| Firmly......................26 | |
| it only according to law, which is very firmly regulated and very wisely. Here again you touch | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| mean suppressing anything, but rather holding life's reins firmly in one's hands. How can you cure a | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| the happier the marriage will be, the more firmly and safely it will be rooted, and the | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| conclusions are also partly derived from mass images firmly engraved in many an individual personality. Take the | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| its fruits -- but you are still not firmly planted in this new ground. You still fluctuate | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| intense impact. Impressions go deeper and remain more firmly rooted -- but always according to the inherent | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| you choose deprivation. It will enable you to firmly declare that you want to have fulfillment and | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| where it is not mutually exclusive to stand firmly and to love, to be self-sufficient and have | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| no longer, and states the intent simply and firmly, something is set in motion that will bring | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| unvolitional processes of this vast power becomes more firmly rooted. Each step of the way, each new | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| in life -- safe and secure, with a firmly established ground under their feet. Home means the | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| ideal approach is to use both alternately: instruct firmly, calmly, and determinedly the destructive part of the | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| old habit pattern of holding back is so firmly rooted that the personality will needlessly forgo the | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| open up these centers once the personality is firmly grounded in reality, in love, in a state | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| the body will become more closely knit and firmly established. The mind carries the misconception; the feeling | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| self-defeating aspects, leading the dialogue and calmly but firmly instructing the ignorant child. The other is a | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| that the destructive, defensive behavior will become more firmly entrenched in the soul substance. All of you | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| does not allow the negativity to become too firmly entrenched. Thus the negativity is prevented from starting | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| fear is lessening, security grows. You become more firmly rooted in the reality within yourself -- the | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| way of thinking is to very simply and firmly -- yet without pushing effort -- formulate another | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| spiritual reality in which you are much more firmly planted than you realize. Only the separated consciousness | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| victimizers, out to annihilate the Jews. The more firmly this belief was held, the more hatred and | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| when spiritual and material health and abundance are firmly rooted, that each new person who desires to | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| a situation you start out with a very firmly held conviction. Everything you can observe bears out | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| states of mind. If the mind becomes more firmly entrenched in the painful, fearful dualism through straining | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| might dissolve smoothly and relatively soon, becomes more firmly entrenched and aggravated. It is, once again, not | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Firmness....................9 | |
| as a helpless loss of self where resilient firmness should prevail. The imbalance is always caused by | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| is the alternation of tension and relaxation, of firmness and softness. The fertile soil of life, growth | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| balance between the masculine and feminine principles. The firmness of purpose not to follow the line of | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| matter. As I have said many times, kindness, firmness, and deep determination against your own destructiveness are | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| generalities. It will point out with love and firmness exactly where you have to go. But your | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| clearly: self-discipline, strict honesty with the self, and firmness with the lower self's desire to act out | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| to exert a certain amount of discipline, of firmness, of strength, of not succumbing to the temptation | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| ways of self-expression. There will be room for firmness, for standing in self-affirmation, and for the ability | 254 SURRENDER |
| can talk to your own false thoughts with firmness and reasonableness. See yourself doing that. Invite Christ | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Fit.........................40 | |
| direction. It is not even that individuals who fit this description cannot love at all. There may | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| opportunity to observe whether the person is really fit for this task. If not, God's spirits will | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| not necessarily brought about by them, have to fit their wishes and when this is achieved happiness | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| never need to experience anything that does not fit into his or her own destiny. Second, every | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| apply to advertising? ANSWER: This does not exactly fit into the subject of day-dreaming; however, what you | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| brief and condensed way since I cannot possibly fit all of this information into one lecture. In | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| and would use his power as he saw fit. So Christ said: In this case there must | 22 SALVATION |
| harmony of their own innermost selves that will fit into the scheme of divine law, that will | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| which you will then want to interpret to fit the resistance of your lower self. The only | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| entity first planned for these parents would not fit into those circumstances any more. This may be | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| not yet known to humankind. Perhaps you can fit this into your picture. QUESTION: Last time the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| factors: One is that the findings have to fit into the general plan, concerning the entire earth | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| well rounded. A new finding usually does not fit into the mental picture you have of yourself | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| withdraw and use desirelessness as a camouflage to fit their image. This is a very common phenomenon | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| together. QUESTION: How does friendship between two people fit into this picture? ANSWER: Friendship is brotherly love | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| refusal to look at imperfection which may not fit into the picture you have of yourself. At | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| because one wishes to have the other person fit to one's own need; or one wishes the | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| gain an overall view. The puzzle begins to fit. You see certain pieces have fallen into place | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| entire process. The favorable signs -- those that fit into your constructions -- are overvalued. They produce | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| unending vicious circle. For how can reality ever fit into your fantasy? It cannot. So even under | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| inner obstructions. Such proficiency certainly makes you more fit to function where you are free already, but | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| it happened at all, because it may not fit the picture you have of the situation. It | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| same talent because in all other respects circumstances fit perfectly, so that this spirit can best fulfill | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| will is set on something else. Reality should fit into what you wish it to be. That | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| It is intuitive, not learned. You grow to fit into the right stream of the particular degree | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| to this personal vibration the resistance has to fit, as it were, to the general resistance of | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| path, you assume self-responsibility instead of trying to fit into prescribed rules. Your own cosmic attunement can | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| and then seeing the stages into which they fit. In order to do that, you have to | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| my friends. Use this key wherever you see fit and wherever you feel you have the greatest | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| the busy mind, the overemphasized reasoning faculty, to fit your feelings into pictures, to build theories about | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| do not reject its magnificence by trying to fit it into the mold of the usual human | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| that is yours to use as you see fit. This description is, of course, extremely limited, for | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| that making the other all bad does not fit the truth either. If you have to protect | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| old response is a conditioned reflex created to fit a smaller way of functioning in life; second | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| that the currently valid thoughts and feelings can fit into the appropriate channels. One then becomes self-aware | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| the stage, must be painstakingly figured out to fit the total plan. To the degree the life | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| doubt, you would indeed be gullible. That would fit into the category of the wrong and distorted | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| this wider vision: How you, as an individual, fit into the scheme of the whole; how you | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| receptacle become commensurate with higher truths and values, fit to be influenced and used for higher purposes | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| a misplaced way, in generalizations that do not fit the occasion. The self then becomes at times | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
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| extent even understand. Observe how wonderfully everything is fitted together, every smallest detail that is visible to | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| them out and understood them; until you have fitted them into as much of the whole picture | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| expression of your own divine nature cannot be fitted into standard rules, regulations, and dogmas, no matter | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| motives merely covered the form of self-expression best fitted for your individual personality. In either case, working | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| too immature, you may then attract another partner fitted more to your changed personality. To consider that | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| them out and understood them, until you have fitted them into the whole picture as far as | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |