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 Insights....................47
you will sense it, you will be given insights. This, too, has to be learned; it needs 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
fulfill the conditions to receive teachings, to gain insights, and thus to help my still weak willpower 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
follow this path of development and purification. Helpful insights are given by heaven as a token of 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
will alternate between outside guidance and recognitions and insights which will also serve as answers and signposts 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
all about -- receive meaningful knowledge or intuitive insights from the spiritual realm. Such guidance will no 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
might tell you, but also through your own insights, through your own growth. Your spirit will become 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
functions. ANSWER: Right. You can find many more insights when you meditate on these words. And now 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
bring together knowledge and feeling will you gain insights by reading inspired literature and philosophy. QUESTION: I 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
the conflict in question and bring you deeper insights necessary for spiritual growth. To ask and to 35 TURNING TO GOD
you then penetrate your unconscious with these new insights by forming the thought form from various angles 36 PRAYER
sometime after the experience you will come to insights you did not encounter before. The experience in 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
all participants did that, very strange and wonderful insights would come about through an approach that might 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
way. One: it would contribute to your personal insights. Your philosophical understanding would increase and thus facilitate 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that outer problems ceased? In spite of some insights, the entire significance of the child's world within 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
greatly to the other person's negative reaction. These insights will free you and further your maturing process 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
great advances and prepare for most important new insights that will give you new freedom. My friends 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
subtle inner way -- you will gain deep insights that will not only give you peace but 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
you have worked diligently and gained some major insights, and have perhaps succeeded in changing some of 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
After some constructive work is done and valid insights have been attained, you are bound to become 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
reactions and hidden trends. If done sincerely, astonishing insights must follow -- perhaps not immediately, but insights 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
insights must follow -- perhaps not immediately, but insights must come if you persevere. You will then 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
will produce relief, but only temporarily, if these insights are but fragmentary. Permanent relief can only come 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
communication and balance, you will gain even deeper insights. They will guard you from drawing the wrong 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
all he had known, all the revelations and insights he had gained. Has it not happened to 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
more difficult than finding deeply hidden, important new insights. Here you have to deal with what is 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
having a specific aim, namely that of gaining insights about your inner self in a meaningful experience 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
are not quite that far yet, but certain insights will lead to it, so be watchful. Detect 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
to find yourself. You expect some deep important insights of devastating impact, while the little ordinary things 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
an approach that is adapted to your new insights. Let us first understand the human struggle as 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
experienced. If self-rejection can be cured by other insights, and destructive patterns changed to constructive ones, so 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
my friends, have come across many recognitions and insights that dealt with your wrong conclusions, misconceptions, images 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
someone else's experience and sell out their own insights. It is also possible, of course, that wrong 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
This often came as a shock. But such insights indicate that you identify with the very parent 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
therefore your life, can grow only through these insights into your self. By becoming aware of your 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
fifty years or so, humans have attained great insights in this area from a purely psychological point 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
will no longer deal with little reliefs, small insights, subsequent relapses, and the repetition of the process 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
is the result of ignoring it. After extensive insights have been gained, your permanent personality problems and 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
often out of goodwill and with partly correct insights into matters that have nothing to do with 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
those of you who have already experienced considerable insights on this path still do not recognize how 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
act, and to perceive unitive truth through repeated insights into oneself is, of course, impossible without help 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
and beautiful new feelings, and eventually with new insights, perceptions and intuitions -- even new faculties. They 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
unlock the door, no matter how profound previous insights and changes may have been. A total insight 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
how true some diagnosis may be, how many insights you have gained into the background, history and 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
can be, the more revealing and enlivening your insights and your understanding about yourself will be. You 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
you need in order to tie up certain insights you have gained. To begin with, I have 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK
a spirit of exercising your mind. But the insights must primarily come from within. You must allow 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
is another way and open yourself to new insights. You will find that you can be secure 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
 
 Insignificant...............42
is false ecstasy. You have certain little and insignificant ecstasies in your world. You may call it 18 FREE WILL
of your eyes, even the most nonsensical and insignificant ones, start to look for the common denominator 38 IMAGES
I mean that any small -- and apparently insignificant -- reaction on your part contains a desire 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
a seemingly unimportant detail, but what is apparently insignificant may be the most important for you. For 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
thoughts, and if you find that they are insignificant, learn to discard them. This process will bring 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
not it was something important or an apparently insignificant detail about your way of life. Did you 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
a big and important issue or a rather insignificant one that, nevertheless, once had the power to 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
you actually do waste on daydreams or on insignificant floating thoughts of which you are only half 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
You should pray to apply the little, seemingly insignificant daily disharmonies to your work on the path 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
Thus the little everyday confusions, the by themselves insignificant or unimportant things are the very best to 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
can put your finger on. The little, seemingly insignificant things that confuse you serve to bring out 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
doings and reactions -- be it in little, insignificant things, be it in something important in your 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
images. Some of these may be in themselves insignificant, yet they are important enough to distort your 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
growth happens only when you tackle your seemingly insignificant daily reactions of desire and fear. Only then 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
unimportant. First question yourself about the most mundane, insignificant issues which cause you the slightest disharmony. When 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
with a general concept. As usual, your most insignificant daily reactions, considered from this viewpoint, will yield 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
to learn a lesson from one's own tiny insignificant disappointments than from another person's tragedy. As to 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
really help your spiritual development. But each apparently insignificant insight about your own reactions and emotions will 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Who can possibly accomplish anything, even the most insignificant earthly thing, in the state of frantic fear 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
look down on them or may consider them insignificant, have the possibility to contribute in some way 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
-- be it ever so banal or apparently insignificant in terms of cosmic development -- the clouds 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
vast difference between the real self and the insignificant outer brain, the difference between the tight, anxious 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
For anything that may appear to be an insignificant aspect is, in the last analysis, connected with 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
your daily disharmonies and disturbances arise. The most insignificant problem can show you how you embrace error 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
feature of the human personality that seems relatively insignificant, merely psychological, yet it has a deep meaning 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
it is indicated. No problem can be so insignificant that it doesn't seem hopeless if this attitude 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
you can apply it to the seemingly most insignificant, subjective experiences and reactions in your daily struggles 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
say tonight applies to you. No matter how insignificant a disturbance may appear to you, or how 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
involvement in every issue, no matter how apparently insignificant. In that way, you transcend dualism, and consequently 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
struggle, or when you discover, often in apparently insignificant events, your inner truth where before you had 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
something important, world forming, or just a passing insignificant attitude, the principle is the same. I have 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
must become total, applied to the most seemingly insignificant aspect of daily living and being. You must 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
to everything, from the smallest and apparently most insignificant act to the most sublime. Whether it is 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
energy is so powerful that every small, apparently insignificant attitude existing in the human personality reappears symbolically 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
individuals inhabiting this earth, it is certainly not insignificant in terms of consciousness and energy. A center 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
Your mundane reactions seem often too puny and insignificant to be connected with the greater issues of 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
exactly in making the connections in this so-called insignificant area that you can find the key to 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
and culminating in a psychic nuclear point is insignificant, fraught with erroneous assumptions and therefore never focused 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
give you another insight, namely that even an insignificant act like walking from here to the street 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
art, a scientific project, or the smallest, most insignificant daily chore makes no difference. It is just 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
largest issues to the most mundane and seemingly insignificant ones. The more you become aware of the 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
in your personality, no aspect of it, is insignificant in terms of creation and evolution. There is 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS

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