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 Fields......................41
all their strength and perfection in their particular fields to help the Plan of Salvation. In other 22 SALVATION
with the entity to be born, certain magnetic fields, rays, fluids get to work--partly automatically as an 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
preparation proceeds according to the rays, the magnetic fields that work their effect corresponding to the purpose 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
emotions and thoughts are forms, creating emotional magnetic fields that draw events, people, and experiences toward you 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
your desires, feelings, and thoughts are potent magnetic fields, they attract circumstances that correspond to the inner 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
view, in any way similar to the electromagnetic fields of modern physics? Or are they different in 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
an electromagnetic energy field. The nature of these fields varies also between one object and the other 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
basic principle is the same, of course. Energy fields exist in everything, from what is apparently a 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
earth plane. But in principle, all are energy fields and as such certainly the same. QUESTION: Could 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
others. This does not only apply to the fields of the psyche, it is just as important 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
pleasant surroundings, would that mean that in certain fields they have liberated themselves? ANSWER: In the first 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
assimilating knowledge. All these form separate magnetic energy fields. In each human life, some are positively and 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
field, or positive self-perpetuating energy. The negative magnetic fields of one's life experience denote not only failure 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
so shortsighted that they call the positive energy fields good luck and the negative bad luck. When 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
to uncover in what specific areas negative magnetic fields manifest. Ask what are the specific areas of 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
are the specific areas of the negative magnetic fields? See them clearly and precisely. However, it is 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
one among you who has only negative magnetic fields. When you compare these two modes of functioning 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
about uncovering the nature of the negative magnetic fields. This, of course, is your path, but I 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
a more exact understanding of how self-perpetuating force fields operate. This will lead you to immediately understand 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
to immediately understand the existence of particular negative fields. You will also see that until now you 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
be able to change its direction. The negative fields contain all your destructive patterns of believing, thinking 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
of outer control. But once the negative magnetic fields are known and understood, they already begin to 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
field is slowly beginning to form. Wherever positive fields are at work, whether consciously or unconsciously, there 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
trust. The more positive and the fewer negative fields exist in your human psyche, the greater must 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
greater must be your trust in the energy fields which create your life apparently independently of your 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
any other genuine way than by correcting negative fields with their ever-repeating undesirable and painful patterns? To 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
self-evident when you understand how and why negative fields work, why they exist, and the fact that 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
exist. Even before they are transformed into positive fields, you will already know in principle that trust 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
that trust is justified, that underneath these negative fields there is something that can be trusted and 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
I think I have some very positive magnetic fields. And then there are some very unhappy ones 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
find and determine where positive and negative magnetic fields exist in you. It can also help you 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
blessed, my dear ones! 201. DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT My dearest friends, greetings 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
like. Thus you who have created various force fields as a result of your attitudes, ideas, concepts 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
friends on the path have discovered various force fields of distorted ideas which we call images. You 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
It is extremely difficult to change these force fields, but it is certainly possible. No one who 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
the beliefs one holds, which then create force fields with all their ensuing chain reactions. To discover 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
themselves change the creative power of the force fields: something more is needed, as many of you 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
feeling, and how these two together create magnetic fields which in turn create life experience, is very 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
path helps you to deactivate these negative energy fields by changing the consciousness content in them. The 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
either real or false, constructive or destructive energy fields. When you are truly conscious of this potency 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
path we are creating new leaders in many fields, in many directions, in many ways. The purification 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
 
 Fierce......................7
there must be pretense. All this implies a fierce pride. The self-will says, I have to be 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
involvement and investment in the process. It demands fierce overcoming of stubborn, easily misleading resistance, and refusal 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
remember the many times you were in a fierce and fearful No, but after you overcame it 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
resist not evil. When the struggle is too fierce on all levels, death sets in. Death may 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
denying and destructive direction would not be as fierce and as difficult to overcome if the pleasure 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
laziness and distorted acceptance of things connotes a fierce inner struggle against the self and its effects 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
struggle against the self and its effects. This fierce struggle must be brought out, for it is 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
 
 Fifteen.....................3
few thousand years from now, perhaps in about fifteen hundred years, the effect of this development will 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
review will not take more than ten or fifteen minutes every day, which should certainly be possible 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
can be reincarnated very soon, perhaps in ten, fifteen, twenty years, and while you help fulfill the 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
 
 Fifth.......................3
will enable you to distinguish between them. The fifth cardinal sin is GLUTTONY. The deeper meaning of 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
resentment, dissatisfaction -- the fourth layer. As a fifth comes guilt about the resentment. As a sixth 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
about on your level of being. In the fifth stage, seeing, hearing, perceiving, feeling, knowing are always 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
 
 Fifty.......................4
a few hundred years ago, or even only fifty years ago, even though not always in exactly 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
which has only been eliminated in the last fifty years or so, was the idea that infants 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
be further from the truth. In the last fifty years or so, humans have attained great insights 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
move and create -- will constitute at least fifty percent of the curriculum. It will be the 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
 
 Fight.......................220
themselves of the weapons of spiritual law and fight with them. No evil spirit, be it the 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
you unless you allow it. The moment you fight your lower self, you protect yourself completely. This 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
yourself completely. This is what you must do: fight the battle! This is not too much to 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
itself. It needs willpower, perseverance; you have to fight your negative currents. But the reward is great 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
in this respect also to God's laws. To fight and overcome what weighs you down will make 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
Imagine, then, that you have two selves who fight each other. This I always tell you. Once 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
the soul, such people will know how to fight them and will not yield to their temptations 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
matter; therefore they cannot see the danger and fight it. The enemy whom you do not know 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
only to confront our faults, but also to fight them. Yet in order to fight them we 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
also to fight them. Yet in order to fight them we have to think about them every 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
it is in the moment. Persevering in this fight will eventually bring an immeasurable spiritual strength and 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
feeling, it becomes a lie. If you courageously fight on for your inner truth, you will be 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
he show a lack of faith? Should he fight the illness without using medical help? ANSWER: No 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
it into your awareness, so that you can fight it. If the germ of evil lay dormant 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
its consequences. Such a person will have to fight harder for a spiritual opening; the overcoming will 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
Thus the higher self can influence you to fight your lower self. The higher self, when listened 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
give in to one's lower nature; one must fight for enlightenment and strive for development in order 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
meaning and motive is not understood, the inner fight cannot be settled. However, the lower self works 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
the personality does not take charge, the inner fight and friction goes on. Since all this takes 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
keep you away from it. That is the fight you have to wage within yourselves, each one 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
the right way. Here again you need to fight within yourself to overcome your resistance. There will 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
What is His will? And when should I fight and be active and when should I be 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
so, the moment you overcome a fault, you fight against your lower self, you desire above all 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
with themselves and may thus give up the fight altogether. I said often that stumbling into the 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
instrument for the powers of darkness, if you fight -- and you can only do this by 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
You are then an active soldier in the fight. You are a front line soldier. And a 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
and better protection than one who does not fight back or one who is in the hinterland 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
will eventually find out, provided you do not fight against it and do not give in to 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
much easier to do so. But until this fight is successfully won, once and for all, you 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
it. If it had not, it would not fight against it. Now what does God want from 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
ground, lay the foundation stone through this initial fight within yourself that enables you to make the 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
threshold on the path to God. But this fight cannot be won in one day. It is 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
to be just? And Lucifer answered: I would fight such a war if one being -- from 22 SALVATION
world, for, as mentioned before, Christ came to fight under equal conditions. It would have been in 22 SALVATION
this enlightenment. As long as people do not fight their lower selves and thus become enslaved to 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
be, among other things, war. But when this fight in individual and personal development will have reached 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of preparation and decision: expect to have a fight with yourself. It will be the fight between 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
a fight with yourself. It will be the fight between the lower self and the higher self 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
will win. It cannot win without such a fight. It must be a long fight which at 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
such a fight. It must be a long fight which at first will manifest itself perhaps by 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
When I spoke about the battle and said, fight, I meant just that. It takes the lower 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
it. When your enemy becomes visible, you can fight successfully: as long as your enemy is invisible 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
becomes imperative for you to know how to fight against giving in to these moods. Choose these 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
many a time, and often quite strongly. To fight evil in the other fellow, as well as 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
for a right principle and know how to fight in the right way. Of course, this cannot 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
quietly forgive, and when to stand up and fight against something evil, whether or not it touches 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
their activities in the spiritual world? Do they fight each other? And how far can they influence 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
world, therefore, the different religions certainly do not fight. They all have the same goal. They know 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
are different. There the various religions do not fight either, because they do not have an opportunity 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
overcoming the obstacles. It does not want to fight, neither does it tolerate doing anything uncomfortable. As 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
the right course and that the resistance and fight are over and done with. If you become 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
that war is necessary, then people have to fight for their country. Even if all people refused 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
their country. Even if all people refused to fight, evil would not be eliminated. War may be 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
more to the roots of the problems and fight against evil in better ways. As it stands 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
ever be happy. It is impossible. You may fight all you want, you may do what you 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
memory or other means, there would be no fight, and therefore no development. It may also be 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
decisions, and so on. Consciously, you have to fight for everything, for knowledge, as well as for 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
it, no one would ever undergo the noble fight, my friends, against one's lower self; no one 31 SHAME
will persist as long as you do not fight the temptation of taking the line of least 32 DECISION-MAKING
overcoming a very deep-rooted laziness, which means constant fight, constant trying. The gain is that you come 32 DECISION-MAKING
realize yourself that everything has a price. To fight inwardly against this fact is not only disrespectful 32 DECISION-MAKING
still remain in you. However, the more you fight inwardly against other people as they are right 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
both have their reality in your soul and fight with one another. This fight can never be 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
your soul and fight with one another. This fight can never be won as long as you 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
what I deserve or not. I have to fight my way through with my half-faith; the willing 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
by realizing what I am explaining to you. Fight the temporary blindness by training your thoughts to 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
discipline is difficult to muster, you have to fight to attain it. Once it does become second 36 PRAYER
not like it and will resist. It will fight against you and make it all the harder 39 IMAGE-FINDING
in the willingness to work, to overcome, to fight, and to recognize self-responsibility for all suffering in 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
habit-bound the human soul is! How great the fight to overcome the temptation of sluggishness and pride 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
has made up one's inner mind not to fight against it anymore. As the human being develops 47 THE WALL WITHIN
easily recognize its existence in others. If you fight it there, you fight it in the wrong 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
in others. If you fight it there, you fight it in the wrong place. And if you 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
alive in negative situations -- in situations of fight, unrest, quarrel, and disharmony of any kind. Then 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
People who do not like to live, who fight against life, are usually those who did not 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
it. This mass image makes you strive and fight to be in the first place, to be 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
It is to your credit. But you will fight the battle much more effectively by allowing it 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
not useless, they do not feel hopeless, but fight with courage until the sun shines brightly again 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
cannot even admit to the slightest wrong. You fight and fight against any such admissions. Why? It 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
admit to the slightest wrong. You fight and fight against any such admissions. Why? It would destroy 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
victim of others; you do not have to fight to make others perfect, because you now know 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
within to cover up the sadness and to fight for a substitute for the love you lack 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
a substitute for the love you lack. The fight wears you out, and it causes reactions that 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
even unaware of the substitute desire -- the fight to prove yourself. Sooner or later, in the 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
to become aware that this constant tendency to fight for approval exists in you. As yet you 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
will be unable to give up the compulsive fight. But with the help of these words you 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
is good. You will then realize that your fight for approval, to prove something or other, makes 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
you should. Moreover, you will realize that your fight is completely useless. Nothing that is inauthentic can 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
if you succeed temporarily in getting what you fight for -- admiration, approval, whatever it may be 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
always has this conflict at the roots. You fight as though your life is at stake -- 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
intensity of your struggle. Find specifically how this fight to prove something, or yourself, in one way 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
You have to experience the emotions which constantly fight for approval. You have to become aware of 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
rightly loved persists in you, submerged by your fight for approval, for proving yourself, for impressing the 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
world. You will then understand what you really fight for. And that, broadly speaking, is the first 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
to give up the useless and exhausting inner fight in which you indulge in a pastime that 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
the measure that you let go of this fight you will experience liberation and a new strength 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
burden you need no longer carry. As your fight for proving yourself diminishes, you prepare the way 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
others still may be afraid of it and fight against it, but that does not mean the 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
separateness, were cleared up it would make the fight easier. The truth -- and you will experience 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
as you have not made the transition, you fight against it because you are unconsciously afraid of 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
have to offer. You do not have to fight; nor do you have to retreat and withdraw 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
the very thing that they dread most and fight. However, if you do not fully understand your 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
preserve its life and safety, you have to fight against the illusion of rejection in any form 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
the illusion of rejection in any form. The fight assumes various forms. One of them is the 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
it is more commonly called, emotional security. You fight for security and stability in the wrong way 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
think they ought to have for you. You fight against emotional danger by holding yourself in check 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
set you free. You no longer have to fight against impossible odds. You no longer have to 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
begin with, it is understandable that unconsciously you fight tooth and nail against giving up what seems 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
becomes very rampant, you become ill and you fight to survive this. How do you combat the 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
yourself in a state which outwardly resembles the fight against change, this is due to discouragement with 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
of a machine when you constantly scream and fight where there is no reason to do so 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
while the latter are unaware of it. Your fight is to find the state of being while 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
and is only a superimposition. It is your fight against the laziness you disapprove of. You do 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
disapprove of. You do not know how to fight constructively by understanding the source, so you battle 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
of you. This part puts up a last fight against letting go of all the old, obsolete 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
It makes you assert yourself. It makes you fight for what is good and true -- whether 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
who is the stronger one -- and this fight usually happens in a hidden way -- does 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
and duties that life imposes upon you. Your fight for physical and psychological survival necessitates alertness, power 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
something that has not said yes to the fight, to the challenge in a good sense, not 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
each one acting as though it were a fight for survival; how you distort issues in this 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
survival; how you distort issues in this unrealistic fight for survival; how you spoil the growth of 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
hidden psychological deviations. In healthy struggle you never fight against yourself. Overcoming impurities and immaturity does not 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
were reversed, life would become very different. You fight with all your might against awareness of what 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
is resistance, and it is futile because you fight to make yourself believe something that does not 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
the most tragically futile inner battles is the fight between what we have called the lower self 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
derived from yourself and your own standards. The fight between the superimposed conscience and the primitive, self-centered 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
it in relationship to your personal problems. The fight between your lower self and your superimposed conscience 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
superimposed conscience may be completely different from the fight of another person in this respect, even though 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
her womanhood. But inner disturbances always make people fight against their manhood and their womanhood. All human 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
You still are torn and paralyzed by the fight between the primitive little child in you and 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
conscience. If you were not engaged in this fight, such questions could not even be asked. Such 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
in harmony with reality, when you no longer fight against it because of misunderstandings. When the deepest 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
degree that you resist such growing periods and fight against them, they will be painful and present 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
it, a barrier is created which makes him fight against women. The same applies, of course, to 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
for their privileged position of not having to fight to quite the same degree as the man 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
does not out of fear, pride, and self-will fight her destiny, she must gain the strength and 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
let go of yourself. Basically, most human beings fight, often blindly, against four inner conditions. These are 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
with illusion, which cannot be successful. You must fight illusion with reality, even if your present reality 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
to eliminate it. It is then that you fight against the happier, easier, fuller life and hold 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
causes you to assume, anticipate, and therefore either fight in an unproductive way against losing, or resign 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
in untruth, in what way the problem you fight against is imaginary, and why this is so 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
do not really exist and against which you fight on wrong premises. Then it is even more 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
This is why the imaginary problem that you fight against, with its concomitant false fears, keeps you 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
exists in you. For some strange reason, you fight against admitting it. As long as there is 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
and born to express. Human beings struggle and fight against this foreign body in wrong ways. They 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
instinct of self-preservation will most certainly make them fight and defend themselves against such occurrence, whether by 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
seems so easy to give in to and fight to contact the inner being. This is not 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
let it, and you do not have to fight or push for it. You can let others 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
with them. You will no longer need to fight and obstruct what you want most, namely the 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
parameters you enter, and who wages a similar fight within. Both the positive and negative directions are 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
an ordinary person who is racked by this fight, the latter would still be in pain because 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
an imbalance, a disturbance. QUESTION: How can we fight it? ANSWER: Fighting implies a forcing away by 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
very conflict you seek to avoid. You then fight for one of the dualistic aspects and against 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
dualistic aspects and against the other. Such a fight makes transcendence impossible. Let me demonstrate this in 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
in illusion, conflict, and confusion. The more you fight this way, the greater the confusion becomes. Human 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
learn from their surroundings agrees that one must fight for one and against the other of any 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
the more weapons you use to win the fight, the deeper your difficulties, until you actually damage 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
appeasement robs you of self- respect and you fight against that. Whether you use this solution or 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
it is a total wrong, or continuing the fight. Admitting a wrong means death, in a sense 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
you find death, loss, annihilation. The harder you fight for and against, the less there is to 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
for and against, the less there is to fight for and the more all alternatives turn against 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
importance of observing your soul movements. When you fight against one dualistic aspect and press for the 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
of consciousness so difficult, for giving up this fight against the other appears to imply self-annihilation. The 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
other appears to imply self-annihilation. The more you fight others, the less they will comply with your 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
as a danger equal to giving up the fight itself. So every way you turn seems to 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
symbolic representation of your inner quarrel where you fight for life against death, for existence against annihilation 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
happiness, freedom, and mastery over life. When you fight for this birthright according to dualistic principles, you 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
you personally try to set up the false fight leading into more confusion and pain. The three 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
dualistic plane to guarantee your existence. The overt fight is not a bit more opposed to truth 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
most people ardently adhere to, or equally ardently fight against. This morality is based on the fear 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
based on the fear of disapproval. People may fight it because in their minds goodness is equated 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
pleasure experience on a negative situation. You then fight against this for any number of reasons, with 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
and because of this lack of awareness, I fight in the wrong way? I would like to 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
understand this and consequently cease to fear and fight against yourself, your instincts, your body, your nature 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
involuntary processes within yourself. You all have to fight against too tight an ego control where reason 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
movement only worsens the subjective experience. However, the fight and fright exist also in the less crass 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
the anger, one accepts, faces, and ceases to fight what is. There is no denial, no attempt 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
not accepted what is in you, that you fight yourself somewhere and thus put yourself in a 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
wrong, distorted way. The result is that you fight the manifestation of your inner being, as though 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
illusion that there are always new things to fight against. Soul currents close up toward all the 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
when you believe you have done right to fight against the bad and grasp for the good 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
that you shut out life itself. Do not fight the pain; in fighting it, you avoid the 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
a state of battle. Shrinking from it, you fight against it in an ineffectual way. Fighting against 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
way. Fighting against anything in life, you also fight against something in yourself. There is, of course 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
out, cannot experience, and the life side must fight against this frustration. Any kind of numbing process 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
deny a genuine inner experience, inevitably produces inner fight and self-division. When you fear hurt, disappointment, frustration 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
of and defense against life. In turn, you fight against the inevitable frustration that results from these 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
is. I let it be. I do not fight against it or reject it. I want to 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
step to removing this block. Yet, invariably, you fight this truth with all your might at first 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
always implies something that makes you want to fight unnecessarily against the frustration. This forces you to 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
could also say that this is the eternal fight between God and the devil, between good and 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
you know and feel and experience that this fight goes on within you. Just as with the 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
inner split. The more consciously and deliberately you fight it, the more successful you will be in 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
over the difficulty of not knowing how to fight against your negativity, how to accept it in 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
longer know that it exists. You need to fight by summoning up all your energies to a 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
helps the former. In fact, without acceptance, the fight cannot be effective. To make this fight productive 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
the fight cannot be effective. To make this fight productive, to create proper self-acceptance that does not 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
conscious ego-self must decide for this integration and fight for it, otherwise the universal self cannot get 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
be in you. Go with them. Do not fight them -- accept them in the realization that 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
state, without fighting yourself. For the more your fight, even for the good, the more you contract 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
in itself and makes it impossible to really fight the evil in you. I do not mean 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
of others, you invariably become weak, and your fight is ineffective. Effective fight, healthy aggression, becomes possible 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
become weak, and your fight is ineffective. Effective fight, healthy aggression, becomes possible only when you no 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
have begun to find out, it is the fight against what you fear that creates your real 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
vulnerable, experiencing the pain softly, gently, without inner fight, and fully knowing why you are in pain 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
present feelings. By learning to give up the fight against them, you will, for the first time 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
this condition is final, the self will either fight against letting go of it, or it will 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
whom you are involved in relationships, if you fight against their imperfections and immaturities that hurt you 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
of life's negative nature is strengthened, and you fight against this illusory negative vision so as not 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
want it, who give themselves to it, who fight for it and serve it. This is my 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
imbalance simply because you obstruct the movement and fight against it. Do you have any questions pertaining 228 BALANCE
You are all one and you need not fight for what is yours. Simply claim what you 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
indulged, for example. Again, as long as you fight it, you only pull your chains tighter. Only 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
do and act, to risk and sometimes to fight against your own and others' evil. Only then 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
in truth? The need to stand up and fight for a good cause, to defend a right 254 SURRENDER
being a follower. Yet you also need to fight for these fulfillments by relinquishing your passivity, your 254 SURRENDER
ability to fully give over strengthens you to fight for and in truth. Conversely, the courage to 254 SURRENDER
for and in truth. Conversely, the courage to fight objectively for truth and to disregard self-interest and 254 SURRENDER
is no longer bearable. At that point the fight against pain is given up on the involuntary 254 SURRENDER
created beings--the striving toward oneness. You resist and fight it, to your great chagrin. For, on the 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE

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