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| of a particular blend of human imperfection and humanity's desire to reach perfection. Such a universal mass | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| in order to justify its existence and whether humanity's creativeness was used toward that end. In line | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| yourself. It will also heighten your creative abilities. Humanity's fundamental longing is to actually participate in the | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| great struggle to overcome. All truth teachings observe humanity's fundamental twofoldedness. You see this particularly by exploring | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this point you are engulfed in one of humanity's major confusions. Underneath all the conflicts you have | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| duality creates a reality that says no to humanity's longing for complete fulfillment. This leaves us with | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| especially those not understood by people because, in humanity's limited understanding, they seemed to contradict his other | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| life and death has deep symbolic meaning for humanity's personal problems, so this utterance, too, must have | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| conditions are the sum total of all of humanity's inner conditions. Lack of understanding, confusion, unawareness of | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a purer picture of the sum total of humanity's soul life than world conditions and relations among | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Conditions on earth that are called forth through humanity's general development are particularly impossible to master in | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not be distorted and truth obscured by encouraging humanity's weakest, sickest, and most immature tendencies. It is | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| they remain genuine or become falsified depends on humanity's inner state of being, your emotions and mind | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| not be alive and true in you. In humanity's insecurity, in the fear and denial of human | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| well. This is the cause of one of humanity's great inner conflicts and confusions. Intellectually, you all | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| you. Be in peace. Be in God! 105. HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| I should like to discuss a new topic, humanity's relationship to time. This is, indeed, an important | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| you the best inkling about one side of humanity's conflict with time. The picture is entirely the | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| identification with others. Last time I talked about humanity's relationship to time. I said, in essence, that | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| of a particular civilization and remain because of humanity's limited ability to grasp eternal values. The temporary | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| hidden fear of your feelings that stems from humanity's strong separation of general human affection from the | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| this lecture demonstrate this on the level of humanity's psyche. You all know that the more you | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| starvation, and all sorts of other difficulties if humanity's organism were not similarly split and partly operating | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| reached. After the entire span of time of humanity's existence, it is only now about to leave | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| to understand certain spiritual laws in connection with humanity's fate on this planet. You may also wonder | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| well as in specific areas of your personality. Humanity's tendency to escape reality is often not based | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| sorts, sickness and dying, are the expression of humanity's confusions, its state of consciousness which clings to | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| On a broader scale, helplessness is one of humanity's greatest problems. The significance of this is vastly | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| understand, because these misconceptions are the cause of humanity's predicament. All misconceptions, as you find them in | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| effect it has on the overall climate of humanity's emanation. If you have experienced cruelty, whether this | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| continuation of the topic already raised last time: humanity's deeply ingrained longing for and its simultaneous fear | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| like annihilation, because your very existence seems threatened. Humanity's separateness is the result of this threat; it | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| aspects of living and of being, all of humanity's outer and inner activities -- especially the permanent | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| stream of life, which is often blocked by humanity's stubborn resistance to see it. The call of | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| self often contradicts outer rules which come from humanity's ego self. Hence, no matter how much people | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| life has a great deal to do with humanity's lack of comprehension of its own destructiveness. Human | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| is not just a theoretical possibility: it is humanity's natural state of being. It is the natural | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| As I so often say, the state of humanity's present consciousness creates the world you live in | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| with all it contains, is an expression of humanity's overall state of consciousness. One of the physical | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| creation is infinite in its possibilities and that humanity's potential for realizing these infinite possibilities of happiness | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| detail, let me, first of all, stress that humanity's unhappy condition is due primarily to ignorance about | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| your understanding, it will be helpful to view humanity's spiritual history and evolution from a certain vantage | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| divine kernel. A chain reaction set in and humanity's striving away from the innermost kernel has led | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| the promise or knowledge of its opposite. First humanity's attitude is ambivalent about how it should experience | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| the human psyche. This means that it is humanity's task on this earth to struggle out of | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| life's basic abundance and generosity; its overwhelming givingness; humanity's similar and hence compatible attitude; self-possession; the ability | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| reaction are: life's limitation and enmity against humanity; humanity's defensive pettiness of spirit; self-alienation; the false, destructive | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| the other. This is a constant process at humanity's present level of development. It is indeed one | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| of humankind. I recapitulate. To deny evil on humanity's present plane of consciousness is as unrealistic as | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| How does the principle of mutuality apply to humanity's present state of development? With respect to mutuality | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| present state of development? With respect to mutuality, humanity's development can be determined by three gradations. The | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| you actually do believe. If you believe in humanity's ultimate spiritual nature, then you have nothing to | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| creates fear and suffering. This is, broadly speaking, humanity's plight. It is your task, in the cycle | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| you must want and request. This is truly humanity's search and struggle. Only as you venture forth | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| path different in former eras and cultures? ANSWER: Humanity's development in former times necessitated a different approach | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| not all that wrong at that time. Early humanity's less developed state made people act out their | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| development proceeded, on the other, it also constrained humanity's natural drives, and this was temporarily necessary. Only | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| way an escape and an incomplete approach to humanity's struggle on earth. Before concluding this lecture, I | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| find its way out. In this particular instance humanity's conflict is between either using a forcing current | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| popular concept of faith in this era of humanity's development is that it is a blind belief | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| its role as an important stepping stone in humanity's evolution. By now, the overemphasis has gone on | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| untruth and suffering. In the present state of humanity's consciousness you find all these stages of development | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| are divine truth become lies and neurotic manifestations. Humanity's confusion of these states at this point of | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| it, vitalize it. In the present stage of humanity's development, when even in the best of circumstances | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| also. Individuals who follow their true destiny are humanity's higher self. Those who resist it are humanity's | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| humanity's higher self. Those who resist it are humanity's lower self. As in your individual struggle, all | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| arbitrariness, rejection. This is clearly a projection of humanity's own state of affairs. Divine justice is nothing | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| to what was previously discussed only in general. Humanity's greatest imprisonment, from which stems all fear and | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| the balance of nature is being disturbed through humanity's thoughtlessness or greed. The recent growth of awareness | 254 SURRENDER |
| human beings are capable of. It is precisely humanity's more evolved consciousness that can always choose to | 254 SURRENDER |
| understand that this manifestation in nature reflects precisely humanity's overall state of consciousness which is dualistic, being | 254 SURRENDER |
| dualistic, being a combination of good and evil. Humanity's beliefs are always characterized by this polarity. Since | 254 SURRENDER |
| appear to have nothing whatever to do with humanity's state of consciousness. While these manifestations appear to | 254 SURRENDER |
| not always recognized. At first the influx reaches humanity's inner consciousness. Wherever there is the slightest potential | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |