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| are in your development. Last but not least, consider this also: By rebelling against something you cannot | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| and not only to the ones present -- consider where you stand. Take into account the possibility | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| expressed to you or how you understood them. Consider them with honesty and with absolute goodwill to | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| Such an answer will steady your weak faith. Consider it as the first answer from God, given | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| of mastering it. Complete humility is a requirement. Consider how difficult it must be for a medium | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| smallest detail that is visible to you. Then consider how you demand that God should prove to | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| you be willing to let it go and consider that it may not be so? Or would | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| you have not yet come far enough to consider this, each one of you can approach this | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| of this thought no matter whatever angle you consider it from. This may be one way, and | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| great inner insecurity, erroneously attempting to protect himself. Consider how often you have had a similar reaction | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| to be truly motivated by a genuine desire. Consider this an occasion to test yourself. And now | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| may not even know personally, and do not consider yourself more important, then you are a step | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| other reasons count too; because they do not consider it very important to know about these things | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| can be very useful for your progress to consider the character of your daydreams. Please, all of | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| yourself in that way daily and when you consider your failures with the attitude, What can I | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| will not be angry with you; I will consider carefully what you say. And after they have | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| you say. And after they have done so, consider every one of the faults that have been | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| sense the word is usually understood, unless you consider the whole universe a miracle, which it is | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| from them for everyone. Were I only to consider the newcomers, I would not do justice to | 18 FREE WILL |
| feels for a few. And then you must consider also something else: When you return to the | 18 FREE WILL |
| necessary unless you wish to do so. But consider that my words are true, even if you | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| probably most of you here still have some, consider that it may be this way after all | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| this work are being sent as scouts to consider all the relevant circumstances pertaining to the individuals | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| community of yours; how much there is to consider as far as the future is concerned. It | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| in this statement, although it is erroneous to consider them one and the same person. After the | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| this process, thus making it conscious. When you consider your individual faults, try to find the original | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| for you. After you have found this out, consider with what trend in you this might be | 21 THE FALL |
| Christ asked him: In what way would you consider the divine powers to be just? And Lucifer | 22 SALVATION |
| development, to an inner awakening. And therefore we consider it important to satisfy your queries as much | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| ANSWER: The fact that you can ask and consider such a question is already the first step | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| upon the words I have given you here. Consider what the price must be, and what you | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| to change after a few years, you can consider it a wonderful success. The change will happen | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| intellectual people right to deny that anything they consider concrete can exist in spirit, because they accept | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| and impersonally. So I ask you not to consider the decision to take this path as some | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| could give to other necessary of desirable things. Consider rather this path as the foundation of your | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| be able to perform a good act and consider this a good deed. Yet it is not | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| know that it takes courage to do that. Consider this your first effort to overcome a little | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| for you, but it is often necessary to consider the same fault or trait from new angles | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| contact with God and His truth within yourself. Consider such days a source of strength that you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| to reread what I am saying here and consider it again, and take your problem to God | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| constantly doing. Sit down quietly, my friends, and consider calmly what your worries, your conflicts are. These | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| have eliminated some of these problems will we consider how to go into the subconscious layers that | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| cannot receive an answer from Him. Before I consider letting Him make my decision, I will ask | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| the price. The fact that you do not consider the problem from this angle, and are therefore | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| reactions that led you to the present state, consider the repercussions, the significance, and the consequences of | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| or wrong. Since none of you would ever consider committing an antisocial or sinful act, the decisions | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| many wrong ways possible. So you have to consider your honest motives behind your apparent good motives | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| roots are; it would be the country you consider your home, where you have made your connections | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| of yourself, wishing to give up, and you consider self-acceptance to be senseless, then you have the | 31 SHAME |
| love, think about how you are doing it. Consider whether or not you are loving the wrong | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| against the advice of an angel of God. Consider that, my friends. I started this lecture by | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| brain that from our standpoint we do not consider knowledge. The knowledge you have in your soul | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| come in a certain way. You fail to consider that if you lack a fulfillment, or if | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| not material needs -- into your prayer and consider all that happens from the viewpoint of spiritual | 36 PRAYER |
| In cases where there have been actual incidents, consider the details with discretion and tact. When the | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| more doubts about the reality of reincarnation should consider this as an additional incentive. Actually, it would | 38 IMAGES |
| fulfill and what your next life may be. Consider what conditions you require to resolve your conflicts | 38 IMAGES |
| few examples to make this a little clearer. Consider the people who have a strong sense of | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| your prayer, apart from praying for others, and consider the resulting happiness a byproduct, a means to | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| friends, when you reach this stage that you consider your images from this viewpoint. Ask yourself, Why | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| you unjustly. It is extremely important that you consider all this when you search for and discover | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| easier for you to accept this if you consider that in this respect you remained a child | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| Realize that and you will overcome your embarrassment. Consider that you are not the only one. However | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| must not have faults which you do not consider acceptable. Oh, you may admit to some faults | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| So I beg of you, my dear friends, consider the outer conflicts that come to you as | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| to reach your own divine spark. You should consider all teachings and all religions from that point | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| be with you. So, proceed on this path. Consider that each step forward may, at times, bring | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| not understand! So in finding yourself, you must consider not only that you need to separate the | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| that you should propagate war. QUESTION: Would you consider the proposal of the Pope for unification under | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| step further and think about the remedy. Also, consider the effect your attitude has had on your | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| question and attitude. The first step is to consider the attitude of a person to the concept | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| What is the right conclusion? If you will consider your inner problems from this angle -- after | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| incarnation to incarnation, they finally realize that others consider such feelings bad and wrong and that it | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| to rid yourself of self-centeredness because you sincerely consider the other person, because you wish to bring | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| have suppressed for so long, but do not consider it the final truth of your self, as | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| are and what problems to tackle. You can consider any happening as a reflex of your unconscious | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| with your emotions and unconscious desires. Whether you consider these emotions and unconscious wishes desirable or undesirable | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| objectivity, which is detachment. It means that you consider your own hurt vanities, advantages, goals no differently | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| no longer valid. In other instances, you will consider the outer selfless motives in spite of the | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| making the proper decision when they have to consider their own selves too. Without being aware of | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| gaining wider exposure, understanding, and acceptance. Would you consider it good that it is brought into the | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| life, the little and the big issues, and consider them from this point of view. If you | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| act according to my best ability, trying to consider everyone involved, making my decisions with as little | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| given a free choice first. Together, they then consider what this choice may mean, what results it | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| can benefit from this knowledge. Let us now consider these principles separately in their positive, as well | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| harmoniously with your particular main strength. If you consider your self-work from the point of view of | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| to it in a moment. First let us consider the concept of love. The wrong concept of | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| terms with as the personality grows. If you consider all your personal images with this in mind | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| this part of your being, you like to consider yourself a victim for the very reason I | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| you have more crime is understandable if you consider that there are more people and therefore more | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| then see that all details that we may consider later are contained in the points mentioned tonight | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| most suitable for me first, and only then consider the other person. Although I would give the | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| would give the other equal rights, I would consider myself first. ANSWER: My dear, your question is | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| comes entirely from your higher self. Let us consider now why the inner will is kept from | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| this chain reaction, we have other currents to consider. If doubt exists about a desire, it is | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| and ungiving part of their nature. Let us consider what causes this inner tragedy, this senseless struggle | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| desirable and something to be emulated. When you consider this inner process, you will again find that | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| guilty for not loving and ashamed to love. Consider also that the child feels deeply humiliated when | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| receive from the other parent. You now unconsciously consider his or her very act of giving as | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| expect to take this with equanimity. Let us consider now what the attitude of a relatively healthy | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| the last lecture of the season. Let us consider tonight's talk not only as the end of | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| have brought you the fulfillment you did not consider right, but it is also true that despite | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| they were but willing to think of and consider such a possibility. However, they do not try | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is a self-deception and therefore illusion. When you consider all this, you may begin to observe your | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| that this is a waste of time. Then consider what a disproportionate amount of time you actually | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| would not make much sense. But if you consider it in the light of the links unrolled | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| your present inner behavior which we shall now consider. All people, including even those few who have | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| as they do and you will no longer consider yourself the victim of injustice. QUESTION: How can | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| is very important for all of you to consider these questions at this point. What I said | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| brings this forth in you. Or let us consider showing off, or fighting for approval. If the | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| is unimportant and secondary when we want to consider the root of the problem. It is possible | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| exist that can explain such behavior; we cannot consider all possible alternatives. If this is recognized by | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| partner fitted more to your changed personality. To consider that you may in some way fall short | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| to forces beyond your control because you now consider that these forces already exist, while the idea | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| prayer as distinct from prayer for others -- consider this happiness as a byproduct, as a means | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| up to you. You forget things, or you consider them useful to remember. That is up to | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| hopeless of ever getting from others what they consider necessary. The only hope they see is in | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| to reject emotions, affection, and what they may consider softness. To them all this represents danger. Instead | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| Moreover, why does the attainment seem so important? Consider whether it is really as important as you | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| would happen if I did not get it? Consider this alternative with a fresh outlook. Sometimes it | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| and your actual needs the intensity still remains, consider whether the fulfillment of the desire would mean | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| There is also another reason why I sometimes consider it useful to change an expression or terminology | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| I have often discussed at length. When you consider the commandment from this point of view, it | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| crumbles. They cannot afford to face what they consider a threat to their security. So the core | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| the alternatives of pleasure and unpleasure. Let us consider, for instance, work that is not always according | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| another person's idealized self insists on and would consider it as weakness, vulnerability, and dependency in an | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| has to be found individually. Let us now consider some of the general effects of the existence | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| have a feeling of acute anxiety and depression, consider the fact that your idealized self may feel | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| depression. When you are compulsively angry at others, consider the possibility that this is but an externalization | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| and therefore frustration and self-contempt. Let us now consider the third divine attribute, serenity, chosen as a | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |