| Contentment.................15 | |
| inside there will be a deep and peaceful contentment, security, and a sense of fulfillment. If these | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| however, and you have that deep feeling of contentment and fulfillment yet there are still outer problems | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| to learn. However, a pleasant time passed in contentment may cause you great disquietude if during it | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| people who live in a state of mediocre contentment with no particular problems and conflicts, yet lack | 18 FREE WILL |
| will never know happiness. You may feel temporary contentment, but you will be constantly afraid to lose | 18 FREE WILL |
| manifest in your life. A feeling of deep contentment and peace will come to you often, that | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| the soul out of sluggishness, out of mere contentment and vegetation. It causes the soul to surge | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| more strongly one has experienced eros, the less contentment will the soul find in the pseudo-security of | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| favorable conditions exist. There may be a temporary contentment, but not the real happiness that does not | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| withdrawn so far and found a temporary, superficial contentment that they are unaware of their deep inner | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| have been denied and masked by apparent certainty, contentment, sociability. Such a revelation can seem like a | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| unlucky and unfairly put upon by life. One's contentment and fulfillment in relationship is a much neglected | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| the possibility that you might even gain fulfillment, contentment, pleasure, and happiness without these demands being fulfilled | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| and function on a level of inner resilience, contentment, and security. It is a state of experiencing | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| is very important, for your happiness and your contentment, and for your living without fear, that you | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| Contents....................6 | |
| your conclusions. If you were confronted with the contents of your soul, you would laugh. You would | 38 IMAGES |
| reach within yourself those levels to which the contents of a particular lecture apply. When you find | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| understanding, so that you can properly assimilate the contents. I should like to begin tonight's lecture with | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| be emptied, this means you must understand its contents. You must understand that particular misconceptions make the | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| the soul movements, the inner attitudes, and the contents of the mind. Where energy is blocked, consciousness | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| do not receive just words, important as the contents of these lectures are for you, to understand | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Contexts....................14 | |
| sustain itself. As we have discussed in other contexts, the child is dependent on the more powerful | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| and effect. I have discussed this in different contexts before. I repeat it because a number of | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| as I have said in so many other contexts, the outer will should only be used for | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| about which we have spoken in many different contexts and connections. But this will be something else | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| not wish to examine fear again in these contexts. Rather, I say to those of you who | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| have discussed unity versus duality in many other contexts. It pertains to all of creation: wherever an | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| basic dualism -- as discussed elsewhere in different contexts -- is the question of morality versus pleasure | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| understand them precisely. I have mentioned in other contexts that every function and organ in the personality | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| have discussed this principle many times in different contexts. Some of you who are involved in the | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| creation that I have discussed previously in different contexts. Creation is the attempt of divine reality to | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| yet experienced. I have mentioned in many other contexts that this is the indispensable attitude that every | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| needs to link up these repetitions with different contexts and connections. I have explained in the past | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| have spoken about it many times in different contexts, it has not by any means been eliminated | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| have said this many times before, in different contexts. World history gives you a clear map of | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Continual...................8 | |
| I have come to the conclusion that the continual, spiritual growth of a being is not dependent | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| at least in theory, as to what this continual process of transferring does -- from the inner | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| such a path. To counteract the danger of continual evasion and therefore of continual misery, the assertion | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| the danger of continual evasion and therefore of continual misery, the assertion of the following statement will | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| self-indulgence, denial, repression and evasion. Such understanding requires continual inspiration from the higher forces within and deliberate | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| can you see it in others. This creates continual conflicts and strife. Only by accepting the duality | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| You make yourselves hard and safe. But your continual openness to the power of the spirit, as | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| of the universe. Another outer manifestation of the continual process of actualizing divine life is the proper | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| Continuance.................3 | |
| received, the guiltier you would feel about the continuance of your doubts, and therefore suppress them more | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that represents the principal contribution which ensures the continuance of this group on its present healthy foundation | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| of it, you do everything to nourish its continuance with dire effects on your personality; you prohibit | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| Continuity..................11 | |
| the Indian and the Western concepts about the continuity of life after death. Which one is right | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| time you will succeed in achieving a certain continuity and concentration. This is prayer. Do not forget | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| about the continuation of life must cease. Life's continuity will no longer be the subject of pleasant | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| answer session, so as not to break the continuity. The first center is the sexual center, located | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| itself, not a new discovery, their connection and continuity are of great importance. You will see something | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| process always manifests as a break in the continuity of awareness. Conversely, you eliminate this discontinuity of | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| give an overall picture of its sequence and continuity. One of the most important laws is what | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| you then know the truth about your unlimited continuity. Then matter merges with the source. In order | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| any break in consciousness to blot out life's continuity. Those of you who are ready for or | 254 SURRENDER |
| is fully understood and embraced can a new continuity begin to evolve, and the new cosmic pulse | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| it not much preferable to stay in the continuity you have gained through your growth and development | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Continuum...................26 | |
| universe fulfillment is a vibrant, unending, deeply satisfying continuum and therefore cannot be feared. In the distortion | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| fear or resist it. Love is a floating continuum that can never be taken away from you | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| not block the way. This life is a continuum, an eternally moving process, that can be sensed | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| or reason, if there is no evolution and continuum of all that lives, then, indeed, overcoming of | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| energy flow of these soul movements forms a continuum. The movements create an ongoing process in which | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| its eternal quality; it can only be a continuum, for this is its inherent nature. This cannot | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| process. Life is growth, and growth is a continuum of movement that goes in a fluctuating line | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| are and what life really is -- a continuum that need not ever know the fear of | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| not ever know the fear of death, a continuum of living and rejoicing. Be in peace, be | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| creative process is unobstructed and harmonious, the endless continuum of energy spreads and floods over with joy | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| knows only the philosophies of life as a continuum, but I do not as yet know and | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| yet know and feel the truth of this continuum. I would like the eternal life, if it | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| I feel the truth of life as a continuum. I let go of the fear that I | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| at this time know, see, and experience the continuum I would really like. This is the attitude | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| seen the importance of these links as a continuum. It is therefore necessary that we talk about | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| The deepest feelings, knowledge, and experiences of life's continuum will grow and automatically eliminate an enormous amount | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| of an infinite variety, and therefore the time/space/movement continuum of your world -- your state of consciousness | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| it withdraws from its shell into another time/space/movement continuum, which is the inner world. Just as time | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| the beautiful meaning of life that is a continuum, that does not stop merely because certain momentary | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| is. It creates a total disconnectedness from the continuum of your inner existence. Thus it must create | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| personality has developed a strong sense of the continuum of all life, so it will have no | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| Although at times a deep knowing about the continuum of life exists, the spreading of this knowing | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| as death. It is an endless chain, a continuum of consciousness, but each birth always gives rise | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| and with all that is created in a continuum of creation, is the most desirable state imaginable | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| knowing the reality of God, not knowing the continuum of your own life, no matter what you | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| this difficulty lies again in the limited time/space continuum of your three- dimensional reality. Everything you see | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |