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| one person would have to be shortchanged in favor of another as love is being shared. Yet | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| dark spirits claimed to be gods and to favor human beings with all sorts of grants if | 21 THE FALL |
| their last incarnation and this counts in their favor. So those people will be in the sphere | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| great merit. This may be more in their favor and may be of infinitely greater merit than | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| has fulfilled his or her best. Then the favor is granted to return home sooner, to begin | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| many. Now I should like to ask a favor of you. Always glorify God; do not ever | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| who are too proud to ask for a favor. When they pray they have to learn that | 36 PRAYER |
| summoned up when one asks and accepts a favor from someone more powerful. How many feel ashamed | 36 PRAYER |
| ocean. Tonight I also want to ask a favor of some of you. This group is blessed | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| -- which does not mean to be in favor of the rebellion and of actions resulting from | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| are people who feel, if they get any favor, obligated instead of grateful. ANSWER: In that moment | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| it about asking another human being for a favor. Basically it is the same thing. QUESTION: These | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| such an attitude will not be in your favor. Thus, it is necessary that you learn to | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and unalterable circumstances. Then you helplessly await fate's favor, and if it fails to come, you blame | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| with the apparent necessity of renouncing something in favor of someone else, because you will know deeply | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| the very favorable circumstances and is totally in favor of a continued life. But the outer self | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| you rebel against the one and are in favor of the other, you are already in distortion | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| Favorable...................77 | |
| This is the process. Then, in the so-called favorable periods, you gather new strength for the next | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| harmonious forms, so that the thought- prayer activates favorable energies even before you have learned the feeling-prayer | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| find such hidden causes, whether good or bad, favorable or unfavorable. As I said, there are a | 18 FREE WILL |
| the first place. If you see a somewhat favorable response, then slowly, little by little, you can | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| such meditation is a good discipline. It is favorable to learn concentration through prayer and meditation, since | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| all happenings in your life, good or bad, favorable or unfavorable. Once you experience this, you can | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| world. Happy or unhappy incidents in your life, favorable or unfavorable happenings, will have exactly the same | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| that certain souls can find the conditions more favorable for their present incarnation and development -- not | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for their present incarnation and development -- not favorable from a point of view of earthly comfort | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a point of view of earthly comfort, but favorable for what they need at this time in | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| come. Because in the so-called good times or favorable times, when the negative aspects fade into the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| be an extended one this time -- of favorable outer manifestation. Nor will you feel it an | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| wishful thinking. You unconsciously claim a maximum of favorable change in return for a minimum of effort | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| current you cannot help being subjective. You respond favorable to those who agree with you, who appreciate | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the other way. When outer conditions seem most favorable, a sickness manifests and then disappears in a | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that they are going through a cycle of favorable outer manifestations. But according to your teachings, the | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the length and quality of the various cycles, favorable and unfavorable. This is why all Scripture says | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| person as being so happy simply because certain favorable conditions exist. There may be a temporary contentment | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you see this wish gratified. You view every favorable sign in the context of an illusory construction | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| in your reactions during the entire process. The favorable signs -- those that fit into your constructions | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| your fantasy? It cannot. So even under very favorable auspices, what actually happens is bound to disappoint | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| of it. Thus, you sabotage, you spoil every favorable situation that could come your way. Preconceived, imagined | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| and creativity. This is why both approaches are favorable. Although the inner search and change are indispensable | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| at the time. If the situation seems otherwise favorable and fits into your preconceived idea, you leave | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| will know that you are capable of producing favorable conditions, even if you are not yet doing | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| knowledge, or helping the soul to regain some favorable knowledge. It will all be there. And what | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| forces will flow harmoniously and will have a favorable effect, even upon those who still have unsolved | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| only to negative but also to positive or favorable incidents. This dramatizing is based on the childish | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| that case you feel that nothing good and favorable can ever be experienced. Children feel that any | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| with life will be gained, in all its favorable and unfavorable aspects, acquiring thereby the ability for | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| distorts reality. Everything is exaggeratedly good or bad, favorable or unfavorable. You are incapable of properly dealing | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| Either your free and spontaneous reactions will produce favorable circumstances for you, so that you will be | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| He has only a vague memory that something favorable came forth when he was ambitious, while nothing | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| came forth when he was ambitious, while nothing favorable happened otherwise. When the approval came, the boy | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| go on the defensive, will have a similarly favorable effect. Only after you have tried this new | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| a thing as numerology, that certain numbers are favorable, and others not? ANSWER: I strongly advise against | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| that certain children have the best and most favorable circumstances and develop so-called neuroses, while in other | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| an impression than it needs to and even favorable impressions cause exhaustion. You may all have experienced | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| split, the bad motives will have an apparently favorable effect. Only later, when the conscience has grown | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| it exists now. Let us now examine a favorable emotion. Gratified vanity, greed, or pride may produce | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| of view of reality. And what you consider favorable and good may, in reality, be the most | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| 117. SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES Greetings, my dearest friends. Blessings for all | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| to shed light on the exact opposite. Apparently favorable and positive factors in childhood can be equally | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| subject. You may note that I said apparently favorable conditions. Your evaluation of what is good or | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| their child. The child may experience this as favorable and pleasurable at the moment, but there may | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| aspect in your life is the unconscious. Everything favorable, pleasurable, advantageous, as well as your hardships, suffering | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| the one hand but bad on the other; favorable for one person but unfavorable for another. When | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| reach out for the possibility of enjoying both favorable aspects, you will experience the truth that everything | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| game, acting as though the possibility of a favorable outcome were there, but not really believing it | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| In other words, the earth, with its conditions, favorable and unfavorable, the greatness and the pettiness, is | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| you must be happy. Conversely, no matter how favorable circumstances are, and no matter how happy you | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| the powers within yourself, so as to create favorable, or more variable, circumstances. These approaches are interdependent | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| they cannot respond to a completely accepting and favorable situation. In such cases the pleasure principle has | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| fantasy and reality in the most positive and favorable sense. This bringing together of fantasy and reality | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| of the inner self, which brings the most favorable consequences in inner and outer life experience. Other | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| follow this advice and, indeed, experience the most favorable result. But then you may assume that this | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| of your personality. This includes, of course, the favorable circumstances. When you overlook and neglect the enjoyment | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| inner secretiveness cannot be relieved, no matter how favorable your outer circumstances. Such loneliness can be relieved | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| through as best one can? Is life essentially favorable? Or is it a hostile force, working against | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| on all levels. The misconception that intensity is favorable also applies to pleasure. It is believed, half- | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| not only to unhappy incidents, but equally to favorable events. They often retard growth as much as | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| retard growth as much as life's traumas do. Favorable events may encourage laziness, stagnation, and illusion. What | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| not only does not protect you or is favorable for you, but is the very means that | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in you any longer -- in order to favorable dispose others toward you. Also, you cling for | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| the present reality into one that is more favorable for you, and this cannot happen by wishful | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| you perceive yourself accurately, your reaction automatically becomes favorable. For then you will want to get rid | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| in life. Such distorted surrender cannot bring anything favorable to either partner. When a woman wants to | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| a dim view of things, or prevent a favorable outcome by expecting the worst, the ability already | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| and belief in the finality of the present favorable mood also creates the other side of the | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| instance, the outer personality may indeed take a favorable direction where every possibility exists for the task | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| want to live. The person may ignore the favorable direction because it is so deeply enmeshed with | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| inner, real, divine self knows of the very favorable circumstances and is totally in favor of a | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| acting out its worst impulses despite all its favorable manifestations. Thus the personality fragments itself so much | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| pitfalls, how much risk to take, how many favorable and unfavorable outer influences should exist in the | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| Imagine that you lived under circumstances so sublime, favorable and bliss-producing, that even the worst in you | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| of inner reality, undisturbed by even the most favorable influences and vibrations from others. At times you | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| the others involved -- both good and bad, favorable and unfavorable. Underneath the duality of good versus | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |