| Compressed..................3 | |
| hopeful, no matter what relapses may occur. When compressed energy dissolves and flows through a person's entire | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| entire being, one enters into this blissful state. Compressed energy is the result of holding back, of | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| denial of what is. The dissolution of this compressed energy is the result of the process I | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Comprise....................7 | |
| so much easier. These are inner things. They comprise most often what is most difficult for you | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| also all the other aspects of death that comprise daily living. If you do not know how | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| here, in addition to many more indescribable feelings, comprise prayer in the highest sense. It is awareness | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| faculty and the will faculty. The involuntary processes comprise feelings, intuition and, what is more, certain manifestations | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| is inevitable that such people -- and they comprise the majority of human beings -- become tremendously | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| the knots, ensnarlments, false beliefs, half-truths and contradictions comprise what actually exists in you. You must face | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| mask self. These are very abbreviated terms which comprise, of course, many subdivisions and variations. As a | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Comprising..................4 | |
| as a whole body of the divine world comprising all the holy or purified spirits; or whether | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| find the main components of your idealized self-image, comprising, perhaps, all three tendencies. Only after this is | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| where you begin. The manifold ends in unity, comprising all the many parts. Hence, really and fully | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| this tiny spark was the utmost divine reality, comprising everything that is conscious within the most powerful | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| Compromise..................32 | |
| in a healthy and genuine way, you never compromise your dignity. You may well have to give | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| relationship to God are made secondary? You cannot compromise with God, though this is often what you | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| the end at worst, or at best a compromise leaving you with a gnawing, unfulfilled longing. At | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| be sluggish and are therefore better prepared to compromise. This is why they tend to be monogamous | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| trust has been betrayed. In the situation where compromise is chosen, both people stagnate, at least in | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| the opposite extreme. I cannot see how to compromise. ANSWER: It is not a compromise. You have | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| how to compromise. ANSWER: It is not a compromise. You have difficulty in finding the right middle | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| Since the happy outcome would still be a compromise as compared with the complete rulership you unconsciously | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| subsequent impressions and experiences. Hence, you make a compromise by retaining the original wrong conclusion: I must | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| than to sublimate. I choose it out of compromise, as a lesser evil. On the one hand | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| with, rather than complement, one another. Therefore, a compromise has to be found even in the case | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| in. The thwarted instinct of self-preservation tries to compromise; you will risk by submitting. You will try | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| mutually exclusive aims and solutions, the psyche seeks compromise solutions. Such compromise may assume various forms. For | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| and solutions, the psyche seeks compromise solutions. Such compromise may assume various forms. For instance, the pleasure | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| of the individual. A further and very common compromise solution is to try and make either self-preservation | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| a quest for love to obtain pleasure will compromise by trying to combine this pleasure drive with | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| are only a few general examples of the compromise that seeks to combine the mutually exclusive pseudo-solutions | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| still hold on to it. You try to compromise between the old and the new, feeling not | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| form. You may even have made attempts to compromise between the old and the new, desired, way | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| that it reappears in the form of a compromise, but the unclarity produces a thick haze in | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| you still block it and find ways to compromise with the contradictory directions of your soul. The | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| circumstances you could give of yourself as you compromise and renounce your expectations. Or, do you subtly | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| as though the psyche tried to find a compromise between wanting to be alive, wanting to feel | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| a vague theory. They wish to find a compromise between their yearning, that comes from the deep | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| possibilities available to them, and their fear. This compromise exists in every form of formalized religion that | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| and approaches to life are nothing but a compromise between what one senses could exist and what | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| whole, if there is no shallowness and restrictive compromise. Once the afflictions have been overcome, the possibilities | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| forsake being a man. He constantly tried to compromise between these two undesirable alternatives. A tug of | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| longer confuse self- assertion with hostility, or flexible compromise with unhealthy submission. These are the aspects which | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| but the total personality rejects evil. Thus a compromise has been found in using negative feelings for | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| oneness of consciousness and energy, so we must compromise and speak as though consciousness were responsible for | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| a resistance to doing the work. Attempting to compromise between these two sides leads to such false | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| Compulsion..................113 | |
| proper act becomes an act of necessity, of compulsion, instead of free choice. With such superimposed goodness | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| will sense it and will therefore feel a compulsion to live up to the idealized image. All | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| between the two? ANSWER: The must or the compulsion is always a result of untruthful, mixed, and | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| entirely voluntary. If you fulfill a duty without compulsion, you do so because you decided it. It | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| no other choice, you are acting under a compulsion, against your will, and then it is a | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| sense has nothing to do with force or compulsion; quite the contrary. As soon as force or | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| quite the contrary. As soon as force or compulsion set in -- whether from outside or from | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| as you know, emotions do not respond to compulsion -- but also an impure motive. You want | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| conscience that has been artificially created out of compulsion to atone for a supposed sin, or even | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| desire for self-destruction. All this adds up to compulsion. Now, depending on the issue, in one instance | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| motives are all good and pure. Then the compulsion will be gone. The act will remain the | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| after you cease to act in self-deception and compulsion and before you are capable of being one | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| and out of a pressure that amounts to compulsion. This may not always be strong enough to | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| aware of this rhythm and follow it without compulsion and without resistance. QUESTION: There is so much | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| that apart from the element of freedom and compulsion. ANSWER: Gratitude has nothing to do with obligation | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| with obligation. Now I do not speak of compulsion either. If you make a contract with a | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| unduly obligated. Yet, there is not necessarily a compulsion there -- not in the strict sense of | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| can be dissolved. It is not necessarily a compulsion, but even if it is, it is not | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| answer, whether it is the word pride or compulsion or whatever it may be. It is dangerous | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| can you free yourself of the bondage and compulsion so that you need no longer rebel. Nor | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| will be less and less under bondage and compulsion. By understanding your wrong conclusion, you will become | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| a very bad effect in various ways. The compulsion and the inability to follow it through in | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| and searching. QUESTION: Where is the borderline between compulsion and very strong desire? ANSWER: The difference cannot | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| when you have simply a strong desire without compulsion, you are free to let go of it | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to let go of it, if need be. Compulsion means that you have to do it, you | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| me to find the difference between desire and compulsion in this case. ANSWER: The desire to leave | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| leave home may be the result of a compulsion, rather than being the compulsion itself. The desire | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| result of a compulsion, rather than being the compulsion itself. The desire in itself may be quite | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| root of the problems and eliminate the cause. Compulsion enters only when the cause is not understood | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| only when the cause is not understood. A compulsion can never be created by outer conditions alone | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| wish turns compulsive. This is one form of compulsion. There are other forms, but they are not | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| understood, the consciousness will see that enacting the compulsion does not bring happiness; quite the contrary. By | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| comes to make the best of it. Without compulsion and haste, without pressure, simply observe your emotions | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| love truly unfolds -- not by force and compulsion, but in reality -- you have an effect | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| attempted, one will be driven by rebellion and compulsion, no matter how right one's conscious motivations may | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| God. It only creates harmful reactions, such as compulsion, guilt, resistance or rebellion. All musts create situations | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you are good or unselfish because of the compulsion based on this misconception, you can never contribute | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| I must keep the Sabbath would be a compulsion. It would be an unfree act and nothing | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to the unhealthy one. The latter always creates compulsion. Thus, guilt and compulsion -- two contrary directions | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| The latter always creates compulsion. Thus, guilt and compulsion -- two contrary directions -- further afflict the | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| you think of the particular desire. Behind the compulsion and urgency that appear on the surface, you | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| independently chosen. Whenever you do something out of compulsion and not because you say yes to it | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| a free choice that is not driven by compulsion. This, in turn, will show you that unselfishness | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| against an inner conviction, and really out of compulsion. You want to be good and unselfish, but | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| makes you tired. You cannot immediately lose your compulsion and reach the state in which you freely | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| frustration, sometimes disregard God's laws and try by compulsion and man-made law to secure the arrangements that | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| to realize what is behind it all. The compulsion to prove something exists in everyone, only the | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| you do not understand the nature of this compulsion -- after you have verified its existence in | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| approval. You have to become aware of the compulsion to prove whatever it is you want to | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| peace, my dearest friends, be in God. 73. COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS Greetings, my | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| situation so as to correct it. This unconscious compulsion is a very strong factor, but is so | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| a more mature relationship, free of the childish compulsion to recreate and correct the past. You have | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| changed. As long as you are under the compulsion of your confused thinking and emotions, you are | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| fear from the overlayers of error, illusion and compulsion you have. They can only lead you into | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| a real reason or need for either, without compulsion, without frenzy, without imagined need that does not | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| understand them only after this has been accomplished. Compulsion is a result of artificially accelerated emotions, desires | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| too, causes artificially produced acceleration -- and therefore compulsion. Since impatience is not in accordance with truth | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in turn, causes frustration. The frustration causes frenzied compulsion, which manifests as impatience, so easily confused with | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| idealized self. A sense of failure, frustration, and compulsion, as well as guilt and shame, are the | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| and sometimes feel, of the tension, strain, and compulsion. If you have an occasional glimpse of such | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| kind. There will not be any distorted ambitiousness, compulsion, and haste. Serenity in the healthy way will | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| be generalized. I may just say that any compulsion comes from an unconscious conclusion that something must | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| achievement that a substitute must be found. A compulsion to buy things, when analyzed as to its | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| love, I want to have things instead. The compulsion to eat may have similar roots. It may | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| also becomes self-centered. Self-centeredness brings frustration, anxiety, tension, compulsion, guilt and insecurity, to name but a few | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| yet be ready to let go of the compulsion, but one recognizes both its nature and the | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| so choose, and you do so without inner compulsion in either direction. I bless each one of | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| as well as to others. It is a compulsion, not a choice. And you cannot be in | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| distortion as an unhealthy overactivity, haste, pressure, and compulsion. The truth combines activity and passivity in a | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| grow. It goes without saying that if the compulsion to be happy and perfect is eliminated, you | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| about divine perfection leads you to rigidity and compulsion on the one hand and to rebellion against | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| it, may have committed it out of fear, compulsion or greed, to receive love and approval. Then | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| life, I mean something other than a power-driven compulsion always to win and never to do without | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| because they can relinquish and be free from compulsion and anxiety. They relate to themselves, are in | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| this subject too? To differentiate between goal-direction and compulsion, would you explain how the latter falls into | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| Observe, evaluate, weigh and determine -- without strain, compulsion or pressure -- calmly and quietly. Make daydreams | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| from self-will. Such a person acts out of compulsion. I would not say that every missionary necessarily | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| this slow process of your growth. Remove the compulsion and the impatience, and the imperfect feelings of | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| of hostility will be less harmful than the compulsion to overcome them. In such a frame of | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| yourself to others. Diminishing the urge and the compulsion to compare will leave the genuine wish free | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| existence. But if you look at confusion without compulsion, without haste, without moralizing, without denial, then you | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| necessary to grow out of it. Slaying suggests compulsion, haste, moralizing -- so that cannot be the | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| does lead to self-knowledge, yes. But discipline connotes compulsion, suppression, repression, and forceful action -- all shortcuts | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| relating and communication is confused with the childish compulsion to tell everyone everything. Thus you may share | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| unconsciously so fearful of demands, or of your compulsion to give in to them, and so afraid | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| the demands themselves as against the temptation and compulsion to give in to them. Your inability to | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| in a relaxed way, there need be no compulsion, no guilt, no impatience with yourself -- only | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| is healthy, you are free of the blind compulsion to relive the past. We have often discussed | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| you free. It liberates you from confinement and compulsion, and enables you to freely choose your inner | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| often you try to force yourself by blind compulsion, while certain emotional reactions rebel. This does not | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| a particular and quite common conflict between the compulsion to give and the guilt for receiving. These | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| resentful, while still being unable to stop the compulsion to give and the guilt for desiring to | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| an exaggerated need for purely sexual expression. A compulsion for sex may also be a denial of | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| honesty. You are all so indoctrinated with a compulsion to cover up this little voice. Relatedness, the | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| and give up one's self will and the compulsion to obtain gratification, while being fully aware of | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| based on freedom of choice, rather than on compulsion; on reason, rather than emotionalism. When the overall | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| countercurrents. Apart from this relaxed wanting, without urgency, compulsion, tension and fear, it is necessary for the | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| wide-awake choosing, the freedom to do so without compulsion, conflict, or guilt. But such choosing requires you | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| not a hazardous, self-destructive process, not a blind compulsion or drive, but a wonderful extension of self | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| all fulfillment. QUESTION: My sister has a great compulsion to physically run away. And when she gets | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| all sorts of compulsions you cannot understand. A compulsion is the direct result of unacknowledged, unconscious feelings | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| submission, and yet it will not be a compulsion to have your own way. It will let | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| The moment I could fully see this, the compulsion stopped somewhat. The only time I have some | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| might be worse than giving in to the compulsion. Real growth leads to effortless, spontaneous change that | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| as the inability to love, or even the compulsion to hate others. This is only one example | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| to force yourself to be good. The blindness, compulsion, and the artificial concept of life that accompany | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| own life. Once you see that behind the compulsion to overspend and be irresponsible is a legitimate | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| counterpart in others. Mutual accusation, self-righteous blaming, the compulsion to build a case against the other -- | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| soul. QUESTION: What is behind the defense and compulsion of telling jokes? ANSWER: Life in the universe | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| you who are starting this work have a compulsion to be good, like many other human beings | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| can create false needs to the point of compulsion, as for drugs, harmful stimulants, or unwholesome food | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| seeks an outlet and then manifests as a compulsion to move where this is not appropriate and | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| inability to receive love, pleasure, fulfillment, and the compulsion to sabotage fulfillment come from not giving to | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |