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| them to control their thoughts, and they often desire things which are not in accord with the | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| being constantly conscious of and inspired by the desire to put to spiritual use and into the | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| both currents at the same time, since they desire directly opposite goals. The cross-currents then give rise | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| to health than the inner indecision and the desire to have it both ways. For in this | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| one of its components that a person may desire: love, strength, health, freedom -- everything. Whatever one | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| the same law applies here also: Those who desire freedom for its own sake will find themselves | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| your answer will correspond to what your emotions desire: however, in that case, you would not have | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| you can pass on whatever you have or desire, how you can view all you long for | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| emotional attitudes. Of course you cannot make yourselves desire not to be happy, that would be impossible | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| in the Plan of Salvation. But the initial desire will have to come from you. What the | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| principles that govern and facilitate it. But the desire for it has to come from you; we | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| to make the effort to receive spiritual nourishment: desire it. That is the gateway through which all | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| unhappy, blocks the light and freedom that you desire. Not forgiving harms you much more than it | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| to give. If you are filled with the desire to make others happy, then God will provide | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| of a spiritual opening, he or she can desire a metaphysical experience to take place in the | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| on the basis of past merits. When the desire has a positive result and creates the ability | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| through objective self-analysis and self-testing. Vanity or the desire to impress other people may be in the | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| in a more personal way, if you so desire. QUESTIONER: Thank you. QUESTION: I understood you to | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| the full vision of the truth. If this desire is genuinely present, it will be fulfilled. But | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| mind to be truly motivated by a genuine desire. Consider this an occasion to test yourself. And | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| my friends, it cannot happen that way. You desire this kind of proof because you think that | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| unflattering or unpleasant aspects within themselves. But when desire for the truth within becomes greater than all | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| their thoughts are not clearly formulated; when their desire for happiness comes from the lower self, they | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| but also by Easterners. Needless to say, some desire must remain in the human heart. And it | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| other words, in one way there must be desire; in another way, desire must gradually cease. The | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| way there must be desire; in another way, desire must gradually cease. The desire must remain to | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| in another way, desire must gradually cease. The desire must remain to reach God, to experience Him | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| at the thought of it, you very much desire not to have pain -- and therefore you | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| that mean? It means that there is some desire connected with the future. Anxiety comes from the | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| future. Anxiety comes from the wrong type of desire. If you fear something, you desire that this | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| type of desire. If you fear something, you desire that this thing should not happen. So it | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| this is selfishness, begins to rationalize the selfish desire and fool himself or herself about it. We | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| person to be quite ruthless about a selfish desire. It is not difficult for anyone of even | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| to realize that by giving in to this desire he or she will be ostracized, or disliked | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| group, comes together in the sincere and honest desire to serve God and His great plan, do | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| to be quite the contrary of what you desire, then you will receive it. That is the | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| You earn your spiritual bread by your sincere desire to receive it. You prepare your spiritual food | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| think first of other people whom you may desire to help. You will be able to do | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| fault, you fight against your lower self, you desire above all else to fulfill the will of | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| as to how sincere, how deep is your desire to do God's will. How much are you | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| and concisely. Become consciously aware of what you desire. If there is a question in you whether | 18 FREE WILL |
| greater strength. A number of my friends who desire to follow this path in a general sense | 18 FREE WILL |
| is certainly a legitimate wish. To be without desire in this respect would be wrong because your | 18 FREE WILL |
| you wish to do your best because you desire gratification for your vanity? Is your desire to | 18 FREE WILL |
| you desire gratification for your vanity? Is your desire to do your best diluted by selfish and | 18 FREE WILL |
| stronger your subconscious handicaps your willpower if your desire is not clean and right. So, here again | 18 FREE WILL |
| you are not of the caliber you may desire. You have probably noticed that this has begun | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| are now living is the product of the desire to strive higher. Here conditions exist in which | 21 THE FALL |
| beings who remained with God and whose deepest desire was always, and is always, to bring their | 21 THE FALL |
| where the possibility exists; they recognize whether the desire is there or may be aroused, and they | 21 THE FALL |
| who are not guided anywhere either have no desire, no real understanding, or not the remotest possibility | 21 THE FALL |
| not wish to remain faithful to you. They desire to go back to God. Therefore, you should | 22 SALVATION |
| offering Christ all the worldly advantages He might desire and instant release from all His sufferings, if | 22 SALVATION |
| free will and the being's own initiative. The desire to overcome must grow through ever-mounting enlightenment in | 22 SALVATION |
| you humans also constantly hope for, they too desire salvation by outer means. They would say: Ah | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| out what your fears are, what you really desire, who you really are. That will get you | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| being able to concentrate as much as you desire. You are not satisfied with my answer, I | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is merely a matter of whether you really desire the truth about yourself or not. If you | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this respect, in humility, yet with the sincere desire to be able to change it, realizing that | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it. I cannot emphasize strongly enough that the desire has to be wholehearted, not just asking God | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| once perfunctorily. You must be filled with the desire to find out the cause in you. If | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| children who strive upward with a truly sincere desire. Therefore, rejoice in this knowledge, rejoice upward with | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this knowledge, rejoice upward with a truly sincere desire. Rejoice that God is so much nearer to | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| as scared of happiness as of unhappiness. You desire great happiness, all of you, but the farther | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| are ranged according to the development and the desire of the individual in question, and also according | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| wrong attitude. Yet, due to your otherwise sincere desire to go on the path of self- development | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| not quite satisfied in your life: perhaps a desire that is unfulfilled, or some problem big or | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| the foregoing. Many of my friends here seriously desire to fulfill a task in God's vineyard. But | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| difficult as you may believe, provided you truly desire and choose to do so. You have to | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| committed to an idea, or to something you desire and do not want to relinquish, that may | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| long as your self-will is stronger than your desire to put God first, you will never know | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| as to what your feelings are, what your desire currents really want, and whether these feelings and | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| to its roots, you will discover that a desire is behind it. Desire means activity. You may | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| will discover that a desire is behind it. Desire means activity. You may have right desires: going | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| are in your heart, there is a negative desire and therefore an active force is used instead | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| instead of a passive one. Since a wrong desire cannot really be fulfilled, and if it appears | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| acceptance should reign. Find out what this pressing desire is and examine it. It does take training | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| your attention on the feelings, noticing what the desire is behind them, recognition becomes very simple, indeed | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| particular experience. Then ask yourself, What is my desire? And when you find the answer, you will | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| be passive, you are active because you actively desire a change that you cannot bring about. When | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| often conflicting desires are always immature. You often desire the impossible, like a child; you find yourself | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| clean willpower must be used, first, for the desire to meet your resistances without any wishful thinking | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| other. The moment you do examine a particular desire of your lower self and bring it into | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| repercussions, the significance, and the consequences of your desire and compare it with the spiritual laws as | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| very often be that you have a right desire coming from a good motive. At the same | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| the good motives, perhaps as the ego's vain desire to be outstanding, to be admired, to be | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| when you discover the nature of a hidden desire, you will know at once that it is | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| clean motive from the impure in the same desire current. As you view what is at stake | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| have not found all the motives behind a desire, you will not be able to know the | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| because he knows that it is right. This desire is in the person's outer will. After becoming | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| within and yet is conscious. Now, if people desire to do their best, to fulfill their tasks | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| you back. Is it a fear or a desire to not pay the price wholeheartedly -- which | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| against spiritual law. This conflict between the conscious desire and the unconscious desire represents the greatest handicap | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| conflict between the conscious desire and the unconscious desire represents the greatest handicap in your development. Therefore | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| so as to realize, Here I have a desire, coming from my little ego and from my | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| more important than the other person's, that you desire advantages for yourself, and that you have vanity | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| around you. So you must give up the desire to put your own person on an elevated | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| think consciously and what your emotions claim and desire. It is not at all difficult to make | 31 SHAME |
| imperfection. You should also find out whether you desire to be cherished for your shortcomings as a | 31 SHAME |
| weaknesses in their present state, with the deep desire to change. At the same time you need | 31 SHAME |
| you, my friends, when you really and truly desire to develop along this path you will find | 31 SHAME |
| the problem of a person who has the desire to open up and to be humble, but | 31 SHAME |
| it cannot be done at all if the desire is not there. But the desire can grow | 31 SHAME |
| if the desire is not there. But the desire can grow. Be blessed, all of you. Be | 31 SHAME |
| Ambition is often a price for what you desire. If you give in to your lack of | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| enthusiasm and real willpower; and if I still desire that which is rightfully mine if I were | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| way, my emotions want to steal something. I desire to steal happiness -- or any other result | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| between what you consciously think and even truly desire, and what is in your unconscious, undermining that | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| in your unconscious, undermining that good and true desire by a contrary emotional current which you ignore | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| readiness to pay the price in effort, a desire to work, to serve in the higher realms | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| more. Often, overambitious people have such a strong desire current that they become ruthless in attaining their | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| You should understand that overambitiousness creates an unhealthy desire current that runs in a wrong way and | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| you have chosen. You cannot bear that this desire of yours should not be granted. I want | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| cannot give up what your little ego may desire - - even if it is coated with | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| you must be in constant fear that this desire will not be gratified. As soon as you | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| fulfill. I just mean to give up the desire current. Whenever there is resentment, it comes from | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| and unfavorable reaction comes forth, contrary to the desire of the person who has the shame and | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| cases where good and pure motives -- the desire to come near to God, the love for | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| This is not the only motive in your desire to find God. Motives can be mixed; they | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| on this path of purification and who honestly desire to help, divine grace will not come to | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| path will often find the strength and the desire to do so when praying, in direct awareness | 36 PRAYER |
| may mean letting go of an opinion, a desire, perhaps a way of life. Yet in reality | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| very opposite of your image. But the conscious desire is the weaker of two impulses, since the | 38 IMAGES |
| unconscious pseudo-protection is the frustration of the legitimate desire. This is very important to understand, my friends | 38 IMAGES |
| need help. If you are serious in your desire to find and dissolve the images in your | 38 IMAGES |
| wanted to talk tonight about the problem of desire versus renunciation. ANSWER: On a previous occasion I | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| after having tasted voluntarily the hurts connected with desire will you be able to leave desire behind | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |