| The fifth cardinal sin is GLUTTONY. The deeper meaning of gluttony has to do with need. A | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| fear is extremely misleading and damaging. The original meaning is respect or awe before the greatness of | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| image, real self, or whatever else -- the meaning behind the word gets lost; it becomes dead | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| without really understanding what you are talking about. Meaning is alive, it is forever a fresh, spontaneous | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| that challenges you to try to reexperience the meaning behind the word. Whenever you cannot recapture the | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| the word. Whenever you cannot recapture the inner meaning and the living experience of an expression, be | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| it. Awareness counts so much. Forgetting the living meaning of a word is a good example of | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| recapturing is done simply by the will, the meaning becomes lifeless. The experience has become a repetitive | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| and functional. Of these two areas of thought, meaning the superficial intellect and the real self, the | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| from? Where do I go? What is the meaning of life? What is the significance of this | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| in man's relationship to God, his prayer -- meaning his speaking to God - - also goes | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| may happen to you, cannot possibly sense the meaning of the state of being. If a group | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| resistances. QUESTION: Will you please elaborate on the meaning of prayer in the different stages? ANSWER: I | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| but they are devoid of depth and inner meaning. Then it is so easy to deceive oneself | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| you hear them perhaps as mere words without meaning, without reality? Blessings have a very definite reality | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| acknowledged in relaxed openness and then translated into meaning. That is the way, my friends. Such daily | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| of becoming calm, so as to determine the meaning of the barrier to the calm, will help | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| your emotional reactions. When you translate them into meaning, you are bound to find that one or | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| out into the open, and then accept its meaning. You will find that this voice belongs to | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| I said that this, indeed, is the real meaning of life and the way of self-fulfillment. Then | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| with that. Think rather of the essence and meaning of the term. Think of wishing in its | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| have patience, and try to follow the deeper meaning of my words, you will soon see that | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| not the discovery is understood in its profounder meaning, depends, of course, on the individual, on the | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| grasp, humanity still does not learn the deeper meaning from it, it will stagnate with all the | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| subsequent upheavals due to ignorance of the real meaning of the knowledge could be established if historians | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| many possibilities for fully living, for happiness and meaning. Finding what is can never harm you. It | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| confusing and puzzling ordeal, that there is no meaning to it. They believe that they are separate | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| not so. When these words have an inner meaning and reality for you, you will have reached | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| true teaching, but it is often understood as meaning giving up or giving in, not asserting your | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| swamp you and you will not understand their meaning because their accumulated momentum has become too strong | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| is not sufficient to look for the deeper meaning. You also need to examine the times when | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| are many gradations. We have discussed life, its meaning, significance, definition and manifestation, from many points of | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| dealing with terminology. Some terms have a different meaning for different people or different schools of thought | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| good. It will fail to give substance and meaning to your life. Let me restate what I | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| unconscious reactions must be investigated as to the meaning and significance of their underlying concepts so that | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| a term used without truly understanding its deepest meaning finally loses its impact and one uses it | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| and/or imagined lower self take on a new meaning for you and furnish you with the necessary | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| independence. Many of you begin to experience the meaning of gaining true independence through giving up childish | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| out of fear of losing your dignity -- meaning pride -- and your selfhood -- meaning self-will | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| -- meaning pride -- and your selfhood -- meaning self-will -- when, in reality, true dignity and | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| of being used for self-detection and understanding the meaning of destructive elements. All this does require a | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| called resistance. But this word has lost its meaning for you, so the mere mention of it | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| an outer knowledge. Let us first recapitulate the meaning of the yes-and no-currents. The yes-current is the | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| and utilize it. It has a more immediate meaning for you. What I said about this topic | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| step, to come into full possession of the meaning of these words, feeling the vibrant truth of | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| advanced. But let us first look into the meaning of awareness. Awareness must be, in this context | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| prohibited it -- without any justification, logic, or meaning. This conviction will strengthen your desire and will | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| what then is the function of the ego, meaning by this word the outer level of personality | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| without the ego. But without the ego the meaning of the message must be distorted. Not only | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| course, humans misconstrue the state of being as meaning no activity. But the activity is within the | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| us go a little more deeply into the meaning of this, into the particular method and rhythm | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| consciousness is illusion. This illusion is the real meaning of what religion refers to as separation from | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| the truth of 'I and others are one' meaning that there is no conflict. I therefore can | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| avoid using superficial words which have no inner meaning. Many of you are now at the point | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| preface, let us take a look at the meaning of pain and its real cause. Pain is | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| find the exact opposite of the conscious striving, meaning the passive resistance against your male role. You | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| steps all of you undertake here have a meaning. They are not senseless, they are not useless | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| healing, it is that only secondarily. The true meaning of such a path is finding within the | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| admit them. You also need to question the meaning of a particular reaction and look behind the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| word blessing mean? Let us consider its deepest meaning. Your ability to understand it today may be | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| free to do so. But realize the deeper meaning of this. For as long as you aim | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| think about it and properly grasp the whole meaning of this important question, clearly questioning themselves without | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| is available. Instead, you have to interpret the meaning of the wall. Translate it into clear words | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| we thinking of life as having a particular meaning or purpose, as postulated by the various philosophies | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| When you have understood that the painful aspects, meaning the negative expression, can be abandoned, while the | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| is usually used, but the term loses its meaning after a while. What does union really mean | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| insignificant, merely psychological, yet it has a deep meaning and connection with the pull toward union, which | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| a deep sense of purpose that will lend meaning to all you do -- inwardly and outwardly | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| yourself in truth seems to have lost its meaning because a lot of people use the expression | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| such a way that it loses its real meaning. Could you clarify this? Does it apply to | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| stream of life brings harmony where disharmony existed, meaning where waste existed, fulfillment where frustration existed, pleasure | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| levels of the human personality: the higher self, meaning the real potential in everyone, the universal life | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| again, and perhaps with a different approach, the meaning of self- realization: self-realization means to bring out | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| everything is different and vibrant with joy and meaning, where fear and emptiness have no more room | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| growth, or their lack. It expresses the particular meaning where growth is most needed, where it may | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| become acutely aware of their existence, of their meaning. You will see, for example, the tremendous difference | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| automatically where it should remain vibrantly pulsating, its meaning can be translated into words. They are, I | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| I recapitulate: Observe your soul movements. Understand their meaning. Allow them to function naturally; do not let | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the free, the natural, which alone can bring meaning and fulfillment, gratification and bliss. Perversely, humans fear | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| make life become one big trap. Then the meaning of the word freedom is no different from | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| about Creation's infinity, this is part of the meaning. There is no state of being, no experience | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| and your life becomes emptied of substance and meaning. Since the ego cannot replace, or in any | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| fear, must court death. This is the true meaning of death. It is a denial of the | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| much that it has lost some of its meaning. This always happens when one uses an expression | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| is therefore necessary to contemplate deeply the real meaning of this word. When you find your true | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| your true self you inevitably find the true meaning of life; you begin to understand life in | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| this than to seek to understand the personal meaning of your down curve, to approach it as | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| this film, so that you experience directly. The meaning of this is profound, for as long as | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| you be able to feel into their deeper meaning, so as to be strengthened and enlightened by | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| You need to take into consideration that another meaning exists than the one you automatically assume. Everything | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| you lose the moment and with it the meaning of life -- for every single moment contains | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| ways of experiencing and to thereby find the meaning of life and your true identity. The mind's | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| here and right now. Let us restate the meaning of self-realization. I shall use new words to | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| this lecture with a special blessing whose deeper meaning you can feel if you are open to | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| of, this powerhouse of strength and wisdom. The meaning of all life is concerned with attaining the | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| take this sentence very seriously and contemplate its meaning, where there is darkness light will come. Each | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| understanding. These words will suddenly assume a new meaning. Where hopelessness seems a fact of life, ever-increasing | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| desire behind your fear, and then see the meaning of the cramped desire. It spells out, I | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| other, they find false receptivity and letting go, meaning denial of self-responsibility, laziness, following the line of | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| determines everything. You will then comprehend the true meaning of self- responsibility. Here I have given you | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| attitude, the apparent stumbling block assumes a new meaning and becomes vital, strengthening, and liberating. When we | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| of the earliest lectures. It has the same meaning as Jesus' statement that you must be willing | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| To understand that, we must first learn the meaning and function of each center. Here I have | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| for centuries, for millennia, because it misunderstood the meaning of acceptance. It is true that you must | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| person must sacrifice is an error. The original meaning has two facets. The first is that selfishness | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| be eliminated, if you learn to understand its meaning. And that is, of course, the most important | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| or the lump, or the congestion, question the meaning of it. Connect it to the mind and | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| deals with the topic of pleasure -- the meaning and significance of pleasure in the universal scheme | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| wish to dwell too long on the cosmic meaning of pleasure, to avoid the danger of making | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| it is easy to misread and misapply the meaning of cosmic pleasure. Only when you reach the | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| so superfluous. Let us now come to the meaning of pleasure for the human being on all | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| open to pleasure in its deepest and fullest meaning. All of you can meditate about the connection | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| tight and rigid. Selfwill says, Me, me, me! meaning the little me, the little self. That self | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| directions. They may be unaware of the deep meaning of this inner urge, or even that it | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| vague inner drive but do not know its meaning. Everyone can consciously experience this urgency at one | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| of stagnation. First let us clarify the real meaning of growth. Usually people do not think profoundly | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| a mood will be recognized for its inner meaning and thus the growth process is kept up | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| and more beautiful, and life will acquire more meaning. Conversely, fear of intimacy implies rigidity and the | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| the gods that you potentially are. 181. THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE Greetings and blessings, my | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| the tremendous human struggle to find fulfillment and meaning in your life. The human struggle is so | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| When consciousness is not connected with the deeper meaning of things, life must be a struggle. This | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| consciousness itself, so that it can grasp the meaning behind the manifestation? You invariably mistake the manifestation | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| conscious, although, at first, one ignores their deeper meaning. At this point, whenever you experience a fate | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| new dimension of being. Almost always, the deeper meaning of mass occurrences, no matter how apparently desirable | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| and meaningfully. To really understand the dynamics, the meaning, and the process of meditation and derive the | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| the underlying misconceptions, the causes and effects, the meaning and the price to be paid for the | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| the destructive side conscious and exploring its deeper meaning. Reeducation depends on the efforts of both the | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| friends, how expressing the negative part, exploring its meaning, cause and effect, and reeducating it must be | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |