| Dug.........................3 | |
| you have within yourself that waits to be dug out. And that is why, when you are | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| cause you have within yourself waiting to be dug out. And that is why in such times | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| pain obstructs the light and must therefore be dug out. The identical movement exists in breathing, as | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| Dull........................27 | |
| combine, their rebellion will be dimmed to a dull defiance. As far as the law-upholders are concerned | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| if the moment is, at times, difficult or dull. You are completely in the moment. Here! Now | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| You imagine the bliss of heaven as something dull, sterile, uninteresting. There are many people who believe | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| they are allowed to stagnate in a vague, dull climate you cannot even name but take for | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| immediate pain, it is also true that you dull your capacity for happiness and pleasure while not | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| declaration of intent -- your solution was to dull the capacity to feel in order to avoid | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| to belong and to be loved while you dull your world of feeling into a state of | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| feel what you actually still feel. Since you dull your capacity to feel, you become unaware of | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| You are under the misconception that goodness is dull and insipid, that it has no variation, no | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| whose approach is predominantly intellectual and who deliberately dull their feelings, still have certain feelings. The more | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| a living, dynamic experience. Otherwise, they will become dull and dragging. The speed at which these study | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| the destructive aims of the psyche to deliberately dull itself not only to one's own pains, but | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| consciously ignores and only feels it as a dull, vague force. The minute you can pinpoint in | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| positive. It is imagined that this would be dull and boring. This is concluded because the actual | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| a healing power. It will change what is dull and dead into a dynamic lifestream. It will | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| energy available to you. Your life thus becomes dull and lusterless. To deny the intense pleasure of | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| that is flowing into you. If you are dull to it, you cannot feel it; it cannot | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| would such a life be? It would be dull, with limited experiences and a low degree of | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| surface level -- what you long for. You dull your senses, your feelings, your longings. When we | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| is quite obvious: The lower-self energy emanation is dull or crass; it gives off distinctly unpleasant colors | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| soon find out that you made yourself artificially dull by packing yourself tight: tight in the mind | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| it is squashed, the learning process becomes a dull must that kills the spirit and the life | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| makes learning an exciting process instead of a dull, compulsory, boring difficulty that children would like to | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| that learning is a hardship, a boring and dull task, even if they do not say so | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| arithmetic, spelling and history, which some now find dull, will become interesting when taught with this new | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| could learn from others. Too often a bland, dull numbness encases you into a half-vague, opinionated, incomplete | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| you, even though your senses are still too dull to perceive it. The time will come suddenly | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Dulled......................12 | |
| and perceive the difference, because your intuition is dulled by blind and rigid reaction and revolt. But | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the result is that your intuitive powers are dulled together with your creative faculties. You only function | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| you do, your insistence on remaining deadened and dulled will finally give way and you will no | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| from your inner reaction, your feelings are simply dulled and you react in a state of half-sleep | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| up. How about human beings whose emotions are dulled and curbed, and who have no reactions? ANSWER | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| being overdefensive. Outwardly and consciously, emotions may be dulled to a considerable degree, but inwardly they still | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| senses that are destined for such perceptions are dulled by your fears, shame, and urgent wishes, and | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| state of fear, all faculties and perceptions become dulled. The truth of the experience is not fully | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| love, companionship, and intimacy. They are, at best, dulled -- and often mere abstractions of the mind | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| their longing or their needs. With their sensibilities dulled they suffer only indirectly from the unfulfillment. This | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| energies are too dense and my consciousness too dulled, I will trust and wait and persevere. I | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the whole personality with all its perceptions were dulled, so that the total vision of life is | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Dullness....................5 | |
| and gain sufficient new insight to relieve the dullness and meaninglessness of your existence, try this approach | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| few major blocks against recognizing resistance. One is dullness of mind, laziness of thinking and feeling. Going | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| of excitement is supposed to ward off numbness, dullness, boredom. The real feeling of aliveness and vibrancy | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| becoming self-destructive. Or, conversely, that self-discipline means the dullness of laborious effort without reward. Most of you | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| time stiff, rigid, unvaried in their conformity and dullness. Individualistic as they seem, they lack the flexibility | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| Dulls.......................4 | |
| difference between the two kinds of rigidity: one dulls your capacity of feeling and experiencing; the other | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| Although a vicious circle exists in which fear dulls the senses, every vicious circle can be broken | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| greatest cross to bear. As I said, numbness dulls pain and fear. But in doing so, it | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| pain and fear. But in doing so, it dulls life itself. It makes immobile what is supposed | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| Duplicates..................3 | |
| Yes, my friends. All your outer organs are duplicates of inner organs. In fact, you have more | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| undifferentiated form. Then the outer universe recreates itself, duplicates the inner forces and the manifestations of the | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| than on deficit. You must understand that this duplicates exactly the inner process of an individual on | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Durable.....................8 | |
| are vague and weak, or definite, strong, and durable. In other words, all these forms fluctuate and | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| over your circumstances. The only happiness that is durable and cannot be taken away by anyone, the | 18 FREE WILL |
| be accomplished any other way, nothing that is durable and really solid, least of all spiritual security | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in any other way. And to form a durable and solid relationship in a marriage is the | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| described above, a much greater, fuller, and more durable satisfaction will be yours without the pain and | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| work, not in the long run. The only durable and real answer is finding that in the | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| aspect of life is, the more real and durable it is, the more you must invest in | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| point will be large; that is, powerful, with durable impact. The charge and recharge of the ever-evolving | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| Duration....................15 | |
| and therefore your happiness will be of short duration. Only those who keep the cycle actively flowing | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| to be suffered is little and of short duration in comparison to the gain. This should give | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| the Sabbath. The analogy applies also to the duration of the periods: the active periods have to | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| erotic experience, which in itself is of short duration, into the permanent state of pure love. However | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| here. It is, in fact, inevitably of short duration. There is no richness in revealing oneself to | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| examples. There is a mass image about the duration of life. For a long time, this mass | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| to lead, its basic design, and also the duration of this life -- which can sometimes be | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| incarnation to another and in relation to the duration of a lifetime and for certain occurrences outside | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| but its manifestation will increase in frequency and duration as you understand yourself more thoroughly. Do not | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| make disturbances and crises productive experiences of short duration. All this is not new, I have said | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| There always is a period of growth, its duration depending on the kind of seed planted. It | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| evil, or destructiveness, would be of very short duration. The best way, my friends, that you can | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| healthier and more whole, not only does the duration of life expand, so does the inner sense | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| an inner organic wisdom guides the rhythms and duration of each experience. Each time there comes a | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| perhaps one beat has billions of years of duration. But time is an illusion, and you perceive | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| Duties......................11 | |
| joy for you without interfering with your regular duties. Have trust and let yourself be guided. In | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| life, even when you fulfill all your earthly duties to the best of your ability. Nonetheless, there | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| can be built, but also with whom other duties may be fulfilled, karma paid off, and so | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| be available to you for all your other duties and pleasures. Actually, it is quite the contrary | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| that this takes something away from your other duties or pleasures. You take it for granted that | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| have the time, not only to fulfill your duties as you have done before, but to fulfill | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| small link in it, the evaluation of the duties and tasks in each life depend on many | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| of one's life must be devoted to one's duties, one's livelihood and responsibilities, whatever they may be | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| also another. You resent the obligations, responsibilities, and duties that life imposes upon you. Your fight for | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| and pleasure; reality and bliss; fulfillment of your duties without diminishing your freedom in the least. It | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| all else you do, all your tasks, your duties, your fulfillments, your pleasures, deeply meaningful and joyous | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |