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| is great and truly blissful; the effort is worth it. When the spirit world recognizes that a | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| easiest. But what is easily gained is not worth much. Only what comes to us through inner | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| is a price, but the price is well worth it! When you buy a house and you | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| for this price is indeed a hundred times worth it, but do not expect to see the | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| you will see that this path is well worth taking, even from your selfish point of view | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| and to evaluate it for what it is worth. Do not let yourself be governed by it | 38 IMAGES |
| it is never too late and always well worth the effort! Your remaining years will mean a | 38 IMAGES |
| possibility cannot come to you cheaply. It is worth every effort, every conceivable sacrifice, for then you | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| really started on this search that it is worth while. This self-search is the only thing in | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| inferiority complex is not determined by one's actual worth and value. It exists solely because one wants | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| this, expects and accepts it, and realizes its worth. When you withdraw into seclusion and become egocentric | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| that unconsciously you do not find the fulfillment worth having if you cannot have it without paying | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| receive attention or approval or admiration, all my worth is established not only in the eyes of | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| you do, believe, and think, you gain in worth in your own eyes. Of course, you do | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| want. Since I am not perfect, I am worth nothing. The second conscience, as I once termed | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| course, it cannot -- it would not be worth your while, and you will give it up | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| work may prove tedious, but it certainly is worth the effort because it helps to liberate the | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| rejected and that, as a result, you are worth nothing. You will understand that your childish, exaggerated | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| so that I can believe in my own worth. Then I may be willing to love in | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| because you did not believe in your real worth. Because you build the idealized self and try | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| you cannot see what in you is actually worth accepting and appreciating. To unroll this entire process | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| were in distortion. It will not diminish your worth in your own eyes. Thus you will truly | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| to grow up. Your conscious right opinions are worth very little when they are undermined by your | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| as to whether these inner behavior patterns are worth keeping or not. You are not forced to | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| that the mistake of the moment can be worth much more than following a perfect rule -- | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| this attitude only through fully understanding that your worth, value and lovability are not dependent on either | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| actual situation. Nevertheless, underneath you will connect your worth with the outer situation. Only after becoming aware | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| and your illusion of being crushed, annihilated and worth nothing if certain wishes are not fulfilled according | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| the lack of a wish-fulfillment. Your value and worth as a person is at stake and therefore | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| this had nothing to do with your own worth. So far you know this in your intellect | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| had nothing to do with you and your worth. The facts remained the same, but you no | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| of being hurt and accepts this risk as worth while. When you are slothful, you do not | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| from the real self. It might be well worth your consideration to look at your unhappiness from | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| they will learn that they are not without worth or value just because they are not always | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| appear to them only in terms of their worth or lack of it. The subsequent powerful forcing | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| substantial. This cannot be evaluated by the apparent worth of the feeling or emotion. You may have | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| of awareness imprisons you and makes life not worth living because you are constantly caught between two | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| truth, the harmony and rightness of it are worth all the effort of overcoming resistance. It alone | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| a free choice, because the desired result is worth the effort. Overcoming the resistance quickly leads to | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| Yet your destructive past tries to assert its worth by continuing to be destructive. Most of you | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| treasure that the self is -- one's true worth -- must remain hidden as well. Therefore, answers | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Just see its expression for what it is worth. Continue your question. QUESTION: After I could grant | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| For example, you may believe that you are worth nothing; what makes rejection such a great threat | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| a lie by pretending you believe in your worth, while underneath you doubt it? Such considerations will | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| is that you have a great deal of worth, although, perhaps, in a different way than you | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| without in the least diminishing your sense of worth and integrity -- on the contrary, this sense | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| you derive from your negative production is never worth the exorbitant price you pay for it, because | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| existence. All this and more can never be worth the perverse pleasure you derive from your negative | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| illusion. For no true evaluation of a person's worth can ever come from this attitude. It is | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| you decide that giving to the universe is worth risking will you then find that you and | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| matter how hard you work, it is always worth it, for you pay literally with your life | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| of success. As long as you receive your worth from others, you must constantly worry about your | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| love. No one else can give you the worth and the love that you first need to | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| as so undesirable that the effort is well worth taking. But one must also know that they | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| and vision you understand that it is truly worth undertaking an extra task in the same incarnation | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| the more you will discover your true intrinsic worth. You will know that the already developed higher | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
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| will also show that I am not as worthless as I suspect when I fail to live | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| the spring might be discarded as unclean and worthless. Yet, the very next layer encountered may be | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| distortions. Other people will either make them feel worthless and dependent, or will inflate their egos. This | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| do with feeling inferior. The more you feel worthless and as nothing in some hidden crevice of | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| from the outside need not necessarily be a worthless pursuit. You may try to escape from yourself | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| you submit and enslave yourself. You become nothing, worthless, pitiful -- and from there it is only | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| that rejection is so threatening because you feel worthless and do not wish to admit this feeling | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| should it be true that you actually are worthless and beyond redemption, facing such a fact would | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| as, I am worse than others, I am worthless, I have no value. But I must hide | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| injured. He falsely assumed he was considered especially worthless. He also begins to see that whatever actual | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| fact possible to admit destructiveness without feeling hopelessly worthless. When you are jealous and envious you lack | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| inflicted and still inflict without feeling annihilated or worthless, without crumbling under a load of guilt. Feel | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
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| up to its demands. A sense of abject worthlessness comes over you whenever you fall short of | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| factor of seeming to receive proof of your worthlessness, inadequacy and unlovability -- your being nothing. Of | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| all they experience is the confirmation of their worthlessness. Their distorted view prohibits a true evaluation of | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| their defeat has nothing to do with their worthlessness. The other person's fears and problems may be | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| powerful forcing current, employed to dispel the dreaded worthlessness, becomes then the means of confirming their worst | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| can all your fears and your sense of worthlessness vanish. Yet your destructive past tries to assert | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| it seems to confirm the fact of your worthlessness. Thus it is not sufficient to acknowledge a | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| you base the heretofore secret conviction of your worthlessness. In other words, you must take all these | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| precise opposite extreme -- the assumption of your worthlessness. If you are not special, then you assume | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| pretend in order to hide your feelings of worthlessness. It is all the same. This attitude cannot | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| can you even challenge the assumption of your worthlessness that you all carry inside your hearts to | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| to some degree if you are terrified that worthlessness is the ultimate truth of your being? Then | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| real feeling -- which is the sense of worthlessness. And giving your love is equally dependent on | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| fear of inner imperfection, a hidden sense of worthlessness that you never face squarely, comprehend, work through | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| prove to the world and yourself that the worthlessness you fear and suspect does not exist. Perfection | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| Perfection then becomes a superimposed solution for the worthlessness that you do not want to experience and | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| in turn, increases guilt and a sense of worthlessness that is diffuse and not pinpointed in conscious | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| your pain and terror -- or your imagined worthlessness -- is death, that it will annihilate you | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |