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| it -- break the cycle of the living flow of energy which is the basis of everything | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| hold on to yourself instead of letting yourself flow and surrender in a healthy way. Those who | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| more peacefully and harmoniously the soul currents will flow. People may even find their way back to | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| on this path. May the blessing of God flow through you, shine through you, and enable you | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| it is capable of surrendering to the divine flow, dissolve itself, and melt into it. And it | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| he wants it nevertheless. The willpower continues to flow in the wrong direction without conscious awareness. This | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| you conduct the daily review. Then ideas will flow into you and will eventually furnish you with | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| These thoughts add to the cosmic reservoir and flow in the universe, so that the forces of | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| motivation in consciousness and the inner willpower can flow freely. Once your motives are clean, you will | 18 FREE WILL |
| unconscious or subconscious pangs which hamper the free flow of your willpower. The higher your development, the | 18 FREE WILL |
| wrong motives. You can train your willpower to flow out of your solar plexus and not out | 18 FREE WILL |
| substance so that the compact personality becomes a flow, a principle, or a divine stream. This does | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| once having reached that state of perfection, will flow together and become one. It is the same | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| open encouragement or a certain strength that will flow into them in their next incarnations. In the | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| channels where the active principle should work and flow freely, there will not be congestion, but rather | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| will start functioning properly as by itself and flow into the right channels; and so will the | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| then divine strength and help cannot fail to flow into you. But you have to do it | 36 PRAYER |
| and attitudes that are unconnected with an image flow harmoniously with the divine currents, adapting themselves spontaneously | 38 IMAGES |
| why I am cut off from the divine flow. You are only half right, and that is | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| and the inner problems to be solved, the flow is cut off. You are surrounded again by | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| is flexible and flowing. All divine forces that flow through the whole universe and also penetrate the | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| universe and also penetrate the human soul constantly flow in multicolored splendor, in harmony with the qualities | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| cannot penetrate, cannot enliven it. They have to flow around it and that creates a disharmony. You | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| you with a very lasting effect. Let them flow into you, my dear ones. If you are | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| the wild emotions that, without necessarily being impure, flow without purpose or direction. Only then can they | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| taken up by the erotic force and both flow in one current. The more the three forces | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| others. Some are broken by countercurrents, whereas others flow rigidly in one direction, consisting of several layers | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| happens, you twist the life force that could flow through you. You prevent the life force from | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| the more you allow the life force to flow through you. The more you do that, the | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| has to be done. That of the living flow which you at one time or another have | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| be true that your sexual energy does not flow in the right channel because it does not | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| you invested it in, yet eventually it must flow back to you, this time in a benign | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| a benign circle. What you give out will flow back, provided you do not give in weakness | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| that you have deviated from truth. Thus will flow through you the life force that was turned | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| May divine light and strength, truth and love flow through you and lighten your burdens. Be in | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| go of the fluids, expanding them, letting them flow out, so to speak, the state of being | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| quietly. It knows. The outer will does not flow. It pushes and pulls in all directions. Seen | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| the inner will maintains a slow and even flow, always rounded. This will again show you the | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| wrong conclusions, your inner will cannot function, cannot flow out of you. Each time the desire for | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| weaker effect and therefore the creative forces will flow much freer. In such people, the natural attitude | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| like an old outworn cloak. Creative forces will flow out of you of which you are still | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| of life, of health, and of strength will flow through you. When your ultimate outlook on life | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| new state, your own creative forces will naturally flow out of you, allowing the cosmic forces to | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| of you, allowing the cosmic forces to constantly flow into you, renewing and regenerating your entire being | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| why I am cut off from the divine flow. You are right, but it is a half-truth | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the inner problems to be solved -- the flow is cut off. You are surrounded again by | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| not believe possible now. Your inner strength will flow out the moment the subterfuges, the superimposed, compulsive | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of clay. This will absorb the spring's fresh flow and give a reddish color to what is | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| soul a center out of which the soul-forces flow, or to which another person responds. This center | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| your center of being, the soul forces will flow harmoniously and will have a favorable effect, even | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| toward death, the more the life force can flow through you, and therefore the more healthy and | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| grow in this direction the life force will flow through you and give you a foretaste of | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| quite apparent. Since the freed-up life force must flow through the body, it makes the whole person | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| laziness or apathy. You will enter the full flow of life, approaching each day and each activity | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| awareness, you will see that the first negative flow has to dissipate itself through understanding your emotions' | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| allowed to function naturally. Tampering with the free flow of feelings can happen in many subtle ways | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| deceive yourself that you are not directing the flow of your emotions at all. We will look | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| their intensity. Both procedures tamper with the natural flow; the emotional life is not trusted to function | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| afford yourself the luxury of letting the emotions flow, observing them, learning from them and recognizing the | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| is to enable you to enter the great flow of the eternal current. The ultimate reason for | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| is possible only if you are flexible and flow with life's stream. Due to the unconscious conviction | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| through which the life and love force can flow and lubricate your soul, so to speak. Without | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| a meaningful adventure. Water represents the emotions: the flow, the state of being, a healthy passivity. Both | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| that these sins are liquid. They sort of flow into each other. Sometimes they seem like opposites | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| These four aspects prohibit a healthy, relaxed steady flow of your will and your wish capacity. Much | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| have to channel anything. Your emotions would automatically flow in a constructive way. The moment you have | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| that changes? Also, what about seeking variety and flow? Is it a manifestation of healthy relating if | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| benign and that your depressions are unreal. The flow of living is continuous and only in your | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| you can proceed. If you truly experience the flow of feelings as they come up, you will | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| it does, be aware of it, let it flow, and see what a wonderful effect it has | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| always the same. The cosmic inner forces cannot flow organically because people do not dare to love | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| violating the great cosmic inner forces, breaking the flow, as it were. This very deep-rooted guilt prevents | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| for not loving, for disturbing the outgoing cosmic flow. The work we are doing together must finally | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| This prevents you from being in the constant flow of life, from being in truth and reality | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| being in truth and reality. In order to flow with life, your soul-stuff has to have the | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| the transition into freedom will be an organic flow with a minimum of conflict. Or you can | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| movement of time which is a steady, harmonious flow. If you can feel into its rhythm, you | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| Once in this state, you follow the natural flow. The wave of time will bring you naturally | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| same coin. The only way to experience the flow of time that knows no interruption, that brings | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| Therefore you will be in harmony with the flow of time. Thus, gradually, through the discoveries about | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| what is in you and constantly block the flow of your emotions. This is unhealthy struggle. If | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| outside, and expects help to readjust the disharmonious flow of the self and life, one prevents the | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| the self and life, one prevents the free flow that brings awareness. The outer focus separates one | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| to obstructing the stream of feelings that should flow freely. Use the analogy of the stream, though | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| to dam up a river. The water will flow to the dam and will then be stopped | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| the barricade before it removes itself, allow the flow to bring out what is inherent in it | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| self-knowledge. To summarize: The prohibition against allowing the flow of all feelings into your conscious mind is | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| direction, which puts you in disharmony with life's flow. Only if you understand this can you enter | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| you understand this can you enter the stream, flow with the tide of time, space, and movement | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| manipulate it according to circumstances. Thus it cannot flow naturally and spontaneously. A similar struggle exists with | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| fear, and misconception tend to prohibit the natural flow of an infant's participation in the life force | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| of general human affection from the erotic sexual flow. In reality they cannot be so completely separated | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| must come into existence and consequently this universal flow must stop, and thereby evolution is halted. One | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| distrust and absence of barriers sets a healthy flow in motion which causes the entity to come | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| the unreasonableness of your demands, will open the flow of true relating. So, my friends, let us | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| cover up this little voice. Relatedness, the true flow of union, is determined directly by the following | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| understanding of one-time misconceptions, thereby overlooking the steady flow of the no-current, and how it works. Instead | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| function as a natural and easy and calm flow within you. You can issue the I want | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| yourself, with your innermost divine self, in the flow and harmony of the yes-current, you have nothing | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| helpless and lost. The vibrant life force will flow through you -- not in rare moments, but | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| with all the universal forces which would inevitably flow through the entire being in a most constructive | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| the truth and the universal forces can automatically flow through this consciousness. As to your doubt, it | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| go and give yourself up to the universal flow that will bring you to a state where | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| than ever before. Out of your solar plexus flow new wisdom, strength, serenity, and dynamic vitality. A | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| others, an ease in letting your soul- movements flow forward in the beautiful rhythm of the cosmos | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| existing misconceptions and confusions, as always, stop the flow of love. Just because love is such an | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| aspirations for the realization of love in pure flow? Would they usually be expressed by a creative | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| The tremendous power of the life force would flow into all directions. Since this being would be | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| Letting go of the self into the harmonious flow unifies, while strenuously and fearfully holding the self | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| disintegrates the psyche. The more the universal forces flow into the many directions and possibilities, the more | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| aspects in the self. To follow the natural flow brings the soul into the great unity. QUESTION | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| soul. But the second reaction restricts this emotional flow. Something clicks inside and seems to say no | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| movement begins to harmonize with the great cosmic flow. Mobility in relaxation comes more and more into | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| this lecture. The spark, the interest, the dynamic flow exists only when there is an unsure or | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| within, just as all other satisfactions and pleasures flow from giving oneself to life without restriction. The | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| Whatever I already am, I want to let flow into life. And whatever more in me can | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| being aware of them leads to a natural flow of union that allows others to partake of | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| the letting go is entrusting yourself to the flow of life, it must finally come to the | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| it, you produce a disharmony between your life flow and the cosmic flow, of which you are | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| disharmony between your life flow and the cosmic flow, of which you are part. It is like | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| a river that is disturbed in its quiet flow by obstructions and strong counter- currents. The disturbance | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| counter- currents. The disturbance created in the universal flow can be eliminated only by finding this flow | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| flow can be eliminated only by finding this flow. It is necessary to entrust yourself to it | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| an act of entrusting yourself to the universal flow. To some of you on this path it | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| give up your little, outer ego-self. Let it flow and integrate with your inner greater being which | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| and pain is totally understood. The natural cosmic flow, existing within the psyche of every living being | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| discouraged, fall into despair and stem against the flow that could carry you into a new state | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| fearless unitive state. You keep stemming against the flow of the universal stream that wants to carry | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| is necessary to permit the life stream to flow freely. We shall return to the subject of | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| as any natural phenomenon. When you hinder this flow it is only because you fear it. There | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| hidden area where they discourage the full natural flow of feelings, where they deliberately numb them. It | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| and misinterpretation of pain arise, is the natural flow diverted or stopped altogether. As life is essentially | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| unaware of how one holds back the spontaneous flow of natural feelings, and the illusion that does | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| expression of life. The same life force can flow in a constructive, positive, affirming way, or it | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| baby, a plant, a cell. When this natural flow is interfered with, the energy current seeking expression | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| prohibited from flowing to its destiny; the natural flow is stopped by conditions. These may be either | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| in the outer environment that prohibit the natural flow of the life force, the extent of the | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| will create only a temporary disturbance in the flow of the life force. People's persistent problems in | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| must find the way to reconvert this energy flow into its original state. Each life manifestation you | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| but also guilt; it paralyzes the relaxed powerful flow of reaching toward the good that can be | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| to this pull; the personality bucks the natural flow. To the degree that, consciously or unconsciously, you | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| and problems. If you cannot allow yourself to flow freely with the cosmic stream in the deepest | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| the necessary climate established to let the cosmic flow stream forth. In other words, everyone has to | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| would not be an issue if the cosmic flow were understood and accepted and one's own innermost | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| conditions prevail that are compatible with it, its flow will stream without obstruction. When conditions are incompatible | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| how the unblocking occurs, it will begin to flow again, often differently from what you might expect | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| well as muscular tightness. All this prohibits the flow of the force. The universal power must enter | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| intense in its tightly held views, the fresh flow of the life force is prohibited. If there | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| true at all. The lighter and easier the flow of the personality is -- it may first | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| seriously is unable to partake of the cosmic flow. This is why the self-realized state, conveyed in | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| manifest in both its major aspects. It can flow and stream through your entire being, revitalizing all | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| The personality feels guilty for hindering the natural flow of feelings, for having numbed them. The vibrancy | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| sense that it can only be used, or flow, in the direction which the mind, with its | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| you ignore the self-regulating nature of the cosmic flow that any constructive feeling is. To let yourself | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| letting go of ego control and trusting the flow of involuntary processes, of spontaneous feelings. The difficult | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |