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not create with one act but is continuously affecting everything, and that simply rests in its being 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
is a basic condition. The personal or mass-images affecting the individual are always determined by the particular 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
and masks, and thus you are capable of affecting the innermost self of other people. You penetrate 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the inner will from unfolding, from floating, from affecting the cosmic forces. As I already stated, your 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
of these mass misconceptions, a very widespread one, affecting practically everybody to some degree. It is also 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
As I have said, the hostility cannot help affecting the other, even if you are both aware 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
merely to your destructive emotions and thoughts negatively affecting -- killing -- others, but also to your 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
motives induce you to act them out, adversely affecting your surroundings. The guilt then may make you 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
results in extreme disturbance for the self, indirectly affecting others, with no hope of change as long 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
arises. When this misunderstanding has proceeded far enough, affecting more and more aspects of the entity, the 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
the best faculties of others from reaching and affecting you. While you exercise such control, the best 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
The isolated ego-existence is also a general state affecting all people, but how the ego blocks the 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
when the unconscious interaction of one's inner problem affecting the other person's inner problem is seen as 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
be accomplished only little by little, influencing and affecting the stagnant, entrapped energy/consciousness/substance, which is what is 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
not recorded because the tape ran out. 188. AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED Greetings and blessings for all 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
courage, faith, proof and conviction are vital components, affecting those who witness what is happening to you 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
entering into the experience of oneness, and thus affecting, directly and indirectly, zillions of other entities. Just 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
and vital living force in the universal scheme, affecting endlessly what is. I once gave this analogy 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
 
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you will have an empty life, lacking love, affection, respect, and that deepest fulfillment that can come 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
do not think constantly, If I show my affection or my true feelings, what will people think 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
suffering, and cold. You think that all the affection given to you is destined for the person 31 SHAME
spot as you are in now: craving for affection, respect, and love to assuage their own lack 31 SHAME
would not have otherwise: impulses of unselfishness and affection he or she might have been incapable of 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
blend together, there is a certain amount of affection, companionship, fondness, mutual respect, and a sex-relationship that 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
hostile. No matter how much love, warmth and affection a child is given, no matter how necessary 47 THE WALL WITHIN
receive a reward, whether in the form of affection, love, approval, or to obligate others, or because 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
to a lesser extent. Love, unselfishness, emotion, sympathy, affection and so on are valid qualities that you 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to reject it. When this exclusive tenderness and affection is not forthcoming, the child feels it as 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
deeply humiliated when it yearns for love and affection but is rejected instead. In its unconscious mind 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
is ready to offer you genuine love and affection or friendship or help in some way, and 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
wrong conclusion: Love is weakness; withholding love and affection is strength. Since you do not wish to 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
fear that love is humiliating; that humility, generosity, affection, and a demonstration of your true self are 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
form. In some cases it will simply be affection shown despite the fact that your will was 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
be more appropriate to give simple respect and affection. By giving up a little of what you 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
up your will gracefully. Thus you learn human affection and respect for the person who thwarts your 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
you had a parent who smothered you with affection or pseudo-affection, yet lacked in genuine warmth, or 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
draw the subtle, fine borderline distinction between real affection and pseudo-affection with your child's intellect? The fact 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
the parent who has particularly fallen short in affection and love that is real and genuine. But 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
hostility, your withdrawal from giving out love and affection, all these trends of the child in you 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
this partner has a great capacity for giving affection outwardly, the inhibition manifests so subtly that you 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
be happy. Their way is to reject emotions, affection, and what they may consider softness. To them 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
your unconscious you believe you must have love, affection, and attention. It is not a question of 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
self -- will cause you to direct your affection and love toward the person able to respond 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
worst punishment was that your parents withdrew their affection from you; they were angry, and you had 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
also in their real and healthy form. Warmth, affection, communication, unselfishness: all that is despicable, and whenever 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
such a person, too, needs human warmth and affection, and without these suffers from isolation. In not 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
You lost something you wanted, such as the affection of certain people, or a desired object which 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
you are incapable of giving mature love and affection, you will have a compulsive need to receive 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
have a compulsive need to receive love and affection. Or if your need for approval is inordinately 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
case, the child experienced an acute lack of affection, warmth, and understanding and was therefore frustrated. In 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
the opposite sex, and for warmth, love, and affection cannot really be torn out, he will seek 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
someone for whom you feel no bond of affection than with someone with whom you feel close 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
suffers from imperfections in the parents' love and affection. It also suffers from not being fully accepted 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
as the child needs to receive love and affection. However, it cannot be said that the need 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
arrogant, denying your own need to find love, affection, communication, you reject the other person outright. In 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
not leave room for feelings of love, warmth, affection, understanding, and compassion. Therefore in moments of danger 101 THE DEFENSE
reasonably. You do not feel feelings of warmth, affection, and understanding. Therefore, you are not in reality 101 THE DEFENSE
the motivation is sincere and if feelings of affection, respect, liking for the other human being are 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
find themselves hindered because the object of their affection is unwilling to receive the powerful, demanding force 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
bereavement, no matter how genuine your love and affection is for the departed. This pain will not 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
to an unhealthy submissiveness, to the craving for affection, or to any other one-sided neurotic bondage. Before 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
rebel. Then it will be out of wanting affection without being a slave, yet the person does 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
of wise guidance warm feelings of love and affection and understanding, without your own urgent needs blurring 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
understand them sufficiently, the warm, natural feelings of affection are bound to come out eventually. For these 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
a reason for prohibiting their real feelings for affection and loving. This may be so hidden that 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
loved which they confuse with genuine feelings of affection for others. The latter are much less urgent 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
or not seeing, reality. Warm, outgoing feelings of affection, concern, understanding are an outcome of the true 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
feel empty and hungry -- maybe hungry for affection and understanding -- and the less you are 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
When you do not feel secure in the affection of and acceptance by one or both of 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
so desperately tries to win his or her affection. Not only social rules are incorporated in one's 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
the two. Simultaneously, he represses his need for affection and love, for he believes them to be 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
stems from humanity's strong separation of general human affection from the erotic sexual flow. In reality they 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
the need to give and receive love and affection. Consequently, the need for sex is denied and 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
than the need to give and receive love, affection, pleasure, such an imbalance has to be recognized 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
it splits the great cosmic force within, separating affection from the procreative urge. When human beings experience 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
in himself. The winner fears impulses of genuine affection as much as fearing weakness and desire for 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
least, you do it to succeed in gaining affection, love, approval, respect, and acceptance, without which it 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
but only in connection with the object of affection. Never do they justify the denial of the 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
of sustenance on which it thrives -- love, affection, warmth, acceptance of its own individuality. Both soul 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
for all the basics of life: shelter, food, affection, protection, and, last but not least, for the 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
own efforts and resources your own shelter, food, affection, and safety, so you are also able to 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
the legitimate adult need for human warmth and affection. In this confusion you may reject yourself for 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
sell out his integrity to obtain approval and affection from others. He thus makes them responsible for 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
and crying, but we helped each other with affection and love in a deep and genuine way 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
child takes in, receives, soaks up nourishment and affection as a merely receptive organism, thus illustrating the 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
no means always positive unions of love and affection, attraction and respect. The negative mutuality between many 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
the wholeness of love, eros, and sex; of affection and respect; of tenderness and passion; of trust 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE

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