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 Endured.....................12
man, and vice versa. That has to be endured. QUESTIONER: The people I was referring to did 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
plant in your garden. Pain has to be endured one way or another before you can get 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
so, frustration sometimes becomes necessary and can be endured. Unawareness and repression, on the other hand, create 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
path have found certain hurts and pains you endured as a child. Some of you have begun 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
the illusion of pain must occasionally be briefly endured. Blessings for my familiar friends also, with whom 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
make the former obsolete. Lo and behold, the endured pain will transform itself, naturally and as if 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
concerned with the hurts and sufferings you have endured in your early life and have defended against 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
in an undefended way. The pain will be endured and gone through until it naturally ceases, without 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
make up for all the injuries you have endured. Your suffering now is a result of this 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
true that I must perish because I have endured pain, or am enduring pain? you will inevitably 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
rest of your remaining days, because you have endured pain. No pain can ever make you perish 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
to open up to the pain you have endured, pain that has been inflicted upon you, first 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
 
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God's enlisted spirits are incomparably more effective and enduring than those furnished by the still blind spirits 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
yourself can pay off a great deal by enduring a violent and unpleasant death. Would you prefer 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
victims may have undertaken a special task, voluntarily enduring more through one incident like this than they 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
through you, and therefore the more healthy and enduring will be the gratification of your pleasure drive 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
is responsible for your weakness, your helplessness, your enduring fear of life. But you combat this discovery 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
to do so. When you are capable of enduring the frustration of your will with equanimity and 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
is experienced either in inflicting cruelty or in enduring it -- or both. Attaching the pleasure principle 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
shame of the desire for either inflicting or enduring cruelty may prohibit all spontaneity and make you 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
you win over the circumstances is it really enduring peace you gain? Not really, my friends. At 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
self, if they are to be real and enduring. They must come organically when one does not 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
and a woman stay together in a more enduring and committed relationship, maintaining and even increasing bliss 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
Are they aware of the direct relationship between enduring pleasure and inner growth? Do they use the 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
determines the solidity of feelings, of pleasure, of enduring love and respect. It is therefore not surprising 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
the attitude of I am indeed capable of enduring a little pain. Somehow, inadvertently, I must have 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
alive -- even though at first this means enduring a pain or some other unpleasant emotion. This 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
level it is due to the inability of enduring a greater expansion of positive experience. This exists 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
exists in exact proportion to your inability of enduring unwelcome feelings. You deny the fear of not 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
to do so, do you come closer to enduring both. That is the unification and the transcendence 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
perish because I have endured pain, or am enduring pain? you will inevitably have to answer first 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
not only total fulfillment, ecstasy, and bliss, but enduring new values and a true experience of divine 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
 
 Enemies.....................11
procedure should be practiced in praying for your enemies. Here the mental process may not be so 36 PRAYER
insight, but because they are afraid. Thus, the enemies of religion are often right when they say 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
is an opiate. By the same token, the enemies of materialism are right when they reject the 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
crass way, you may experience others as potential enemies or slaves -- as you yourself are alternately 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
enemy. Other people will no longer be your enemies. For instance, when you pass people in the 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
how you perceive that they are all your enemies. Then ask yourself, Is this true? Are they 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
yourself, Is this true? Are they really my enemies, or might it be different? Might they feel 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
without the other. There the complements are not enemies or negations of each other; only on the 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
were intrinsically different and alien, and therefore were enemies to be distrusted. Experiencing others to be similar 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
the misconception that others want to be your enemies? You can achieve this only by taking the 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
sisters, even with those you think are your enemies. On the outer level you may not achieve 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
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cannot see the danger and fight it. The enemy whom you do not know is always more 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
are bound to everyone else, even your worst enemy. That person is you and you are that 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
can actually become aware of it. When your enemy becomes visible, you can fight successfully: as long 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
you can fight successfully: as long as your enemy is invisible, you cannot succeed. So do not 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
feels the authority as a hostile force, an enemy that locks it behind prison bars where it 47 THE WALL WITHIN
outwardly against authority. They feel authority as an enemy because many desires that were neither bad nor 47 THE WALL WITHIN
and dangerous that they decided to join the enemy camp. The fear of their own exposure makes 47 THE WALL WITHIN
longer feel that authority, as such, is an enemy force. The knowledge of all this will help 47 THE WALL WITHIN
currents similar to your own prevail in the enemy -- they just manifest differently. This process means 47 THE WALL WITHIN
is not only that which emotionally represents the enemy, the restricting forces that prohibit your doing what 47 THE WALL WITHIN
all their selfish, ruthless drives, to defeat the enemy who always stands in their way. They become 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
sexes is a humbling experience and therefore the enemy of pride. Your pride wants to direct and 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
it will become easier to tackle the inner enemy -- the No. As for immediate advice on 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
So it goes on and on. The great enemy is fear, and the best way to meet 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
the best way to meet and conquer this enemy is first to ascertain, admit, and articulate it 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
the cosmic force as though it were an enemy, but in reality the enemy sits within, a 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
it were an enemy, but in reality the enemy sits within, a product of false fears, misconceptions 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
be wholly trusted. If nature seems like an enemy, it is only because you do not understand 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
because the world will no longer be your enemy. Other people will no longer be your enemies 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
at the idea that everyone else is their enemy? Millions of people pass each other by, day 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
numbing occurs because you believe life is your enemy, and your life-affirming feelings would deeply involve you 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
feelings would deeply involve you with this feared enemy. In order to avoid this, the feelings must 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
the human soul. You fear life as an enemy. This takes your life from you. Since the 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
feelings naturally affirm life, your feelings become your enemy also. Consequently, you proceed to deaden them and 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
your conscious and unconscious mind is your greatest enemy. The moment the separation is eliminated you are 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
feeling self still appears to be a great enemy and is accused of being unreliable and even 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
different from the conviction that life is your enemy. In the former case, your very being is 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
feeling, it remains a wall, it remains your enemy, and you must remain frightened of your own 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
of the ego, you perceive life as your enemy, foreign and antagonistic to you, while you are 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
they needed others to cooperate in fighting the enemy, whether this was the elements, beasts, or other 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
learned for a negative reason: fear of an enemy. As human development proceeds further, getting along with 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
results. The other would no longer be the enemy. But since humanity by and large resists this 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
daily repeated thought patterns are perhaps your worst enemy. They are insidious, for you are so accustomed 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
the truest sense of the word becomes your enemy and you believe that it is true that 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
have created the illusion that frustration is an enemy. The overwhelming experience has the capacity to loosen 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
value for you. You cannot deal with an enemy whose existence you ignore and whose weapons you 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
to know as much as possible of the enemy and its weapons, so that you can combat 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
its weapons, so that you can combat this enemy force which is drawn toward you to the 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
creative principle of all universes, is not the enemy of personified evil, who then is? It is 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
herself from the man by making him the enemy. Instead of admitting that he feared an equal 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
become as hard, as unyielding as their greatest enemy, man, in order to experience their strength, their 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE

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