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short duration. Only those who keep the cycle actively flowing by being constantly conscious of and inspired 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
lecture, no one can help others unless most actively pursuing this path of perfection and being solidly 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
during periods of good fortune, working even more actively on her spiritual development. But this is rarer 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
the people belonging to the inner circle who actively help to build this community have proven themselves 20 GOD: THE CREATION
ones. All those who really walk the path actively and with open eyes will observe and test 20 GOD: THE CREATION
spirit world of God. This communication existed very actively at that time, the time of the first 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
how strongly and resourcefully God's Spirit World has actively helped to create this marvel, already foreseeing the 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
lower self. At another stage, you have to actively enlist God's help, even though due to your 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
should be passive, you are active because you actively desire a change that you cannot bring about 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
for preparation to use your willpower even more actively to follow the will of God once you 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
but express a sluggishness that prohibits your working actively on the elimination of that which is wrong 31 SHAME
being imperfect, and you need to vigorously and actively direct yourself into the channel of self-knowledge. You 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
An instrument is something passive. But the mind actively produces currents. QUESTION: Where does a must end 47 THE WALL WITHIN
is your protection -- whether you hurt them actively or passively, by commission or omission -- then 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
hope that my words will help you to actively participate in such a mutual exchange. QUESTION: Could 62 MAN AND WOMAN
fulfillment. The newly- created spirit life will not actively affect and participate in the Plan of Salvation 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
not always be so crass that a person actively withdraws. It may be more subtle; you may 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
the growing process at work, because you are actively engaged in it with your innermost self, not 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
emotions only come out when one is not actively doing this work with the so-called helper. This 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
way. The knowledge and intent to live life actively does not include inner unrest. When the feeling 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
endeavors. The only difference between those who work actively toward finding themselves and those who do not 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
self. No such self-finding can occur unless you actively change something in you. Basically this path can 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
these words help you to continue your self-realization actively, to bring out all the wondrous strength, reason 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
even be felt for people who do not actively love this mature person in return. Yet, this 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
may even go through a stage of not actively praying at all, in the usual sense. But 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
of an animal is already more dynamic. It actively responds to other animals, to nature, and to 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
truthfulness, the self-honesty, the humility of those who actively participate. This will make the venture blossom. QUESTION 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
others and yourself. Even those who are most actively engaged in the work of this path and 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
would be useful if my friends participated more actively in the discussions following the lectures. That you 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
the causes and effects of your life, you actively seek enlightenment through the greater intelligence that exists 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
to others. Even comparatively evolved people, who are actively concerned with their development, have areas in which 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
without open detection. Indifference may not be as actively evil as cruelty acted out, but it is 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
long run. The third stage of numbness is actively inflicted cruelty. This stage arises from fear of 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
tendencies. The indifference or numbness may not be actively executed; it is possible to experience this nonparticipation 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
integrate the outer and the inner being, through actively establishing contact between them, life can be infinitely 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
the pleasure principle and cruelty can exist either actively or passively. That is, pleasure is experienced either 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
attitude and way of life has to be actively wanted, embraced, cultivated. It does not happen otherwise 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
strong. You will feel floating, being carried, yet actively participating and self-determining. This is a wonderful way 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
the realization of your true being. The more actively you seek this realization, the more blessings are 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
these two approaches. On the one hand, you actively formulate your attitude, goal, and intents -- your 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
the current sequence for my friends who are actively engaged in this particular pathwork, and also to 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
come truly into your birthright. The Pathwork is actively concerned with fulfilling this longing. After all the 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
But a number of my friends who are actively engaged in this work have recently become acutely 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
The action following the driving force or impetus actively builds, affects, causes, and determines. When the personality 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
you become thoroughly conscious of your misconceptions and actively experience your negative emotions without acting out the 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
picture of benign circles; and (2) it must actively call upon the greater inner power and become 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
of what I have said here. I mean actively make use, not just reading this as a 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
that even those of you who are very actively engaged in your work of self-confrontation, every so 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
that many of you, my friends, who are actively engaged in this pathwork today have made contact 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
exist which have practices, teachings, and exercises which actively and effectively help you reach this goal. All 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
manifestation. Once the misconceptions are eliminated, you can actively create more desirable experiences, better and deeper feeling 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
come forth. Still another possibility is that you actively use your conscious ego-mind, but address it this 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
consciousness in your being. The ego can then actively ally itself with the divine self. Or the 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
appropriate state of receptivity. If your consciousness then actively prepares for the riches of the universe and 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
the experience is mutual -- when both participants actively reach out, give, sustain, nurture, receive, and take 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
parties involved must be highly developed spiritual beings, actively working on and involved in a spiritual path 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
it may hardly even occur to you to actively sow the seed in meditation -- which means 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
others, you now need to take over and actively nurture the principles that help to establish the 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
to your inner God. You also need to actively express its messages in life. Thus activity and 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
a mental and emotional position of dependency, thus actively choosing enslavement, no matter how much she tried 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
kind of giving too -- where you give actively from your resources. Speak the appropriate word to 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
on the self that the self does not actively seek. This is a law that is never 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
to meditate, to claim and feel into yourself actively. The intent to let go, even of this 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
a new society. You may have to deal actively with apparently menial, mundane issues. You may have 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
menial, mundane issues. You may have to confront actively the resistance to changes that are so necessary 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
acts, you have no impact. Even when you actively choose, you often doubt that your decisions have 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
lukewarm withholding or not taking a stand, not actively searching for truth at all times! The reality 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
about the nature of life. Our world is actively involved with awakening this new awareness and encouraging 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
see before. Perhaps you will see how you actively contributed to the situation that seemed to place 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
 
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divine laws must be observed in exactitude, the activities of the powers of darkness are limited and 22 SALVATION
that you simply add on to your other activities, thus diminishing the strength, time, effort, and zest 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
How do the different main religions continue their activities in the spiritual world? Do they fight each 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
not only the earth incarnations, but also all activities in-between. Each incarnation is planned carefully and meticulously 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
to a great extent not only the entity's activities in the beyond, but also its incarnations. As 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
life--subject to change according to the attitudes and activities of the being since the plan was constructed 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
may use this expression, before they begin their activities in the spirit world. This is just one 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
is the most glorious and gratifying of all activities. To find God is perforce a slow and 36 PRAYER
makes it rigid and devoid of aliveness. Different activities and attitudes apply to different phases of one's 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
considered a male element, manifesting constructively in the activities of a scientist, for instance, while woman is 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
level, this commandment means a balance of one's activities. Part of one's life must be devoted to 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
harmonious also in the attempt to distribute your activities evenly, not to become one-sided. This is healthy 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
people would believe, of not participating in political activities, but in the sense that your personal conflicts 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2) Finding your suppressed creative forces, directions, and activities and unfolding your nature as it was meant 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
your background thoughts during the day, during certain activities which do not demand your entire attention. More 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
on itself first -- to form plans for activities, for learning and purification in the Spirit World 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
the actions of the hand symbolize your everyday activities and reactions -- the outer and the inner 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the severity of your conflicts proportionately influences your activities, thoughts, feelings, and motives. This may occur through 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
your own healthy inner, and therefore also outer, activities. False needs, even if gratified occasionally, leave you 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
this nucleus of division, repression, and therefore self-destructive activities and undesired results, you are caught as in 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
is senseless, regardless of the worthiness of your activities. Only when this channel to love is unclogged 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
to call it a sin. There are many activities in a person's life which are undesirable and 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
on your path, in your work, in your activities, in your human relationships. May you all learn 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
We believe that, after this short interruption of activities, the year to come will bring still further 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
it will find expression, spontaneously, creatively, in your activities, whatever they are. Whether you are a doctor 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
really fulfilled, no matter how worthy your various activities may be otherwise. The fear says always, But 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
truth. QUESTION: You have told us about certain activities that cause justified guilt feelings. How can we 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
the maximum possible self- honesty? Which of my activities can help me most in this? Do I 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
summer months in which there are no group activities. It may give you an excellent preparation for 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
respect. Such healthy union does not exclude productive activities or rewarding relationships with others. On the contrary 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
fullness of living and bliss, but your productive activities will also reach a new height, being executed 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
of lack of self-awareness. Look at your present activities and relationships in this light. Ascertain any possible 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
isolated behind barriers also practices both these inner activities of discipline and letting go, but in reverse 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
to see what is inside me. Continue your activities in this direction, and what had seemed impossible 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
it openly. The effect of these two important activities will be experienced by anyone who follows this 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
When there is no harmony between these two activities, there must be confusion and darkness. No matter 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
be a mistake to assume that these two activities follow each other consecutively on this path - 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
must exist throughout, from the beginning onward. Both activities are always necessary. At the very beginning of 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
essential that a harmonious interplay between the two activities exist. The correct timing of when one or 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
of being, all of humanity's outer and inner activities -- especially the permanent and repetitive ones -- 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
to reinforce your ego-identification: more outer ways, outer activities, outer beliefs, and outer escapes. At times you 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
a greater wisdom within. All these are truly activities, each in its own fashion. But after these 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
determining, formulating, knowing it, and perceiving these inner activities are the tools of your creative consciousness. Humanity 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
possible. Your energy is engaged in negative inner activities. By the same token, to the degree that 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
outlet for itself, for legitimate hostile feelings and activities. This is why you often see individuals who 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
self-discipline. Unless the creative idea and all those activities which are more mechanical and ego-determined work together 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
and friends and go through all sorts of activities, but their real pleasure in life lies in 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
you spend a lot of energy on other activities which may well seem more important at the 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
moment. No matter how vitally important the other activities are, they can never be more important than 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
first as a gradual change of attitudes, interests, activities, environment, or expression. Later on, retrospectively, you see 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
not so easy to detect. Inwardly, in many activities and directions you subtly focus on secret, semi-conscious 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
every day and every hour, in all your activities, to give your very best in truth whether 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
Such openings occur through specific mental attitudes and activities, and are the result of the struggle to 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
projecting, and thereby increasing the lower-self energies and activities. This part of you fights the path process 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
It requires the trust that higher-self goals and activities will provide much better what you need. If 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
compatible with your life of matter, your daily activities and your goals. The path is not only 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE

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