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is too crass, too hopeless, are the wishes disregarded and the type of lesson to be learned 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
principle, linking all branches of knowledge, is completely disregarded or ignored, so that the human mind develops 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
only that cosmic laws and spiritual truth are disregarded, but that reality as it manifests on this 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
which you had been told, but which you disregarded and excluded from your perception. All of a 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
most obvious signs coming from the psyche are disregarded. The greater the resistance to openly face a 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
This wall must never, under any circumstances, be disregarded or glossed over. You must never use pressure 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
masters, but who have cultivated their beauty and disregarded their ugliness. They have thus failed to unify 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
the present time its true meaning may be disregarded or forgotten, the rituals involved may be mechanically 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
 
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you set out to think about it objectively, disregarding the resistances of your lower nature. All you 21 THE FALL
my higher self, with everything that it entails, disregarding the laziness, the comfort, and the way of 22 SALVATION
attained by turning away from your imperfections and disregarding them. It is also the lower self that 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
open and truly desirous to find an answer, disregarding all resistance, must receive it, no matter what 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
obvious way to serve his immediate seeming advantages, disregarding all laws -- spiritual as well as human 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
there is no injustice and no coincidence. QUESTION: Disregarding the question of justice, doesn't it appear as 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
necessary step is a thorough understanding of what disregarding your lower-self trends does to you. Not facing 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
others with it, belittling them, shoving them aside, disregarding their needs, impairing their self-respect and dignity. All 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
to focus all your attention on the area, disregarding others. It is the same with the soul 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
life. For a while you may succeed in disregarding the gnawing feeling of insecurity that clamors for 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
to the fore, unless the personality persists in disregarding them and evading the issues. This, unfortunately, happens 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
that you must make a choice between either disregarding these creative powers and trusting the outer mind 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
I do not mean its annihilation, or even disregarding its importance, or letting it fall by the 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
I dissatisfied? What is it I may be disregarding? Then you may request the universal spirit in 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
sole purpose of realizing the divine self while disregarding the dark aspects of the self. It is 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
 
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then this unavoidable confusion has the power to disrupt you completely. You may attribute the disruption to 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
must be kept underground so as not to disrupt the false structure, the greater the discrepancy between 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
germination process take its course. You will not disrupt it with doubt, fear, and impatience. The less 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
 
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inertia and sluggishness. Then the marriage will be disrupted and one or both partners will delude themselves 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
by the distorted concept of tradition, or totally disrupted by the distortion of seeking change, seeking the 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
or human destructiveness -- is the rhythm temporarily disrupted. The sea is in crisis, so to speak 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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excited when something good happens; it has a disrupting effect. You are unable to assimilate the experience 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
of manifestations gives living a special excitement, without disrupting one's deep inner peace. The flow of interchange 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
values, while anything new they regard as threatening, disrupting, wrong, bad. These people are, of course, the 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
become impatient and then begin to doubt, thus disrupting the seed you have sown. When the emotional 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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to disrupt you completely. You may attribute the disruption to the situation itself, but in reality, it 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
itself. It may create a pattern of continuous disruption of relationships; of never being able to maintain 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
naturally and organically. The change may outwardly create disruption, but if the inner being is whole, these 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
manifest to you, fear of untimely death, chaos, disruption, meaningless suffering. Again, not only my instrument had 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
being dies in that state of darkness, the disruption of conscious connection will temporarily create the impression 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
 
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and ideas must be cultivated. Then the painful, disruptive crisis can be avoided, because no inflamed boil 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
wisdom to follow this pattern. Humans, with their disruptive minds, too often make themselves insensitive to their 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
rhythm pattern that delay its natural flow. Equally disruptive is the self-rejecting attitude, I am so bad 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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they will, from time to time, experience great dissatisfaction with life and therefore feel alone, isolated and 4 WORLD WEARINESS
the old way. The result is sadness or dissatisfaction with life; you do not understand why, but 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
self just feels a certain longing, a certain dissatisfaction with the present life, even when you fulfill 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
about it. If you feel any disharmony or dissatisfaction, you will know the answer. If you really 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
always leave you with a feeling of emptiness, dissatisfaction, or even frustration. So if God is not 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
fears union and is tempted by inertia. This dissatisfaction is either conscious -- although in most instances 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
or it is unconscious. In either case, the dissatisfaction is stronger than the temptation of the comfort 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
to be unselfish, yet they bring nothing but dissatisfaction. This is a telling sign that erroneous motives 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
be against your personal interests? Either alternative brings dissatisfaction. Let us now examine why this concept is 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
But it will usually leave a taste of dissatisfaction and even frustration, whereas the result brought about 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
life of serene detachment, while underneath craving and dissatisfaction do a great deal of damage. The superimposed 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
As a further result, there must come resentment, dissatisfaction -- the fourth layer. As a fifth comes 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
discussed all this extensively. Wherever crisis, doubt, and dissatisfaction exist, these procedures must have been neglected, and 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
ever wanted, people still cannot remove a nagging dissatisfaction. The faster they run, the more they grab 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
to be the cause of your unhappiness and dissatisfaction, it is really your own negative feelings and 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
a greedy and pushy attitude and, say, sexual dissatisfaction? Or between submissiveness, lack of self-assertion, on the 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
 
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and the more you resist it, the more dissatisfied you must become with your life. The more 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
because of your basic spiritual development, the more dissatisfied you must be if you do not follow 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
child in a higher grade. You must be dissatisfied with your outer life as well as with 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
you are sad or depressed, when you are dissatisfied with your life whether for actual and rational 31 SHAME
one or both partners become openly and consciously dissatisfied. For the soul needs to surge ahead, to 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
become completely aware to what degree you are dissatisfied in this respect. You also have to become 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
or stamp of the person involved. You are dissatisfied with it in the long run, because it 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
even if gratified occasionally, leave you empty and dissatisfied. In this nucleus of division, repression, and therefore 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
neither particularly constructive nor destructive, leave you equally dissatisfied. In either case you are confused, because your 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
to public opinion. Both alternatives leave you utterly dissatisfied. You turn around in circles and cannot find 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
or less powerful than you? When you feel dissatisfied with your life, ask yourself if this is 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
estranged from yourself. Otherwise, you would never feel dissatisfied with your life, regardless of temporary storms. You 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
goal do I want now? Where am I dissatisfied? What would I want to be different? (2 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
never fulfills you; it always leaves you empty, dissatisfied, and increasingly frightened, as all false solutions do 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
which are hollow and leave you exhausted and dissatisfied. The ego cannot add deep feelings and a 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
or that issue? In what respect am I dissatisfied? What is it I may be disregarding? Then 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
that and the other thing. Yet I feel dissatisfied, empty, I do not even know who I 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
 
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a choice, and of seeing only two equally dissatisfying alternatives. You are torn in half by this 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
within, so without you see only two equally dissatisfying alternatives, and you are torn between them. On 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
of feeling helplessly trapped between the only two dissatisfying alternatives you can see, and then choosing one 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
a situation in which all available alternatives are dissatisfying, you are in such a predicament because your 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT

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