| Coped.......................5 | |
| the occasion, you lived up to it. You coped with it in the only way possible, and | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| preclude psychological deviations. A realistic fear will be coped with in the best and most reasonable way | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| the unpleasantness must finally come, if it is coped with maturely and realistically. But acceptance is impossible | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| it holds no terror, that it can be coped with, that one remains essentially intact. No theory | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| have lost a loved one, you may have coped with the most drastic changes and objectively traumatic | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| Coping......................33 | |
| the present reality of life, and fear of coping with life. Another factor is a certain egocentricity | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| the natural attitude will be to grow from coping with problems, assimilating them and the experience they | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| the submissive kind of love. Another way of coping with the basic will to be happy is | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| of life, but is basically your way of coping with the problem of death. The atheist/materialist and | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| seek, you are using the healthy way of coping with death. The giving up of the wish | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| superimposition, but by the strength that comes from coping with dying everyday, little by little, and confronting | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| out which of the two wrong ways of coping you use in your emotional response. Learn to | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| is a very self-destructive and damaging way of coping with death. QUESTION: How do you account for | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| merely be an expression of being tired of coping with life, which is, of course, the result | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| idealized self-image not only serve the purpose of coping with a hostile, dangerous world, but also cover | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| most feared person. This is your way of coping with danger, which is why the strong submissive | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| futility about life, of hopelessness, a fear of coping with life's difficulties. It might be said that | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| lack of self-confidence, and therefore the fear of coping with life's difficulties exists. The tiredness is a | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| assume the responsibility which makes you capable of coping with life's hardships. In pity, you merely project | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| its reality, and you are therefore incapable of coping with life and resolving your own problems. It | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| that is or was, thus not facing and coping with your reality, that caused your soul's sickness | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| defense against unreal dangers is often incapable of coping with real attack and threat. He or she | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| confusion is always connected with the difficulty of coping with your fellow-creatures. Therefore we will now use | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| -- create confusion and make you incapable of coping with close relationships. You are either constantly involved | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| in peace, be in God! 111. SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS Greetings, my dearest friends. Welcome, all | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| childish expectations, you will become perfectly capable of coping very satisfactorily with other people's demands on you | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| responses that are based on superimposed modes of coping with life, not originating from the real person | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| attitudes. If you have difficulty in relating and coping with certain types of people, avoiding them will | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| of accomplishment, the need for carrying responsibility and coping with challenge, the need for self-assertion, as well | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| you fear the loss of others. Fear of coping with life can manifest as fear of the | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| rather than gaining, because the old ways of coping can no longer be used. The conscious self | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| ego is weak, is incapable of mastering or coping with life. And the person whose ego is | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| lose control and are therefore not capable of coping with life as it unfolds. You are then | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| means going with the stream of life and coping with what is as yet beyond your immediate | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| unpleasant manifestations in your life. Now you are coping with the problem of how to get out | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| self and on others. The traits that impede coping with frustration are greed, self-centeredness, blindness, and fear | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| life becomes, the less capable you become of coping. Since you believe that this is a result | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| have mastered a handicap. It shows you are coping successfully with reality to a much greater degree | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| Copy........................6 | |
| you have here is only a very crude copy of what exists in the spirit world. As | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| Perhaps you could make a mark on your copy of the lecture and put it in a | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| your earth plane that is not a poor copy of what exists first in spirit, even if | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| or whether it is any kind of apocryphal copy? ANSWER: I would say, from our vantage point | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| learn, collect other people's creative knowledge, repeat, and copy. It is equipped to remember, to sort out | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| you do not emulate to make an exact copy of a trait but rather adapt it to | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| Cord........................9 | |
| still connected with the physical body by a cord, or elastic spiral-like band, also of subtle matter | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| elastic spiral-like band, also of subtle matter. This cord is not severed. The connection still exists, so | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| will bring the subtle bodies back. When this cord is severed, death occurs. In local anesthesia, the | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| What you call death occurs when the silver cord is severed. But there are many stages of | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| but they are not really death because the cord is not severed. QUESTION: Could shock treatment damage | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| not severed. QUESTION: Could shock treatment damage that cord? ANSWER: That could happen too. But even if | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| rebel against. When the emotional and spiritual umbilical cord has not been cut, the self cannot possibly | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| growth, the baby has to evolve; the umbilical cord has to be cut. Only then is further | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| for the inner personality. When the inner umbilical cord is not cut, you are, in the truest | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| Cords.......................3 | |
| feel the strong urge to use its vocal cords. It has an instinct with the function of | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| direction, to utter a sound with your vocal cords -- or not to do any of these | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| word. Many words are spoken with the vocal cords that have much less energy than the internal | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| Core........................103 | |
| trying to see the truth and perceive the core of the problem, dissipate the heavy clouds by | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| at times of trial, in difficult situations, the core of truth. Then you can scatter the clouds | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| abandoned. All human beings strive, in their soul's core, to give, to fulfill and even to sacrifice | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| become increasingly lighter, stronger, more aware. Your spiritual core develops, breaks open the husks, the crusts that | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| neither can it happen without effort. The spiritual core gives out signals, spurring you on to recognize | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| to two different opinions there is always a core of truth that underlies the seemingly contradictory positions | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| wanting in the brain or in the spiritual core. The latter has to be cultivated, of course | 18 FREE WILL |
| particular hardship, to really understand it to its core, will realize what a blessing it is! Then | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| them that stubbornness and narrow-mindedness are at the core of their lower self, and these traits, among | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| or talents. However, there is one basic, significant core element in each being, spirit, or person. Such | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| found your image, you will know to the core of your being that it is that way | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| meet soul to soul and touch the deepest core of longing that is also in man. If | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| the deeper can the truth penetrate into the core of the soul. But it takes a lot | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| it takes a lot of doing before the core is reached. Wherever the conscious emotions, opinions, thoughts | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| pacify those who help me to reach the core of my being. No one can say then | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| simply displays pessimism. But by going to the core of your feelings, you will find a hidden | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| inner strength, man has weakened himself at the core. By denying in himself that which he erroneously | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| hurt. When you find that, you approach the core of the problem. Then there is another alternative | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| mere words. But when you arrive at the core of your inner conflicts, the causes of this | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| and you cannot do anything to remove the core. Thus, the psyche reacts often to the best | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| other person does not bring out the true core. The moment you find it, the justified or | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| now make you more aware of this innermost core of your being, without hindering you by ever | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a symbol than a symptom of the underlying core. QUESTION: We found something, and she was relieved | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| need has not yet been established as the core of right communication. Such an unhealthy relationship is | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| consider a threat to their security. So the core of the problem does not lie in the | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| symbol, or anything else for that matter. The core lies in the psychological problems, in the false | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| By stripping away any superimposed motivations, at the core you are bound to find the basic opposites | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| torn between the opposites is still not the core. Behind it is the origin of the world | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| other words, the source, which is a unified core, on the next level of consciousness splits into | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| of consciousness splits into two opposites. This underlying core is your longing for complete happiness, light, love | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| being's creation of duality out of a single core. Life on earth necessarily involves physical death. Even | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| duality. Once you comprehend it at its deepest core, you come face to face with your struggle | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| search. It will be discovered as the underlying core of the predominant tendency. For others, both tendencies | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| ruthlessness, pride, superiority, pretense at invulnerability, the underlying core may be the helpless child, looking for love | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| self-effacement, appeasement, self-denial, and masochistic sacrificing, the underlying core may be a ruthless selfishness, self-centered pride and | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| often even cruel impulses toward others. The underlying core always produces shame, which has to be hidden | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| explored will the underlying neglected and shamefully covered core of your problem evolve into emotional awareness. You | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| on various levels, as well as at the core, has to be experienced. Life and this path | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| and more like machines. I believe the very core of humanity is pity, and indeed, self-pity, because | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| confusions and misunderstandings, for instance, that at the core of every human being there is pity, indeed | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| result, or the symptom, not even of the core, but of another symptom. Many attitudes and aspects | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| human being are part of a chain-reaction. The core is the real self -- and this most | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| a rigid self-made one. The nature of the core is flexibility and individuality. Although it is human | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| conclusions, pseudo-solutions, evasions -- will you reach the core of your being. Slowly but surely you will | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| will begin to act and react from your core, rather than from the erroneous and distorted superimpositions | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| Only when you act and react from the core of your very individuality will you reach and | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| very individuality will you reach and affect the core of others, regardless of whether or not they | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| search in vain for the real you, the core of your being. You are confused because you | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| self? I attempt to guide you to the core of your nature from various angles, through various | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| cover of pretense that alienates you from the core of your individuality. You will realize in you | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| relate to themselves, are in touch with the core of their beings, and thus can relate to | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| -- finds home within the reality of the core of your being. To reach this point you | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| grasping, and drowning, is very much at the core of your impatience. In order to deal with | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| numerous to consider now, are also present. This core can, however, always be found. Until this core | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| core can, however, always be found. Until this core can be experienced through extensive self-finding, rather than | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| symptoms. As you become aware of the central core, the pressure and pain may feel more acute | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| often a subterfuge to hide from the basic core of pain. They come into existence as a | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| are directed to a deeply hidden layer or core of your being. Often, the stronger the knowledge | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| the threshold of the full realization of this core problem in you. Not daring to love may | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| not quite ready to come to this deeper core will get there too, if only they persevere | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| bring you ultimately into contact with the innermost core -- with the treasure of divine love, wisdom | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| awareness of them will indicate that the inner core of your spiritual self is no longer hidden | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| entangled in detours and evasions. Directly reaching the core of one's feelings or reactions, and thereby understanding | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| frustrating way. In its oblivion to the inner core, the outer self will try as hard as | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| Do not doubt the existence of your inner core, my friends. Even if some of you have | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| filled with the power and wisdom of your core. Thus the interaction will work both ways. The | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| it adequately. For such a flexible response the core of your being must be activated. Then relationship | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| this act more constructive powers deep in the core of the self are activated; they make the | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| you are no longer far from the original core where all you need exists. When you can | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| on awakening and activating your innermost center, the core that we call the real self. As long | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| lead you to the truth of your underlying core, which is wholly trustworthy. But this, as I | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| which do not fall into space. At the core of the human predicament there always lies the | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| in everyone, the universal life in every human core; the lower self, made up of all your | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| misconceptions in the usual sense. When the naked core of oneself, as one is now, is exposed | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| a state, the spirit being of your innermost core is completely content. Thus a neurosis, an unhappiness | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| the feared evil itself. Only within the deep core of the instincts can God be found because | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| and the games, you cannot get at the core of your disturbance. Your suffering becomes worse; you | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| eliminates any possibility of really getting at the core of the conflict. This search, together with the | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| responsibility for the relationship and look for the core of dissension within, he or she will never | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| realize it. Our aim is to find the core of your real being and thus your real | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| layer of experience that is alienated from your core and therefore artificial and more painful than the | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| acute state of crisis. But the true underlying core feeling is often merely shame/pride and the misconception | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| pain opens doors, brings light, and exposes the core of the self, with its resiliency, creativity, and | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| to comply with some rules, but from the core of your real being, where you want truth | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| are very contracted, restricted, and alienated from their core are unable to produce any feelings -- or | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| in. The proper balance will come from your core in specific ways for specific situations. But the | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| therefore from pride and selfwill? Allow your central core to fill you with an inkling of a | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| truly wish to find your real self, that core of your being from which all good stems | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| interpret the longing as a message from the core of your inner being, sending you on a | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| message and take the inner path to your core; go through that part which you want to | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| do this, you cannot come into your creative core. This is basically the pathwork. This path is | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| was too far removed from his or her core to seek spiritual life from inside; it had | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| as you explore yourself and go into your core will you meet this world, and then it | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| to penetrate in the voyage to your innermost core. It contains many aspects that you have to | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| absolute prerequisite to unification with the central divine core. One such task is to achieve clear perception | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| entrust yourself to this organic process from the core of your being. Listen to it, become receptive | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| and its distortions -- alienates you from the core of your being. Such desire often contains pride | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| stay behind. If you truly examine the simple core of the fear and resistance and translate its | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| you, you experience the unshakable truth of your core. Then your sense of self-value is not dependent | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| and love envelop you and penetrate your very core. With joy do I resume my communication with | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| in their present state of manifestation their divine core is so overlaid by evil that nothing of | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| of you. May these words reach your deepest core, your inner and outer understanding, so that you | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| who are incapable of surrendering cannot find their core, or their divine nature, cannot love, and cannot | 254 SURRENDER |