| Conscientious...............4 | |
| earned his degree, he can be an honest, conscientious and good doctor, even though he earns money | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| and killing: How are we to regard a conscientious objector who sincerely follows the admonition not to | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| slowly has to cease in all individuals. A conscientious objector, provided his motives are pure, will be | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| really bad about myself. See how honest and conscientious I am that I feel so guilty, even | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| Conscientiously.............6 | |
| and concisely expressed. After you have done this conscientiously, the next step would be to ask someone | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| in some small degree, begin to work very conscientiously concentrating on your relationship with your fellow-creatures. You | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| and the reasons for the denial are always conscientiously explained. After an intensive period of study, the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| warmth, or if you had a parent who conscientiously did everything right but was also lacking in | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| on the path who has worked diligently and conscientiously to shed the mask, to give up defenses | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| you confront your real, hidden motives constantly and conscientiously. How much maturity is needed to abstain from | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| Conscious...................910 | |
| need work, willpower, and patience to make them conscious, and furthermore one cannot control one's feelings as | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| deviate quite a bit from your thoughts or conscious intentions is rather painful. It is just this | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| usually the case, even if you are not conscious of it -- break the cycle of the | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| keep the cycle actively flowing by being constantly conscious of and inspired by the desire to put | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| unhealthy feelings cannot adapt themselves to the healthy, conscious thinking while they are hidden in the unconscious | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| is absolutely necessary to make the inner contradictions conscious, even if resistance has to be overcome. You | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| split into opposing currents and works against the conscious mind. Some of those who are in healing | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| deeply into their origin in the unconscious. The conscious mind wants the good and wants to act | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| unconscious: get to know the unconscious, make it conscious in meditation, in prayer, in all your striving | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| the first place even if you are not conscious of doing so. All of you must first | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| it is so important to make everything unconscious conscious and examine it in the light of truth | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| specific people? No. This is not so. All conscious and unconscious strivings of humankind aim at penetrating | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| in the reality of which you are not conscious feels to the touch, looks to the eye | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| The higher self knows the greater truth your conscious being doubts and wants to convey this knowledge | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| eventually affect your lives and destinies. Not only conscious thoughts have this effect but also emotional reactions | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| where it does infinitely more harm that any conscious thought, even the worst one. Everything can be | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| be dealt with and met when it is conscious, whereas it smolders like a time bomb when | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| build themselves every bit as destructively as from conscious thought. Diligent students of positive thinking are therefore | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| stressed that thoughts can be controlled by your conscious direction of will, just as your actions can | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| harder against you than negative thoughts that remain conscious. This is one important consideration that you all | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| really just an unthought thought not yet made conscious. Although thought creates a different form than a | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| selves, and would know how to instruct the conscious and will- directing part of the person to | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| ready to accept help in that respect, the conscious and will-directing part of the self is on | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| into the open. And as long as the conscious and will directing part of the personality does | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| coming out of your soul, your subconscious, and conscious mind, will connect you with quite a different | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| with God, and in God. The moment the conscious will uses it in a wrong direction it | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| continues to flow in the wrong direction without conscious awareness. This is often a very important factor | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| you would tell us whether there is any conscious life on other planets? ANSWER: Yes, indeed. Each | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| spiritual life exists. QUESTION: But I meant organic conscious beings? ANSWER: A spiritual being is also organic | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| wonder if our calling for them is mainly conscious? ANSWER: No, it is not conscious. Indeed, it | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| is mainly conscious? ANSWER: No, it is not conscious. Indeed, it is mostly unconscious. It is very | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| the person in a certain direction which the conscious self cannot immediately interpret. The conscious self just | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| which the conscious self cannot immediately interpret. The conscious self just feels a certain longing, a certain | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| your lower self; you have to enlist your conscious willpower to conquer your lower self. Combined with | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| yourself as you really are. Once you become conscious of this, you will be able to act | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| you can deal with it properly in your conscious mind and become aware of the spiritual laws | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| here again, the first step is to make conscious what has so far been unconscious within you | 18 FREE WILL |
| even if they do not dare make them conscious. Therein lie the seeds of the Fall of | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| come to feel this process, thus making it conscious. When you consider your individual faults, try to | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| where they could recognize God. Their longing became conscious and meaningful. Their will could now be developed | 21 THE FALL |
| feelings and in your subconscious. Even to become conscious of your feelings, a great deal of self-knowledge | 21 THE FALL |
| after the fall. Between these two currents the conscious self stands, able to decide either to take | 22 SALVATION |
| self-development, of making hidden emotions, fears or problems conscious and dealing with them properly. Your question now | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| even go as far as that. Between the conscious and the subconscious mind there is another layer | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| another layer which is much closer to the conscious mind. However, you are still unaware of this | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| outer conflicts than anything you know in your conscious mind. I have often mentioned the various spiritual | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| inner trend that has made this trend really conscious. Nevertheless, in many other areas your conscious mind | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| really conscious. Nevertheless, in many other areas your conscious mind still flees from facing the inner truth | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| Purification means to separate, understand, and rearrange in conscious understanding all these various trends, thus purifying the | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| you which stand in direct relationship to your conscious will and are thus directly controlled through an | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| lower self and the higher self, and your conscious self will determine which side will win. It | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| your lower self, though you may not be conscious of that fear. It is important to learn | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| no matter how good the will of your conscious being is. What most people do not accept | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| the direction of making that part of you conscious that is responsible for your lack of success | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| dealt with on this path of purification: the conscious mind, the unconscious, and the subconscious. The two | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| same. The unconscious is that which could be conscious if you would choose to look in the | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| change the direction of your view, it becomes conscious. It is very much there and very much | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| you many times, you first deal with the conscious; and I have given you various tasks and | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| concise and organized manner, that which is already conscious. But before you delve into the subconscious, you | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| manner. The borderline between these three divisions -- conscious, unconscious, and subconscious -- cannot always be clearly | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| followed through with my advice concerning the first conscious layer, try now to look at the unconscious | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| this, you will succeed in making the unconscious conscious and you will discover your own inner trends | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| imperfections you have not yet accepted in a conscious way and therefore you revolt against this state | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| this newly- discovered inner wanting deviates from your conscious desires. But do not believe that because of | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| wish to find all the motives behind the conscious motive, and for that you should pray for | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| inner will I speak of can be made conscious comparatively easily. I have often given you the | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| its absence often conflicts with your outer or conscious will. Let us suppose a person sincerely desires | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| very quietly from deep within and yet is conscious. Now, if people desire to do their best | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| when you have solved the conflict between your conscious desires and the unconscious ones, you will find | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| than the other, or more apparent or more conscious than the other. But it is impossible to | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| are against spiritual law. This conflict between the conscious desire and the unconscious desire represents the greatest | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| constantly crying out for this food, but your conscious being refuses to hear the cry. When you | 31 SHAME |
| not at all difficult to make the emotions conscious if only you are willing to take the | 31 SHAME |
| you have made such and other unreasonable emotions conscious, it will be easy to direct them into | 31 SHAME |
| carry hidden unconscious factors equally active as the conscious ones. Those are a little more complicated to | 31 SHAME |
| disadvantageous happenings, these weaknesses could not enter your conscious mind. You could not truly understand them -- | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| My will be done. Then, when this is conscious, the proper procedure would be to say to | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| contagious, my friends, as emotions, thoughts, and attitudes, conscious or unconscious. This, too, is a universal law | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| been known to be a very decent person, conscious of his shortcomings, working at them, and obviously | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| state of development. The pure motive will be conscious to you; for the impure motive, you must | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| dear ones, that your emotions are mixed. The conscious part that is right and pure does not | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| you. God answers your prayer by making you conscious of the specific difficulty standing in the way | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| way of your fulfillment. You could not become conscious of it unless the difficulty manifested in your | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| feel strongly -- although they may not be conscious of it -- that the whole world revolves | 36 PRAYER |
| half-knowledge and thus they cannot remain in the conscious mind. As the personality grows up, your intellectual | 38 IMAGES |
| measure. This, of course, is unconscious reasoning. The conscious effort to overcome the fault remains fruitless because | 38 IMAGES |
| the very opposite of your image. But the conscious desire is the weaker of two impulses, since | 38 IMAGES |
| your life's problems is to make your images conscious. I can give you advice on how to | 38 IMAGES |
| follow the inner conclusion, which is no longer conscious, or perhaps may find more rational explanations. But | 38 IMAGES |
| to create untold misery for you, counteracting your conscious wishes. Indeed, your resistance causes you to lose | 38 IMAGES |
| that there are several layers, not merely a conscious and an unconscious layer. In fact several degrees | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| or less permanent state once you have made conscious all unconscious falsehoods and have cleansed yourself of | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| of the hidden trends that must be made conscious. You have to develop a special sensitivity for | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| what dwells in the unconscious is hidden from conscious awareness. I have given you methods to bring | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| in the images that contradict your most cherished conscious desires, the image-desires overrule the outer ones, no | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| clearly how the wrong conclusions that have become conscious have affected and caused your various conflicts. This | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| the bare structure of the image has become conscious, you should see which of your faults also | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| -- perhaps not even a pronounced change, a conscious I want this instead of that. You may | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| You will then see how your intellect, your conscious layers, are convinced of your good motives because | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| how you deviate in your unconscious from your conscious mind. Those who do not take this wonderful | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| to oneself, even if this self-knowledge is not conscious. If you can truly find this inner reasoning | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| discrepancy, but untold conflicts and problems with your conscious goals, as well as with the reality of | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| part of your soul, as compared with your conscious mind, you will discover childish stupidities. When you | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| life. But now that so much has become conscious, you will be able to control, govern, and | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| result of unconscious reasoning, deduction, and conclusion. A conscious, willful law- violation will draw outward effects, that | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| more the unconscious has been explored and become conscious, the clearer the channel. I am speaking generally | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| complete untruth in many cases. Contrary to a conscious lie, subjectivity results in unconscious or unintended untruth | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| beings would never be ready for a more conscious search for the breaking down of their own | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| is tempted by inertia. This dissatisfaction is either conscious -- although in most instances the real reason | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| is in each soul will emerge into their conscious minds, and purification will take place. Then the | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| unaware that to stay separate is almost a conscious wish. With many of you it is this | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |