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unaccustomed area of your being. It is something calmer and wiser that thinks and feels through you 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
others. The latter are much less urgent, much calmer emotions, not at all self-centered, the way the 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
come up -- whatever it may be. The calmer and the more relaxed you are, intently listening 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
 
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through self-deception, build on untruth. When you accept calmly who you are just now, you possess true 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
do tell you your faults, think about them calmly. Someone may say something that at first will 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
doing. Sit down quietly, my friends, and consider calmly what your worries, your conflicts are. These may 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
authority. The moment the mixture of motives is calmly and freely recognized, even if you are as 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
able to talk freely to your adversary, explaining calmly what you feel has been a misunderstanding, the 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
seemingly disadvantageous. You will be able to work calmly on the reasons, now out in the open 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
your accepted imperfections which you can now observe calmly, while gaining more understanding about them and thus 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
determine -- without strain, compulsion or pressure -- calmly and quietly. Make daydreams the useful symptom they 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
should just listen to someone who criticizes? ANSWER: Calmly listen and evaluate: Could there be some truth 101 THE DEFENSE
cannot harm you if you look at it calmly. Your defense against it does the harm. The 101 THE DEFENSE
intrinsic selfishness and greed of it. As you calmly do so, you will automatically mature in this 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
disregard the other, cannot sit back, relax, and calmly look at the other person? Or, my friends 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
or another, sooner or later. But when you calmly look at it, you reach a deeper level 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
that be real? If you look at yourself calmly without moralizing, without justifying, without complaining or resenting 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
for that matter, that I believe if you calmly reread what I said and open your mind 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
free from repression and having the willingness to calmly and unjudgingly see what is, without being in 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
forcing away what you feel, but by first calmly looking at it with the aim of understanding 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
it to your relationship with others. When you calmly observe your reactions to others, you are bound 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
their own need. They have no room for calmly looking at the other person and sensing the 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
and humility to be what you are, to calmly accept yourself as you are, will you have 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
to be in self-pity? Or can I just calmly look at myself with the negative tendencies that 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
The first is finding and facing these aspects, calmly and proportionately, without self-condemnation or self-justification, yet fully 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
are involved, the more demands multiply. When you calmly consider them, you will see that in some 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
reactions. Pull them out into the open and calmly look at them. Determine your harsh, intolerant treatment 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
are perfect, in a sense, when you can calmly face, acknowledge, and come to terms with your 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
listening to yourself. If you can acknowledge this, calmly stating to yourself, I'm too nervous and restless 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
in an entirely different way, but observe it calmly, with all the keen one-pointed attention you can 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
makes you tense and defensive, can be observed calmly, in the way you have learned to do 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
aware of the right to be happy and calmly striving toward fulfillment on all levels of life 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
it while at the same time you are calmly wishing to be enlightened. The combination of facing 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
urgency, without guilt, without the fear of unhappiness. Calmly, and with certainty, you will know that you 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
your own inner expressions and emanations. If you calmly observe what emanates from your own psychic forces 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
and will not remain as you quietly and calmly desire to grow, then you cannot help but 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
be realistic and expect fluctuations. They must be calmly observed. Such a major transition can never be 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
approach is to use both alternately: instruct firmly, calmly, and determinedly the destructive part of the hidden 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
the climate in which living them becomes possible. Calmly let yourself be and let yourself unfold. Be 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
place almost all the time. Therefore I shall calmly observe my thinking processes, to what extent they 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
for self-discovery or reorientation of your negativity. Breathe calmly but distinctly through your abdomen. Feel your lower 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
but by doing this practice as unintensely and calmly as possible, you will suddenly find yourself poised 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
you can afford the wonderful, relieving luxury of calmly admitting any undesirable, ugly trait, without in the 174 SELF-ESTEEM
state of mind and emotions is quietly confident, calmly expectant and receptive, patient and unanxious, unhurried and 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
an absolute prerequisite here: it means ingathering yourself; calmly, quietly wanting to know the truth of this 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
listen to it, to take it in, to calmly receive its expressions without hating yourself, without pushing 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
transform the self-defeating aspects, leading the dialogue and calmly but firmly instructing the ignorant child. The other 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
you would be better advised to set out calmly to uncover your inner negation of the frantic 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
lecture is meant to motivate you to very calmly observe, probe, measure, examine, and evaluate your destructive 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
this feeling, that is all right. You can calmly go to work on the obstacles, without self-deluding 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
the feeling that I must experience it now. Calmly wait. Learn to become inwardly relaxed. See your 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
when, in spite of the fear, you decided calmly and quietly to go into the emptiness. So 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
 
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development had the particular characteristic of wise judgement, calmness, and detached reflection. These attributes would enable the 21 THE FALL
the results, one cannot afford to wait with calmness. Hence impatience, doubt, and anxiety are closely linked 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
thinking process. You will begin to sense what calmness really means. Your thoughts and emotions will stand 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
calm until you have found some clarification. Remember, calmness is indispensable for this exercise! Even minor success 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
ability to direct your thought process and attain calmness of mind as the background thoughts decrease. Awareness 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
the well? Yes, there is. You must seek calmness, outside and inside. Every day, enter into a 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
needs and come directly to the well of calmness, you will not really reach the inner treasure 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
inner soul movements. In proper balance there is calmness; without strain, you let the result of your 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
In order to be thus attuned, an inner calmness must prevail. All agitation of the mind must 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
 
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so they withdraw and use desirelessness as a camouflage to fit their image. This is a very 39 IMAGE-FINDING
A complex in its manifest form is a camouflage of its real content. For instance, someone may 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
thought, teaching, philosophy or recognition serves as a camouflage behind which you continue to hide. This happens 47 THE WALL WITHIN
little outer things but the outer unselfishness can camouflage your emotional selfishness or ego-centeredness. You may give 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
you will find that it often is a camouflage a real guilt. It is as though the 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
I also said, these unjustified guilts are a camouflage for the real reason about which one feels 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
great deal of outer effort in order to camouflage his or her inner resistance. Only the inner 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
The resisting part desires to cover up, to camouflage messages that lead you toward self-recognition and inner 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
away. Even currently fashionable psychological truths serve to camouflage this simple process, my friends. Make attempts to 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
your divine self and then use it to camouflage the split-off and distorted aspects of consciousness. The 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
give in to your own ideas, which often camouflage your fear of meeting yourself head-on. You may 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
You may then seek out various ways to camouflage the unwanted parts. When you succeed, the truth 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
usually happens is that privacy is used to camouflage the intent to keep secrets. In other words 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
 
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because the trend is so hidden, so well camouflaged and rationalized. The only way you can find 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
this constantly, no matter how much it is camouflaged. Your right, spontaneous, uninhibited expression depends solely on 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
and need. Such inner behavior, no matter how camouflaged, never expresses a free choice for healthy independence 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
because it is so subtle and so easily camouflaged. The less you are aware of it, the 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
continue to smolder, but they may be artfully camouflaged, explained away by apparently real provocations, and successfully 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
a hostile role, no matter how this is camouflaged by outer submissiveness which, in itself, may appear 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
go unnoticed because it can so easily be camouflaged. It permits the person to follow the most 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
What fleeting thought passed through you when the camouflaged anxiety came up? Try to pinpoint it. Hold 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
with its hidden evil, its dishonesty, cheating, and camouflaged hate and malice; when to focus on the 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
well as others. Such thoughts may well be camouflaged and rationalized away. However, thoughts of maligning and 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY

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