| Lovingly....................9 | |
| of taking risks, even to the extent of lovingly giving just as much importance to the other | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| inverts. The tendency to go out, trustingly and lovingly, can never be squelched because it is an | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| need not be feared; his activation then becomes lovingly enriching to both. This is quite different from | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| you will be able to apply, truly and lovingly, what I say here. But you certainly can | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| you, and you will be able to accept lovingly both kinds of boundaries: the first in recognition | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| will to see the truth and meaning and lovingly accept, on those grounds, the narrow structure of | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| meaningless restrictions unnecessary, and you will tenderly and lovingly embrace the restrictions that you find meaningful. You | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| world in which the tiger and the deer lovingly befriend each other! In that world no animal | 254 SURRENDER |
| to search through the mazes of misunderstanding--patiently and lovingly. Here, as in everything else, practice leads to | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Lovingness..................6 | |
| outer submissiveness which, in itself, may appear as lovingness. When you think so little of yourself you | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| you cannot experience the truth of your genuine lovingness, your genuine generous nature, unless you take the | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| grab a pleasure in a selfish way without lovingness. Only when that attitude of lovingness is cultivated | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| way without lovingness. Only when that attitude of lovingness is cultivated can guiltlessness exist and therefore the | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| finding yourself unable to endure the state of lovingness, for it is too ecstatic. Inside, a tiny | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| with your heart, of feeling your self, your lovingness, your vulnerability, the beauty of creation, the endearingness | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Lower.......................599 | |
| certain groups of people who are incarnated from lower spheres. The next stage is to cultivate one's | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| put up a resistance, because confusion feeds the lower self that prefers the road of least resistance | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| there any questions? QUESTION: The souls in the lower spheres are supposed to suffer much pain. How | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| his need for God is greatest. Thus, the lower he sinks in the dark spheres, the higher | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| sure that you have attained mastery over your lower self, over your weaknesses that needed exactly this | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| you allow it. The moment you fight your lower self, you protect yourself completely. This is what | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| ignorance, genuine feelings are channeled through the sick lower self into a false direction. It is not | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| part of your personality, which I call the lower self, pulls your emotions into quite a different | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| way: The ego is a part of the lower self and the individual personality is the sum | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| in its momentary state of development, including the lower and the higher self. What passes is only | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| the higher self. What passes is only the lower self, which makes you heavy and earthbound with | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| so difficult to overcome any aspect of the lower self, but also because one has the misconception | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| unpleasant or harmful experiences with people on a lower level, withdraw from contact with them when they | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| way, namely, that contact with people of a lower development is harmful. Here one can sometimes make | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| happy; avoiding a task with a person of lower development may be the cause of your unhappiness | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| the layers of the crust, hidden by your lower self, but it is only covered up -- | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| inner perfection. When you have clearly crystallized your lower self into definite form and see it as | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| part which is still a residue of the lower self. You will always be aware of the | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| his or her old way of thinking, the lower the spirits will be who make use of | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| draw a line separating the higher and the lower self, to pinpoint what belongs to each one | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| is eternal, immortal, and is of God. The lower self is temporal, and not of the true | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| perfection, which waits for the walls of the lower self to be broken through. The God in | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| you on to recognize your guilt, but your lower self interferes with its pride and laziness, so | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| therefore in error. For in you, in your lower self, in the crust that envelops your perfect | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| where there is no longer any separation. The lower the sphere in which an entity finds itself | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| higher self can influence you to fight your lower self. The higher self, when listened to, can | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| discover-uncover the whole truth within you, including your lower self. QUESTION: Even the honesty is very difficult | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| does not wish to pay the price. The lower self likes to remain in the same old | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| enables you to handle the sluggishness of your lower self using the spiritual truths you have learned | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| If the intent to know and overcome one's lower nature is decisive, the basis for receiving the | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| to your consciousness. The other part is the lower self, which comprises not only your faults and | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| knowledge also means responsibility, and you in your lower nature prefer to remain ignorant because you are | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| thus freed from the obligation to conquer your lower self, which is indeed not easy to accomplish | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| truth means eternal happiness and bliss. But your lower self with its fear, and for its own | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| to avoid disappointment. The higher self and the lower self are therefore at war with one another | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| are fighting. Whenever doubt reappears, it is your lower self speaking. When the doubt is gone, the | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| where no unhappiness may exist. But when the lower self is stronger, you believe that doubt, despair | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| be. You have to learn to view your lower self, accepting its present temporary existence -- how | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| -- how temporary depends entirely on you. Your lower self is still a reality on the plane | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| the higher self as well as from the lower self, but only the higher self knows that | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| them particularly and personally, and so on. The lower self, on the other hand, wants to attain | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| conquering itself. And the basis for conquering the lower nature is self- knowledge, honesty toward oneself, and | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| self- knowledge, honesty toward oneself, and self-analysis. The lower self, in its pride, wants to be perfect | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| it is that both the higher and the lower self want happiness, but each in a different | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| achieve perfection without, and that is happiness. Your lower self is not prepared to pay any price | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| you all know that they come from your lower nature and are the result of your breaking | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| learning thought control. This is not enough. Your lower nature borrows this principle because it fits very | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| when their desire for happiness comes from the lower self, they are inclined to quarrel with God | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| to be there without getting there. Again, your lower self does not want to pay the price | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| objectively, almost coldly, the imperfection living in your lower nature without feeling too disturbed about it, after | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| First, the clinical observation of the self, the lower self from the perspective of the higher self | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| can rest assured. 14. THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK Greetings in the name | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| denser than the higher self. Thus did the lower self come into existence. From your perspective, these | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| aim of spiritual development is to eliminate the lower self so that the higher self becomes free | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| the overall development of the respective person. The lower self consist not only of the common faults | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| All these characteristics are generally part of the lower self, regardless of other individual faults. There are | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| shades and possible forms however, in which the lower self can display these general trends. Such manifestations | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| different effects on these common traits of the lower self. The qualities of the higher self, as | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| We see both the higher self and the lower self. However, not all spirits can see all | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| will not only be able to interpret the lower self, but will also be able to see | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| from the higher self, and which from the lower self. We can also determine which wishes and | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| may be mixed in with tendencies from the lower self, the original shade twisted, colored, or dirtied | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| an entirely different character than those of the lower self. There is another layer that is, unfortunately | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| with your surroundings by giving in to your lower self, you may still not be ready to | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| ready to pay the price for eliminating the lower self. This would mean first of all that | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| they react emotionally without thinking about facing the lower self. The subconscious feels it necessary to present | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| self, or with the temporary reality of the lower self. It is what you might call phony | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| I will return to the above example. The lower self dictates to the person to be quite | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| to act contrary to the desires of their lower selves, but feel compelled to put on an | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| it is advisable to give in to one's lower nature; one must fight for enlightenment and strive | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| mean that you should give in to your lower self, but that you should be aware of | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| you realize that underneath the layers of your lower self lives your higher self, your ultimate and | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| to reach it, you must first face your lower self, or your temporary reality, instead of covering | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| or your own higher self. To face the lower self you must at all costs tear down | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| What is my higher self? What is my lower self? Where may there be a mask, a | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| or sinister as are the trends of the lower self in different variations; the colors of the | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| spirits prefer the emanation and effects of the lower self, unpleasant as they may be for us | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| down and the patient is confronted with the lower self, the experience may be so shattering that | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| that he or she has to face the lower self, which exists in every human being, and | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| every human being, and also knew that this lower self, unpleasant as it may be, is not | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| the inner fight cannot be settled. However, the lower self works against bringing anything out into the | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| is a mask, than to remain in one's lower self when one cannot eradicate it? ANSWER: Everybody | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| have to choose between giving in to the lower self and creating a mask self. As I | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| aware of your own imperfections, unclean desires, and lower nature. At the same time you can still | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| between becoming a cannibal, if this is your lower self, and becoming hypocritical and fooling yourself. Even | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| transform yourself, you should be aware of your lower self and know that you act according to | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| How is it possible to undo what your lower self has manifested in the way of physical | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| first; that would be too easy. If your lower self has created an illness, the illness has | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| finding the roots or the part of your lower self that has created this illness. The lower | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| lower self that has created this illness. The lower self has to be met and completely explored | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| win your life. So begin by meeting your lower self with courage, optimism, humility, and in a | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| warfare, so to speak. Once you discover your lower self, and shed all the masks and all | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| to work on the different aspects of the lower self. You do this by daily observation and | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| you do so, and become master over your lower self, you learn real self-honesty, and your motives | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| so that you can do battle with your lower self, since no one can do it alone | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| I explained to you about the higher self, lower self, and the mask self. Every human being | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| state by shedding the surrounding layers constituting the lower self, it reaches out and automatically connects with | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| of thousands of miles away. And wherever the lower self is still stronger and does not permit | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| attitude and development. In other words, one person's lower self may be lower than another's. Since each | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| other words, one person's lower self may be lower than another's. Since each sphere is richly populated | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| Some people make evil spirits responsible when their lower self takes over, meaning that they are not | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| were incarnated. People who give in to the lower self create forms that correspond to the quality | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| to the quality, strength, and type of their lower self. This does not exclude their simultaneously creating | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| of least resistance and give in to the lower self, and nurse it instead of fighting it | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| urges you in exactly this one direction. The lower the development, the more layers of the lower | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| lower the development, the more layers of the lower self cover the higher self, the more this | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |