| Inhibited...................17 | |
| spontaneous expression of love may be paralyzed and inhibited. Yet because this partner has a great capacity | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| to the child, because she might have been inhibited, undemonstrative, or conflicted, and she therefore lacked understanding | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| may be the result of your strength being inhibited. That strength is your real self, but the | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| you are free from such problems. You are inhibited. You cannot express yourself. You cannot communicate and | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| It may mean that your creative faculties are inhibited. Not having conscious daydreams may also indicate resignation | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| than of actions, because you may be too inhibited to allow yourself to act out what you | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| will feel a vague discomfort. You will feel inhibited without understanding why, and you will sense that | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| you will be uncomfortable and anxious, embarrassed and inhibited, but each time it will become easier. As | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| and resenting it or receiving and feeling unfree, inhibited and guilty. He or she cannot find the | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| following through with it. Or, you are so inhibited because the shame of the desire for either | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| exists. When self-liking is missing, the psyche is inhibited from experiencing its natural state. This in turn | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| at least at certain times, but is so inhibited compared to what he or she could be | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| beautiful in you began to be distorted and inhibited. In other words, the inhibition of the beautiful | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| things outwardly, but if the inner experience is inhibited, the outer experience will mean little. You can | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| hurtful, and destructive patterns. If you are hampered, inhibited, and afraid, you also inhibit the mutual scope | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| it comes to your real greatness, you become inhibited, ashamed, afraid -- you hold back what you | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| experience abundance in all ways. If you feel inhibited and reluctant to claim this full self-expression, it | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| Inhibiting..................3 | |
| sex. Overt perversion is avoided not by the inhibiting fear of sin, but by the entire human | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| both currents must be strongly at work, thus inhibiting each other. Consciously the yes- current is stronger | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| Perhaps by feeling undeserving and afraid or by inhibiting your energies. This is only one example; all | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| Inhibition..................17 | |
| certainly not the aloofness from love and the inhibition of displaying the best qualities of his or | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| a great capacity for giving affection outwardly, the inhibition manifests so subtly that you may not be | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| and stronger. Your intuitive nature will manifest without inhibition, with a natural and reliable spontaneity. This is | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| and estrangement from the real self. This brings inhibition and the stunting of creative forces, which in | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| to consciousness. These negative emotions account for the inhibition of spontaneity and for a certain feeling of | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| through healthy means because too much fear and inhibition exist in the soul. A true answer can | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| That strength is your real self, but the inhibition has nothing to do with your real being | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| the lack of primary ones, are due to inhibition, lack of spontaneity -- and this is due | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| you the ability to freely express yourself without inhibition, with your best faculties right at your disposal | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| pretense? Come to terms with your restraint and inhibition, and tell yourself that perhaps in a week | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| see to what degree they still live in inhibition and self- deception. If you discover that you | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| desire this fulfillment and can experience it without inhibition in fantasy. You then believe that outer reasons | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| be distorted and inhibited. In other words, the inhibition of the beautiful vital forces caused the distortion | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| away from it, preferring the pseudo-safety of restriction, inhibition, dependency, pleasurelessness. When that state worsens, the suffering | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| out these destructive feelings. Primitive humans knew no inhibition and no conscience. They were too disconnected from | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| short-circuit is then experienced as an involuntary block, inhibition, and deadness. On the emotional level, the movement | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| add to the universe. You may conceal this inhibition under a pseudo-selflessness which may, in fact, be | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| Inhibitions.................14 | |
| course of this work, you may find subtle inhibitions which invariably affect the very part of the | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| the longing is not there. The more unconscious inhibitions and fears exist in you, the more you | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| will attract a partner who also has such inhibitions. Both of you may need another kind of | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| changing. However, if you find and solve your inhibitions, you may help your present partner toward this | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| of giving love maturely, by your fears and inhibitions and shame which are always a manifestation of | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| that is so necessary obtain freedom, to lose inhibitions and uncertainties, and allow the real self to | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| these lectures. So give up your shyness and inhibitions. The more you participate with questions, the better | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| inner readiness and for the shedding of your inhibitions. This will be of substantial benefit that you | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| to be creative. They are oblivious to their inhibitions and their inability to express themselves adequately. They | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| stand in direct relationship to your shame, your inhibitions and your daily disharmonious feelings. Each private session | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| realistic perception, and free-flowing movement unhampered by fears, inhibitions, and paralysis. In short, the experience of bliss | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| In order to make this possible, many restrictions, inhibitions -- the no-current -- must become fully conscious | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| human being with little or no blocks and inhibitions, without distortions and negativity, is capable of a | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| to be learned. Often your initial hesitancy and inhibitions can be removed when you learn how to | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| Inhibits....................3 | |
| underneath and create unconscious hostility. This entire reaction inhibits your intuitive faculties, at least in this particular | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| bound to make you blind to reality. It inhibits your spontaneity and intuition and prevents you from | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| crushed by the devastating emotion of pity, which inhibits your strength and the help you can give | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| Initial.....................59 | |
| your greatest benefit. When you have overcome the initial difficulties and have won some mastery over yourself | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| messages. Even those friends who have overcome the initial difficulties do not always use their quiet hour | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| participant in the Plan of Salvation. But the initial desire will have to come from you. What | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| than anything you can imagine for yourself. The initial difficulty is only to entrust yourself to God | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| liberation you are bound to experience after the initial difficulties on this path are overcome. Only you | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| into your soul once you have overcome the initial resistance. So you must realize that first you | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| the ground, lay the foundation stone through this initial fight within yourself that enables you to make | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| hatreds. Splitting is separation from God, and this initial tragedy, which took place long before the earth | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| out of the same bad root of the initial splitting from God. There should have been oneness | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| all the further stages of self-realization if these initial steps are taken. So my advice is this | 21 THE FALL |
| be blessed, be in God! 25. THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS Greetings in the name | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| Here is another thought, my friends, for this initial decision which you must approach with open eyes | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| not let yourself become discouraged by the inevitable initial hurdles, eventually, little by little, you will learn | 36 PRAYER |
| cannot help but come if you overcome the initial difficulties. Indeed, it is the only endeavor on | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| use this potent momentum of eros as the initial thrust it is, and then find through it | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| answer. The fact that you have overcome the initial resistance and won your first victory is, in | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| it at the start is difficult. The necessary initial work is often harder than you may now | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| refreshing and exhilarating, after you have overcome your initial fear and shame. You see, the desire to | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| self-centered separateness they are turned back. After the initial effort of streaming out, reaching the cosmos, and | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| often contradictory imperatives will you relinquish them. The initial inner freedom gained in this way will allow | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| will liberate you more and more, after the initial fear of it has proven unreasonable; if only | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| at all these possible emotions, after overcoming the initial reluctance, fear of the death of others will | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| by observing your thinking process, and even your initial inability to do so. This eventually leads to | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| It is the outer will that provides the initial momentum to open the door to, and then | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| person. Those of you who have made these initial inroads to awareness of the negative desires must | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| intuitive understanding: of knowing the truth. After the initial apparent need for courage and the momentary resistance | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| anxiety; both yield no salvation whatever. Notice the initial disinclination to question your assumptions concerning any problematic | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| Once the first attempts are made and the initial inertia overcome, it ceases to be difficult. It | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| out of distrust of nature, not out of initial malice, though malice may be one aspect of | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| as you wish. Once you have learned this initial condition, allowing for the number of inevitable relapses | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| have discouraged you at first were the necessary initial steps in your personal evolution. Progress brings you | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| energies are released and admitted to consciousness. The initial actualization of these powers requires effort, but once | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| life becomes a string of beauty even though initial difficulties are still to be overcome? How much | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| neglected. The childish idea prevails that once the initial act has taken place, the self is powerless | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| thus eliminate it from your psychic system. Your initial reaction to pain with anger is totally normal | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| you form with your conscious mind are your initial tools. I repeat: clarity and conviction, concise statement | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| The first difficult part is to make the initial commitment to find out the truth about yourself | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| needs to be repeated many times, like the initial commitment to finding the truth inside of you | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| against experiencing pain, a substantial step of the initial purification has been accomplished. Negative intentionality is a | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| is glorious when you have progressed beyond the initial stages where you battle with your own false | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| comprehend and be with them without fear. The initial decision to enter a path such as this | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| that we would be able to overcome the initial problems. But, using all the principles of the | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| wish to give you some clear-cut pointers and initial concepts of what to look for, what to | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| be interrupted, because it often disappears at the initial stages, so that the experience can appear to | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| the greater universe in order to avoid the initial tedium of learning and becoming, the channel will | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| When you make yourself sufficiently empty, the first initial response is an inner aliveness, and you tend | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| the personal problems which may have been your initial motivation to come here, as far as your | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| of self-exposure and purification will you gain sufficient initial self- esteem to expose your devastating belief in | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| truth can be expressed, perhaps again by an initial question: Is it true that this or that | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| goodwill and action -- in short, of the initial word that set all this in motion -- | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| travel through these feelings, in spite of the initial fear to do so, you experience a wonderful | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| the difference of your inner landscape after the initial steps you have already undertaken -- and the | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| not the false version of it. In this initial struggle, my suggestion is to make yourself available | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| a responsive action, but must also be an initial action. This kind of positive aggression is necessary | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the direction this path takes that, from the initial emphasis on individual purification and self-liberation, through dissolution | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| into a malleable universe. Do not let the initial fear of this thought drive you back into | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| can and needs to be learned. Often your initial hesitancy and inhibitions can be removed when you | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| enhance your sense of security and adequacy. Your initial inability to express yourself adequately is totally due | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| fulfill the law of brotherhood and overcome your initial resistance to showing yourself as you are. But | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |