| give it proper direction by recognizing its deeper meaning. It is not more correct to say that | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| symbolic act he demonstrated, apart from the spiritual meaning I have already explained in connection with the | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| deeper levels of their souls will find new meaning and value in them. So check your emotional | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| Then your past experience will take on new meaning. It will become retroactive medicine, and in this | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| all this consciously. But if you analyze the meaning of your emotions, this is what they amount | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| you have never questioned before. What is their meaning and what is the desire behind them? Only | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| vaguely, without real awareness of its significance and meaning. In fact, you are so afraid when you | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| the idealized self. You will now understand the meaning of that term. Learn to analyze your idealized | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| word fate will take on a completely different meaning for you, and even the word karma. QUESTION | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| mating of the sexes has therefore a deeper meaning than merely procreation. In the relationship between the | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| through, but because she misunderstood the message as meaning rebellion, the outcome was not entirely successful. The | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| into consideration. The better you understand the spiritual meaning of being a man or a woman, the | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| if you have at least grasped the real meaning of self-responsibility. Otherwise, your responsibility toward others will | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| from all sides. QUESTION: Will you explain the meaning of keeping the Sabbath holy in the face | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| originally, the outer level had a very different meaning than it could possible have today. At the | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| soul. Today, this law cannot have the same meaning. I must keep the Sabbath would be a | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| free your true personality. That is the real meaning of freedom and the only possible way to | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| Tree of Knowledge, to the incarnated spirit. The meaning of both trees could not possibly apply to | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| constant changes between good and bad will reveal meaning that will be missed by the person who | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| you are subjective, you do not know the meaning of love. You do not respect the other | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of Sabbaths. The word Sabbath is loaded with meaning and it appears frequently in Scripture. Jesus referred | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| possibly go into all the different levels of meaning, but I shall try to combine them, so | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| wise provision and admonition. With rigidity, the inner meaning gets lost. People follow through blindly and simply | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the pursuit of self-development and spiritual fulfillment. The meaning is: A certain amount of time should be | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a great extent. But that is the real meaning of the Sabbath of Sabbaths. It is, in | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of rest. You also know the esoteric, mystic meaning of the number seven. Seven is the holy | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| so to speak, to think about the inner meaning. Try to look beyond the ritual for the | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to look beyond the ritual for the deeper meaning. It is nothing but a signpost, a reminder | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| on the surface, try to translate them into meaning, and you will see that, more or less | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| emotions. Learn to understand their language. Analyze their meaning. Only in this way can you find out | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| outer life. If you truly understand the deeper meaning of these words, you will perhaps understand and | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| larger degree. There is widespread confusion about the meaning of mature love. Although we have touched on | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| of the links unrolled in this talk, the meaning will become very clear. When you think of | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| and the waves carry you against the current, meaning that life produces unhappiness, and sometimes the waves | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| you will understand these words in their full meaning. You will see how, during your entire life | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| awareness, or the wrong perspective on the real meaning of life. With the proper outlook, you are | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| your sincere desire to really understand the deeper meaning of these words. Through study and meditation, through | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| that language and you have to translate the meaning into the language that is familiar to you | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| so that emotionally my words may have no meaning for you. Incidentally, my friends, I would greatly | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| foot for foot, burning for burning. ANSWER: The meaning of these words has been grossly misunderstood by | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| were never meant to imply this. The real meaning simply affirms the utter justice of cosmic law | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| make, the better you can realize the true meaning of self- responsibility and of divine justice, without | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| marvel of this benign Creation. That is the meaning of these words. The various items cited in | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you want me to, I shall explain the meaning of these symbols. Please. Eye: The eye symbolizes | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| With such understanding, you will see that the meaning of these words has a positive, rather than | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that your body can assimilate it. The intrinsic meaning of a tooth is that of an instrument | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you will gain an entire understanding of this meaning. You are so often puzzled by certain situations | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| out of its setting and given a distorted meaning. It suggests a negative fear as though this | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| resist not evil. ANSWER: Yes. Understanding the real meaning of the quotation we are discussing here will | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it, due to failure to understand life's real meaning. Resisting evil means all that. As long as | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| but serves only to extend and amplify the meaning. COMMENT: It only sounds that way, because He | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| ANSWER: Yes, if not taken in its superficial meaning, it is just the opposite of a contradiction | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| sayings in the Scriptures have a much deeper meaning than their surface suggests. If you grasp this | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| their surface suggests. If you grasp this deeper meaning you will gain an entirely different understanding of | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| misunderstood, I believe. It has been distorted as meaning injustice. The words in Mark 4:25 read | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| self-finding, the sayings will have a very clear meaning for you. You now know quite well that | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of all times be understood in their true meaning. Only then will you see that God does | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the poor will be taken away. The poor meaning the sick, the ignorant, the ones in error | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the ones in error and darkness. The rich meaning the ones who understand. Now let us continue | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is absolutely no way of understanding a spiritual meaning, whether clearly and directly, expressed, so that misunderstanding | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| be done unto you. This is similar in meaning, but is much clearer. ANSWER: I can only | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| concealed one, hidden in symbols, has an additional meaning and revelation that cannot be found in simple | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it, have misquoted, misunderstood and distorted the original meaning. Everyone who ever did so did it in | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| often repeated, you cease to feel the real meaning. It becomes a label and that is bad | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| words which have by repetition lost their inner meaning for you. That is the trouble with all | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| always easy to misunderstand and find a different meaning for the same word. We have to keep | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| we use the word image corresponds to the meaning of the Bible: something negative, imagined, frozen, petrified | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for all of you. QUESTION: What is the meaning of the Way of the Cross, its principles | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of view, it takes on a very different meaning. It also does not apply merely to your | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| we have to be clear as to the meaning of overeagerness. You may think it is merely | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| tale, or a lie. Of course, the real meaning of myth is very different. But this misunderstanding | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| you give us some idea of the true meaning of myth? ANSWER: I could discuss this for | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| it requires an expert to get to the meaning? ANSWER: If you really want to know the | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| duality: life and death. Those who misunderstand the meaning of rising above pleasure and pain do so | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| conflicts, attitudes, and beliefs, and comprehend the real meaning of your reactions. Any time you are disturbed | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| issues. Therefore these basic issues will have personal meaning and application for you. This is the important | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| of Jesus' life and death has deep symbolic meaning for humanity's personal problems, so this utterance, too | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| be fully understood only if you grasp the meaning of this lecture and the previous one. In | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| generations, if it did not bear a deeper meaning. His reappearance clearly states: After having met my | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| same degree. This is the message, the ultimate meaning of his reappearance, apart from all other meanings | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| this happened contains a deep philosophical and psychological meaning, which is generally ignored. The meaning is, as | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| and psychological meaning, which is generally ignored. The meaning is, as I have explained, that if you | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| although most of them did not understand the meaning and purpose of the event even though Jesus | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| take pleasure in this present physical life -- meaning the body and the pleasures and sensations of | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| buy things, when analyzed as to its symbolic meaning, will show that it represents an acquisitiveness. This | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| to appraise their significance and translate them into meaning. Without this activity, it will be impossible to | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| Only then can you understand their origin and meaning. Becoming aware of your emotions is a gradual | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| harmony, without conflict, without contradictions. This is the meaning of one language. The expression of the spirit | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| clear up this Babel until you explore the meaning of your previously unconscious emotions. Since this Tower | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| if you cease to be rigid. The false meaning of Thy will be done makes humanity seem | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| and give them an outlet without aim or meaning, and the purposeful activity of reexperiencing all the | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| are unaware of their nature. Therefore, seek their meaning. Seek their true message and you will never | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| For this is the only thing that gives meaning to life -- continuous growth. The better you | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| that I shall also discuss. What is the meaning of moralizing? Offhand you may ask, What is | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| times, this word has taken on a different meaning for many people. When they use it, they | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| moral codes has not as yet understood its meaning. But in health and maturity, these existing codes | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| own terminology, fitting their time, but the basic meaning remains the same. A great part of your | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| its fulfillments and frustrations, can take on new meaning, you cannot help but go through renewed confusion | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| insight has to be felt again, until its meaning makes a stronger impact on you. Only by | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| learn to cope with them. Understand their deeper meaning and their origin. Use also the group work | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| use constantly, will now take on a new meaning for you. In the true sense of the | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| may fulfill a certain false need. Find this meaning, and you will know how to go on | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| people sometimes read into dreams a high spiritual meaning that may or may not hold true. You | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| rather than probe the dream for its subjective meaning. Be careful of that, my friends. A dream | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| trying to forget them, trying to belittle their meaning because of their apparent nonsense, or trying to | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| reach the point where life takes on new meaning: Question yourself about the purpose of what you | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| the activity itself? If you wish to find meaning in your life, cultivate the thought: I wish | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| own shortsighted immediate goal but to bring others meaning, help and happiness as well. If such a | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| fragment of a whole, you cannot perceive its meaning and therefore cannot understand the harmony. In fact | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| only one thing important to know about the meaning of the unconscious, and that is lack of | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| step of finding yourself in sincerity has great meaning, even if you are as yet unaware of | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| a good and healthy sense -- that gives meaning to life. Without the love-capacity your life will | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| sudden these incidents will take on a new meaning, enabling you to evaluate their personalities in a | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| but the experience will take on a different meaning and thus set you free. However, right now | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| problems, your relationships will take on a new meaning, my friends. Are there any questions regarding this | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| from true love and respect. However, the real meaning is exactly what I have said. See the | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| it take for humanity to derive the real meaning of the fourth commandment? We usually have to | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| Only through development will humanity see the deeper meaning which will make so much more sense. The | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| of course, and unless we get to the meaning of them, they are lost. The word masochism | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| problems where they encounter pain. To understand the meaning of this pain, I should like to give | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| This becomes evident if the unspoken expectations, the meaning of emotional reactions, are investigated and then interpreted | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| you withdraw in fear and close yourself up, meaning to protect yourself. However, this defensive reaction is | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| that which is holy; and what is the meaning of Lent and of the counting of the | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| As to your second question: The original symbolic meaning of the time of Lent was to give | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| has gone out of it. The original symbolic meaning was that of purification, contemplation, a time of | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| to give you a psychological explanation of the meaning of the seven cardinal sins. What is called | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| COVETOUSNESS -- greed. Again, you know its deeper meaning from past lectures. If you covet something you | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |