| Comfortably.................7 | |
| do not have to fear interruptions. Sit down comfortably. Do not lie down. Become very calm. Relax | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| no area within themselves they cannot freely and comfortably discuss, have not found it yet. They do | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| psyche that is in truth and can therefore comfortably and painlessly give its best -- and there | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| exact proportion, such a person can consequently receive comfortably, painlessly, and joyfully, until the aspects of giving | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| to a nihilistic philosophy of life, one can comfortably shirk unpleasant aspects of self-facing. This is why | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| that only the purest and strongest can live comfortably in it. This truth can be recognized to | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| energy system to reach out into life and comfortably, even confidently, claim its riches. You must be | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| Command.....................18 | |
| of it, in fear. You do not take command of your ship, believing and hoping -- again | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| It is the same with love. You cannot command yourself to love, but in this in-depth work | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| appear to give in temporarily and obey your command. But such a response can only leave you | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| never really respect the person who obeys this command. You will respect only the person who loves | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| yourself and therefore with others. While you may command a truce in your outer actions, in your | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| as unreal as the effect of attempting to command it would be. QUESTION: Suppose we are able | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| have learned and known, you were not in command of this knowledge? Your soul was in a | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| your idealized self-image weakens, you will no longer command yourself to be victorious at all times, so | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| such as these, in that moment you take command. Then, further, if you say and mean, I | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| makes you unable to imagine how to take command. Now, you, with your conscience and your spirit | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| with your conscience and your spirit, cannot take command consciously to fulfill your negative desires. This can | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| God outside of you is a completely meaningless command, that becomes an impossible demand. The trustworthiness of | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| often still is, that love is a pious command that is fulfilled through sacrifice. Then the image | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| some fashion, it is not considered love. The command of love became more of an abstraction and | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| in a loveless state? Love is not a command that is supposed to deprive you. Love is | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| in this honest way, love is not a command issued by the will and the mind; it | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| which you are so flexible, so much in command of yourself, that all feelings can be moved | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| which you directly or indirectly rule, coerce, pressure, command, demand, and manipulate -- and cheat! The open | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| Commanded...................6 | |
| emotional change is not something that can be commanded. You cannot change your feelings and emotional reactions | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| course, a major key. But it cannot be commanded. Faith comes naturally when obstructions are removed. All | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| however. Laziness is not a fault to be commanded away by sheer will. But you will get | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| consumption of fish, flesh, and fowl. It is commanded that of their flesh shall we not eat | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| to creative growth. And yet love cannot be commanded, nor can it be a commandment. It is | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| and in others. Real feelings cannot be forced, commanded, or superimposed. They are a spontaneous expression, happening | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| Commandment.................14 | |
| not be all that is implied in this commandment. You must now perceive that this refers to | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| are still crude. On a deeper level, this commandment means a balance of one's activities. Part of | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| It is utterly impossible. The truth of the commandment lies in the proof that, in spite of | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in the proof that, in spite of this commandment, people have made an image of God and | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| QUESTION: I would like to know about the commandment, Thou shalt not kill in everyday life, in | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of thoughts and feelings any reference to this commandment? ANSWER: Of course. All commandments apply to all | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| often discussed at length. When you consider the commandment from this point of view, it takes on | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| elaborate on the psychological aspect of the fourth commandment? ANSWER: Yes. As usual, there are many levels | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| up in connection with our topic. The fourth commandment is so often misunderstood, and much harm has | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| to derive the real meaning of the fourth commandment? We usually have to learn for a whole | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| misapplied and misunderstood, will create fear. A rigid commandment, if pronounced without the possibility of finding the | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| constructive for human beings to merely obey a commandment in their actions. Since this is not good | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| peace, be in God! 133. LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| cannot be commanded, nor can it be a commandment. It is a free, spontaneous soul movement. The | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| Commandments................10 | |
| is why God gave humankind first the Ten Commandments. They deal with actions. Thou shalt not steal | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| an expanded understanding of the divine laws and commandments and taught that you can sin also in | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| the negative sense. We read in the Ten Commandments, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| reference to this commandment? ANSWER: Of course. All commandments apply to all levels of the human personality | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| sins are a subtler explanation of the Ten Commandments, which are definitely based on fear, or create | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| of finding the underlying obstructions to following such commandments, will produce fear and guilt, and therefore hate | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| actions are entirely proper and conform to the commandments. The final authority is not outside of yourself | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| their surroundings. The sins, as well as any commandments, represent universal tendencies. The human psyche is not | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| that little by little wipes away the outer commandments, outer regulations and the outer written and unwritten | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| touch with Him and attempted to follow His commandments and laws. This beautiful reality began to disintegrate | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| Commands....................12 | |
| is impossible. As long as you attempt such commands, it will be very resistant. Or it may | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| Since life does not work that way, your commands are often not obeyed. When the rules prove | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| You tend to strengthen the rigid rules and commands, despairing more and more when they prove progressively | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| just fantasy. It must show in the rigid commands, the shoulds and musts I have discussed. It | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| cannot function naturally and organically, unhampered by superimposed commands? The real self always dares to be spontaneous | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| of the strength of their unreasonable demands and commands that, like the rest of humanity, they issue | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| the same sphere because any deity sends or commands you to do so; this is accomplished by | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| life -- not by following forced, artificial, superimposed commands from the intellect, but the spontaneous inner activity | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| the movements that cannot always immediately obey the commands of the mind. It is necessary to constantly | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| basis. Your directly accessible brain can send forth commands that make other areas of your body respond | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| self-rejection. People also ignore that all the religious commands to love cannot be fulfilled until this dualistic | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| the past had to decree dos and don'ts, commands and prohibitions. The totally childish and self-indulgent consciousness | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| Commendable.................6 | |
| feel because you are not perfect. It is commendable to want to become perfect. It cannot be | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| do for others. While this is good and commendable and is bound to bear fruit too, it | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| teacher may excuse this untruthfulness by the seemingly commendable attitude that does not want to let down | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| you fully see that what you regarded as commendable is really pride and pretense, you will have | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| so frantic. Do not believe that your efforts, commendable and advisable as they are, depend on your | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| is the distortion of God's world that makes commendable what does not further the evolution of the | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| Commensurately..............11 | |
| really want and that you can never get commensurately to the desperate intensity of your struggle. Find | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| good circumstances in your life, you must be commensurately unaware of your values. As you learn in | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| yourself again. The trust in the self grows commensurately with the giving up of destructiveness. The destructiveness | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| your violations of universal laws will also reveal, commensurately, the awareness of your rejection of happiness. Wherever | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| and the negative actions and attitudes also have commensurately stronger impacts and effects now. Realize this and | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| fully accepting and feeling your pain, you become commensurately capable of sustaining pleasure. By humbly and honestly | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| responsibility for it, your capacity to love grows commensurately. By willingly experiencing your fear, you grow fearless | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| proportionately childish and blind and its perceptions are commensurately limited. Once you have reached the second stage | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| its negative chain, it will culminate in a commensurately negative creation and explosion. You therefore prefer to | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| in blindness and ignorance about yourself and therefore commensurately about the universe, you must also be totally | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| even conscious of the dark part, it creates commensurately painful experiences. For experience is constantly being created | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |