| Considering.................27 | |
| assign meditation on a rigid pattern rather than considering what the person's problem is. Above everything else | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| connection with the building of your community. After considering all these reports coming in from spirits involved | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| for all. This can be done only by considering all sides. The trouble with people is not | 21 THE FALL |
| a fault he or she does not possess. Considering the faults of their beloveds might be very | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| you will be able to think them through, considering how and why they are wrong. When you | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| although there is an advantage for yourself in considering others, this is still to the good all | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| are being selfish or masochistic, because in not considering yourself with healthy self-respect, you are denying to | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| according to his or her very own nature, considering the person rather than the sex, this will | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not mean that you just go ahead without considering anyone. As was pointed out now, it means | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| attitudes, and reactions of the human being. By considering only the immediate effect, you take it upon | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| type is proud of loving everybody and of considering all other human beings good. This outlook is | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| they could not have acted any other way, considering who they were at the time -- just | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| deliberating on them in different expressions of thought. Considering them in different ways fortifies and consolidates the | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| so, but to me it seems real, without considering the consequences, you will remain stuck. When you | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| most impregnated with mass opinions and false limitations, considering them inevitable laws of life. They might not | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| you, by seriously probing and, first of all, considering the possibility that your feelings may be put | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| Then you can tackle the next level of considering what is. For you who heard this lecture | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| the existence of a different state by first considering its possibility. Thus you must think of all | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| case, of course, they are inverted, manifesting negatively. Considering every detail of the situation, expanding the range | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| bridge the gap of its own limitations by considering new possibilities, and by making room for other | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| concerned with. Visualization follows proper conceiving. Conceiving means considering the desired state or experience as a possibility | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| of openness, of honest questioning. Openness always means considering a possibility that you have not yet experienced | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| and often women as well -- persisted in considering man superior and woman inferior. In order to | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| everything to fear from obstructing and not even considering a larger truth you have not allowed into | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| They grow up with a sense of superiority, considering their denial of Christ as more evolved. Here | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| begin in your outer brain and thinking. Just considering the possibility that there is nothing to fear | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| as you do the simple purification work. In considering reality and the deeper truth we are obviously | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Consistency.................5 | |
| Why are they suffering? If there is a consistency here, this is a good indication of an | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| discussed. You might best compare it with the consistency of skin and flesh, but the surface of | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| time, but they are so in quality, in consistency, in character, in being. A feeling may truly | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| density. The higher the consciousness, the finer the consistency of the matter. But this does not make | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| will. It is more mechanical and laborious, requiring consistency and effort. It has totally different characteristics from | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| Consistent..................8 | |
| may be wrong, but at least it is consistent. However, to admit the possibility of one and | 22 SALVATION |
| whether this is Christian and whether it is consistent with Scripture, both as to attitude and as | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| resistance. It is the long, drawn-out result of consistent repression. Due to such repression, the emotions that | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| to understand. Deep self-recognition is a long and consistent path requiring the greatest courage of truthfulness with | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| are more resistant to abuse. In spite of consistent abuse, they continue to function for a considerable | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| where there is all-connecting life, is by the consistent attempt to know yourself where you are now | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| selfishness and meanness. Only as this attitude becomes consistent, as confrontation between the lower self and the | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| your home ground, as a result of your consistent surrender to it. When you have arrived at | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| Consolation.................4 | |
| other people joyful, to give them love, warmth, consolation, and deep understanding when they are unhappy, and | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| of the illusion of false religion, of false consolation. And in this transitory state, if you go | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| as a substitute for your weaknesses, as a consolation for your fears, as an attempt to appease | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| there is any way to give strength and consolation, it may come with such openness. But from | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| Consolidate.................4 | |
| May this period be utilized so that you consolidate the past year and gain an outlook as | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| the central point you must work on to consolidate all difficulties into one simple unifying inner movement | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| Actually, there are many. It is crucial to consolidate your voluntary faculties to identify and confront the | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| overall, general way, but I will try to consolidate your progress concisely. This past year has been | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| Consoling...................3 | |
| duality. You will accept this, not as a consoling faith to which you cling out of weakness | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| is infinitely more constructive than looking for a consoling, pleasant message from outside yourself. Your fear of | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| will be of greater help, and therefore more consoling than if I were to tell you that | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| Constituted.................5 | |
| you know from my previous lectures, this issue constituted an essential part of the Plan of Salvation | 22 SALVATION |
| the prohibition is. Or the person may be constituted so that the self-punishing and self-destructive forces, put | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| in what way the act of Jesus Christ constituted salvation for all the fallen beings, what His | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| with your outer ears. The universe is so constituted that each individual creature is capable of being | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| is spirit. The human course of development is constituted differently from other life forms on earth. For | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Constituting................3 | |
| its original state by shedding the surrounding layers constituting the lower self, it reaches out and automatically | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| come to see that these two fundamental attitudes, constituting your split, represent your basic attitude to your | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| will discover that what you always perceived as constituting your selfhood is the most dependent and weak | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| Constrict...................4 | |
| as the intellect can. Do I limit and constrict the instinctual feelings through the intellect, which itself | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| by little, you will remove the blocks that constrict you. The topic of frustration is directly linked | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| I wish to stress again that people who constrict their natural soul movements do so because they | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| restrict the cosmic forces within your soul and constrict the outgoing flow. When you observe yourself at | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| Constricted.................7 | |
| the forces of the human soul are hardened, constricted and twisted, and they remain rigid. Therefore all | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| wants to eliminate, once and for all, the constricted, resentful, destructive, enraged, rigid place in you from | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| this not by willing in a tight, insistent, constricted way, but in a relaxed, confident way, contemplating | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| possibility for blissful expansion -- and the dark, constricted, hopeless negativity and destructiveness. To put it in | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| you put a human organism into such a constricted space that its further organic movements are hindered | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| unfamiliar one. So you frequently remain in a constricted and confined circumference to avoid the imagined danger | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| frantically struggling, not understanding why you feel so constricted within yourself. You do not understand the inner | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| Constricting................4 | |
| feel as though you are shedding a tightly constricting straightjacket in which you once lived. You will | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| the implications of both alternatives -- the old constricting way, with all its rigid formulations and pat | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| tempting this game appears and how unsatisfactory and constricting it really is. It makes you constantly fluctuate | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| with undue aggression, untruthful and therefore negative and constricting aims. Visualize yourself questioning your position in each | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Constriction................11 | |
| confusions, illusions. May you thus free yourself of constriction and restriction so as to free your best | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| and confidence. It will change your life from constriction into limitless possibilities. It will change darkness and | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| such an awareness is established, some of the constriction will loosen up and infuse you with new | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| and infuse you with new life energy. The constriction resulting from the over-tension of soul substance makes | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| illusions about the self, discipline becomes a rigid constriction of creative processes. The personality becomes stiff, unspontaneous | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| the fear of being in the stream without constriction. You will then see that acclimatizing to happiness | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| a swimmer in such a physical state of constriction and contraction. He must sink -- and so | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| find a new mastery over present helplessness and constriction, a commitment to life itself. The first step | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| you and the whole cosmos will be one. Constriction and stagnation connote that you are content with | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| is considered a burden and an unwelcome, undesirable constriction. The more mature you become, the more you | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| who are already much more liberated from the constriction and defenses because the residual feelings have been | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |