| Masses......................8 | |
| in an over-adherence to the standards of the masses, to the opinion of the majority, be it | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| tends to be diluted and distorted by the masses who are not ready to understand it. So | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| in these parables. Parables were easier for the masses to understand then -- they are often less | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| be found in simple statements. Today, when the masses understand much more than they did thousands of | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| A group like yours contributes more than vast masses of people who preach doctrines, who force away | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| of monopolies in which large groups master the masses and dictate laws and values. The self-alienation of | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| expresses itself in large groups selfishly running the masses; big concerns in which all personal connection to | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the sea. The tide flows forward in great masses, only to recede and diminish. Where does it | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Mass-image..................7 | |
| image that fits in some way with the mass-image of your time. Everyone is affected to some | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| unjustified. Another unjustified guilt -- fueled by a mass-image -- is your reaction to your sexual drive | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| image; it is neither a personal, nor a mass-image. It underlies all images. It is a basic | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| and emotional organism. Yet human consciousness contains a mass-image of ancient origin, deeply embedded in the psyche | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| ancient origin, deeply embedded in the psyche. This mass-image says that change is to be feared. This | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| expansive movement cannot occur. The belief that this mass-image perpetuates is that only an unchanging condition is | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| unchanging condition is secure. Now, my friends, this mass-image is extremely strong and so profound in its | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| Mass-images.................4 | |
| view. It is the same with the religious mass-images. One person is still more involved, the other | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| is emotionally undeveloped, and since in many civilizations mass-images came into existence as a result of the | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| It is a basic condition. The personal or mass-images affecting the individual are always determined by the | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| a soul is, and the less influenced by mass-images in this respect, the more its opposite qualities | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| Master......................84 | |
| by accepting yourself as you are can you master these and therefore yourself. That is how transformation | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| connect with God become, to a certain degree, master over themselves by overcoming their inner obstacles. Now | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| spirit and your development. You need to become master of yourself, not be mastered by moods and | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| the relationship between the divine within and the master who comes to speak; for instance, you speaking | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| instance, you speaking through this medium, or the master who speaks to me? How is my own | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| this medium's divine self related to such a master? ANSWER: I will answer this question, first generally | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| the guardian spirit or what you call a master. The answer will come with a very small | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| to be. As you do so, and become master over your lower self, you learn real self-honesty | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| handy excuses, you will not be able to master it, regardless how sincere your love for God | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| work? This is the work, my friends. To master your lower self is the work that Jesus | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| itself, your fears of pain and disappointment. To master your life you have to jump into the | 36 PRAYER |
| discriminate but you are obviously strong enough to master the subtleties involved and to discover the false | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| effort, every conceivable sacrifice, for then you truly master yourself. If you are willing to do this | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| the fire is lit, he is with his master at the fireside. His master caresses him, has | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| is with his master at the fireside. His master caresses him, has time to play with him | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| is supposed to be a servant, never a master. Ideally the will should serve equally the reasoning | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| emotional and intuitive faculties. The will-type makes a master of the servant. This brings the personality out | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| of will, for whom the servant is the master, is out for achievement and tangible results. This | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| only so long as she or he remains master of them; otherwise, emotions might hinder this person's | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| circumstances and other people's imperfections, but really the master of your fate. You will deeply understand, not | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| truth that you, and you alone, are the master of your life. This truth is an uncomfortable | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| that you are indeed independent. You are the master of your life and fate; you -- and | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| affected by others, and that you are the master of your life. Therefore you need have no | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| you inevitably realize that you are your own master, that you do not have to give in | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| applies to your thought process. If you become master over your thoughts, you become master over your | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| you become master over your thoughts, you become master over your mind, and so you have mastery | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| Some regular effort is necessary, however. To become master over your thought process by learning to make | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| That is the only way you learn to master yourself and your life. If problems were to | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| of its darkness and terror, and thus you master your mishaps, yourself, and your life. Only a | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| negative manifestations. Only thus will the searcher gradually master and control the self and also life. This | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| Abyss of Illusion, you say, You are the master of your life and fate. No one but | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| out in the end in order to finally master the situation instead of succumbing to it. Losing | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| to reproduce the situation and then attempting to master it. My friends, this process is a deeply | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| for others. You will no longer seek to master the situation you could not master as a | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| seek to master the situation you could not master as a child. You will go on from | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| isolating yourself even more. The only way to master your fear is the willingness to go through | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| not understand how it was possible that the master experienced doubt in his hour of death. Most | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| often in the wrong way. In order to master the difficulties created, not only in childhood but | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| weapon and a means to finally win and master life. To avoid uncovering this falsity, these trends | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| to triumph over others, but the power to master yourself and your difficulties without proving anything to | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| the dictates of these solutions will help you master life. In general, the distortion of the instinct | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| through humanity's general development are particularly impossible to master in one life span. By the same token | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| realized at this point that you are the master of your fate. But you still do not | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that being your real self will make you master of your life, I mean something other than | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| question of further development for you unless you master this step now. Who can possibly accomplish anything | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| way. That acceptance will finally enable you to master yourself and life because you will float with | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| you have within yourself all you need to master any situation. May this love also give you | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| is not out in the open, you cannot master it. You cannot possibly extricate yourself from both | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| of confusion and depression. But the more you master the dark phases by the will to understand | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| yes-current. For that purpose, you really have to master the language of the unconscious. Let us assume | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| limitless power that gradually enables you to truly master life, as these split concepts begin to mend | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| possibilities open to you. You can indeed be master of this wonderful world in which you forever | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| are not a slave to it, but its master. You stubbornly insist that you are at the | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| comes from the recognition that you are the master of your life and that how you prepare | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| also claim that the truly evolved individual is master of the universe, and that he or she | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| you can guide, and thus you become truly master of the universe. QUESTION: What do you mean | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| godself, you become omnipotent, for you become the master of all existing laws. Even people who have | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| not force me into actions, for I am master over all feelings. I determine actions. I determine | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| an inconceivably difficult feat that you have to master. You can do it right now, if you | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| of yourself, it gives you the power to master your life and unfold it to the best | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| the world becomes alive and the self is master, not in a tight, tense, hostile way, but | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| is a particle, an isolated aspect of the master intelligence, the real, inner self. It is not | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| message from the real self wants you to master life, but you master it on the wrong | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| self wants you to master life, but you master it on the wrong plane and believe that | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| implies mastering something that one was unable to master before. You convert obstruction -- whether inside the | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| realm of the self. When you do not master an obstruction, a disunity is present, either within | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| overcome it. This is the only way to master new faculties. Psychological conflicts follow the same pattern | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| unity. As your life expands, you become the master where you are now weak and dependent. You | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| difficulties and disappointments, which you more or less master whenever they come up. Thus, the good that | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| This is the task the soul has to master at this particular stage of its evolution. Let | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| diminishing it, without any manipulation, do you really master it. Only when you thus master the negative | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| you really master it. Only when you thus master the negative experience -- when you no longer | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| do all things, learn everything your brain can master, but if your capacity for inner experience is | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| servant it is supposed to be, not the master. If you cannot honestly admit that you are | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| tangible. It progresses in ever-accelerating beauty as you master the difficulties. You resolve your problems in an | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| the emergence of monopolies in which large groups master the masses and dictate laws and values. The | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| himself. He will not need to play the master. Again, this enables man to open his heart | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| forth to explore the world in order to master it and fulfill a task in it. Without | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| more than acquiring a slave who obeyed the master of the house; who saw to it that | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| was to be an adequate object for her master. Of course you understand, my friends, that man's | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| your life force. Your choice to want to master the situation, make the best of it, learn | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| enabled human beings to choose the path the Master has shown. He has said that He is | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| to distinguish between where the self is the master and where you desperately need the Great Master | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| master and where you desperately need the Great Master without whom nothing can be accomplished. My beloved | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |