considered as weakness and hypocrisy, not only in their distorted forms 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
and appeasing type, but are ashamed of this weakness, as well as of the disappointment of not 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
well as encouraging false religion, even if the weakness and clinging to authority happens to take a 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
to see that it is responsible for your weakness, your helplessness, your enduring fear of life. But 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
need grace as a substitute for your own weakness, when you do not make an asset out 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
do not make an asset out of your weakness, then you will become strong. For a while 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
obedience and fear. It is so destructive, reinforcing weakness instead of strength. That kind of religion you 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
life to offer a solution. This helplessness and weakness points to the immature, distorted part of the 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
go is the strongest cause of self-contempt, guilt, weakness, unfulfillment, and many outer frictions and difficulties which 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
hardships. In pity, you merely project your own weakness onto another, seeing in that person your own 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
and bear it, not in false humility and weakness, but in the strength of being able to 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
ask where there may be feelings of helplessness, weakness, self-pity, of being subjected to the misery of 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
a little later. If your pseudo-solution is submissiveness, weakness, helplessness and dependency as a means of having 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
reject a person due to a fault or weakness alone. If you observe life around you closely 101 THE DEFENSE
which the mind has created out of fear, weakness, and wishful-thinking. He no longer acts because he 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
courage and self-assertion, when you submit in evident weakness. This pseudo-strength is, in reality and essence, just 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
accusations of others, or in a kind of weakness that allows others to exploit and take advantage 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
recognized the phenomenon of false guilt accompanied by weakness and paralysis and the subsequent impairment of inherent 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
produces false guilt, accompanied by a sense of weakness and ineffectiveness, and a lack of self-respect that 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
false guilts going through the paralysis and the weakness as well as searching in the areas where 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
who are weaker and destroy them. Therefore its weakness and resulting dependency are a necessity and a 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
makes him wrong. Consequently, he emasculates himself. His weakness causes self-contempt and resentment toward others, whom he 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
he blames for the unpleasant results of his weakness. Or, he expresses aggressiveness, and because he vaguely 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
they have a conflict between two unsatisfactory alternatives: weakness versus hostility. They cannot find their way out 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
to the above-mentioned misconception. He substitutes for the weakness and shame its concomitant -- an exaggerated strength 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
flexibility, adjustability, the ability to take advice with weakness, and rigid stubbornness with strength. He constantly wavers 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
and letting go of oneself occur through blindness, weakness, fear, lack of inner freedom, and error, the 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
what you fear, in order to coddle a weakness. When you no longer desire happiness in order 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
impulses of genuine affection as much as fearing weakness and desire for dependency. The loser fears the 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
others can never provide. It frees you from weakness and dependency, from the need to belittle and 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
In other words, both extremes of the ego's weakness and its inflation must hinder the reaching of 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
is underdeveloped, your efforts to compensate create a weakness and evasion that can produce only more weakness 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
weakness and evasion that can produce only more weakness. As long as the ego is not strong 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
out of strength and abundance, not out of weakness, need and poverty. Only when the ego is 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
distorting the greater laws. Out of need and weakness the ego forgoes the strength and fullness that 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
inner level, you fear the consequences of this weakness and dependency. Therefore, as an inwardly weak and 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
by not giving up and letting go. The weakness creates fear, and fear generates distrust. Therefore you 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
real. By dint of your feelings of helpless weakness and inadequacy, others assume the role of giants 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
take over. Allowing this takeover to happen is weakness, not love; fear, not goodness; appeasing and encouraging 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
have become helpless and powerless. In reality, your weakness and helplessness is never due to the stronger 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
nor does it mean fearful giving in or weakness. It means going with the stream of life 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
which you vaguely defend against in yourself. Such weakness is always a result of some disturbance of 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
negativity and destructiveness. The way to eliminate the weakness is not by forcing the destructive feelings away 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
a very deep level with these problems. Often weakness is confused with goodness, and strength with ruthlessness 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
a derelict. What at first is merely a weakness takes on forever greater proportions, perpetuating itself until 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
this world harbors an attitude of fear and weakness. Because this corner of the personality usually induces 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
device is invented in order to hide this weakness and dependency which makes you feel utterly helpless 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
an inexhaustible well of wonderful feelings. Insecurity and weakness cannot exist when these feelings are activated. When 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
inner being where you are not chained in weakness and anxiety, or in fear and anger. You 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
with it for the purpose of eliminating this weakness in you that binds you and that wastefully 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
have your own private excuse to beautify your weakness and apparently make an asset out of it 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
Only by coming face to face with your weakness and dependency, with your forcing-current that says to 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
such healthy self-assertion makes self-surrender possible. Conversely, the weakness of an ego that fears self-responsibility makes self-surrender 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
state of dependency and lack of identity, of weakness and helplessness, because he or she feels remotely 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
of these attitudes nurtures hate, separateness, distrustfulness, illusion, weakness, the tendency to damage the self and forego 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
deceived. How often do you claim that your weakness is love, when inwardly you are seething with 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
pretended love has been removed and disclosed as weakness and desire to placate others so as to 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
demands, no matter how exploitative. The spinelessness and weakness of many people result from a deep-seated fear 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
can be a sick manifestation of self-destructiveness and weakness -- exploiting others through self-enslavement, just as one 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
concern with the person one is dependent on; weakness, helplessness, false humility -- therefore rage, anger, rebellion 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
experience. The latter occurs out of fear and weakness and cringes from experience. By fighting against the 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
ego on the surface often indicates an inner weakness of ego. Conversely, a weak ego on the 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
self-pity, resentments, and helplessness and thus increase our weakness, paralysis, dependence, and destructiveness. Or we can decide 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
Some personalities find it expedient to dramatize the weakness and thus attempt to make an asset of 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
who experiences feelings of uncertainty, fear, insecurity, guilt, weakness, doubt, negativity, inadequacy, and inferiority. To the degree 174 SELF-ESTEEM
and disunity. Not learning to walk creates unhappiness, weakness, pain and limitation, which are all overcome when 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
or she does not, this indicates some unrecognized weakness and fear that needs to be faced. If 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
falseness and confusion in which uncertainty, defensiveness, and weakness may make you either retreat or become overaggressive 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
make you more loving, the acceptance of your weakness will make you stronger, the acceptance of your 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
feeling it. Through the gateway of feeling your weakness lies your strength; through the gateway of feeling 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
and energy of the process. If you feel weakness and doubt in your statement of intent, it 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
is -- totally unjustified? Do you deplore your weakness, your lack of self-assertion? All these are effects 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
also lead to self-destructive acts; it must cause weakness, anxiety, lack of assertiveness, and all the ills 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
beautiful you become. The more you accept your weakness, the stronger you are. The more you admit 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
you can experience it cleanly, without guilt, self-doubt, weakness, and lingering ill-effects. Jealousy and envy, however, are 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
hand, you will be paralyzed by fear and weakness and unable to assert yourself. You will be 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
This unconscious effort then manifests as tiredness, exhaustion, weakness, which furnish the excuse to remain still longer 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
that acceptance of pain implies a masochistic, sacrificial weakness and submission, but quite the contrary. True resilient 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
It is a pseudo-strength that comes from the weakness of insisting on having it your own way 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
The very act of saying no with a weakness, a tightness, an unhealthiness prevents creative receptivity. By 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
you have to do here. What is the weakness you have to bring out? What is the 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
and rejection; you fear your need and your weakness; because you do not yet know how to 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
deal with his own feelings of inferiority and weakness, and wished to pretend that he did not 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
not want to face his own feelings of weakness and inferiority and who therefore needs to feel 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
weaker mate in order to deny his own weakness. He meets his own weakness, faces it and 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
deny his own weakness. He meets his own weakness, faces it and thereby gains his real strength 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
gains his real strength. He realizes that his weakness always comes from guilt, and his self-rejection is 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
is then anyway illusory. Once he faces his weakness he must gain his true strength. Therefore his 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
his positive aggression behind and has expressed a weakness he would never have let himself expose in 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
strength because he is able to face his weakness. That is how he expands the real values 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
is death, what is power and what is weakness. When you are in the dualistic confusion you 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
during the lecture and indicated that this physical weakness was a new opening for her and that 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
determination, will, on all levels of being. The weakness of the pulse brings about a quicker -- 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
world outside. For it is a human being's weakness to always believe of others what they feel 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975
choice is made not out of fear and weakness, dependency and submission, nor is it a rebellion 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
stubborn, rebellious strength that is nothing but concealed weakness and the real strength that comes from being 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
to liberate yourself from the illusion that your weakness, your cowardliness, are really not so harmful, and 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
permeating and weakening guilt. So much of your weakness, hesitation, self-doubt, so many of your self-punishing patterns 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Christians become weaker. They may cover up the weakness by a mask of strength, which deceives no 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
not know why. In fact they believe their weakness stems from having been influenced in childhood to 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
ability to let go in strength, rather than weakness, depends on that. Of course, autonomy, or its 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS

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