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 Impatient...................48
order to find your images, you cannot be impatient with yourself, for it is utterly impossible to 38 IMAGES
against yourself and you thus will also become impatient with yourself. With such currents, you will never 38 IMAGES
This may happen either because you are unconsciously impatient and want to correct your soul tendencies in 39 IMAGE-FINDING
This focus tends to make such a person impatient and apt to forfeit the very result he 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
it feels frustrated. There is often but one impatient longing in the child: to become an adult 47 THE WALL WITHIN
time and effort to eliminate. You are too impatient and also too lazy to really tackle what 47 THE WALL WITHIN
wrong kind of positive thinking is self-willed and impatient. The wrong kind of acceptance fosters martyrdom, seeing 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
to attain the same results but is rigid, impatient, self-concerned. The interaction -- action and reaction between 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
of growth by forcing your emotions and being impatient with yourself. Remain aware of your recognitions and 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
of the universe. The outer will is tense, impatient, and cramped. The inner will is calm, relaxed 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
it. Your outer will can also feel so impatient, so urgent, so tense that you are all 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
may take time, but you will not be impatient, nor will you be resigned. You will be 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
fact that the outer will is tense and impatient prohibits the inner will from unfolding, from floating 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
your psyche -- discard them quietly, without getting impatient with yourself. Resume the task of following the 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
first observe your mood. See if you are impatient or hasty. Then ask yourself, Where am I 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
chain is broken, never mind. Do not get impatient with yourself. Start again, observe again your state 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
and think they are patient. Those who are impatient may deceive themselves and think they are active 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
do is to sing, and certainly he gets impatient, and he can't conquer it in this life 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
come from this hidden cause. Since you are impatient, either consciously or unconsciously, to find out, you 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
as you are bound to, you feel so impatient, so irritated, that your feelings can snowball into 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
of these new considerations and do not be impatient if it takes time and relaxed effort. One 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
unable to change. This makes you even more impatient with yourself. You want to speed yourself on 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
you have relapsed and this makes you more impatient, more frantic and hopeless. But understanding what you 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
different degrees. I find myself, for example, sometimes impatient with people who do not accept the truth 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
You will sometimes find that you are most impatient when another does not understand what you yourself 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
my problems are unresolved; therefore, I must be impatient, compulsive, and restless about it. I cannot live 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
If you do this, without being angry and impatient with yourself, your emotions will eventually begin to 101 THE DEFENSE
aspect that you do not like and are impatient to get rid of, it always reappears in 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
it still reappears and you do not become impatient, but try to recognize more about yourself from 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
be discovered. This knowledge should not make you impatient or tense, but rather help you to understand 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
shocked about certain of its manifestations? Are you impatient with yourself because of it? Do you feel 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
if you feel too tense, too harassed and impatient, if you believe that you are missing something 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
not argue it away, that you are not impatient with yourself, that you do not deny its 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
can't get the fulfillment right now. We are impatient and want it immediately. ANSWER: I think the 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
human beings find yourselves extremely blocked, hindered, and impatient with your own evolution or development, concerns envy 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
more effective than repressing it and then becoming impatient and putting pressure on oneself. This is a 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
inner attitude is cultivated. When people are too impatient, their pathwork is stopped. Excessive tension is always 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
the more compulsive, the more urgent, the more impatient the outer striving for fulfillment is, the more 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
a counteractive movement may be one of hurried, impatient pressure. Both derive from self-hate. When you feel 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
anger at oneself for being angry or being impatient with one's impatience, wishing that one could react 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
accepted them. Your consciousness is too proud and impatient, too geared to limiting vision and thinking to 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
any other, is very angry, very self-rejecting, very impatient because its own growth process is only halfway 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
Let us assume a child is angry and impatient, guilty and self-rejecting because it is not yet 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
and deepening of perception -- and thus feeling impatient about your present state -- only leads to 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
take responsibility. You can be patient rather than impatient. That is taking responsibility. You can give rather 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
Usually parents and teachers become annoyed, bored and impatient. At best they give very insufficient answers that 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
confused with greed. It is not a greedy, impatient attitude I advocate here. It is rather a 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
wait for this to happen. You may become impatient and then begin to doubt, thus disrupting the 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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by the faulty perception, how it continues to impede proper interpretation and assimilation of new experiences. You 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
my work allows, and my still-existing problems may impede the relationship and ultimately cut it off. ANSWER 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
You fear that your still existing blocks will impede the relationship and might even jeopardize or destroy 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
the self and on others. The traits that impede coping with frustration are greed, self-centeredness, blindness, and 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
necessary new attitudes toward life. Yet they can impede this expansion by their refusal to give up 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
 
 Impenetrable................3
does not work on, each prejudice is an impenetrable obstacle for God's spirits. It is not that 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
best they can be. This belief erects an impenetrable wall of errors and defenses. The stronger the 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
others will not be important enough to create impenetrable walls between the self and others. If one 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
 
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most harmful of all things! Therefore, it is imperative to meet squarely what actually still exists in 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
On the other hand, it may be of imperative importance for some people to hear a particular 20 GOD: THE CREATION
The proper growth of your community is of imperative importance in the Plan of Salvation and of 20 GOD: THE CREATION
of free choice and reattain divinity, it was imperative that he not use the same means of 21 THE FALL
all know that to gain self-knowledge is of imperative importance. Now, how can this be done? The 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
low and discouraged and doubtful. Then it becomes imperative for you to know how to fight against 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
deceit. In order to accomplish this, it is imperative that you occupy yourself with self-probing and testing 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
fear. It is an armor. So it becomes imperative that you find out specifically what the danger 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
still need the defense. Therefore, it now becomes imperative for you to find out why you think 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
than the conscious positive attitudes. It is therefore imperative to make the unconscious conscious. Vague emotional reactions 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
the ego, holding on to the ego becomes imperative. The ego would not be so emphasized if 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
are liberated from the trap. It is therefore imperative to clearly see, understand, and give up those 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
and even the body level. It is therefore imperative that the degree of consciousness be increased on 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
 
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degree of consciousness; therefore its movement is almost imperceptible. A plant's degree of consciousness is higher. This 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
area and so subtly that it is almost imperceptible at first. It may be a purely emotional 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
lower states of consciousness and energy are equally imperceptible. In the lowest state of development, evil is 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
is so slowed down that the movement is imperceptible from your vantage point. Viewing the universe in 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
of view. A tree is still, its movement imperceptible when you look at it. Nevertheless its inner 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
 
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are used than strictly necessary to set the imperfect, blind, unconscious currents right; some future earthly lives 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
you have to recognize that you are still imperfect, you feel devastated because your vanity is wounded 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
which with time will affect and alter the imperfect emotional currents in the soul. Who does not 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
start with the preconception that human beings are imperfect and not God and His Creation. You believe 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
One reason is that to recognize yourself as imperfect is unpleasant. The other is that the lower 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
teaches you humility. To accept yourself as an imperfect being is accepting yourself in the right way 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
say, In so many respects, I am still imperfect. In so many others, I have reached perfection 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
particular religion. In many ways they are still imperfect and therefore cannot reach higher spheres after shedding 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
once again: Intellectually you know that you are imperfect, but emotionally you don't. Often there is a 31 SHAME
high -- then even though you are still imperfect, you are laying the foundation to a very 31 SHAME
discouragement because you discover yourself to be more imperfect than you thought you were; nor does it 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
much. Accept yourself as you are, as still imperfect. Even if the selfish motive is not as 39 IMAGE-FINDING
without getting angry at yourself for still being imperfect, and you need to vigorously and actively direct 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
all levels of your emotions that you are imperfect at this moment. I have said this often 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
situation. You need to accept that you are imperfect and that you suffer according to the measure 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
point in development has not been reached, the imperfect soul would react negatively toward authority, even if 47 THE WALL WITHIN
in a perfect way. But since people are imperfect, authority too is often administered in a very 47 THE WALL WITHIN
authority too is often administered in a very imperfect way. Thus a barrier is set up between 47 THE WALL WITHIN
simply because the other wrong extreme is also imperfect. Such misunderstandings occur so often in your world 47 THE WALL WITHIN
real authority in the divine sense and the imperfect human authority you have often encountered in your 47 THE WALL WITHIN
encountered in your life -- since humankind is imperfect. See that unconsciously you are under the impression 47 THE WALL WITHIN
be attained. You will understand that even the imperfect form of authority, as it manifests on earth 47 THE WALL WITHIN
deeds by law-enforcing institutions that are, perforce, themselves imperfect. Again, the solution has to be found earlier 47 THE WALL WITHIN
your duty. He who constantly rebels against these imperfect conditions even though the rebellion may be quite 47 THE WALL WITHIN
my dear friends, between the guilt of being imperfect at this stage and the guilt of hurtful 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
stage and the guilt of hurtful self-will. Being imperfect should not in itself make you feel guilty 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
cannot do! That is why life on this imperfect and unpurified planet is necessary for every soul 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
child comes in contact with more or less imperfect surroundings that bring its inner problems to the 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
other. Since the love-capacity of any parent is imperfect, the child misunderstands that, despite the imperfection, most 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
or it may receive a different kind, an imperfect kind of love, leaving the child unfulfilled. Now 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you face squarely that which is in you, imperfect as the desire, action, or attitude may be 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
you can follow this through, becoming aware of imperfect reactions or selfish emotions will not depress you 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
one in the long line of humanity, as imperfect as the next one, being liked by some 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
without error, since you are living on this imperfect earth plane and dealing at all times with 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
a child to be born into conditions so imperfect that it is subject to influences it cannot 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
however. As long as you live in the imperfect world of unreality, of illusion, you are not 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
moment. Once you accept the reality of your imperfect self, the resulting hurts will no longer be 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
as you are -- and you are still imperfect. This selfish motive is not as pure as 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
It amounts to saying: I know I am imperfect, but I make believe I am not. Not 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
this cannot be, it knows that it is imperfect and does not suffer from this fact. The 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
of your personality is still childish, incomplete, and imperfect. It falls considerably short of what you want 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
also indicates this: As long as I am imperfect, I have to experience imperfect situations, unfulfillment and 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
as I am imperfect, I have to experience imperfect situations, unfulfillment and frustration. Therefore, I must become 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that life has to be taken as an imperfect business. The ability to derive happiness from it 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
deserve happiness but rather punishment because you are imperfect -- and the urge for development because you 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
assuming responsibility, ready to pay the consequences, this imperfect act is more perfect, more according to your 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
your real self. This new way may be imperfect at present, but is a venture you are 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
can you become joyful living in a very imperfect world? People's conscious or unconscious concepts of a 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
life. One cannot enjoy life if one is imperfect; neither can one if one's neighbors, life situation 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
if one's neighbors, life situation, and relationships are imperfect as well. This is the cause of one 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
why you often repress your reactions to an imperfect situation -- and repression causes the conflict and 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
moment. Only in accepting, let us say, an imperfect relationship -- and this by no means implies 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
You resent that something in your life is imperfect, yet to fully accept imperfection, you must first 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
of change. In accepting imperfection, you become less imperfect. For without doing so you can never really 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
you recognize many of your conscious feelings as imperfect, you try to forcefully superimpose inauthentic emotions over 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
make it impossible to derive joy from an imperfect situation, be it a relationship, or your own 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
the fear is, If the other person is imperfect, he or she will prohibit my happiness. You 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
capable of giving it on in your now imperfect life, within your imperfect relationships. Be blessed, my 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
on in your now imperfect life, within your imperfect relationships. Be blessed, my friends. Be in peace 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
people who are, in their own way, as imperfect as you. The supposed mortal danger you are 101 THE DEFENSE
A genuine need, transposed into will, even if imperfect and immature, is healthier than a mature and 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
However, if you do live true to yourself, imperfect as this self may still be, the spontaneity 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
Remove the compulsion and the impatience, and the imperfect feelings of hostility will be less harmful than 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
you are required to live out yours. Your imperfect parents and environmental conditions simply brought the problems 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
first face what is in you right now, imperfect, faulty, childish as it may be. It would 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
out of facing a truth, no matter how imperfect it is. This attitude IS prayer. Candor with 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
you will be capable of expressing unreasonable, childish, imperfect emotions without explanations. Then, and then only, can 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
face and accept what is, no matter how imperfect or how far it is from what you 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
to experience this, if you can approach the imperfect, limited self in the truth of the moment 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
will be free, even while you are still imperfect. Where you have made this recognition you will 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
that my still-existing problems might contribute to an imperfect relationship which might finally cease. But this is 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
change, fear of the unknown, fear of being imperfect -- any fear whatever. They are all illusion 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
what is really in yourself, no matter how imperfect and wrong others also are. When you deny 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
difficulty lies in the self, regardless of how imperfect others may also be. When people whose spiritual 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
manage not to see this rejection of the imperfect self and of the other for what it 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
and with your need to see others as imperfect to relieve your own conscience. In this new 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
vanity involved here, not to mention the very imperfect, limited view of life in which such exclusiveness 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
It may seem paradoxical, but accepting humbly your imperfect state and looking at it creatively, constructively, and 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
often think you know what is perfect and imperfect, but you do not really know, because you 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
learn to re-mold that in you which is imperfect, faulty, so do you learn to restructure -- 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
reconciled to the fact that you are still imperfect, that you are unable to avoid making mistakes 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
feel personally humiliated by being wrong, by being imperfect, by having made a mistake, it will be 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
who you are now, no matter how flawed, imperfect and destructive your lower self may be, will 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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