| Chaos.......................38 | |
| who do not accept God's laws, who create chaos in their surroundings and in their own selves | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| and that no splitting should occur. Splitting is chaos; splitting is the nature of the Fall of | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| ones. Since the fall was the product of chaos, the split in the individual entities was also | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| being torn down, may think this is destruction, chaos and imbalance. Only with the knowledge of the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| death, hate cannot win out. There cannot be chaos and disorder. But these answers can come to | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| as different languages, you do not understand yourself. Chaos comes into your life. The outer confusions and | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to and perceive reality. The resulting confusion and chaos brings so much needless suffering. If you would | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| how much truth one believes one sees, disturbance, chaos, and destruction remain. You cannot find a way | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| The result of the inverted power must be chaos, separation, disintegration, confusion, suffering, and an inner division | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| yet is contained within itself. There is no chaos in this process. Wherever this creative energy-mass appears | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| state needs structure to protect it from the chaos of negativity and destruction. When negativity is met | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| grow and evolve, the structuring walls off the chaos, so that at least for a while consciousness | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| can function without being hindered by the inner chaos. The thinking processes available to your consciousness can | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| structuring. Looking beyond the structure and into the chaos, comprehending it, realizing the power of the mental | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| but the part of you that is in chaos does not know this and suffers. Let us | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| what truly exists would mean doom, annihilation, danger, chaos, the logical sequence of this assumption would then | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| seen out of context, you perceive disorder and chaos. The disorder and chaos on the human level | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| you perceive disorder and chaos. The disorder and chaos on the human level of life are, of | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| a distortion. You may perceive what appears as chaos also in nature, for some natural phenomena are | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| to fill the holes and gaps of your chaos. Most people can recognize this struggle in themselves | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| in ways that the person who lives in chaos is not. In chaotic states it is virtually | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| through self-discipline, one would drown in one's own chaos. So, you see, self-discipline is an unavoidable prerequisite | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| preoccupied with things undone, with disorganized life and chaos. The mind may not directly wander toward the | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| you as phantoms. These phantoms create disaster and chaos. Turn around one hundred and eighty degrees. Instead | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| the outer form has crashed and the inner chaos been exposed and thoroughly eliminated, can inner beauty | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| of your deceitfulness, of your negativity. Displacement creates chaos and disorder. It creates a total confusion about | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| the outside. Without them there would have been chaos, and the most destructive impulses would have been | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| out of balance and becomes overemphasized or underemphasized, chaos and temporary disintegration result. The balancing factor reveals | 228 BALANCE |
| also create a temporary, illusory imbalance, leading to chaos and disintegration. But because the whole movement has | 228 BALANCE |
| has an all- encompassing meaning and purpose, the chaos and disintegration are only temporary. The imbalance that | 228 BALANCE |
| follows will produce life and light rather than chaos and confusion. We will deal in the future | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| and no boundaries, the world would disintegrate in chaos and destruction. What keeps the planets in place | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| longer manifest to you, fear of untimely death, chaos, disruption, meaningless suffering. Again, not only my instrument | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| assumption that the universe is a world of chaos and meaningless arbitrariness. When a human being dies | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| more you become aware of the fear of chaos and meaninglessness in you, the more this state | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| clarity. This numbness, created out of confusion and chaos, inevitably inflicts pain and suffering just as the | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| injustice connotes fear of a meaningless universe, of chaos. It distinctly results from -- and further creates | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| the fear and pain of injustice, meaninglessness and chaos. As usual, the process then becomes self-perpetuating and | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Chaotic.....................19 | |
| the separation from God, and this was a chaotic event which did not belong in God's perfect | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| split in the individual entities was also a chaotic one; that is, it occurred at random, according | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| you would consequently have to believe in a chaotic and godless world. You would be constantly prone | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and coincidental? Am I at the mercy of chaotic forces or is the universe as benign and | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of other people; you are never exposed to chaotic coincidence. Until such time, all that can be | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| you who have caused it, and not a chaotic universe or God, you will automatically lose some | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| In other words, it is either unjust, or chaotic coincidence. But once he realizes that every pain | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| fate, that you do not live in a chaotic world, where the law of the jungle seems | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| negativity, to the view that the world is chaotic and senseless. This is as much wishful thinking | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| up with the feeling that these processes are chaotic, that only your ego is orderly and safe | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| clearly senses that these irregular phases are not chaotic or arbitrary. They, too, follow a certain order | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| human nature is ultimately bad, destructive, fearsome, and chaotic, the true motive and reason for this belief | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| complete distortions and errors. The result must be chaotic and disappointing. Unless a person is willing to | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| person who lives in chaos is not. In chaotic states it is virtually impossible to let go | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| least the world no longer appears such a chaotic place. For you this represents a great step | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| inner causes that you experience the effects as chaotic coincidences. This is the reason why even if | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| fear that perhaps the world is an arbitrary, chaotic, senseless place without rhyme or reason; that there | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| lower self is the pain of an unjust, chaotic, meaningless creation. Or, to put it a bit | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| that Creation as a whole is untrustworthy and chaotic. This is perhaps one of the most unbearable | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Chapter.....................3 | |
| application of positive thinking leaves out this entire chapter of spiritual development. The next time, my dear | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| can occur. Such phenomena belong in the same chapter. QUESTION: Does it necessarily mean that such a | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| ANSWER: Well, my dearest ones, this is a chapter that goes too far for an answer now | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| Character...................112 | |
| conclude on your own that something in your character needs to be improved. But if you do | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| Therefore whatever is good and noble in the character of a human being or any creature never | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| the right middle ground; everything depends on the character. If a person leans toward greed, the right | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| particular level, or else is of a different character type, the meditation would not be of any | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| of the higher self have an entirely different character than those of the lower self. There is | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| the person best suited to your temperament and character. This is how the different spiritual spheres with | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| very useful for your progress to consider the character of your daydreams. Please, all of you, add | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| there, they have a very different quality and character from thoughts coming from the brain. The same | 18 FREE WILL |
| this means giving in or showing lack of character, my friends. What an immature notion this is | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| will your personal conflicts diminish but also the character and spiritual development of most of the people | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| realization and understanding of its necessity for your character, it will not cease. Please remember that, all | 21 THE FALL |
| masks of self-deception and from influences caused by character weaknesses. The higher self in you says, I | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| is not only a matter of overcoming your character weaknesses. Overcoming your own fears is of equal | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| will mention three main faults in the human character. These three main faults, from which stem directly | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| ways, according to the complexities of an individual's character. One way is putting the loved one on | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| circumstances of the following incarnation. Depending on the character of the entity, these decisions are not always | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| not include its own limitations. Similarly, an overoptimistic character may make just as wrong a judgment as | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| of making any decisions, because any extreme in character produces a lack of harmony, which must influence | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| which must influence proper judgment. Only when the character becomes more harmonized will the decisions not deviate | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| entity should concentrate in this life on one character trend, or whether it would perhaps be better | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| The vicious circle consists of a multiplicity of character defects which, at various points, will draw together | 36 PRAYER |
| person's way of life, on his or her character; on many circumstances. One cannot make a rule | 36 PRAYER |
| It is a question of individual temperament and character. All inferiority complexes have the common denominator of | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| of all, of course, personality traits and individual character. Often, no two people will react the same | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| a current of courage. Otherwise, if certain other character traits and outer circumstances combine, their rebellion will | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| moods, diseases of body and soul, the basic character type that you are. The spiritual sphere you | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| is different in development as well as in character and temperament. Each person has different qualities and | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| all sorts. Or in a different type of character, it may be turned into a virtue under | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| human personality? So many factors are involved: temperament, character, the way the various universal forces work in | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| talent. With others again, it may be good character, decency, loyalty, intelligence. With most the means to | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| Many variations exist, governed by temperament, personality, and character trends -- and also by certain environmental factors | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| emotions of untruth or unreality have the opposite character. They may last a while, but their durability | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| with them. This, in turn, depends on the character and temperament of the person. Now I should | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| taken the necessary steps to discover its illusory character. When you cannot let go of your self-will | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| this current, in addition to the temperament and character of the person in question, results in a | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| reality, of its totally different quality and steadfast character. The ability to live in the comparative reality | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| moment. The child does not see the passing character or overall quality of the moment. It knows | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| be given that is much more detached in character. Also, when you discover and experience the existence | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| frame of mind, state of emotion, general development, character tendencies, as well as passing moods or outer | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| which is the sum total of your personality, character, and your general outlook on life. Your health | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| such a person begins to sense time's illusory character. Practically, this manifests in the ability to see | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| effect move closer together, and therefore the illusory character of time lessens in your perception. You begin | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| not experience as drastic unhappiness, another temperament and character feels to be dismal woe. At any rate | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| Certain faults come into being, according to one's character structure; for instance, avarice, rigidity, prejudice. In short | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| following tendencies come into being, again according to character structure: acquisitiveness; reaching out to grab and receive | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| and outer behavior patterns, above and beyond the character distortions that the distorted instinct of self- preservation | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| acknowledgement of such demands crassly contradicts the general character of such people. Therefore the demands have to | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| shame out in the open will its exaggerated character vanish. And with that you will gain an | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| often believe to be entirely alien to your character and that are therefore doubly upsetting. With this | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| God-image is the first obstacle and, according to character, personality, and environment, you either comply with it | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| self-facing. QUESTION: Can one draw a conclusion about character in a person who loves animals and nature | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| at the emotional level, integrated in the whole character structure, will they have power. Whenever you wonder | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| they think of self-righteousness, of the very moralizing character I have discussed. In fact, this usage is | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| mean the recognition of undesirable trends in one's character. On the other hand, when the voice of | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| sin and evil, for neurosis always means a character defect. You have found, and are bound to | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| you, realizing that all these are, in essence, character defects. In your confusion, you see in each | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| being, regardless of their state of development, their character or their endeavors. The only difference between those | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| happen to be a more fearful and pessimistic character, you will not admit their existence at all | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| shortsighted to believe that masochism indicates a better character trend than sadism. I bless each and every | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| the ancient religions where religion had a punitive character? ANSWER: Yes, it also comes from that time | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| you will discover the emotional dependency and moralizing character underlying it. Moralizing with yourself (what should be | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| well as their overall development, their personality and character traits may be different. Their reactions after the | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| they are so in quality, in consistency, in character, in being. A feeling may truly change faster | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| and understood in terms of reality determines the character, the thoughts and the opinions a person has | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| lower-self in its distinct and extreme manifestations and character trends, as well as of the subtle overall | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| work. It all depends on the type of character and on psychic conditions, as well as on | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| the yes- current. Change, such as transformation of character structure, as well as of false imprints or | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| wholeness be accomplished unless some parts of the character structure are truly transformed -- reborn, as Jesus | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| it rages in the person's soul. According to character formation, the type of the individual's image, and | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| the nature of the universe and its benign character. As you remove fence after fence, you will | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| little less unknown. In certain instances, its unknown character may be completely eliminated, while in others you | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| it is important to empty out, but its character is completely different. Impressing the need for expressing | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| are effects of the mentality and personality and character. Not only your body, but your life conditions | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| emotions arising from this original hurt, according to character and temperament, also combine with the pleasure principle | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| negative aim. Life, in its essential and profound character, cannot ever be negatively oriented. Negative orientation cannot | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| Which pseudo-solution you have chosen depends on individual character traits, on circumstances and early influences. Whatever they | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| means. They are as varied as each individual's character. We have often discussed pseudo-solutions. If you restudy | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| universal is the fact that transformation of one's character is necessary to permit the life stream to | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| above all, do not wish to transform their character defects. The actual -- not theoretical -- activation | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| something that impairs one's integrity and deforms the character structure. Hence, the deep inner conscience feels undeserving | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| all good and cringes from it. That very character defect makes the personality unable to cope with | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| reservation within yourself must be linked with a character defect you have not really faced, nor do | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| because you do not want to abandon it. Character transformation is an absolute necessity in order to | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| that such integration is possible only when certain character defects have been already transformed or when the | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| something. A person who genuinely desires to transform character defects is not in the least concerned with | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| there will be no obstruction to transforming a character defect, and consequently no obstruction to the unlimited | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| a persisting negativity. There must be a corresponding character defect that is equally difficult to give up | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| you will now recognize as deformations of your character structure without incurring the past danger of closing | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| wishes are blocked, and then question what particular character defect does not permit you to abandon a | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| I discussed the necessity of transforming faults of character. The first step toward this transformation is always | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| other illusions -- about your spiritual development, your character, your fulfillment, your sufferings, your state of happiness | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| constitutes a severe personality disturbance and impairs one's character. When frustration is not handled properly, it inflicts | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| must be established. Simultaneous with this reorientation of character and personality will be the possibility of letting | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| of all that lives, then, indeed, overcoming of character defects is unnecessary. Subscribing to a nihilistic philosophy | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| to cheat life, no matter how subtly. All character defects have to be removed. And when I | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| its final absurdity. The realization of the illusory character of a separate ego-existence is an extremely important | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| self, made up of all your deceits, your character defects, your illusions, pretenses and destructiveness. Then I | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| up arrogant pride; it sees no lack of character in understanding and forgiving. Many such little incidents | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| it is neither the ultimate reality of your character, nor something that you have to reject entirely | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| person is unhappy about his or her own character. Otherwise it could not exist. As I outlined | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| have seen superficial false conclusions and short- sighted character attitudes of defeatism that make people so destructive | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| These are natural and logical laws. If your character and attitudes are incompatible with the laws of | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| a lower self, that you have faults and character defects. You may have even faced many of | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| there exists a connection between the latter and character defects, images, misconceptions, and destructive feelings. It is | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| form of severe accusations that malign the other's character. You may never have thought about it in | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| in sexual expression creates a condition where all character attitudes and all aspects of one's most hidden | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| action, but in inclination -- reveals one's whole character with all one's attitudes, personality and ego trends | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| allowed to manifest or denied and repressed. If character defects deform one's sexual drive into cruel, destructive | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| is removed, the sexual inclination may show up character tendencies such as finding pleasure in being cruel | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| life becomes very frightening in its apparently unpredictable character. You truly seem to be a victim of | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| entered. You have to acquire the strength of character to withstand temptation before you can realize that | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| confused with dignity, pride in the desirable sense, character, self-value, and so on. Look at warring countries | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |