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 Discerned...................3
interchangeable that it can often no longer be discerned which is which. Both become indistinguishable in one 174 SELF-ESTEEM
the truth of this can no longer be discerned. That is why the inner voice of truth 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
education will unfold. The inner voice will be discerned when its laws are understood. The child needs 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
 
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yarn is spun, until truth is no longer discernible -- at least not easily -- even for 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
response to life, the life stream will become discernible and its wise guidance and meaningfulness will become 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
imaginable. Its voice becomes forever more distinct and discernible. A few of you have begun to experience 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
locked up in you. This, too, may be discernible only indirectly, through the manifestations of your life 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
begins to focus again, the material immediately becomes discernible. Such material is not truly unconscious. This difference 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
state of consciousness, cause and effect are immediately discernible and almost simultaneous; there is no time-lapse between 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
will be reinstated because their truth will become discernible on a deeply felt level; this means preserving 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
lying instantly wanes. This may not be immediately discernible to the entity who cannot see the light 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
 
 Discerning..................4
submissive type will have to look with very discerning eyes at these trends in order to find 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
a different direction. The real conscience is very discerning about any kind of self-deception. It is adamant 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
yourself feel, as well as wanting to be discerning about your discoveries. All this is necessary before 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
better life experience, you should look with a discerning inner eye for the corresponding inner negativity that 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
 
 Discernment.................3
may be extremely subtle and require all your discernment to discover it. When you do, you will 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
with great honesty and a great deal of discernment will you find both these distortions within yourself 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
evil should be both viewed with caution and discernment and examined in as much depth as possible 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
 
 Discharge...................4
Recognize yourself, analyze your emotions, but do not discharge them on others. The more self-aware you grow 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
movement of energies? Do they charge, do they discharge? ANSWER: As I said, I shall comment much 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
tasks as leaders of nations and of governments, discharge themselves of their responsibility according to divine law 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
or her part? Such a personality wants to discharge only the minimal amount of rebelliously executed duty 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
 
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it was said that Jesus appeared to his disciples after His death, it was also a form 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
able to speak in openness, face-to-face to the disciples? ANSWER: You all know, my friends, that spiritual 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
task. Is that clear? Yes. QUESTION: Are the disciples of Jesus powers which do not have to 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
question I say: There are some among the disciples who do not have to come back anymore 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
friends, not to ask me which of the disciples do not have to reincarnate anymore and which 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
not speak that way to some of His disciples or to close friends. To them He spoke 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
ashamed and afraid of losing face with the disciples. This basic fear is often rationalized by acceptable 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
not want to let down or weaken the disciples. But in fact it is the lack of 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
praises children's willingness to experience life intensely. Jesus' disciples have this quality; they too experience fully. And 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
not at all. When Jesus appeared to his disciples, his dear ones, a phenomenon occurred that has 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
true sense of the word. Therefore, what the disciples saw was real, although most of them did 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
 
 Disciplinarian..............3
will be, my friends, exactly. This may sound disciplinarian, but it is not. It is the way 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
this intelligence and power. God is not a disciplinarian; God is beyond good or evil. People often 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
up their concept of God as a small disciplinarian whom they want and fear and who should 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
 
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reborn into your real self. Cutting out, forcing, disciplinary action, slaying, are all forms of resisting. When 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
points I make again and again is that disciplinary action is force, and therefore leads away from 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
will be disappointed because you thought your channeling disciplinary action has made them into what you want 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
 
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from these currents, from the lack of self- discipline and self-awareness, from all the formations that manifest 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
such as this. Then you can learn the discipline to go into your inner stillness at any 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
attend to yourself, examine yourself, and acquire the discipline to overcome the resistance which is so difficult 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
only by entering a spiritual path of inner discipline, self-knowledge, and self-search. For all this, my dear 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
it is so difficult to muster a daily discipline, then, after asking for help, search into yourself 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
who leads his own life. It requires work, discipline, and training to feel into these currents and 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
vision by taking a path of self-search and discipline, of love and humility, in order to establish 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
much. Only what comes to us through inner discipline and overcoming of what is difficult, only that 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
second and further step you need a certain discipline and concentration which you learn through prayer. Most 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
the insight that nothing can be gained without discipline, regular work, and the best will to give 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
in prayer to some degree, practicing regular self- discipline for this purpose, you may encounter the problem 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
these steps, to overcome perhaps a lack of discipline that makes it so hard for you to 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
is important because of the concentration and the discipline that are prerequisites for the process of purification 36 PRAYER
you cannot give yourself a necessary and regular discipline? How can you be on the path if 36 PRAYER
your development. In addition to the concentration and discipline prayer helps you achieve, you benefit in that 36 PRAYER
only in training your ability to concentrate, to discipline yourself; you also learn to cultivate thoughts you 36 PRAYER
easier for you to arrive at this daily discipline by sending you the necessary inspiration and mood 36 PRAYER
The more difficult it is to summon the discipline for the daily prayer, the more you need 36 PRAYER
person who has already made prayer a daily discipline must be careful of an opposite extreme -- 36 PRAYER
a duty done. As long as the daily discipline is difficult to muster, you have to fight 36 PRAYER
that say that in order to achieve the discipline of daily prayer, one should set aside the 36 PRAYER
person continues to have difficulty in mastering a discipline, then the same time and same place every 36 PRAYER
may be helpful. There are also cases when discipline can be just as well or better developed 36 PRAYER
the soul, and the partners may have enough discipline to remain faithful to one another. Yet an 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
concentration at all, such meditation is a good discipline. It is favorable to learn concentration through prayer 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
just as well to combine them. Once the discipline is learned, one has to guard against the 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
By mastery, I certainly do not mean a discipline that suppresses anything, negative or positive, in you 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
and controlled -- not controlled by any strenuous discipline or outer willpower, but by your relaxed summoning 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
degree of efficiency in these exercises by mere discipline, while neglecting to find your inner obstructions. Such 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
function where you are free already, but the discipline by itself will not eliminate the areas of 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
thoughts, the subconscious does not respond to such discipline. Truce, as you see it, cannot really work 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
made to force the compulsive behavior away by discipline, the best you can hope to achieve is 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
If you merely let go because you lack discipline or an aim, and expose your negative emotions 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
out of control and express them without the discipline of having a specific aim, namely that of 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
this sort are not to be advised. However, discipline of a sort is necessary. For instance, admonishing 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and taking account of one's actions and reactions. Discipline is also needed to be aware whenever the 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
answer to your question is a combination of discipline in the sense I have indicated and of 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
approach your progress with the right kind of discipline -- not by attempting perfect action, but by 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
them. To see what is right there requires discipline and wanting to see it. QUESTION: Isn't prayer 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
see it. QUESTION: Isn't prayer a kind of discipline to keep oneself in a certain chosen direction 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
can easily lead to misinterpretation. If you force discipline, without independent decision and full conviction, the motives 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
not ready, but when are you going to discipline yourself? ANSWER: In this stage, the discipline should 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
to discipline yourself? ANSWER: In this stage, the discipline should take the form of finding why you 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
this respect. Therefore, do not force yourself, or discipline yourself in your actions toward others, but rather 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
in your actions toward others, but rather use discipline in finding out more about yourself. QUESTION: When 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
the second current kicks in, where does the discipline come in? ANSWER: As I said before, the 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
I said before, the use of the word discipline might lead to misunderstanding. It may lead to 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
this area and therefore change, with its necessary discipline, is premature. Look only for further awareness here 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
second which requires a more direct form of discipline. In the first stage discipline also must exist 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
direct form of discipline. In the first stage discipline also must exist, but with emphasis on further 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
benefit from them. Simply using some form of discipline to repress your desire to daydream in order 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
artificially cut out the mind by exercise and discipline, what happens? You repress what still exists in 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
negative circumstances. There is no need to use discipline or any exercises, for what is not there 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
to be does lead to self-knowledge, yes. But discipline connotes compulsion, suppression, repression, and forceful action -- 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
have said in this lecture, intellect, will, and discipline are necessary for your outer actions, for your 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
comes to the growth of your inner being, discipline is very harmful. If you discipline your thoughts 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
inner being, discipline is very harmful. If you discipline your thoughts and emotions, you force them to 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
look at yourself in truth, this is not discipline. It is an intention which you follow through 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
without complaining or resenting, then you do not discipline yourself. You simply look at what is there 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
of love. Can love come into being by discipline, by an act of will? Can any creative 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
Can any creative process come into being by discipline? Can you be a good person by discipline 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
discipline? Can you be a good person by discipline? Certainly not. Do you understand a little what 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
mean? QUESTION: There are many different ways of discipline, and this is not what I had in 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
how can you be free? Selfhood is freedom. Discipline and channeling lead away from freedom. QUESTION: If 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
times, the norm has been permissiveness, lack of discipline, indulgence. This does not mean that the parents' 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
He fears self-loss not only because the necessary discipline of fulfilling his responsibilities in life appears as 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
full relationship. It seems to him that his discipline will have to be given up, which he 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
by thinking that he has to choose between discipline and the ability to let go of himself 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
would be productive and harmonious and he refuses discipline and self-responsibility where this would be functional for 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
barriers also practices both these inner activities of discipline and letting go, but in reverse, which necessarily 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
more control she exerts, and the more false discipline she uses in order to prevent the dreaded 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
of her femininity. So she, too, fluctuates between discipline and letting go of herself, exercising both in 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
a healthy state, the two primary aspects of discipline and of letting go -- they might well 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
himself. And they are both the same! When discipline and letting go of oneself occur through wisdom 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
and unifies all levels of the personality. When discipline and letting go of oneself occur through blindness 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
this respect. The masculine and feminine principles of discipline and strength versus self-surrender and letting go of 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
more fully and harmoniously. Through healthy strength, flexible discipline, and mature self-responsibility the entity becomes strong enough 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
and outgoingness, the personality finds the strength and discipline required to live productively in union, by living 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
able to tolerate frustration if need be. This discipline of self-awareness and the self-responsibility of facing the 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
anger, is the healthiest way conceivable of practicing discipline and self-responsibility. In this way you can face 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
destructive elements. All this does require a certain discipline, as well as unflagging willpower. The difficulty is 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
you and you no longer have to exert discipline? In this case, you no longer feel effort 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
peace. Everything else is strain, effort, and difficult discipline, which is not conducive to the great freedom 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
there is a distorted and harmful version of discipline. Self-realization - - the full bringing out of 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
the constant weighing and testing of a relaxed discipline, alternating with a proper letting go. Neither attitude 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
given up. This is the perfect way, where discipline and letting go bring a harmony which reconciles 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
which reconciles these two apparently opposite attitudes. When discipline is used against letting go because letting go 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
facts that contradict cherished illusions about the self, discipline becomes a rigid constriction of creative processes. The 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
to outer rules and regulations, tight and fearful. Discipline is used against truth, not for truth. This 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
for truth. This is what makes opposites of discipline and letting go. By the same token, letting 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
becomes as dangerous as the wrong kind of discipline. Both distortions create a heavy defensive wall in 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
and rigid. When the heaviness of the false discipline imposes too much stricture, some personalities break. The 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
self-indulgent person, the derelict, one who negates all discipline, all responsibility -- as a warning to justify 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
running away from the self by abandoning all discipline. The cohesive factor that makes all danger impossible 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
all threats, that combines the apparent opposites of discipline and letting go is the ever-renewed will to 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
use your ego faculties, your will faculties, your discipline, to involve your total being in whatever you 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
giving always the best of yourself: when this discipline is cultivated, then you have nothing to fear 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
and by the willpower to hold back, to discipline all spontaneous impulses. When this consciousness grows and 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
effort for bringing change about. The energy, the discipline, the stamina, the initiative essential for effecting a 174 SELF-ESTEEM
appreciate, it requires a great deal of honesty, discipline, and effort to overcome resistance to make this 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
voluntary and involuntary functions, balancing poised effort and discipline with relaxation. Each step of growth, each victory 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
I must remain deprived and in conflict. The discipline will be much easier to acquire, the willingness 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
sickness and suffering. As you progress in the discipline of facing yourself you become more able to 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
and what hurts it most. It lacks the discipline and the perseverance, the commitment and the faith 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
defeating life's natural movement toward evolution and unification. Discipline, courage, humility, and the ability to commit yourself 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
Freedom, in its real sense, is unthinkable without discipline. And, conversely, the people who indulge themselves and 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
the people who indulge themselves and who reject discipline are inevitably dependent, weak, powerless, and consequently afraid 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
attitude often leads either to actual or imaginary discipline being imposed upon the person by others. When 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
by overcoming the embedded resistance against expansion. The discipline must be used for stringent recognition of the 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
falsely -- dispensing with it. Order always means discipline. The immature person refuses discipline in any form 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
Order always means discipline. The immature person refuses discipline in any form, associating it with parental authority 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
fulfillment of your real needs. By learning self discipline, you will establish order in your life: In 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
to insolubly deep conflicts will vanish as you discipline yourself. Of course, the resistance to self- discipline 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
discipline yourself. Of course, the resistance to self- discipline, the need to make disorder in your life 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
needed no excuses. The ability for restraint and discipline was practically non-existent. The capacity for empathy with 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
be fought for every time. You need self- discipline to remind yourself. Although resistance is gone, the 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
to exert all energy, courage, honesty, and self discipline toward making the deeper knowledge self- perpetuating, leads 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
is childish. So is the inability to take discipline. That is childish in the sense that a 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
that a person who is unable to take discipline is governed by a false understanding, and this 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
development are not ready to undergo the necessary discipline of the work. But there are more than 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
finding the fine balance between freedom and self- discipline. This applies equally to learning and education. The 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
exists also. You have to distinguish clearly between discipline that is chosen by the self and discipline 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
discipline that is chosen by the self and discipline that is imposed from the outside. Discipline imposed 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
and discipline that is imposed from the outside. Discipline imposed from the outside, if we are to 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
of freely chosen self-discipline, as opposed to necessary discipline imposed when the self-discipline is absent, can be 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
is very capable of understanding that the outer discipline is a structure that is waiting in reserve 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
pleasurable at the moment -- the outwardly imposed discipline is essential for the child as well as 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
choose self-discipline and no longer need to have discipline imposed from outside. External discipline can then be 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
need to have discipline imposed from outside. External discipline can then be a structure in reserve to 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
will have a new flavor so that the discipline necessary for it will in most instances be 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
of the divine self. Those who have the discipline to do the work on the conscious level 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
growing. If this deep sincere commitment to self- discipline is lacking, the sexual force cannot be borne 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975
the ability to exert a certain amount of discipline, of firmness, of strength, of not succumbing to 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
be bothered and dispenses with this necessary, healthy discipline, is as much at fault and does as 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
her domination. Neither can find the balance between discipline and relaxation and the intuitive knowing of when 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
when one and when the other is appropriate. Discipline cannot be used toward others in a fair 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
is capable of giving. If you follow that discipline within yourself, then you earn authority in the 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
an unruly child who needs a parent to discipline it. Do you not always find an area 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
way, or the complete way. In every spiritual discipline the goal is to perceive life in this 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
religions usually approach it by long practice and discipline. This, in conjunction with solitude and outer stillness 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
not want to experience any frustration or necessary discipline. When these goals remain unreachable, you resent and 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS

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