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| heavy and earthbound with its ego and which limits your individual capacity to experience the divine in | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| being. Then you really feel that your body limits you, and you wish to break the limits | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| limits you, and you wish to break the limits so that you can surrender to the stream | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| they have fulfilled their lives well within the limits of their possibilities, and need and deserve a | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| subject is decided upon, and so are the limits of how far I may go in answering | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| want to receive without giving fully. You set limits. You calculate. You extend yourself only to receive | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| child desires to be loved exclusively and without limits. In other words, the child's desire to be | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| outline, but also specific guidelines adapted to the limits of a human being still held down by | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| Defensiveness not only damages your physical body, but limits your thoughts, your range of emotions, your concepts | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| at any given phase of your life. The limits, however, are not set by mechanisms of fear | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| to give and receive pleasure and joy. It limits the marvelous potentials of the human spirit and | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| various times. The either/or attitude, gravely and falsely limits spiritual reality, the cosmic forces at your disposal | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| no less than what your consciousness expresses. The limits you set on your fulfillment, like the limits | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| limits you set on your fulfillment, like the limits you believe exist regarding control, are entirely arbitrary | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| with cruelty, creates a holding back from love, limits it, and makes the actual experience of love | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| approach, lack of awareness of the positive potentials limits the chances for their realization. The most effective | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| particular belief within one's practical everyday life. The limits one sees must seem real. Therefore the rules | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| Yet the moment a person discovers that these limits or rules are not unalterable law and can | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| not unalterable law and can be questioned, the limits recede and new laws are proven, according to | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| solutions appeared. Only by having reached the very limits of the old direction, when you were desperate | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| constructive life force is available for you without limits, expanding into forever new areas of joy and | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| the one specific way that you now imagine limits the actual fulfillment. Give the creative process rope | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| work on it and can understand that this limits your perception of reality and your channel to | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| frustrated, you confine your life to very narrow limits and make yourself unnecessarily vulnerable in a brittle | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| preventing Satan from acting outside these laws. Definite limits are being set, always according to the will | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| blame them for infringing upon your freedom when limits are set. You refuse to see that these | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| are set. You refuse to see that these limits are the limits of reality, of life's laws | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| refuse to see that these limits are the limits of reality, of life's laws. Perhaps unconsciously, yet | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| authority figure who permits all and sets no limits to the line of least resistance, who never | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| Line........................67 | |
| with the spirit world step by step, in line with your progress. You can obtain a great | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| false currents will transform themselves and be in line with outward actions and what you recognize as | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| God. It is so important to draw a line separating the higher and the lower self, to | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| forgive himself. And this leads to the next line: AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| the split took place exactly along the halfway line, the incarnation as the opposite sex would not | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| so wide, where the deviations from the middle line are relatively small, and where less of a | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| development and through your inclination to take the line of least resistance. You think that merely because | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| all humanity, meaning each individual, would follow the line of least resistance and give in to the | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| it may encourage it. QUESTION: Where is the line of demarcation between the artist's concept and daydreaming | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| to you? ANSWER: That's correct. Along the same line, if I am here now, but want to | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| soldier in the fight. You are a front line soldier. And a front line soldier needs better | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| are a front line soldier. And a front line soldier needs better weapons, more strength, and better | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| stands, able to decide either to take the line of least resistance, which is always man's lower | 22 SALVATION |
| theory or preparation for crossing that great dividing line on your road upward. Let go, my dear | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| in to the immediate comforts is choosing the line of least resistance. The disadvantage here is that | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| do not fight the temptation of taking the line of least resistance, which shows lack of ambition | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| Otherwise, one is tempted to follow an old line of thinking and reacting, shirking the real issues | 36 PRAYER |
| not proceed upward or downward along a steady line. It fluctuates, going up and down in spirals | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| knowledge, if the latter follows a higher ethical line as is often the case. That is the | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| pride, or for whatever reasons that follow the line of least resistance, the result must be felt | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the self. QUESTION: Where can one draw the line between healthy and unhealthy self-love? What would you | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| cannot establish a rule as to where the line can be drawn. You can find the line | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| line can be drawn. You can find the line only by asking yourself, checking your emotions, analyzing | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| your intellect -- as one in the long line of humanity, as imperfect as the next one | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| of your question, there is really no separating line between the spiritual and the psychological nature of | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| humanity's creativeness was used toward that end. In line with your answer, this creativity abides with the | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| the unconscious mind? Is there a strict dividing line and what is the law regulating what stays | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| comes up? ANSWER: There is no strict dividing line between the conscious and the unconscious mind. You | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| and unconscious mind. There is no strict dividing line between the conscious and the unconscious mind; there | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| your development does not go in a steady line upward, or let us say, to speak in | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| QUESTION: There seems to be a very fine line separating healthy and unhealthy dependence, as well as | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| can we distinguish between the two? ANSWER: The line is always fine. You cannot find the inner | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| to reach for immediate fulfillment all along the line. If this proves impossible, the frustration becomes unbearable | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| This is not to be confused with the line of least resistance and the giving in to | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| is very important to understand how the unbroken line of the original split with which you were | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| and liberation. However, this course is the last line of action that anyone wishes to pursue. People | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| apply effort and will. Unfortunately, too often the line of least resistance prevails in those thought processes | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| see how in this respect you choose the line of least resistance. Now that your thoughts are | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| and disappointment when you give in to the line of least resistance exactly in the area where | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| total unity only when they follow the unbroken line of the positive direction of their life forces | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| result of self-indulgence, of indulging in a destructive line of least resistance, maintaining unhealthy attitudes. Then, letting | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| continuum of movement that goes in a fluctuating line. Each down brings a new up; each up | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| The firmness of purpose not to follow the line of least resistance when confronted with the unconscious | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| go, meaning denial of self-responsibility, laziness, following the line of least resistance. Trying to find an authority | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| a great amount of willpower to reject the line of least resistance, which is to insist on | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| depths. But as long as you follow the line of least resistance, giving in to blind involvement | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| state that makes true vision beyond the imaginary line of demarcation between life and death impossible. This | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| accumulate tasks by procrastination; instead of following the line of least resistance, he or she takes care | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| Yet, even today hardly anyone knows the fine line between safe, honest expression and admission of negative | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| this state not by crossing a sharply defined line, but through a gradual process. Before describing this | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| consciousness, and decides to rationalize and follow the line of least resistance, the outer personality will have | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| of the laziness and the lure of the line of least resistance. You particularly trust the illusion | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| not immediately and not always in a straight line. But the meaning will evolve, surely and inexorably | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| and learn not to give in to the line of least resistance, your joys and your deep | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| be lazy and self-indulgent and looked for the line of least resistance and therefore made yourself dependent | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| denial of self-responsibility; she acted out taking the line of least resistance so she could be taken | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| is that freedom means giving in to the line of least resistance, and thus becoming self-destructive. Or | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| also indulge yourself? Do you then follow the line of least resistance? Do you then rather blame | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| infant imagines: no boundaries at all, taking the line of least resistance. That is the strongest enslavement | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| They have halted their process and interrupted the line of their inner movement -- individually and as | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| it comes to personal aspects, but draw the line when it comes to collective reality? The answer | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| levels of reality has also disappeared. The life line to pulsating reality and re- enlivening was broken | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| your higher-self good will, and give up the line of least resistance and its negative pleasure which | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| there are no effects. If you pursue this line of inner, unconscious reasoning to its logical end | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| of truth. As you grope for the fine line of when and how to express both sides | 254 SURRENDER |
| is autonomous. You want to believe that the line of least resistance and what feels momentarily most | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| permits all and sets no limits to the line of least resistance, who never imposes any frustration | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |