| Leaf........................3 | |
| the created being -- human, universe, plant, or leaf. In their ideal creation and state, these energies | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| system, a planet, or the decay of a leaf on a tree. To put it simply, the | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| chain reactions of the cyclic movement intact. Every leaf is a complex interaction of many nuclear points | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| Lean........................18 | |
| so far, it might be wise to temporarily lean a little more in the other direction. You | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| of these two extremes you are inclined to lean. QUESTION: What would be the connection, similarities, and | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| all the might of your spiritual muscles. You lean away from the abyss, losing valuable strength for | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| Intuition will never be a wall you can lean on with blind certainty and confidence. This is | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| of a stone wall on which they can lean. It was this tendency which caused religion to | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| You seem to feel as though you could lean against a wall. It seems like a strong | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| does not want to understand. It wants to lean on dogma and rule, so as not to | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| There is no rule or regulation you can lean on here. As with all truth, each case | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| to another point. In itself the truth you lean on may be valid, but you may use | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| real cause. The result is imbalance: either you lean over backwards to allow others to take advantage | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| need to substitute something other than yourself to lean on because you have not found where within | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| if you are challenged, you feel cornered and lean on authority; you conform, without ever using your | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| dare to make your own decisions, where you lean on ready-made rules, there your ego is not | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| other, observe your soul movements. Superficially, you may lean on the apparent justification of the position you | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| The spine should be straight, not needing to lean against the backrest of the chair but held | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| with the outer mind you will tend to lean on rules, on pat truisms that may be | 228 BALANCE |
| own life, not to be responsible, but to lean on someone else. To the degree she makes | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| bears fruit and is realized. The temptation to lean on the old superstitious negative beliefs is that | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| Leaning.....................10 | |
| be careless about the lives of others by leaning heavily on the fact that no injustice can | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| oftentimes without knowing it. Just as plants are leaning toward the sun seeking light and warmth, so | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| light and warmth, so is the human being leaning toward God, often as unconsciously as the plant | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| factor, and that is the degree of homosexual leaning which too is determined by many elements. If | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| true that if a person has no homosexual leaning at all, he will not be influenced by | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| whom at least a small degree of homosexual leaning did not exist during the process of maturing | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| between being dependent on other people's opinion and leaning too much in the direction of catering for | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| not. Therein lies the confusion about self-responsibility. When leaning on the fixed rule, you shift the responsibility | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| is not brought about by intellectual evaluation and leaning on rigid rules. Intuition alone follows the constant | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| is. All other security -- trust in, or leaning on the static -- is illusory and breeds | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| Leans.......................3 | |
| everything depends on the character. If a person leans toward greed, the right integration needs to proceed | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| you cannot control and therefore cannot change. Whoever leans toward this sort of preoccupation should not only | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| a woman and is truly an infant who leans on others, who negates her autonomy. So to | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| Leap........................27 | |
| synthesized into one harmonious whole. It requires a leap of your imagination to comprehend the concept I | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| easier it will become to make the next leap: the realization of your true spiritual identity. You | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Meditation therefore requires that the mind take a leap into conceiving new possibilities, new states of consciousness | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| where it is accessible, and you have to leap with your thought over the barrier of the | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| on to it. Then you can make that leap in your thought process. Here I come to | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| known and proven seems real. And you never leap into the unknown. Yet, unless you leap into | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| never leap into the unknown. Yet, unless you leap into the unknown, no expansion and no change | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| be an end result rather than a temporary leap that will land you on firm ground. The | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| can rest and function, you cannot make the leap. Faith, according to popular notion, implies a perpetual | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| is objective. It is humble. So the first leap into the unknown -- and into the new | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| ground that is conflictless, you must make a leap into an unknown, new possibility. Merely opening yourself | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| accustomed mode of operation, is already a small leap, because, no matter how tentatively, you have then | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| second step in faith requires more of a leap. With this leap you open yourself to the | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| faith requires more of a leap. With this leap you open yourself to the divine ground within | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| permanent home ground, you undertake an even greater leap of courage and honesty. That is the third | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| for its own sake. That is the big leap -- a leap that must be repeated many | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| sake. That is the big leap -- a leap that must be repeated many times until it | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| be repeated many times until it is no leap at all, and you realize that it only | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| and full selfhood -- after you make that leap in self-surrender to a larger Self that is | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| and love. Thus you do not make the leap in faith -- that by being true to | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| the results immediately. For you must make that leap into the unknown for the sake of truth | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| and outside of you. That is the greater leap that will land you on new ground -- | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| That need not be if you make the leap to truth and love as the ultimate reason | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| shy away from the momentary anxiety that the leap into an unknown new reality induces. Do it | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| is necessary. For example, when you hesitate to leap, you must doubt your fear and your assumption | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| surely your mind enlarges, your mind makes a leap, and suddenly you find another consciousness that is | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| In very recent times, consciousness made a great leap. Humanity has truly become ready to shed these | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Learn.......................755 | |
| a path such as this. Then you can learn the discipline to go into your inner stillness | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| outer actions. But you, my dear friends, must learn to reach deeper than that and come to | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| one of the things that you have to learn, even though it appears difficult at times. Many | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| since one of the things you have to learn is to take responsibility for your decisions. You | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| take responsibility for your decisions. You have to learn to pierce the dark cloud which obscures the | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| soul as well as around you. You must learn to evaluate even very complicated situations, and understand | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| both for you and for others. You must learn to achieve the utmost for your spiritual development | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| their next life to disentangle the knots and learn to make decisions. Therefore you, who receive these | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| so. When you are tested, at first you learn how to attain your goal with the help | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| weaknesses, affirm the spiritual laws within yourself, and learn to love, you will get closer to your | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| are ready, of course; many still have to learn to adapt their external actions to God's laws | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| that would be impossible, but your feelings should learn not to attribute so much importance to yourselves | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| so much importance to yourselves. Your feelings should learn that the whole movement of Creation is directed | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| that those who do not apply what they learn, have no right to deny the reality of | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| the conditions necessary to experience all that they learn here and so find it confirmed, have no | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| might think about this topic further. Everyone can learn from it, but none of you should force | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| absolutely necessary on this spiritual path that you learn to know yourself as you are and to | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| message. This is a test, an opportunity to learn humility by being open to such help, and | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| establish contact with God's spirit world and to learn the requirements, conditions, and laws that regulate such | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| other conditions, even though the inquirer has to learn that he or she cannot specify exactly how | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| or not and whether he or she can learn something from it. The most important factor is | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| need a certain discipline and concentration which you learn through prayer. Most people are not used to | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| you. Why don't you say: Help me to learn real prayer, or real meditation. At any moment | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| Then the time has come for you to learn to bring prayer into the deeper layers of | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| Ask Him for an answer and you will learn to establish a personal connection through which you | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| it is the highest struggle. You must indeed learn many things in order to receive the gift | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| of self-development and purification. And you have to learn the special laws governing the communication with the | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| with their help, study for some time to learn what is necessary and advantageous for the chosen | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| necessary and advantageous for the chosen task. They learn the Plan of Salvation, the history of Creation | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| the test and learned what there was to learn. However, a pleasant time passed in contentment may | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| thoughts and feelings to be. You have to learn to view your lower self, accepting its present | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| of utmost importance on the spiritual path to learn to give up one's life in the true | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| you practice this process for a while, you learn several things at once. First, you learn to | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| you learn several things at once. First, you learn to take yourself as you are, and learn | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| learn to take yourself as you are, and learn the humility that so many of you lack | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| does not want to pay the price. So learn humility; learn to take yourself as you are | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| want to pay the price. So learn humility; learn to take yourself as you are; learn your | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| humility; learn to take yourself as you are; learn your true inner nature with its many facets | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| is much more than positive thinking, for you learn to live in reality, the temporary reality you | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| without teachings from the outside. You will thus learn what particular meditation is best to use for | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| the second phase sets in. You have to learn first to take yourself as you are, to | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| other things. Thus spiritual strength grows as you learn to apply absolute self-honesty. Once your motives are | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| and become master over your lower self, you learn real self-honesty, and your motives for development become | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| it, my friend. QUESTION: How do the spirits learn language? And can they use languages not known | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| So that is our language. We spirits only learn languages for very definite and good purposes. In | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| last language on Earth, does not have to learn the language anew, and will be assigned to | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| and language is one of them. But we learn them easier, because, here again, matter does not | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| this. So it is easier for us to learn languages than it is for human beings. As | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| they have nothing better to do. They can learn from you if you take the spiritual path | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| sex plays a role, it becomes possible to learn to love where hatred existed before. It is | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| And I teach you first of all to learn at all times and in all things how | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |