| Experiential................8 | |
| inner awareness -- not a theoretical, but an experiential awareness -- you will create the following conditions | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| they find the truth, their hypothesis becomes an experiential fact. The development of human consciousness is no | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| that you cling to or deny, but an experiential fact which you can recognize again and again | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| often merely mental and superficial and not yet experiential. Emotionally and experientially there still is quite a | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| the switch of consciousness on a feeling and experiential level -- that takes place when you leave | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| thinking, not escaping, but the deep, most realistic, experiential knowledge that you are held by God, that | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| faith. But true faith is to some degree experiential. It comes exactly because your inner process moves | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| the world as it really is. Knowledge, the experiential knowing of infinite justice, must give you the | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Experientially..............3 | |
| price you pay. Doing so, you will become experientially connected with the cause of your negative creation | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| and superficial and not yet experiential. Emotionally and experientially there still is quite a division. But you | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| grasped. Life can never be truly understood and experientially absorbed when it is viewed only from the | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| Experiment..................15 | |
| physio-psychological vehicle for intelligence and intellect? ANSWER: This experiment is the very best example to show that | 21 THE FALL |
| it be possible for a biological scientist to experiment and apply scientific methods in understanding the medium | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you pick the most drastic examples for your experiment. The drastic examples are the selfish impulses. Only | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| to this point, you can make an interesting experiment. Observe your past life from the point of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| to what comes out of you, you should experiment with any frustration that comes along the next | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| handling it. Now you may be able to experiment with the new way and say, All right | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| The consciousness who has created these pathways may experiment longer, and going beyond what is safe, it | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| It is all a play, a fascination, an experiment, from which your real state of being can | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| pseudo-safety. The soul then becomes ready to learn, experiment, risk mutuality, love, pleasure, and to function safely | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| You can be in many different situations and experiment with every conceivable experience under the sun. You | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| your pride and selfwill. Question this premise and experiment with new alternatives. Open yourself for the divine | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| that the universe will yield whatever you need. Experiment for the moment with this thought: How would | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| children to begin with. It will come, an experiment that will reach out into the world and | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| way in the past. Use it, try it, experiment with it and see the beauty of life | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| would happen if I gave up the judging? Experiment with it. You will discover various states. For | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| Expert......................3 | |
| They are then guided to this sphere by expert spirit beings, and, with their help, study for | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| Why are dreams given if it requires an expert to get to the meaning? ANSWER: If you | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| you admit a negative intentionality which then attracts expert spirits of lying and of confusion. Clarity will | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Experts.....................5 | |
| future. To compute all these data demands trained experts, working with unceasing effort, foresight, and thorough knowledge | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| the entity that are being made by the experts in the sphere I have described for you | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| be carefully studied in the plan by the experts and prepared properly. The same applies, of course | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| A hierarchy of highly developed spirit beings are experts in this field, and their task is to | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| That is not an easy task. We have experts. Yes, this may seem strange to you, but | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| Explaining..................20 | |
| ANSWER: Yes. At the same time, I am explaining a contradiction that is inherent in human understanding | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| of the Fall manifested in other forms. In explaining part of this, I will take care of | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| error could have happened. You will remember my explaining that God created the power which He then | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| them. You can ask in the right way, explaining to them that four eyes often see more | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| at once and by realizing what I am explaining to you. Fight the temporary blindness by training | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| to force the state of being I am explaining here. You cannot force it. Anything can be | 36 PRAYER |
| be able to talk freely to your adversary, explaining calmly what you feel has been a misunderstanding | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| such. Some time ago, I gave a lecture explaining that all beings who have reached the highest | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| their childishness and irrationality, without your rationalizing and explaining them away, they will eventually weaken, so that | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| are emotions because they are so used to explaining them away. QUESTIONER: Yes, but the person whose | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| your own reactions. Observe your tendency of always explaining your reactions away. Observe your subjectivity. And gradually | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| gain it in a higher sense, I am explaining one of the most essential steps toward the | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| the fuzzy climate of unawareness, half-awareness and easy explaining away, how can you reach the first level | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| can be ascertained relatively easily. Once you stop explaining things away, confronting yourself with simple questions in | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| find that this is a novel way of explaining human existence. Naturally this not only applies to | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| unaware, you may be very adept in rationally explaining your case, but this will only make your | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| if you have to be completely justified in explaining your behavior, then you also put yourself in | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| your lower self unstintingly -- without whitewashing, without explaining it away or justifying it, without shifting the | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| must have this greatness. But your stake in explaining and fashioning distorted reality is a tremendous hurdle | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| You need to take the apparent risk of explaining yourself, even if this can rarely be done | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Explanations................49 | |
| believe the voice of resistance; it offers nice explanations to the intellect, which are, in reality, nothing | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| your soul, you will not only understand my explanations better, but you will also be much closer | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| however, you will perhaps, through examples and certain explanations, better understand what circumstances can cause such an | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| things they love. ANSWER: There may be different explanations for this. Generally speaking, it may be simply | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| question best. I do not doubt that other explanations may be found too, but these are undoubtedly | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| deeper significance than most of you sense. Through explanations you may understand a little better what first | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| factors put together, but also the way certain explanations are made and how certain subjects are treated | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| vaguely appreciate the extreme difficulty, even with these explanations. To remain on the right path under these | 22 SALVATION |
| rationalized this defeat with all sorts of other explanations. And then, my friends, even the most intelligent | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| just cover it up and are quick with explanations: you are just in a bad mood; you | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| longer conscious, or perhaps may find more rational explanations. But the uncleanliness will create new conflicts: rejection | 38 IMAGES |
| rationalize and cover up your feelings with many explanations. What is shyness anyway? What is an inferiority | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| the surface layers of your conscious reasoning and explanations for your attitude in this respect. Try to | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| need. You may find abundant rational and valid explanations as to why the desire is so pressing | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| personal search you may, at best, understand my explanations in your intellect, but the fear will remain | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| an intellectually mature person will find reasons and explanations for his irrational, emotional, subjective behavior or attitude | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| life, in essence, means bliss. All the religious explanations, however true they may be, are still conjectures | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| This basic fear is often rationalized by acceptable explanations. The teacher may excuse this untruthfulness by the | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| at times, it bypasses the brain. When intellectual explanations do not obscure what the heart and soul | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| or less eliminated. Needless to say, seemingly valid explanations are always found. This process may not always | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| a conspicuous neglect of emotional growth? Several general explanations could be advanced, but I would like to | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| the brunt of the self-condemnation. Finding excuses and explanations would be a cover-up for the self-condemnation. Now | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| capable of expressing unreasonable, childish, imperfect emotions without explanations. Then, and then only, can you begin to | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| imbedded in the soul-substance. When you recollect my explanations about how images are formed, it will be | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| away. Observe how you try to find easy explanations that do not really satisfy you. Observe how | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| not try to find immediate reasons and answers, explanations and justifications. Simply admit those aspects that cause | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| concerned with uncovering blind reflexes. All subterfuges, rationalizations, explanations, justifications, self-deceptions, serving to deny automatism, must be | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| which you quickly rationalize or find some convincing explanations for -- whatever seems most acceptable, most logical | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| reasons for feeling. You are always full of explanations of why you feel a certain way, until | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| because if you learn to see through these explanations it will teach you the art of self-observation | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| no longer any reality behind the elaborate, reasonable-sounding explanations. The denied hurt turns into anger, which is | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| about what caused the hurtful action. All the explanations and theorizing make it impossible to really experience | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| do: artificially fitting feelings into a superstructure of explanations and reasoning. We see these superstructures as spiritual | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| disproportionately painful. Sometimes one tries to find rational explanations for such a peculiar emotional intensity -- explanations | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| explanations for such a peculiar emotional intensity -- explanations which can be called rationalizations. Sometimes both inner | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| this connection is rarely maintained. All sorts of explanations are given for this, yet what mostly happens | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| for what it is. There are always handy explanations, destined to get you away from seeing how | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| shirk seeing it by busying yourself with your explanations, justifications, rationalizations -- and even with your acute | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| process of avoidance when a person seeks ready explanations for what cannot be understood unless the self | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| be both, one leading to the other. Sometimes explanations may also come from me, as this force | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| on in you, as opposed to the superficial explanations you have so handy? When I address all | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| without knowing what motivates your actions, subsequently contriving explanations for them. The total experience of a feeling | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| peculiarly suited to your individuality, or whatever other explanations you may concoct. Do not delude yourself that | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| you ask yourself why this gap exists. Many explanations have been given about the so-called fall -- | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| against anything else. You seek all sorts of explanations. Throughout history humanity has created different answers to | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| repeated cycles of life. You have heard many explanations about reincarnation and about the plans you make | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| The mind has concocted all sorts of other explanations for unhappiness. Some of these theories may be | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| But in addition to these psychological origins and explanations there is the repressed great existential longing as | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| result of this. No matter how many psychological explanations you may find -- and they may be | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |