| Logically...................15 | |
| very few people know how to continue on logically from this premise. They limit God all the | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| to all beings the possibility to choose freely. Logically, free will includes the possibility of using it | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| reward from heaven, but show you plainly and logically that this path cannot help but work out | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| were less cruel. If you think it through logically, you will find that the primitive and distorted | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| how contrary to your own best interests; how logically impossible. After seeing and understanding all this, the | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| love and success, it is due to a logically correct attitude toward both. So this is where | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| the other. If people were to follow through logically and see the ultimate consequences of this phenomenon | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| be feared. Not wanting to look at it logically results in lack of awareness, lack of knowing | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| yourself that make such expectations of perfect relationships logically impossible. However, quite apart from such ignorance, this | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| because you fear pleasure do you inadvertently but logically want the opposite -- the unpleasure. Thus you | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| in you certain past feelings which must have logically brought about the present circumstances. Such deductive knowledge | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| movement and a systematic chain reaction, one link logically and inexorably following another, until the word has | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| the inevitable beauty, goodness and rightness of it, logically attempt to continue its expression. Please keep in | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| your evil, your destructive attitudes, you realistically and logically conclude that Creation as a whole is untrustworthy | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| that takes its natural course. One step must logically follow the previous one. Each step or phase | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Loneliness..................51 | |
| seems meaningless -- their sorrows, their trials, their loneliness. But when you understand that this life is | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| the feeling clearly, and they waver in their loneliness, because they do not fulfill the lawful conditions | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| truly desirous to understand the need and the loneliness of others, then you will not experience their | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| made a gift to others by diminishing their loneliness in their supposed imperfection. All people think they | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| not quite so filthy any more; and the loneliness not quite so unbearable and hopeless any more | 21 THE FALL |
| the only remedy for this constant state of loneliness, of insecurity, and of growing self-despisal is the | 31 SHAME |
| living creature. In the distorted view you suffer loneliness and you go on pretending in some subtle | 31 SHAME |
| you come out of the webs of darkness, loneliness, unhappiness, but not until after you have shown | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| the ego to break through the barrier of loneliness poses as love. So does its possessiveness. I | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| the separating wall that encloses you in darkness, loneliness, fear, guilt, and false shame. Only in this | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| may feel an unhappiness, unrest, disharmony, fear, insecurity, loneliness, yearning. All of you, my friends, including those | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| Salvation. As long as the soul is separate, loneliness and unhappiness must be its lot. The erotic | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| liberating the other soul from the prison of loneliness, and liberating the self. This prison may even | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| newer experience that remaining aloof brings censure and loneliness. The latter causes you to assume a veneer | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| can rigidly adhere. I recapitulate: Since isolation and loneliness come from an inner, unrecognized dependency, as opposed | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| different way. In addition to the separation and loneliness that this distortion generates, there is the added | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| indirect way. The bitter hurt of isolation, of loneliness, of the gnawing feeling of having passed through | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| this wall in you, you cannot understand your loneliness. You cannot understand how you affect others. Often | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| you will understand the true reason for your loneliness and its emptiness will be filled. Each life | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| and separateness that cause so much suffering and loneliness. Since your inner spiritual self is the same | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| in part is the reason for the prevalent loneliness of so many people, for their difficulty in | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| one feels lacking in oneself. One may fear loneliness, lack of actual or irrational protection, by the | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| identical misconception, and the results of both are loneliness, resentment, self-pity, self-contempt, and frustration. When two people | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| fear poverty, you prevent abundance. If you fear loneliness, you prevent real companionship. If you fear companionship | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| may find yourself in at the moment. Your loneliness, your fears and conflicts come down to this | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| is between their desire to overcome isolation and loneliness and their simultaneous fear of close, intimate contact | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| others; that this very claim traps you in loneliness and confusion; that others will give you love | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| wall of secrecy that makes you lonely. The loneliness may be denied or rationalized; other circumstances may | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| no matter how favorable your outer circumstances. Such loneliness can be relieved only when you overcome the | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| not function. And consequently you will understand your loneliness and no longer believe that a trick of | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| locked gate. For example, a person suffers from loneliness and lovelessness. It may have taken considerable effort | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| have little to do with the problem of loneliness, but the violation of integrity gives the person | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| once. He incurs the worst suffering, guilt, and loneliness. He sacrifices pleasure, fulfillment, love, growth, and the | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| different kind of pain -- the pain of loneliness and frustration. But contact makes it difficult to | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| problems of human interaction, as well as to loneliness, within their own hearts. True growth is as | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| which completely separate you and create a great loneliness. These defenses create a very dependent, limited, and | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| need to go into the abyss of fright, loneliness, helplessness, pain, and the anger generated by the | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| and safety; through the gateway of feeling your loneliness lies your capacity to have fulfillment, love and | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| are denied. When you are afraid of pain, loneliness, or of a hurt to your pride or | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| happens when the original feelings of despair and loneliness are denied, when the inner person says, I | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| that you are the one who wants isolation, loneliness, lovelessness, hate, and spite, instead of blaming some | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| plagued with resentments, anxiety, and tension, or with loneliness and a sense of isolation? Do you need | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| longer need to reject them. Instead of creating loneliness, you can create relationships: the bliss of the | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| truth of your inner divine reality. The emotional loneliness that is the self-chosen lot of so many | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| where you explore the inner universe in unison. Loneliness and the torture of conflict about the need | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| of larger issues, then you should understand your loneliness, your disconnectedness, your fear and guilt and inability | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| baring yourselves to one another. And thus the loneliness you all suffered from has begun to disappear | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| by giant steps. You now know that your loneliness can never be relieved by another person's love | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| nothing else, they create a separating wall of loneliness and fear. To break through the wall, one | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| the threats of death, nonbeing, pain, injustice, insecurity, loneliness. The externalized life in the body, in spite | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| love and unity. How can you assuage your loneliness unless you establish bridges with others? How can | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Lonely......................28 | |
| of world weariness, since the person will remain lonely. The fear within the person says: If I | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| withdrawal, in which a person retires into a lonely, self-created world. Again, they do this out of | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| light of truth. The elevated ego makes you lonely, it puts you indeed into a special place | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| themselves with a wall of separation will become lonely and detach themselves more and more from the | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| He or she will relax, will feel less lonely. Then do you know what will happen? You | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| that you can grow in harmony. Never feel lonely or alone, because God is here and everywhere | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| sooner or later. Behind the wall you are lonely and lost. The only way you can find | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| feel more and more alone. Whenever you feel lonely and not understood, please realize that, at least | 31 SHAME |
| around you may be, you would never feel lonely if this wrong attitude were not somehow prevailing | 31 SHAME |
| really are. Of course you are insecure and lonely in that state. But only you can change | 31 SHAME |
| into a shell in which you find yourself lonely and unfulfilled. The nagging, gnawing voice of your | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| or felt unloved makes no difference -- feeling lonely, misunderstood, not accepted for your own sake, insecure | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and makes you, and those you deal with, lonely. Since its nature is falsity and pretense, it | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| with my relationships, and yet I am unhappy, lonely, and unfulfilled. If this is the case with | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| are truly willing to relate. You cannot be lonely and unhappy if your relationships are genuine. The | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| areas of life. But you are unfulfilled and lonely in other areas. This is too often rationalized | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| What was difficult, laborious, fearful, bleak, strained, and lonely will become easy, self-perpetuating, relaxed, safe, and bright | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| up a wall of secrecy that makes you lonely. The loneliness may be denied or rationalized; other | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| hard in an ineffectual way. It is a lonely existence beset by fears. Conversely, those who, in | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| fulfilling you, to that degree you must remain lonely and unfulfilled in your real needs now -- | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| very state that often makes your life unbearably lonely, fearful, and meaningless. Unfathomable death is terrifying, and | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| inner self because I cannot contemplate such a lonely life. In reality, when you function from the | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| those dark spots that render them unhappy and lonely. Some make beginnings, but when they approach those | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| is this block? Let us suppose you are lonely. Let us suppose you long for a full | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| will seek seclusion, which will then be something lonely and maudlin, rather than the beautiful version in | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| yourselves in warm communion with others, no longer lonely. So you truly begin to share. You have | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| is. If you lack a relationship and are lonely, or if you are sexually troubled, blocked, and | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| not really know that it is hurt or lonely, that it needs more love, attention or understanding | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |