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 Ladder......................13
get yourself a little further up on the ladder. And now, my friends, I am ready for 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you will gain another step up on the ladder. But I admonish you not to expect this 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
will thus proceed a step further on the ladder upward. But you must have the courage to 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
are stronger; you are already farther up the ladder. Or it might also be that you, if 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
by starting on the lower steps of its ladder. Perhaps one of the first steps is acquiring 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
the outside. It will launch you on the ladder upward to the heights that can one day 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
this is only a tiny step on the ladder and they are not yet quite sure of 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
have started on the bottom rung of the ladder of love the minute you admit the ugly 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
the springboard, the fundamental step on this particular ladder. For example, you say: I recognize the old 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
this state. The first step on this particular ladder would be the following attitude: If what I 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
more beautiful one. The next step on the ladder of learning to transcend frustration is the active 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
bring you to the third step on this ladder, which is the discovery of the meaning. For 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
frustration versus fulfillment. The further step on the ladder brings you into a much deeper, more subtle 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
 
 Lag.........................6
may agree intellectually and in principle, the feelings lag behind, except in very rare cases. Naturally, your 4 WORLD WEARINESS
to a disproportionate extent. If such a disproportionate lag occurs, the resultant inner friction needs an outlet 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
state are less sinful than indicative of a lag in overall development. Frequently an immature individual will 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
to the negative experiences and feelings, you will lag behind and obstruct a greater expansion that is 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
find themselves at the identical inner crossroads may lag behind on their personal path. They may not 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
this involuntary part of you will at first lag behind, as it were. It cannot immediately respond 254 SURRENDER
 
 Land........................20
reaches its destination. The destination is the firm land, the world of spirit, your true home. Thus 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
to their weaknesses. Thus they belong to the land of the dead. This is spiritual death. But 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
advantages as their goals -- to get more land, to get more power. Though people seem to 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
so much to see and discover in this land of the other soul you have chosen, whom 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
so much to see and discover in this land of the other soul you have chosen, whom 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
in a vague vacuum, in a no man's land between awareness and unawareness. It may be a 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
and whether you can indeed find the promised land underneath that layer. Only by diligently taking stock 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
close to and already partly in a new land where light is never threatened by darkness. You 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
indeed, a beautiful vista to behold. A new land must open up when one gets to this 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and fog of unspecific awareness is a no-man's land and not even a temporary reality. This is 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
with theorizing sophistry, living by proxy in as-if land, you can never go beyond the step of 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
with devotion and full commitment into your inner land until you find the nucleus. And as more 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
result rather than a temporary leap that will land you on firm ground. The firm ground is 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
you. That is the greater leap that will land you on new ground -- the divine ground 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
following: If you happen to live in a land whose government is corrupt and requires the individual 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
you will have to venture into an unknown land where you believe in the positive. Assert your 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
so they can take root in the new land of beauty and abundance. You are changing from 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
beauty and abundance. You are changing from one land of inner being into another, establishing new roots 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
period you are in a sort of no-man's land. You have left the old place and are 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
capitalistic democracy, as you know it in this land. Its divine manifestation and meaning are total freedom 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
 
 Landscape...................18
spirit entities than an earthly thing, an earthly landscape, is to human beings. In the spirit world 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
my friends, cannot possibly imagine. The most beautiful landscape on earth is tainted with impurity and disharmony 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
from human sight. When you see a beautiful landscape, or something else that looks beautiful, it may 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
truth. For instance, what you see in a landscape is the expression of all souls: the beauty 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
a crossroads where they see the old inner landscape, which is fear: fear of life, fear of 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
will see the vague outline of a new landscape, a new vista. The experience, though tenuous at 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
symbolic outpicturing of an aspect of your inner landscape. This brings you to the second stage in 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
the outer event in relation to your inner landscape. The inner landscape is then no longer some 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
in relation to your inner landscape. The inner landscape is then no longer some symbolic or colorful 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
seemed merely a symbolic analogy, namely the inner landscape, is now stark reality, while the outer events 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
through your landscapes. It carries you through the landscape of your higher self, which is beautiful and 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
left behind, you will not experience this beautiful landscape too often, because then you get stuck and 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
an aspect in you; it is your own landscape. The mood expresses a specific meaning and it 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
have created. You can now recreate your inner landscape without that maze. Now, my dearest friends, I 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
you could see the difference of your inner landscape after the initial steps you have already undertaken 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
only see the still more glorious, expanded inner landscape that will become your own home ground when 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
is because you encounter parts of your inner landscape that need to be successfully traversed. To traverse 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
your way. We have occasionally discussed this inner landscape. I have made mention of the inner space 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
 
 Landscapes..................15
to understand that these forms build corresponding spheres. Landscapes, surroundings, clothes, whatever it is, are in harmony 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
believe that there is no space within for landscapes and spheres, and difficult as it is to 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
to human beings. In the spirit world, the landscapes or objects are the mental expression, the product 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
being; in the human world the objects or landscapes seem to have nothing to do with the 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
forms that will build harmonious spheres, structures, and landscapes in the spirit world. This may sound incredible 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
sphere, with all that is contained therein -- landscapes, mountains, seas, houses, any object -- exists concretely 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
say lower ones, could not even see these landscapes or objects which the spirits see and which 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
creates as a reflex-action a sphere consisting of landscapes, houses, objects, and so on. Thus only spirits 20 GOD: THE CREATION
all know, my friends, that spiritual objects, whether landscapes, clothes or whatever else -- it always seems 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
described the path you are taking by depicting landscapes as you know them on earth. There are 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
connection between inner reality and inner conditions or landscapes on the one hand, and outer experience on 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
of a corresponding state of consciousness, so are landscapes, objects, conditions, natural laws, the atmosphere, the climate 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
is a movement. It carries you through your landscapes. It carries you through the landscape of your 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
then you get stuck and stay in the landscapes of those other aspects of your consciousness which 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
the contrary, you will look for the different landscapes with joy and excitement, in complete trust. You 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
 
 Language....................146
is hard to force the concepts into your language, so infinitely hard. In order to understand what 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
my friend. QUESTION: How do the spirits learn language? And can they use languages not known to 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
not need that, for we have the spiritual language. As I have explained, each thought creates automatically 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
form and becomes apparent. So that is our language. We spirits only learn languages for very definite 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
at all, it still has to know the language its protege knows, although we see the thought 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
chosen as a guardian who, remembering his last language on Earth, does not have to learn the 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
on Earth, does not have to learn the language anew, and will be assigned to a person 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
assigned to a person who speaks that same language. But there are special instances where the learning 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
are special instances where the learning of a language becomes necessary and for that we have schools 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
We have schools for many, many subjects, and language is one of them. But we learn them 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
spirit can speak through a medium in a language the medium does not know -- the answer 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
the word tongues for languages -- that a language is spoken through a medium that he or 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
wisdom and light are one. In your human language you call it enlightenment. In the spiritual world 19 JESUS CHRIST
understood by any human being, for both human language and human understanding are too limited. Therefore, as 21 THE FALL
arranged by the world of God. In your language, millions and millions of years went by before 22 SALVATION
objects in abstract and concrete ideas and in language, but also in any sort of forms you 22 SALVATION
of course, is impossible to translate into human language. Therefore, the language I have to use must 22 SALVATION
impossible to translate into human language. Therefore, the language I have to use must be limited to 22 SALVATION
the full ability to express myself in human language. So I can only describe it in a 22 SALVATION
For we, in the spirit world, have a language of pictures, as you know. We do not 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of your emotions by translating them into concise language, for otherwise they could not be interpreted for 32 DECISION-MAKING
to be squeezed into the limitations of human language and understanding. Before I explain the technical procedure 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
of what you might call, in your earth language, a hospital. Spiritual physicians are working there. Many 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
to squeeze these very subtle concepts into human language, but also that it will take quite a 47 THE WALL WITHIN
one of the lectures you mentioned the picture language which is used in the Spirit World and 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is rather difficult to translate it into human language. I was wondering whether you can tell us 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you can tell us more about this picture language so that we can understand it. I would 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to know whether you can understand every human language and express yourself through a medium in any 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and express yourself through a medium in any language. ANSWER: As far as the picture language of 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
any language. ANSWER: As far as the picture language of the Spirit World is concerned, I am 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this much wider means of communication. Their own language is only a small part of the wider 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
small part of the wider scope of picture language. It is as though you would try to 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
as though you would try to explain human language to an animal. As far as my -- 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
-- or any spirit's -- knowledge of human language is concerned, I have this to say: I 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
do not have to understand the particular human language. I see the forms of thought in picture 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
I see the forms of thought in picture language and try to express it in the respective 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
utilizing her sense organs as well as her language. Through the medium's ears I hear while I 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and through her mouth and physical knowledge -- language, for instance -- I express myself. Whether I 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
myself. Whether I could express myself in any language, regardless of whether or not the medium knows 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of whether or not the medium knows the language, depends on the type of mediumship. There are 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
voice, and aural transfiguration -- speaking in a language the medium ignores - - and a few 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
talk through the medium, translate from your picture language or do you think at this moment of 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
do you think at this moment of the language the medium is speaking? ANSWER: It is a 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
combination of both. I translate from the picture language and use her thought process which I influence 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
have just unearthed and clothe it in concise language. Ask yourself why, based on what reasoning, you 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
is difficult to convey in the limited human language something that can hardly ever be experienced by 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
and therefore they are unnamed in the human language. Some you may never even discover on this 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
mean. Translate them from vague feelings into concrete language. Then you do the most productive thing. It 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
many difficulties to overcome. The limitation of human language is a tremendous obstruction in itself. There are 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
are far fewer words available in the human language than we would need in order to convey 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
be able to translate such feelings into clear-cut language. You will then see how far-reaching their significance 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the specific hidden emotions. Learn to understand their language. Analyze their meaning. Only in this way can 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
you must experience your emotions and understand their language. I cannot emphasize this enough. By doing so 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
the distortions. The second reason is that the language in the Spirit World is a picture language 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
language in the Spirit World is a picture language. When you are in the human state, accustomed 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
for a spirit to express itself in human language. It is a limitation. Imagine it in the 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
sense of translating a text from a foreign language. If you are not very familiar with that 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
If you are not very familiar with that language and you have to translate the meaning into 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
you have to translate the meaning into the language that is familiar to you, it will sometimes 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
it is much less confusing than your human language, which is so much more limited. And a 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
are responsible for the difficulty to interpret dream language. QUESTION: Is one of the reasons you gave 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
you do it also more in a picture language, in simplified terms. When the child grows up 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
to misinterpretation, either willfully or ignorantly. The picture language used for children or used in parables has 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
parables has nothing to do with the picture language of the Spirit World. The latter is infinitely 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
has a much wider horizon than the human language. On the other hand, human picture language is 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
human language. On the other hand, human picture language is more limited than ordinary human language. You 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
picture language is more limited than ordinary human language. You must distinguish between the two kinds of 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
But it cannot really be so. Since human language is limited, it is always easy to misunderstand 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
could not find appropriate words in the human language to convey what it is. I will, however 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
vast truth in picture form, like the picture language in the spirit world, like the picture language 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
language in the spirit world, like the picture language you experience in dreams. The difference between a 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
1: Originally the whole earth was of one language... 2: And...as they journeyed from the East 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
imagined to do... 7: ...Let us...confound their language that they may not understand one another... 8 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
tower: 9:...because the Lord did... confound the language of all the earth. ANSWER: In order to 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
without contradictions. This is the meaning of one language. The expression of the spirit was focused to 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you from yourself. The estrangement symbolizes the foreign language you do not understand. You cannot understand yourself 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
are subtle processes and when explained in crude language they appear exaggerated. You have to uncover, feel 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
consider compassion. As it happens, in the English language you actually have another term to designate the 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
be helpful to you? Your dreams are a language, and to learn it takes considerable time. Until 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
takes considerable time. Until you have learned this language, you need a translator. Then little by little 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
on how much talent you have for this language and how much effort you make. QUESTION: In 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
limited to describe a dimension inaccessible to human language. This is why higher dimensions can never be 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
instances, they may be pleasant or unpleasant. The language is often confused. One speaks of emotional maturity 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
accurately as possible within the limitations of human language how this very distinct inner way of life 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
in yourself, and therefore in God! 124. THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS Greetings, my dearest friends. Blessings 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
you learn to understand and to interpret the language of your personal unconscious. To do so requires 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
technique, the same as in learning any new language. It means practice, perseverance, and patience in order 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
patience in order to learn the new symbols. Language in any shape or form is a conglomeration 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
is a conglomeration of symbols. What else is language? When you say the word table, it is 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
use and know. The same applies to the language of your personal unconscious mind. And it is 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
it is just as possible to learn its language as to learn any other language. But it 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
learn its language as to learn any other language. But it also takes as much time, effort 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
you by itself than suddenly learning a new language without organized effort. Only it is infinitely more 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
essential for your personal life to know the language of your unconscious than the knowledge of a 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
this path is also the learning of the language of the unconscious. When you do so, you 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
that purpose, you really have to master the language of the unconscious. Let us assume you wish 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
others. Discovering all these mechanisms is learning the language of the unconscious. This is a successful translation 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
possible to translate the latter into concise human language. The concise formulation of previously vague feelings is 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
This is a vital part of learning the language of your unconscious. I will now not discuss 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
half-conscious material and its translation into your known language. The half-conscious material comprises your immediate emotional reactions 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
contact with the hidden unconscious and understanding the language of your unconscious obstructions, you develop third perceptive 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
communicating with your own unconscious and understanding its language, you will establish a connection with a deeper 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
this fear you will learn to interpret the language of your unconscious. Thus you perfect yourself more 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
the difficulty, but take it in itself as language, as expression, and interpret it. Be blessed, all 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
when clothed in the limitation of the human language, appear as contradictions. For every divine law contains 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
it is not only the limitations of human language that make the unitive principles appear contradictory. It 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
the limitations of expressing spiritual truth in human language. Language can lend itself well to concealing, displacing 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
limitations of expressing spiritual truth in human language. Language can lend itself well to concealing, displacing and 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
avoid the real issues. No expressions in any language guarantee avoidance of subterfuge and self-deception. Only the 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
away from the self prompts the use of language in ambiguous ways. One can generalize about the 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
is why the self-realized state, conveyed in human language, often sounds deceptive. Its properties may so easily 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
particular kind. It is not translatable into rational language because there is nothing you can possibly say 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
to put such profound truths of existence into language. I shall try. Words cannot do it justice 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
learn from within and to comprehend the deeper language of the unconscious, which is first quite obscure 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
sick, so that the individual combats the very language of the healthy spirit. You then try to 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
supreme bliss, sublime joy, quite indescribable in human language. No matter how unhappy you are, something in 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
the full reality of these ideas because human language is much too limited. But I do not 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
must be straightened out. As you know, human language itself presents difficulties and limitations, so that misunderstandings 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
the easier it will be to understand the language of the creative process you have deliberately set 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
This statement is not quite correct, but human language is incapable of expressing the essential oneness of 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
best I can within the limitations of human language. Then I shall explain the prerequisites for attaining 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
to express reality within the confines of human language. For the terms and concepts of human language 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
language. For the terms and concepts of human language are fashioned according to a very narrow aspect 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
I am again squeezing a concept into human language, a concept for which there is no other 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
in dreams as well as in other symbolic language is that one's sojourn in a human body 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
dealing with concepts and principles for which human language has no room. This lecture primarily addresses the 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
convey some of the great truths in human language. Creation requires the meeting of two essential principles 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
them for lack of better words in your language. Each step is a creation of a spiral 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
I hesitate to use it, but the human language is limited and we have to do as 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
its truly heavenly beauty! You will know its language that will communicate itself to you and through 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
in a very different way from the human language you are accustomed to. So words are not 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
What is it all about? Again, the human language is extremely limited, and it is almost impossible 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
this kind of experience into the context of language. I will try my very best to give 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
are life's main aspects when expressed in human language -- congeal and harden into matter. This level 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
that it cannot even be put into human language. Wherever this movement is stopped, a break in 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
by little the child learns to discover the language of the divine reality within just as you 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
soul. These principles are just as basic as language, mathematics, or any other topic, but are even 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
squeezed into human terms, human concepts, terminology and language. That is not an easy task. We have 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
or concept into the narrow confines of human language, which is geared to three-dimensional concepts. Nevertheless, I 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
extremely difficult to describe this state in human language. In the sphere of your present reality every 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
experience. These limitations in turn create limitation of language. Language is your vehicle to communicate, not only 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
These limitations in turn create limitation of language. Language is your vehicle to communicate, not only with 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
will then be able to organically expand your language. I venture to say that in a hundred 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
say that in a hundred earth years your language will contain many concepts as yet unknown. New 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
be so. It will develop organically, for human language reflects the organic development of humanity as a 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
Its richness cannot possibly be conveyed in human language. There is no way of describing what exists 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS

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