| Affording...................4 | |
| advantages in freeing them of responsibilities for others, affording them to lead a life exclusively and uncompromisingly | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| most adequate for their present stage of development, affording them the greatest chance to grow out of | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| or be satisfied with a slightly raised consciousness, affording them better conditions, but they would lack the | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| about it, that ways will begin to open affording you this fulfillment. And it will be infinitely | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| Aforementioned..............4 | |
| above them. Now it is true that the aforementioned brother of Lucifer was given dominion over the | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| manifestation of displaced needs in any of the aforementioned respects: fear of love, sex, self-assertion, vocational expression | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| weak ego influences the functions of the two aforementioned centers: If you are weak and dependent, you | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| reason that obviously goes beyond any of the aforementioned causes -- true as they are in themselves | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| Afraid......................296 | |
| experienced, skillful captain and as such is not afraid of danger; he directs his little boat well | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| because it may not please God. They are afraid of doing wrong so they do not do | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| that hinders you so much. If you are afraid that you might find something that you would | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| reach out with a fully committed love, not afraid of taking risks, even to the extent of | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| person will weaken them. They may be so afraid to lose the love of the other that | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| however, they are deceiving themselves. Others are so afraid of exactly that -- being humiliated -- that | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| can love in a genuine way without being afraid that their little pride might be hurt or | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| that much importance do not have to be afraid that something bad will happen to them if | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| God's will, it must come. Do not be afraid of it, for God's will is always wise | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| resistance is a struggle. So people will be afraid to admit the real guilt and therefore will | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| It means that if you are constantly so afraid of a little pain, if you hold on | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| feel their true flavor, you may even become afraid of being detached, because you will misunderstand me | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| that you often unconsciously fear, because you are afraid of emotions which you are not yet mature | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| yet mature enough to sustain. So be not afraid, my friends. That state is something to look | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| feel temporary contentment, but you will be constantly afraid to lose it because you cannot control other | 18 FREE WILL |
| penetrate the lower self? So do not be afraid; do not be shocked when you first encounter | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| invisible, you cannot succeed. So do not be afraid to let out what is in you. Very | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| some of my friends have become a little afraid, and this unjustified fear serves as an excuse | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| life wholeheartedly, without fear, without self-pity, without being afraid of being hurt. And only those who can | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| your hearts a corner of disbelief. You are afraid to face the corner of disbelief, and this | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| this is the only factor that you are afraid to face within yourself. But whether it is | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| conquer any feeling as long as you are afraid to face it. I promise you that any | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| partly because he or she is simply too afraid to get into conflict with his surroundings. However | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| importance, you are again in constant fear, being afraid that the gratification of your pride will not | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| to clearly see another's faults and not be afraid to love and respect that person any less | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| that is pushed into the unconscious. You are afraid to let the doubts rise to the surface | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| understanding heart. Most of all, never, never be afraid of your own feelings and of life as | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| lesson life has to teach me? Am I afraid of this lesson, of this sign that I | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| that I love myself too much? Am I afraid of all the little hurts and disadvantages? A | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| happen to have an image which makes you afraid to live, afraid to feel, and afraid to | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| an image which makes you afraid to live, afraid to feel, and afraid to love. The outer | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| you afraid to live, afraid to feel, and afraid to love. The outer intellectual knowledge you may | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| People with this kind of image are very afraid to face the world, their feelings, and the | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| my friends. I know that many people are afraid that their prayers are selfish. But that depends | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| and that is what all of you are afraid of; it threatens you. You do not realize | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| to images. One is that human beings are afraid of being hurt, afraid of things going against | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| that human beings are afraid of being hurt, afraid of things going against their will. Because of | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| fear makes you behave like a person so afraid of death that he commits suicide. That is | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| with your images, my friends. You are so afraid of hurt that you create forms in your | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| level, that you keep busily closing your eyes, afraid that if you saw the truth, you could | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| form of pride. For he who is so afraid of how he will appear to others, he | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| no fear could touch you. You are unconsciously afraid that others will see that you are not | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| are apt to neglect the emotions. They are afraid of emotions. They thwart and cripple them, and | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| in life, namely, the intuition. Those who are afraid of emotion cannot trust their intuition, because intuition | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| have a good intuition and is sometimes less afraid of feeling and inner experience than is the | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| does in the opposite way. Both are subconsciously afraid of their opposite extremes, and therefore they remain | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| to life than the opposite type's. The reason-type, afraid of losing control, cuts out not only a | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| other, remember that the other is just as afraid of you. Remember this, when you want to | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| of their lives, even to those who are afraid of the apparent risk of adventuring away from | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| of adventuring away from separateness. People who are afraid of their emotions and afraid of life as | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| People who are afraid of their emotions and afraid of life as such will often do anything | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| know other fears of life, they are not afraid of this particular experience. In fact, the beauty | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| you together. You will never have to be afraid of losing the love of your beloved; this | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| you should think deeply about whether you are afraid to leave the four walls of your own | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| you together. You will never have to be afraid of losing the love of your beloved; this | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| you should think deeply about whether you are afraid to leave the four walls of your own | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| become extremely opposed to the law-breaker. The more afraid they are of their own tendencies of hidden | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the sexual drive but to cease to be afraid of love -- to relinquish a fear that | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| may give away your possessions, but you are afraid to love or risk being hurt, and thus | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| assume a negative attitude because they are so afraid of disappointment; they try to avoid the disappointment | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| complicated reaction. The unconscious mind thinks, I am afraid to be punished by others, although I know | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| God because you believe in injustice and are afraid of being the prey of circumstances over which | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| faults depress you so deeply that you are afraid to face them, then this wrong attitude has | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| no chance, in which you have to be afraid and hopeless, a universe where God's grace comes | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| Detachment undergoes a similar fate. People who are afraid of life and love often escape into the | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| its negative aspects. If you are so much afraid of hurts that you force strict measures on | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| you do not avoid happiness because you are afraid of unhappiness; that you do not avoid positive | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| do not avoid positive involvement because you are afraid of negative involvement. All negative experiences should make | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| truly objective about yourself. QUESTIONER: I am not afraid of being hurt, but I would like to | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| penetrating your own darkness and obstructions. I am afraid I have to repeat again and again: Whenever | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| forceful way only because deep down they are afraid of this very problem. By acting in the | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| about being independent. The more one is basically afraid of it and fights against it, the nearer | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that so difficult to understand? QUESTION: I am afraid it is, but I want to take a | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this word. And because of this, people are afraid to face their sexuality consciously so that it | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Many people understand this today. But I am afraid very few people understand it emotionally as well | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of the Spirit World is concerned, I am afraid I cannot possibly convey it to you. If | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| people who are on the path: You are afraid of change. If you analyze this, what does | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| significance and meaning. In fact, you are so afraid when you feel such a temptation and such | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| through an unwelcome experience, you will cease being afraid of the world. If your fear of life | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| will realize that you have nothing to be afraid of. You are not the victim of others | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| that. A really independent person need not be afraid of bad influences. The independent person cannot be | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that. Man shies away from emotions. He is afraid of them, partly due to the rather frequent | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| is inevitable in disagreements or quarrels, man is afraid he may not be able to cope with | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| this respect than the man. Thus, man is afraid of losing. It appears to him that he | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| neglected to strengthen his emotional nature, he is afraid and guilty of the weakness he senses in | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| should show her real strength and not be afraid of it. Then she will be able to | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| truths while another part has doubts, is simultaneously afraid of having these doubts and is therefore hiding | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and shock, even if right now I'm not afraid? ANSWER: Yes, of course. Whenever something happens to | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| Gradually, little by little, you will cease being afraid of the times in the shadows. First, you | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| yourself to feel the original longing, not being afraid of the supposed humiliation and weakness this desire | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| humiliation and weakness this desire implies, nor being afraid of feeling simple sadness that will never have | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| unlovable, and this is what you are so afraid of facing that you set up a tight | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| full force to those who may still be afraid of it -- not because they reject you | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and willingness to love. The more you are afraid of love, unwilling and thus unable to love | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| apparent risk of loving. The more you are afraid to love, the greater your desire to be | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| not yet fully understand why you are so afraid of loving. Yes, you do find some answers | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| unreasonableness and selfishness. This is why you are afraid of loving. Since the child in you desires | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| this unconscious demand in your psyche you are afraid to love? Since your concept -- and being | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| you understand that, you will no longer be afraid to love. When you realize that love does | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| not become aware of it. Many people are afraid of this pain and like to believe that | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| for your fate. You will then cease being afraid of an unknown fate, whether your fears be | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| it consciously, others unconsciously; others still may be afraid of it and fight against it, but that | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| beginning of time and will continue, I am afraid, for some time to come. But as time | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| experience and feel them differently. People are so afraid of change. But you have nothing to fear | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| this, the ultimate fate of every being! How afraid it is to leave a state of unhappiness | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| not abruptly but little by little, cease being afraid. Thus you will tune into a different current | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| that people are not even aware of being afraid. When you know that you are afraid it | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| being afraid. When you know that you are afraid it is so much better. So the first | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| pin down exactly what it is you are afraid of, why, and where the fear comes from | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| you fight against it because you are unconsciously afraid of it. This fear may manifest in many | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| different slant. I know that many people are afraid that they pray out of mere selfishness. Here | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| make another person happy. So if you are afraid of selfishness because your purification and development would | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| and that is what all of you are afraid of. You feel endangered without it. You do | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| at a later period. Furthermore, those who are afraid of death can in younger years push this | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| it may be done because you are so afraid of rejection that you reject others before they | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| then, as I said before, you must be afraid to let go of the attitude because it | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| be on the defensive? ANSWER: If you are afraid of being on the defensive, you must find | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| to the fore, the subconscious resistance, being so afraid of discovery, may produce a paralysis to prevent | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is as though the resisting psyche is so afraid to reveal the sore point that any question | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| else to which they adhere, that they are afraid to let go. A personal fear or threat | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| by deliberately going into what you are most afraid of. In both alternatives you struggle desperately against | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| that you could have because you are too afraid of losing it again, or not achieving it | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| a deep, genuine insight, but because they are afraid. Thus, the enemies of religion are often right | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| your faith, too, my friends. Do not be afraid to recognize that, to whatever degree, it also | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |