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have a severe breakdown which will postpone self- confrontation. In any case, they are nearer that point 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
measure. It may also require some personal contact, confrontation with others of different opinions, while love for 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
that certain facets of the work of self- confrontation resemble mundane psychology. This may be true to 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
from the way prescribed. They wish to avoid confrontation and decision between the two sources of knowledge 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
who work intensely on a path of self- confrontation. It goes beyond isolated scraps of recognition of 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
through the other person. Only when an actual confrontation occurs can one really gauge whether or not 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
the truthful facing of the self, with courageous confrontation of the most ingrained emotional reactions. Then awareness 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
each individual, through the process of personal self- confrontation and self-realization, gradually changes the inner orientation of 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
otherwise -- every meditation, every self-examination and self- confrontation, should always aim to eliminate false concepts and 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
And I do not mean here a straightforward confrontation about something the other person did wrong. I 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
life, can be attained only through personal self- confrontation, never through theoretical speculation. You must begin with 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
conscious level. This is why the exploration and confrontation with the finest nuances of your innermost being 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
this aim is articulated, if you bypass this confrontation. This approach includes giving voice to the recalcitrant 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
previously unarticulated. It is a threefold communication and confrontation: from the ego toward the destructive self and 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
of you unfolds can you have a direct confrontation, communication, or dialogue with it and ask it 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
You will find again and again that such confrontation, rather than bringing the devastation you fear, wakes 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
-- because of the honesty required and the confrontation involved -- indicates a highly active state. The 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
others is the daily, direct, determined and thorough confrontation of your own. The signs of your hidden 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
for this belief must also be examined. Such confrontation with what one truly believes versus what one 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
and go through it, rather than wait until confrontation occurs inexorably as a lawful, rhythmic, universal movement 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
expansion without paying the price of strictest self- confrontation. It is false when you do not assume 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
in their subterfuges and games. You cannot fear confrontation when you can experience pain. You will assert 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
are thus not willing to risk pain, exposure, confrontation, and the hard work of reintegrating the relationship 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
approach them are important. Do you avoid any confrontation of ideas because it is simply too uncomfortable 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
is to avoid unpleasantness -- in this case, confrontation -- and/or risk the possible loss of the 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
meanness. Only as this attitude becomes consistent, as confrontation between the lower self and the conscious, reasonable 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
on this beautiful voice by skipping over the confrontation with the lower self that also always speaks 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
God, this too harbors the hope that such confrontation can be avoided, is unnecessary. Doubt of this 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
is no maudlin sentimentality that shrinks fearfully from confrontation. The courage to risk rejection for the sake 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
self then becomes at times wrongly soft where confrontation and assertion would be appropriate and intolerant where 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
strong enough for real, genuine protection, assertion and confrontation. Only then can you be free from guilt 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
is far from pursuing any path of self- confrontation, who ignores even the possibility of inner growth 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE
 
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are the faults with which my fellow-humans have confronted me? Think about them. You will find yourself 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
pray for it. This, too, has to be confronted: Do I truly forgive all people from the 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
has been torn down and the patient is confronted with the lower self, the experience may be 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
open. It is not surprising if a person, confronted the first time with this phenomenon -- that 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
original reasoning behind your conclusions. If you were confronted with the contents of your soul, you would 38 IMAGES
and evil thoughts quite consciously and knowingly. When confronted with such a situation there are two forms 47 THE WALL WITHIN
cornered in your own errors, when you are confronted with the undeniable fact that you yourself have 47 THE WALL WITHIN
the little everyday acts where a person is confronted with the choice of an obviously selfish or 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
repress what still exists in you, and when confronted with a crisis to which you cannot apply 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
and the events in it, you are constantly confronted with the living reality of cause and effect 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
sooner or later every human being will be confronted more directly with the fear of death. I 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
in it. The limited human mind is often confronted with alternatives in which something is good on 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
understand that when they believe themselves to be confronted with alternatives where one thing seems good and 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
it. When you truly comprehend this and are confronted with decisions but cannot see how to arrive 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
of beliefs, attitudes and concepts. Again, you are confronted with an either/or: you believe that you must 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
to a crossroads where you seem to be confronted with one good and one bad alternative. I 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
in this sequence. When you feel you are confronted with two equally undesirable alternatives, your sense of 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
they overconcentrate on aspects that they have already confronted. Perhaps the truth that gets overemphasized lends itself 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
peace and brings anxiety and tension. You are confronted, as in so many other instances, with a 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
to follow the line of least resistance when confronted with the unconscious obstructions has to be balanced 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
not experience the tulip as though you were confronted with it for the first time. You can 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
through your entire being. This question must be confronted again and again. Every disturbance offers the best 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
not like and respect myself. People are constantly confronted with an inner, and rarely conscious, conflict about 174 SELF-ESTEEM
destructiveness is the first layer that must be confronted. Then you can begin to take the steps 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
from pillar to post, and whenever they are confronted with their own unpalatable truth, they run away 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
involved in this pathwork has gone through and confronted such hidden and irrational feelings. If you really 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
unwillingness in this regard, then that must be confronted, explored, and reeducated. This is the only meaningful 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
from starting the self- perpetuating cycle. It is confronted right at the start. Crisis can be avoided 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
is to go forward. Human beings are continually confronted with the deep problem of how to handle 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
anxious, and uncomfortable you feel when you are confronted with some of your undesirable attitudes, traits, and 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
everything about your destructive impulse. You are thus confronted with an insoluble predicament: either you give up 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
are concerned? When all these questions are seriously confronted, you will see that it is not true 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
to transcend a state when we have deliberately confronted it, when our self accepts its present inner 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
I said before, if you were to be confronted with this fact, you could not believe it 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
on this path for some time have already confronted some of your negativities. Can you believe that 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
without depriving others. That negative voice must be confronted, it must be questioned. Question the voices of 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
possibility of that with which you are being confronted, you react according to the same erroneous assumption 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
The strain automatically relaxes and you are then confronted with the issue of faith. There comes the 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
 
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I would also like to discuss another possibility confronting you when you attempt to find yourself by 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
are examples of those who want to avoid confronting the reality of death on this earth. Another 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
the solution lies in facing the unknown and confronting the fear of it. The task is learning 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
coping with dying everyday, little by little, and confronting it in the healthy manner. Once you overcome 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
must come when you can no longer avoid confronting your inner uncertainty. You must raise questions you 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
to be investigated. Wherever fear of life, or confronting a certain problem exists, you will be disturbed 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
living, never settling down to serious living, to confronting any issue wholly and truthfully. Such a person 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
web of confusion. This is the general difficulty confronting all humanity, even those who are already on 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
relatively easily. Once you stop explaining things away, confronting yourself with simple questions in this respect and 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
feeling of being undeserving that may surface when confronting the self deeply should not be glossed over 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
to use the available energy and time for confronting that part of the self that destroys happiness 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
to take the jump can be activated by confronting the issue squarely and examining what is at 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
yourself than when you deny the fear. By confronting the validity of the fear, you may often 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
she finds it no longer possible to avoid confronting this experience openly. You can follow this chain 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
the energy that you should use toward facing, confronting, and dealing with an aspect of yourself by 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
God, the process, truth, and total commitment to confronting all that is in you and thus following 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
the great new influx of consciousness and avoid confronting unpurified matter in the soul. Such abuse will 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS

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