| Genuineness.................3 | |
| confusion exists as to the rightfulness and fundamental genuineness of these different forms of expression, so that | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| you project into the world and of whose genuineness you try arduously to convince yourself. The artificiality | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| not genuine and you project that lack of genuineness on the world outside. For it is a | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| Geographical................10 | |
| world of spirit is not measured by your geographical measurements, it is possible for many spheres to | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| for many spheres to exist on the same geographical or material spot and to overlap. For example | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| QUESTION: I have a question about distances and geographical measurements. Is the spirit world in which you | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| chart has to be figured according to the geographical part of the world. That is something different | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| heaven mean? ANSWER: Earth and heaven are not geographical descriptions of life here and now, nor of | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| as is often said, a change from one geographical abode to another, but a change in spiritual | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| From the point of view of space, a geographical area may be indicated in this way. From | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| to think of them in oversimplified terms of geographical areas, located somewhere in outer space. Although it | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| to another -- or sent down to another geographical sphere. This, of course, is a gross misunderstanding | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| is thus not to be understood in a geographical sense, but in a total sense. The fences | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| Geography...................4 | |
| a man is not defending a part of geography but his immediate fellow-creatures. By refusing to go | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| image exists at all times, regardless of civilization, geography, historical period, or environment. There are other mass | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| earth sphere. This is a matter not of geography but of awareness. Although the full perception of | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| economic, political factors play a role, as does geography, as well as the type of spirit predominantly | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| Germ........................11 | |
| crust that envelops your perfect self, lies the germ through which you can be led into temptation | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| so that you can fight it. If the germ of evil lay dormant, if it had no | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| Christ in a number of people represents the germ of the Fall and the germ of evil | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| represents the germ of the Fall and the germ of evil. In what way has Jesus Christ | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| Whenever there is resentment, it comes from a germ of hatred. Hatred may not manifest itself as | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| are slighted, don't you still carry the same germ with you, manifesting differently? Don't you live it | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| old, a process that actually is the very germ of a new construction. You begin to sense | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| indeed bear fruit. If you carry away a germ, a particle, of this lecture, it has truly | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| strength, and positive energy patterns. If only a germ, only a particle of these words is carried | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| a total illusion. Such need always harbors the germ of a real, legitimate need. Therefore it must | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| -- yes, joyous. The real pain carries the germ of real life. The seed will soon germinate | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| Germinate...................3 | |
| be dealt with on the surface of consciousness germinate and accumulate and create great inner tension and | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| a seed that falls into the soil to germinate. With no defenses, you will let the germination | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| germ of real life. The seed will soon germinate in your consciousness and bloom when you take | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| Gestalt.....................1 | |
| through faulty transmissions. As everything has form and gestalt in spirit, so does truth, that is, the | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| Gesture.....................11 | |
| to shrug these reactions off with a vague gesture as if you did not need to do | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| same source. You will recognize that a little gesture may have a greater meaning from one person | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| greater meaning from one person than a great gesture from another. It is so relative, and your | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| You will learn how to make the generous gesture of giving freedom to others not only to | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| feelings may be lacking, but at least by gesture, the child learns to get along with others | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| yourself. You will learn to interpret what this gesture, that emphasis, this expression, that action, this utterance | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| The fences could be instantly removed, with one gesture. But because you don't know this, you must | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| self-destructive aims. Every act of self-destructiveness is a gesture of courting death, of walking toward it. Death | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| abstraction; it is not emoting, or a sentimental gesture. It is vigorous, assertive, and free. Honesty is | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| personality, the result will be a flat, unsatisfying gesture rather than a meaningful action stemming from the | 228 BALANCE |
| specific truth. A ritual can be an empty gesture. True tradition is therefore a continuous re-experiencing of | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Gestures....................3 | |
| with your innermost self, not merely with outer gestures. You will not only come to understand what | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| constructive way. Yes, you may make the outer gestures and appear to do so, but your inner | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| pursue your inner development, not just in outer gestures, it must have a lasting effect on your | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| Getting.....................77 | |
| in the unconscious, without the effort to really getting to know oneself. Such state of indecision will | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| they are -- should walk their path without getting caught in major crises, that is, in a | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| continuous work on one's own development; it is getting to know the self; it is, first and | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| is great, because the security which comes from getting personal answers and knowing the reality of the | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| to use this contact for the purpose of getting to know the will of God will certainly | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| find the answer by following this path. By getting to know yourself, each corner of your soul | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| by walking on this path of perfection, by getting to know yourselves as you really are, by | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| with laziness. You want to be there without getting there. Again, your lower self does not want | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| you have to probe into your own soul, getting to know yourself fully. Forget about your inability | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of course, yet it is so. Only by getting to know yourself thoroughly can you accept other | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| to receive love without taking the risk of getting wounded; it thinks remaining aloof is a desirable | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| to accept the unhappiness you have produced without getting angry at yourself for still being imperfect, and | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| As I have said before, everyone who is getting close to nearing an image-recognition feels a profound | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| is. Without the erotic force hitting them and getting them out of their rut, many human beings | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| will remain in full force -- perhaps even getting stronger. I will explain in a moment how | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| must guard against. It is the hazard of getting off to a good start in extricating some | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| you get rid of the bad plant without getting hold of it and pulling it out? This | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| thinking formula can never be truly effective in getting what you consciously want. You need to understand | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| fear of losing the love or of not getting it -- put a strain on the emotions | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| thus creates harmony, preventing the outgoing movement from getting out of control. It represents introspection, inward movement | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| others or circumstances prevent you from doing or getting what you compulsively need, the loss will seem | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of my ability. QUESTION: Since the world is getting more and more populated, I would like to | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| This will give you the sense of things getting worse, feeling more depressed, more confused. In reality | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| be that the child was constantly frustrated in getting what it desired, most particularly objects, perhaps. This | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| simply have to go through such periods without getting maximum benefit out of them, while you, my | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in your psyche -- discard them quietly, without getting impatient with yourself. Resume the task of following | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| devious way, which is responsible for your not getting the love that you yearn for. But you | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| never genuine. Even if you succeed temporarily in getting what you fight for -- admiration, approval, whatever | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| on the path, you will see that not getting what you want -- and you won't get | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| first you must become aware that in not getting your way, whether in outer things or in | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| is within your psyche. Unconsciously, you feel that getting your will is a matter of life or | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| it is based on the misconception that not getting what you want means terror, darkness, and unhappiness | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| seek ways to overcome the threat of not getting your will, but since the means are sought | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| since they are sought under the misconception that getting your will and being happy is one and | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| of this current concerns your fear of not getting what you want, or even the conviction that | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| to protect yourself from the horror of not getting it. I have often mentioned certain attitudes, which | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| are more inclined to be hopeless of ever getting from others what they consider necessary. The only | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| hostile and aggression is the only means of getting the happiness they desire. Needless to say, the | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| yourself against the disappointment and frustration of not getting what you want. Since such false protection automatically | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| I want this? Why do I fear not getting it? you will come to the love you | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| you desire and to your fear of not getting it. When you flee from love, fearful that | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| you reject love, fearful of being hurt, not getting it, or losing it again. You try to | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| versus death. When, from your fear of not getting what you really want, you deliberately choose what | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| and life and that you really fear not getting love and life eternal. This condition is unhealthy | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| emotional motivations may be similar -- fear of getting hurt and disappointed, fear of being dependent on | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| higher things. That is much easier than truly getting along with others, than putting one's ego out | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| as well as of the disappointment of not getting their way. Unconsciously, they feel alone. They feel | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| you undeservedly, and there is no way of getting out of it unless God intervenes with an | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| I may want it for the idea of getting something, which is in me. Or I may | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| every possible respect, not just in work alone. Getting to know one's unconscious mind is not something | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| the childish emotions in action, while knowing, and getting to understand more and more fully, why and | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| not aware of it. But that is not getting rid of anything. Forcing leads only to self-deception | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| when you saw no cause for them. By getting to know yourself better, you discover causes for | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| the daily routines of living, such as eating, getting up, cleansing yourself, doing little chores, may become | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| views and standards without questioning and probing, without getting to the real issues, or even the will | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| the ego faculties in their proper way, even getting out of the way and claiming that different | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| can have your goal or feel guilty about getting it, or have a sense of not deserving | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| how you yourself are inwardly tense about not getting your way. Or, perhaps, you have embraced the | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| try to increase rather than decrease it, thereby getting deeper involved in the vicious circle. The only | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| not even know quite what they are not getting. They resent most those who really want to | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| emotionally still believe that your life depends on getting the other to feel and do as you | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| or avoiding. One grasps because one fears not getting, and one avoids because one fears getting. Thus | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| not getting, and one avoids because one fears getting. Thus they are both the same in soul | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| so strongly, you must fear as strongly not getting what you want. Conversely, if you fear so | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| is activation; the other is the principle of getting out of the way and letting it happen | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| which of course eliminates any possibility of really getting at the core of the conflict. This search | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| come to your help. Another important aspect of getting to know both the lowest and the highest | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| It is necessary again and again to attempt getting in touch with the higher self, the divine | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| deny your negative desire, but complain about not getting the wished for result. The moment you know | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| you think of this work in terms of getting rid of feelings, you must become confused. I | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| is only a side issue, a way of getting through obstructions. It is essential to deal with | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| answer and not another, of your fear of getting a different answer. All these attitudes and feelings | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| it, or have missed the train, or are getting off it. Almost all human beings have these | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| of owning up to the lower self, laboriously getting to know it by penetrating the concealments of | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| to get along with others. In this phase, getting along could best be learned for a negative | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| of an enemy. As human development proceeds further, getting along with others will no longer come from | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| most productive attitude about the possibility of not getting the wish fulfilled in this particular form would | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |