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 Encased.....................7
because even for that your thoughts are too encased in darkness. Only after you come out of 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
arise from the blindness in which you are encased and from your lack of understanding of the 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
it that you hold the best in you encased, while you borrow a similar behavior pattern and 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
astray, cannot function as long as it is encased in the hardened, brittle structure of your defenses 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
it. It is the exact opposite of living encased in your defensive walls, which completely separate you 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
sorts of ways. As long as you are encased in the ego's walls, you must fear death 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
as you live in the shell of matter, encased in time, there are many connections you can 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
 
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This is one of the first obstructions which enclose you in an imaginary and unnecessary prison. This 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
for the asking. But as long as you enclose yourself within the narrow framework of your limited 174 SELF-ESTEEM
blocks. These seem like walls of iron, which enclose you and prevent you from perceiving and experiencing 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
 
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within you, is your soul mature enough to encompass happiness. People often wonder about communication with God's 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
times and civilizations. Those which are universal and encompass all humanity are a product of a particular 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
suffering. You are now ready, my friends, to encompass an entirely new approach to yourselves. It is 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
of your influence and positive power widen and encompass more followers. A beautiful, harmonious, organic monarchy is 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
powers are by no means merely ethereal; they encompass the whole personality and certainly include the body 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
process continues organically and the mind begins to encompass other visions that were invisible before. To deal 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
trust to God. This trust may not yet encompass all areas of your being. But to whatever 254 SURRENDER
hearing, perceiving, feeling, knowing are always all-inclusive. They encompass every capacity God has created. You can hardly 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
 
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all of themselves to the process that has encompassed them will make their life as fulfilled and 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
is of a grandeur that cannot yet be encompassed by your mind. But you can indeed sense 228 BALANCE
made the world appear too vast to be encompassed. One's own tragedies seemed unique, hence a sense 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
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not shirking from the sometimes necessary difficulties. It encompasses all that you are learning here. Only after 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
of the universe, the love that is here, encompasses and envelops all of you, wherever you may 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual experience. It encompasses the entire person. I shall try to describe 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
lukewarm, mild shadow of the cosmic feeling that encompasses everything. 3. Developing positive intentionality. You must develop 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
functioning, is an illusion, because true spiritual bliss encompasses the total personality. The personality must therefore learn 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
what is clear and truthful in you and encompasses limitless spans of being, of generosity, of love 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
the ultimate of all fulfillment that includes and encompasses and transcends all other desirable states and attainments 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
the fuller life becomes. This spirit of service encompasses more and more of my beloved friends and 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
an aura of fog, a darkness that gradually encompasses the best in a person. It is therefore 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
healing power that flows from the Source that encompasses all that ever was created and ever will 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
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separation from God -- all beings were unified, encompassing within themselves both the active and receptive, that 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
friends, for this predicament is universal and all- encompassing. The time has come now for all of 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
maturity, you will not immediately experience the great, encompassing love your soul strives for. For, it is 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
already covered, the obstacles surmounted, and lose the encompassing view of the whole picture. It is very 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
when you wish to possess the larger, more encompassing truth, which transcends both of your little truths 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
universal power and beauty. This happens through the encompassing love for and acceptance of another sphere which 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
utter goodness. One cannot help discovering its all- encompassing love that knows no conflict. Divine will works 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
But because the whole movement has an all- encompassing meaning and purpose, the chaos and disintegration are 228 BALANCE
 
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push them ever upward regardless of the difficulties encountered. By such free choice, God's law concerning this 21 THE FALL
feel that such behavior deserved shame if you encountered it in others. Once you have the courage 39 IMAGE-FINDING
and the imperfect human authority you have often encountered in your life -- since humankind is imperfect 47 THE WALL WITHIN
even though you may have seldom, or never, encountered the true one -- your resistance against authority 47 THE WALL WITHIN
activity and passivity. Those of you who have encountered the tense nucleus which loudly claims, I want 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
unclean and worthless. Yet, the very next layer encountered may be the one that serves as catalyst 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
which you need all your defensive equipment are encountered very rarely. You do not have to learn 101 THE DEFENSE
lose oneself in love? Why must death be encountered without the help of instinctual drives, and why 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
although surely not often. Maybe you have occasionally encountered or observed such knowingness in another person. Perhaps 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
when you meet it. If you remember having encountered it in another person toward you, you will 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
path as this, many of my friends have encountered exactly this kind of attitude deep within themselves 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
working on their path of self-realization have recently encountered, or will soon encounter, something they may have 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
activity and passivity. Many of my friends have encountered in the course of their self-search a strange 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
incredible because he or she has not yet encountered the violence of the feelings I speak about 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
recognizes the true underlying significance of the difficulties encountered during the times of tentative relationships, the same 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
false needs. Since then, many of you have encountered your deepest feelings of fear, pain, guilt and 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
hold faith in ill repute because they have encountered the false version of it. But the real 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
 
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healing may have caught a glimpse of it. Encountering these previously unconscious currents and tendencies feels as 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
life as much as possible not to postpone encountering the unconscious, but to face it right now 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
have not yet used this inner power when encountering the many particular details of the journey. There 18 FREE WILL
be and must be differences, for only by encountering obstacles can you grow. This holds true for 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
though you are going around in circles, always encountering the same scenery, apparently not moving from the 36 PRAYER
much freshness as you would if you were encountering them for the very first time. Remember this 39 IMAGE-FINDING
of fear and aloneness, but recognizing and bravely encountering them. Only then can true religion and knowledge 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
can reach the basic point of unification when encountering inner divisions. The same applies to this triad 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
in the spirit of loving the truth of encountering yourself as you are more than anything else 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
self-discipline, there is no longer any danger in encountering the world of feelings. The fear that you 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
as an inevitable result of opening yourself and encountering first the negative emotions honestly. You did not 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
all found this resistance on your path when encountering your lower self. Since the planet also has 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
the dark areas in your own soul; through encountering the temptation to remain in them and savor 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
has been completed before physical life is terminated. Encountering additional tasks which you were not certain you 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE
 
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which I term the lower self. One also encounters the higher self. Sometimes it is way down 18 FREE WILL
difficult to experience the divine within. The emotion-type encounters other difficulties. Furthermore, the reason-type has great difficulty 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
quite differently and much less rebellious when he encounters a law-upholder who is governed by healthy, conscious 47 THE WALL WITHIN
the path. It may sometimes happen that one encounters a delayed reaction from the past full force 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
these are even stronger than those that one encounters in others. One who is constantly haunted by 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
required momentum. But in its endless course it encounters all kinds of obstacles. Some are sandy. They 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
idealized self-image. As a child, the human being encounters disappointment, helplessness, and rejection -- both real and 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
you will get more pleasure out of such encounters than before. Do not think that on the 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
at war. It exists in all difficulties humanity encounters, individually and collectively. As long as you find 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
is one of the great difficulties each person encounters on the path to harmonious interaction. The way 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
set back considerably in this struggle whenever it encounters such a negative intentionality. This punishment often takes 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
-- can create the new-age marriage. Fleeting sexual encounters should not be looked upon as the final 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
same basic problem that humanity as a whole encounters in establishing a society. You clearly see that 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
it cannot be halted. The more opposition it encounters, the more painful the crisis will be. This 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE

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