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 Deserved....................10
forbidden from manifesting because the medium has not deserved it. It is that they are incapable of 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
to assume that you human beings have already deserved to be given the answers to the greatest 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
the spirit world. He had, through previous incarnations, deserved certain merits and even though he was still 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
faith. Say to yourself: I have not yet deserved this grace. I am not the judge of 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
shame; you would not feel that such behavior deserved shame if you encountered it in others. Once 39 IMAGE-FINDING
he played himself up as the patriarch who deserved all the grace of God -- in other 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
may or may not be good, healthy, and deserved -- it depends how you look at so- 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
conflict frustrates your inner will and prohibits the deserved fulfillment of your desire. The idea that selfishness 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
not only in the sense of retribution, of deserved fate, but in the sense of the inner 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
have more abundance that is well earned, honestly deserved, and can thus be guiltlessly enjoyed. The abundance 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
 
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you have the trust and faith the Creator deserves, you will not think that this was unjust 19 JESUS CHRIST
important part of your returning to God, he deserves your personal gratefulness and some contact from you 19 JESUS CHRIST
very act of giving as a weakness that deserves contempt. The betrayal is subtle, but it is 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
care of the child. And the child only deserves such benign care if it maintains its goodness 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
and superimposition of feelings and needs. This topic deserves careful scrutiny and understanding, particularly at this time 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
most important and valuable person on earth, who deserves very special privileges. To ascertain such a belief 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
and feel falsely guilty for that which truly deserves no guilt. You must overcome a number of 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
are vastly underrated by humanity. Living consciousness therefore deserves a respect that can hardly be put into 174 SELF-ESTEEM
for having been a good child who now deserves it, but because you begin to perceive its 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
to me! Your not complying with my demands deserves the punishment of my annihilation. And the blind 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
act of revealing all parts of the self deserves your greatest self-respect, which you can pay when 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
for it and claim it, know that it deserves what it wants and will not misuse it 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
The very fact of facing this lower self deserves the mercy, forgiveness, and love that human beings 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
would justify my appreciating and loving myself, that deserves esteem and fulfillment? Such questions are also often 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
any single issue in the full scope it deserves, you will have to conclude that hatred is 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
now; you will be able to value what deserves to be valued from the past, but you 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
you do not know which part of you deserves to be trusted. Only too often you want 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
to Him in the total trust that He deserves. Your human fears can never be assuaged otherwise 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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of being punished and the fear of not deserving happiness create a further and more complicated reaction 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
feels guilty for keeping it, while not actually deserving it, he later feels shame for receiving a 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
fulfillment. It may be a feeling of not deserving this happiness. It may be any number of 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
rigid, heavy, untruthful one. When misconceptions of not deserving all that happiness are found, they are often 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
the strong, clear, unbroken consciousness of wanting and deserving the desired experience. The misconception that striving for 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
also investigate the areas in which you feel deserving, where you are willing to pay the price 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
without guilt. It happens because you feel deeply deserving. You will know that no one is deprived 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
of your truth and trust it; you feel deserving and hence do not cringe away from fulfillment 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
getting it, or have a sense of not deserving it, or are afraid of life's demands when 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
and distorted self-blame and a sense of not deserving the best of life on the other. Knowing 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
integrity gives the person a sense of not deserving happiness and love. The vague feeling of being 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
respect, a new sense of self and of deserving will ultimately remove the lack of fulfillment. Misconception-Split-Vicious 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
you can ask yourself: Am I hopeless about deserving happiness because I, possibly quite justifiably, dislike certain 174 SELF-ESTEEM
sense of your intrinsic beautiful aliveness, and of deserving your own esteem. This inner state will be 174 SELF-ESTEEM
potentials, you will indeed know that you are deserving of your own esteem and acceptance. You will 174 SELF-ESTEEM
look away from it, then you cannot feel deserving, and hence you must block the contact with 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
peace, joy, fulfillment, self-esteem, the deep sense of deserving the best that life has to offer. The 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
remain poor, for only the honest can feel deserving of riches. The energetic form of the forcing 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
with the right kind of selfishness feel deeply deserving of happiness because they never want it at 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
able ever to attain all this, not really deserving it. You fear that if you did acquire 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
enjoy the fruits of your efforts and feel deserving of them. QUESTION: All my life, it seems 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
you the self-esteem and also the feeling of deserving and claiming the abundance you desperately grope for 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
will find it not so difficult to feel deserving, to know that only better can come. You 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
courageous, some are better equipped for and more deserving of the privileged position of leading a country 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
having the power to create a safe life, deserving happiness. Being wrong means being bad, unacceptable, having 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
having no power to create safety and not deserving happiness. This applies to the self and, by 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
the lower self fosters an attitude of not deserving salvation, that is, not deserving eternal life, goodness 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
attitude of not deserving salvation, that is, not deserving eternal life, goodness, joy, total justice. When you 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
 
 Design......................7
life it is going to lead, its basic design, and also the duration of this life -- 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
construct, containing meaning and consciousness, containing a purposeful design. Each fragmentary second is that. If you string 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
of the pure spirit of service but by design. You always wanted this authority to do something 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
useful here also: the three circles, the mandala-shaped design. In this figure the higher self is surrounded 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
planets. It is energizing force and it is design. So much is contained in the word. It 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
is for naught, that there is a magnificent design at work whose purpose is to bring everything 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
ineffable peace. You can no longer doubt the design behind events when you explore your microcosm painstakingly 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
 Designate...................7
aloneness must first be experienced. The great mystics designate it as the dark night of the soul 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
English language you actually have another term to designate the negative aspect of compassion, and that is 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
much more than you realize. Often what you designate as progress is not necessarily real, and what 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
disconnected aspects. There are many different terms that designate this process. It is often called the divine 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK
into your ordinary surroundings, your outer life, you designate that as the real life. Nothing could be 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
feared unknown, be it a feeling that you designate as negative, or an expanded new state of 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
desire are only the most common denominators that designate a host of other feelings and attitudes. In 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
 
 Designates..................3
you use -- we have different terms -- designates a special type of being in the divine 21 THE FALL
person and something else to another. A word designates an idea, and you all know that each 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
small child believes that it is omnipotent. Psychology designates this very obvious expression of the infant's claim 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
 
 Desirable...................173
high regard, would you say that it is desirable for Westerners to meditate on the drop and 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
effort you could give to other necessary of desirable things. Consider rather this path as the foundation 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
farther out of reach it is, the more desirable it seems to you; whereas if once in 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
course it is self-evident that it is neither desirable nor necessary to have ambition in all respects 32 DECISION-MAKING
getting wounded; it thinks remaining aloof is a desirable state. In other words, you want to cheat 35 TURNING TO GOD
and conclude that the law-breaking stance is the desirable one, simply because the other wrong extreme is 47 THE WALL WITHIN
selfishness and self-serving aims do not bring many desirable results. If you were to serve only the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
Whether you consider these emotions and unconscious wishes desirable or undesirable is not the issue here. But 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
that seems, consciously or unconsciously, so advantageous and desirable: In reality selfishness cannot offer any advantage to 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
you that the selfish act would be more desirable, contemplate the following: An isolated event, with all 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
acceptance from this particular parent becomes the most desirable aim, all the more so because love and 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
mind of the child, the rejecter now becomes desirable, taking the place of that which was originally 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
rejecter seems unloving. The mother or father is desirable also because that which is wanted from him 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
which is wanted from him or her is desirable. Therefore, to be unloving is a desirable state 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
is desirable. Therefore, to be unloving is a desirable state. The child's psyche says: If I am 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
says: If I am unloving, I will be desirable, my love will be sought. Just as I 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
behavior pattern -- imagined or real -- becomes desirable and something to be emulated. When you consider 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
that to love is humiliating. Since the most desirable person for the child has withheld the love 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
desire is to be as strong as the desirable parent, and certainly not as weak as the 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
be strong. He or she may have many desirable qualities worthy of emulation, but certainly not the 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
the strong one. Each parent may then have desirable qualities, but they often conflict with one another 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
parent. You would rather be accepted by the desirable rejecter than be identified with the weak, needy 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
is to find out why that which is desirable cannot be produced naturally by the personality itself 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
the way of producing the happier or more desirable state that is otherwise produced by suggestion. But 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
explain it, it sounds as though it were desirable to become a hypnotic subject. ANSWER: I do 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
said that in many instances it is not desirable. But the inability ever to be hypnotized is 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
that what you really wanted is no longer desirable. This is not merely pride, but it is 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
to belong in the world that seems most desirable to you produces impatience. It causes you to 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
assume artificial attitudes and emotions. Since neither this desirable world, nor the way you go about obtaining 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Blessed is this hour. The highest and most desirable state in the whole plan of evolution is 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
another facet of the badness that seems so desirable to you. In this lecture I mentioned, among 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
and without meeting obstructions. Thus fantasy seems more desirable than life. But the more you live in 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
has to be removed. Even things that seem desirable have to be questioned, whether it be faith 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
do not believe that it is possible, even desirable, to establish a borderline. It is not necessary 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
it well, so that it will not seem desirable to strain away from it. This is being 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
my friends. For the child, positive identification is desirable. For an adult, a positive identification is often 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
them, the new way of life will become desirable and offer new vistas, experience and challenge. The 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
any force, even if this force is most desirable. Even though you and everyone else go through 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
not understand why such a change is truly desirable. Therefore, the path can roughly be divided into 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
understood; when the subtle shrinking away from a desirable goal is observed and finally changed into, I 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
or at best only a limited amount of desirable forms of self-expression and fulfillment can be had 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
countercurrent must exist. Truly and relaxedly wanting the desirable result can only happen when you find and 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
must be done in order to obtain a desirable result, to lead a meaningful existence. Where activity 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
called upon to have that which is most desirable. Giving up control -- the little selfwill -- 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
into a new freedom, into something positive and desirable, so there is no longer any need to 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
true overcoming of it, because reality is more desirable and more pleasurable, just as positive circumstances are 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
of yourself, when investigated closely, often proves less desirable than it seems. A flat, unliving quality constricts 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
truth and beauty is distorted. Even the most desirable aspects of life turn sour or hold elements 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
vision. Each situation will offer many possibilities for desirable solutions and for creative growth. You cannot emerge 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
find yourself in a situation that is not desirable, that leaves you unfulfilled in any way, your 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
the key to changing it into a more desirable and fulfilling manifestation. Most of you, my friends 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
cannot be eliminated and changed into a more desirable condition unless you understand that the present situation 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
Therefore, the outcome will be more and more desirable and fulfilling. There is no strain in this 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
outer will, which then becomes possible and actually desirable. The deep longing for the happiness and harmony 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
goes smoothly. You do not have to struggle. Desirable results come by themselves, effortlessly and harmoniously, never 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
can be yours in infinitely better and more desirable ways in a positive situation. In fact, a 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
or momentarily alleviated by occasional success with the desirable alternative of the two opposites. The helplessness and 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
is perceived in opposites -- good or bad, desirable or undesirable, life or death. As long as 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
one position is flatly and unchangeably perceived as desirable and its opposite as undesirable. Thus you cling 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
must recognize that destruction of error can be desirable, and construction of error is undesirable. Now, destruction 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
a painful process, whether or not it is desirable. While the edifices of error are being destroyed 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
and at a loss. Outwardly, even the apparently desirable aspects of your existence have disappeared and no 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
the old state. Stemming against the organic and desirable movement, you prolong the painful, transitional period -- 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
understand that crumbling of the old structure is desirable because the old way only appeared to give 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
that the person feels passivity to be a desirable state. It seems to promise the state of 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
of good versus bad. One facet seems good, desirable; the other bad, undesirable. Activity is often experienced 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
on them. The passive, static state then seems desirable because it does not make any demands; it 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
which seems like relief and consequently becomes the desirable state. But passivity never fulfills you; it always 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
become meaningful and relaxed, and action becomes something desirable in itself. By the same token, passivity will 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
natural. In fact, intensity is viewed as the desirable state, connoting all the spiritual qualities I described 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
the outer experience is doubtful and not necessarily desirable. This fearless meeting of it enables you to 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
fear, and often more so, regarding the positive, desirable, and desired experiences in the universe. Utter bliss 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
which the opening, relaxed state is felt as desirable and pleasurable, whereas the closing, tense state is 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
total commitment to growth makes it appear more desirable to be a recalcitrant child. All this is 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
which one half is adjudged as good and desirable, the other as bad and undesirable. This is 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
assumption that the affirmative principle is good and desirable, while the negating principle is sick, bad, undesirable 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
but forever expanding abundance of life. Yet these desirable experiences cannot be stuffed forcibly into a self 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
in your life. They regulate all that happens, desirable or undesirable, important or unimportant, from the smallest 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
eliminate whatever stands between me and the more desirable way. I have the courage to face it 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
unreal and distant from what people consider truly desirable that it remains at best a vague theory 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
undesirable ones. If what you consider as the desirable situation -- and it may actually be desirable 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
desirable situation -- and it may actually be desirable -- does not come to pass, you succumb 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
reveals to you, and change where change is desirable. Unless you tackle your reservations about your involvement 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
meaning of mass occurrences, no matter how apparently desirable or undesirable they may be, can be evaluated 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
and therefore in creating a wholly desired and desirable life experience which makes you more deeply aware 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
feelings for a good cause. The next, more desirable state is achieved when these negative feelings are 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
you have the power to create the most desirable life experience you can think of. You will 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
upheaval for the sake of reaching a more desirable steady state. They want to realize their potential 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
what is worst in them is essentially highly desirable creative power and universal flow and energy. Only 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
dislike most in yourself is essentially a highly desirable, creative power. You dislike it because it is 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
power. You dislike it because it is not desirable in the form it manifests at the moment 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
but the energy current behind this manifestation is desirable in itself, for it is made of the 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
is why some supposedly negative emotions are actually desirable. For instance, anger can further life and be 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
totally irrational, self-destructive will to negate what is desirable does not automatically eliminate it. Even when you 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
emanation and deeds. Such an attitude brings forth desirable experience, fulfillment, pleasure, bliss and abundance in all 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
your own good feelings -- and therefore of desirable life experience -- furthers bitterness, self-pity, accusation, spite 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
exists in so many people for a seemingly desirable inactive life. It is not enough to say 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
misconceptions are eliminated, you can actively create more desirable experiences, better and deeper feeling capacity, more creative 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
you thought it would. This is the most desirable way to create; indeed, the only possible way 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
on them, so that meditation on the outer desirable goal can later be resumed. Whether you use 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
with any aspect of yourself can be either desirable, healthy and fruitful, or the opposite. For example 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
higher self? Or, conversely, How could it be desirable to identify with the lower self? I say 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
token, identification with your lower self can be desirable or undesirable. Perhaps we can best put it 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
out a positive intentionality could be interesting and desirable for you. You could play at first with 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
the universe has only a limited supply of desirable things and experiences and that therefore what someone 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
as I am. This ego-trick makes rigidity appear desirable and makes open, flexible movement appear threatening and/or 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
which always blurs and falsifies reality, denying all desirable life experience. Other ego tricks that serve to 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
means overcoming laziness. It means self-discipline: the more desirable a new aspect of life is, the more 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
Ego means effort; spiritual self means effortlessness. This desirable effortlessness is not given by magic, however, for 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
your key to create a different and more desirable life. But when you are disconnected from the 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
have to protect this pretense, which may seem desirable in order to whitewash yourself of guilt, you 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
are in a state of truth, movement is desirable, and non-movement is avoided. Let us take the 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
others. Neither one of these two alternatives is desirable or can bring any solution. Your spiritual self 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
never either right or wrong, good or bad, desirable or undesirable. It all depends on its expression 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
state in which what you want and consider desirable you can also readily give up? How can 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
yes and no can be healthy or sick, desirable or undesirable, good or bad. Desire is determined 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
what it constructs is often more painful than desirable. In the example we have chosen this would 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
to create new thought forms and therefore new, desirable experiences. A second important aspect about re-creation is 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
releases new creative substance with which to create desirable life experiences and worlds. In this way more 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
time make one utterly blind to the really desirable aspects of a possible exemplary figure, because the 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
There are of course those who have these desirable qualities only in outer expression. In that case 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
be dedicated and selfless, in order to collect desirable rewards of glowing health and fulfilled living. But 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
too welcome? If the voice says something so desirable that you do not dare believe it, it 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
of enriching life, enriching others, and setting a desirable example. For how can the poor enrich? Nor 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
that where you have made room for a desirable new possibility, it has indeed come into your 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
claim that a specific attitude to life is desirable, while its opposite is supposed to be undesirable 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
that trusts change as a completely natural and desirable phenomenon. If you examine your consciousness you will 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
and consciously to conceive of change as a desirable and joyful movement in which you can further 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
experience the universe and life as intensely trustworthy, desirable, beautiful, and secure. What you feared in the 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
changing; you visualize change as the most positive, desirable state possible. You may not even know exactly 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
new and different way that is forever more desirable, more alive, more fascinating. And, as the threat 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
in which you trust change as the most desirable, positive, brilliant, and joyful phenomenon, which you want 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
whether group or individual, and when change is desirable and creative and furthers your own self in 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
by their elders. This is hardly possible or desirable for adults, but we shall not go into 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
later -- all the things that I find desirable -- and I choose so freely, they have 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
you have disoriented yourself. Something may indeed be desirable, and you do not know if it is 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
You fear that if you did acquire these desirable assets, it would only be by stealing, and 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
undivided reality in which what is good and desirable for one must also be so for all 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
work of becoming, and wanting to attain the desirable result without paying the price. This, in turn 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
or being. You daydream that this or that desirable fulfillment will magically and gratuitously come your way 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
that something will happen to you that is desirable and that does not require you to remove 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
to remove the very block that prevents the desirable event or state. The less you invest in 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
you invest in the effort that could make desirable events or states a reality, the less you 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
you justify the superstition of pessimism, the less desirable your life becomes. Increasingly you wish to escape 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
in a continuum of creation, is the most desirable state imaginable. Whether you know it or not 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
The wisdom to comprehend that the highest, most desirable, most unified state of consciousness, the ultimate of 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
that includes and encompasses and transcends all other desirable states and attainments, cannot come quickly, cheaply, easily 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
and truthful thoughts, attitudes and actions have corresponding desirable effects. If you are unaware of the relationship 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
never fully opening your heart, but making yourself desirable, playing into other people's misconceptions and neurotic needs 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
of your life, and there the effects are desirable and joyous. The cause creates commensurate effects. But 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
undesirable and bad, while anything new is totally desirable and good. I hardly need to point out 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
are often confused with dignity, pride in the desirable sense, character, self-value, and so on. Look at 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
kind of suffering is neither more nor less desirable than suffering through direct infliction of pain. It 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
another. This is at times inevitable, sometimes even desirable, provided the swings are limited. But when the 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
when the swings are greater than necessary or desirable, fanaticism and blindness develop exactly as they did 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
experienced as freer, more liberated, and infinitely more desirable than the uncommitted free-floating exchange of partners. The 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
was looked upon as if it were morally desirable. Whenever one soul current is put secretly into 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
as a freely chosen gift, the greatest, most desirable state imaginable, the keenest pleasure and fulfillment for 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
those with whom you seek to establish a desirable relationship. Try to visualize what life is like 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
beneficial in many areas of your life. This desirable result, however, is totally ignored by the personality 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
another effect that is not immediately experienced as desirable. It is a grieving pain about the destruction 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
undesirable and strain away from it toward the desirable. This very straining is extremely painful and anxiety- 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
an almost similar spirit and attitude as the desirable. This may appear very strange to you now 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
thoughts and attitudes as you experience either a desirable or an undesirable state. If the desirable occurs 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
a desirable or an undesirable state. If the desirable occurs, you are most likely to feel faith 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
some way connected with whether or not the desirable goal is attained? The Christed person does not 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
degree, does not the deliberate negation of the desirable lead to a similar state of duality, only 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
not much different from one who denies the desirable and does not permit himself to rejoice in 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
to abdicate all material existence and deny its desirable aspects because you know that there exists a 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
will know that all that could ever be desirable is right here, attainable right now, ever-present at 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
are what your deeper self knows is intensely desirable, much better than what you think you want 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
intensely healing and soothing, as encouraging and incredibly desirable. But to those who are still deeply submerged 254 SURRENDER
whatever you want, whether or not it is desirable for your real self or for others. You 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS

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