| Compulsively................18 | |
| prevent you from doing or getting what you compulsively need, the loss will seem out of all | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| be able to use it constructively instead of compulsively seeking to hide it, or using it destructively | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| possibly based on this common misconception, of responding compulsively rather than out of free choice. If you | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you are convinced it is right, and not compulsively, because you want to receive a reward, whether | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| to change, you don't want to do it compulsively. But you get so tired, so exhausted, and | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| be so, thinking it advantageous. Thus you are compulsively unselfish. On the other hand, your true self | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you for that, so that you frequently become compulsively selfish. Hence you are both selfish and unselfish | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| selfish. Hence you are both selfish and unselfish compulsively and in neither way act out of your | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| if you try to give up the fault compulsively, while inwardly you cling to it for the | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| underlies the anxiety or depression. When you are compulsively angry at others, consider the possibility that this | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| to do so. Then other outlets are sought compulsively. One is so frustrated about one's own inability | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| out, not in a relaxed way, but greedily, compulsively. These soul movements are very subtle. Only this | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| hiding and that causes you to pursue gratification compulsively. Under the accompanying self-castigation, the urgency becomes even | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| evidently responsible for the child's fear. The more compulsively you want to get rid of the destructive | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| the real motivation. If variety is sought hastily, compulsively, due predominantly to reasons of fear, greed, and | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| guilt, resentment for doing what you now do compulsively as a substitute for loving, lack of self-respect | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| a person wants to give, but does so compulsively, to have his or her demands fulfilled, not | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| The same applies of course also to the compulsively orderly person who merely compensates for the inner | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| Compulsiveness..............6 | |
| was not allowed to. It is the very compulsiveness of acquiring things that have absolutely no value | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| somewhere. Unreal needs always have the form of compulsiveness and craving. Mismanagement will make people helpless and | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| its aspects, the urgency recedes, as does the compulsiveness, which, at least in part, is responsible for | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| displacement substitutes one form of self-expression with another. Compulsiveness is the result of both vertical and horizontal | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| more than I actually am. There is a compulsiveness in me about this relationship because I feel | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| There will be order without a trace of compulsiveness, order in all things of your life. Order | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| Conceal.....................11 | |
| are often so unjustified and function only to conceal the real ones. You need to atone in | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| forms of denial you seek in order to conceal your destructiveness. All these masks are hypocritical. They | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| the same aspects you so busily try to conceal. If you hide and your role is that | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| resentment and hate. You try very hard to conceal these feelings, because it is threatening to hate | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| is always relatively easy to deny, rationalize, distort, conceal, or use half-truths to justify this attitude. Lately | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| you have placed on them in order to conceal your own, you allow them to look at | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| interest to add to the universe. You may conceal this inhibition under a pseudo-selflessness which may, in | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| others. You are also competitive, but you often conceal this feeling from yourself and then become resentful | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| blame the outer world for the result. You conceal the true motives for your submission by pretending | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| well as by followers. Nobody bothered to even conceal it. The individual, as well as the entity | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| use the right and need for privacy to conceal that they really are keeping something secret. The | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| Concealed...................30 | |
| vaguely felt was wrong and had to be concealed is part of the best in you, or | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| apt to misunderstand the simple explanation as the concealed one. But for those who can understand, the | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| one. But for those who can understand, the concealed one, hidden in symbols, has an additional meaning | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| loving, regardless of how well you keep it concealed, often by superperfectionism and right actions, then and | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| never saw before, although they were not necessarily concealed. You understand exactly how the quarrel came into | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| next curve, so that the whole view is concealed. Thus it appears to be an end -- | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| obvious as well as the most subtle and concealed. All this is so powerfully creative that dynamite | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| life is in its very essence, must remain concealed as long as this duality exists. You chafe | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| your inner existence. Outwardly this may well be concealed by apparently quite opposite patterns. But the false | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| something so deep within you? Why is it concealed from you for so long? Why can you | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| may be quite conscious, or it may be concealed from awareness. It is without a doubt the | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| effortlessly when she finds that, perhaps in a concealed way, she is too demanding. She may never | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| go at that. Somewhere a real guilt is concealed behind it. It is as though your personality | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| exist in all human beings, no matter how concealed they may be? Or, on the other side | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| quite angelic is as destructive as what is concealed behind it. Indeed, it could not be different | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| another person and affect the similarly unconscious and concealed level of that other person. Unless this key | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| that arise out of human interaction on the concealed levels of your and other people's destructiveness and | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| the self. Since all this is subtle and concealed, it requires specific attention in self-observation and self-honesty | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| false needs whose nature and meaning also became concealed. When all this is out in the open | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| some degree in everybody, without exception. The more concealed it is, the further away you are from | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| the need to be aware of your previously concealed but now conscious negative intentionality. In the past | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| you. This attitude is very typical. The more concealed and the less consciously expressed, the more insidious | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| all. This path leads into the as yet concealed more subtle levels which are difficult to pinpoint | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| such a guilt? Surely guilt begins in the concealed hatred and brutality that manifests covertly in sexual | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| reality on your level. Perhaps there is a concealed negative attitude toward the other sex you are | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| attitudes and feelings may be subtle and well concealed or rationalized, so that some degree of self-discernment | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| attitudes, but the other also lives within you, concealed even from your own awareness. Let us say | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| implies a forcing current; forcing, no matter how concealed, amounts to stealing, because you know you would | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| brittle, stubborn, rebellious strength that is nothing but concealed weakness and the real strength that comes from | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| possibility of inner growth and development, these previously concealed aspects are taken on as new tasks in | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Concealment.................6 | |
| hidden at any cost. This very process of concealment takes a heavy toll on your life-force. It | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| easily from your real nature, which needs no concealment. When you re-create, formulate your sentences very concisely | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| other's. This kind of suffering comes only from concealment. It tears you apart, makes you suffer, searching | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| yourself. You make them infinitely worse through the concealment and then become more and more convinced on | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| lower-self aspects begin to show clearly, with less concealment than ever before. Thus events and intentions can | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| their environment and to influence events through their concealment. The courage and strength necessary to bring about | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Conceivable.................42 | |
| is the key to everything. QUESTION: Isn't it conceivable that a human being may make a sincere | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| able to live within divine law in every conceivable respect without any difficulty at all. And this | 18 FREE WILL |
| degrees of consciousness and being exist about every conceivable attitude, about your faults and weaknesses, as well | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| you cheaply. It is worth every effort, every conceivable sacrifice, for then you truly master yourself. If | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| spirits would have become truly divine in every conceivable respect, instead of being specialists in one particular | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| affected by it. Mass images exist on every conceivable subject. Think about this, my friends. You will | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| advise you to have an opinion about every conceivable subject. QUESTION: What about the problem of being | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| goes, the harder it becomes. It is also conceivable that one relieves an inner tension to the | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| you look at your earth life from any conceivable point of view, you will see and learn | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| without guilt or anger, is the healthiest way conceivable of practicing discipline and self-responsibility. In this way | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| its effects on yourself and others from every conceivable point of view in order to convince yourself | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| of maintaining what is, in actuality, of no conceivable advantage to you and to others. The specific | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| always proves to be eminently good from every conceivable point of view. It never deprives. But facing | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| You are already this universal life power. Every conceivable possibility is contained in it. What you are | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| that the individual fears may vary in every conceivable degree. They exist in every human being. They | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| come into that nucleus of yourself where every conceivable power exists. As you grant others the right | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| time you experience that the key to every conceivable possibility of happiness lies within you -- that | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| of wisdom, talent, creativity -- resources of every conceivable possibility. In this consciousness, infinite modes of self-expression | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| power to request guidance from the greatest wisdom conceivable, which is within yourself. You have the possibility | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| impossible and giving a folly. Is it now conceivable for you to see that this is not | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| of tremendous significance. There is no greater difference conceivable between human beings who know that they create | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| to life is the safest, most realistic attitude conceivable. But this reality must be discovered by taking | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| in many different situations and experiment with every conceivable experience under the sun. You can approach life | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| view of life. The truth is that every conceivable attitude, feeling, idea, and human expression can be | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| truth leads people to assume self-responsibility in every conceivable respect. Most human beings are loath to accept | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| In the first place, the ego uses every conceivable negativity known to humanity; any fault; any violation | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| possess, my friends. Everyone of you possesses every conceivable attribute in the universe. The question is, do | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| electromagnetic energy field. This force field contains every conceivable seed or possibility of creation: every conceivable attitude | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| every conceivable seed or possibility of creation: every conceivable attitude or concept about life creates such a | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| not want to know peace, joy, and all conceivable fulfillment, then you have your clue: you wish | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| must inevitably hurt you. For there is no conceivable difference between yourself and others. Whatever you do | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| alive, intensely conscious, it is endowed with every conceivable and inconceivable power to create worlds and beings | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| full life, and fulfill your longing in every conceivable way. This is a realistic hope. You will | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| it possible for human beings to take every conceivable evil, face it, and not act upon it | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| infinite inner space of creation, in which every conceivable state of consciousness, expression, and condition exists, and | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| to truth in every possible situation, about any conceivable incident. With this message and suggestion I bless | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| innermost being as the wisest, most meaningful reality conceivable. Therefore, my friends, when you resist following the | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| laws of physics, chemistry, biology -- of every conceivable science in your physical reality -- are governed | 228 BALANCE |
| richest stuff of life. Every particle contains every conceivable possibility of the richest experience you can imagine | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| God, or the lack of it, affects every conceivable aspect of your inner and outer life, and | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| principles that hold true for everything, for every conceivable aspect of life. I spoke about this quite | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| a person's life may be perused from every conceivable point of view. One's life is truly an | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |