| have missed some of my words, perhaps your mind was wandering, and when you read it, the | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| dangerous. Of course, one should also keep in mind that no single factor can account for it | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| will delve into the deeper regions of the mind and soul where the deviations are very subtle | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| effectively by allowing it to enter your conscious mind. You will then come to understand to a | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| loathe some aspects of it in your conscious mind. All this seldom happens in a very obvious | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| consider all your personal images with this in mind you will easily see how this basic condition | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| sleep at times, or of your peace of mind. You find it so unbearable that you cannot | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| that you have questions must indicate that your mind is active and searching. QUESTION: Where is the | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| motivation is. Do you have anything particular in mind? QUESTION: I am reminded of someone who, as | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| labor and pain of self-development. QUESTION: Bearing in mind that Adam and Eve in Genesis stem from | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| There was just one other thought in my mind. The great materialism of this tremendous power might | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of happiness in one part of your unconscious mind means utter perfection in all ways. But all | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| such and such. Let out whatever comes to mind, without censorship. That will make you aware of | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| your particular difficulties and try to keep in mind how the influence of these general misconceptions and | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| meant merely constructively, at least in the conscious mind of the woman. QUESTION: But since this kind | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| misconceptions you carry in your conscious and unconscious mind. These always make you uncertain and divided within | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| happier state, may be only in your unconscious mind, while consciously you know all the right answers | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| exists in your conscious or in your unconscious mind, how can you be freely unselfish in your | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| the conscious and various levels of the subconscious mind. QUESTION: The other one is in connection with | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to find such wrong conclusions in the unconscious mind. Many of you have similar unconscious misconceptions without | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the parent withholding it. In the confused, immature mind of the child, the rejecter now becomes desirable | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| own quite understandable limited logic in the child's mind. No conflict that arises in the psyche is | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| affection but is rejected instead. In its unconscious mind the idea forms that to love is humiliating | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| conflicts remain on the surface of the unconscious mind which the environment brings to the fore. But | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| lose power over the self because the conscious mind holds on too tightly. This may afflict the | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| in your life. Go with this thought in mind, try to use your inner will toward that | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| causes you to form images in your unconscious mind, but it also causes you to forfeit the | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| over your thoughts, you become master over your mind, and so you have mastery of your life | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| first category, they are completely without significance. Your mind has registered certain impressions and it repeats them | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| stereotyped repetitious thoughts that go on in your mind so much of the time are really waste | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| unconscious conflicts and teach you to control your mind in a healthy and constructive way. Moreover, this | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| begin to evaluate. When you say that your mind is wandering, you hardly realize the significance of | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| not utilized in constructive thoughts or occupation, your mind should be allowed to relax. The best form | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| best form of relaxation is attained when the mind is given a chance to be quite calm | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| thought material makes this impossible. It disperses the mind in many directions and therefore exhausts it without | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| is easier for you. Be prepared for your mind soon to be disturbed by unvolitional background thoughts | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| approach it in a very relaxed frame of mind, and at the same time try to use | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| direct your thought process and attain calmness of mind as the background thoughts decrease. Awareness and control | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| far more knowing and far-seeing than your conscious mind, knew that this culminating point was bound to | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| the way for real, mature love. Your maturing mind will make you understand that the only kind | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| in the psyche, entirely unknown to the conscious mind of the person. It may be an association | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Would you discuss, please, the effect of our mind -- that is, our images, wrong conclusions, deviations | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| fears that continue to fester in your unconscious mind. A mature soul will, of course, feel the | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| approach mature love in such a state of mind; you will give more to others. The giving | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| when you are completely relaxed in body and mind, is to close your eyes and try to | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| a few seconds the chain is broken, never mind. Do not get impatient with yourself. Start again | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| understanding should be formed with a quiet, calm mind, and not with tense urgency. You should keep | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| not with tense urgency. You should keep in mind and accept beforehand that change and growth are | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| the existence and the power of the subconscious mind will take such knowledge on a superficial level | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| fate, self- search, the exploration of the subconscious mind, is a necessity without which humanity cannot grow | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| If we are the highest reality, one in mind with God, then we will truly have self-responsibility | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| law operating between the conscious and the unconscious mind? Is there a strict dividing line and what | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| dividing line between the conscious and the unconscious mind. You may have noticed in this work that | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| in a region between the conscious and unconscious mind. There is no strict dividing line between the | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| dividing line between the conscious and the unconscious mind; there is rather a fading transition, so to | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| to speak. Imagine the entire personality, psyche or mind, both conscious and unconscious, as a rounded form | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| who have started to explore their own unconscious mind and emotions, habitually overlook the strong link between | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| one. Of course, nothing is further from your mind as you focus on your conscious aims and | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| how potent are the workings of your subconscious mind, how shrewdly it goes about its destructive and | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| afterwards I find it relaxing to let my mind wander and not use it like a spotlight | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| never implied that you should constantly have your mind poised, let alone be tense in your mind | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| mind poised, let alone be tense in your mind. You do not have to steadily concentrate on | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| without forcing. If you relax and let your mind wander after a strain, that is fine. There | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| managed between the spirit, the body, and the mind. It has many damaging effects in making you | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| constantly forcing yourself to occupy your thoughts and mind with things that do not interest you. This | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| plan, to use your will, to use your mind, to make decisions, to utilize your assets, to | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| completely disregarded or ignored, so that the human mind develops with the idea of many branches, many | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| or currents. According to your personal frame of mind, state of emotion, general development, character tendencies, as | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| In other words, it is a state of mind and emotion. According to my emotional state, I | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| attract certain currents. Now suppose my state of mind is such that I attract negative forces. My | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| If I find myself in that state of mind, how do I switch in order to contact | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| of the most obvious examples. With this in mind you will be able to find many more | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the specific case, if you have one in mind. QUESTION: I would like to ask you if | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| your striving upward, recognize this, but do not mind it too much. Accept yourself as you are | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the life you lead, the occupation of your mind and heart, you reside -- symbolically speaking -- | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| that time was less developed. The state of mind of humankind in general was more like that | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| etheric double due to its inner state of mind. During natural sleep, the etheric double remains in | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| The real feelings are calm. They do not mind being patient. When they express themselves, there will | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| very much. QUESTION: The word image brings to mind an essay I just read, Imago Dei, the | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| we mean. But we can always keep in mind that other people or schools of thought think | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| do, by either putting them out of your mind or ascribing them to outer reasons -- which | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| work on this path. If you keep in mind that any negative feeling, be it lack of | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| conscious motivations may be true, but keep in mind that they are not necessarily the only existing | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| But if we know and just keep in mind that the spring is there, the more effectively | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| can you gradually change this state. Keep in mind, as you examine your inner reactions, that you | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| the best theories and believe them with your mind, but your feelings may deviate completely. The only | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| think that if it is a question of mind reading, this eliminates the spirit-being's living and existing | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| have investigated the first level of your unconscious mind. It is the level on which you harbor | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| is below this superficial level of your subconscious mind. It is on this deeper level where the | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| let us be careful and always keep in mind that what seems most frightening -- death in | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| and doubt. Deceiving yourself about this state of mind, and not acknowledging how you really felt, is | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| reality, healthy and genuine self-confidence is peace of mind. It is security and healthy independence and allows | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| more serene. But you should always keep in mind that such serenity may be artificial, if actually | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| that is now of most interest to you. Mind you, I will discuss just one aspect now | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the contrary. With this understanding, you will not mind my returning occasionally to a more spiritual approach | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| not something you can simply decide in your mind. It does not work that way. Its emotional | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| attitude toward a person in this frame of mind is not to try to force the issue | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| a child you possessed an immature body and mind and therefore, quite naturally, an immature emotional structure | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| structure. Most of you gave your body and mind a chance to grow out of the immaturity | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| immature emotions. It just does not penetrate your mind that the crisis itself is the effect of | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| point where you have to make up your mind as to whether you really want emotional growth | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| for you to judge another person's state of mind and emotion. You cannot read someone else's mind | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| mind and emotion. You cannot read someone else's mind, but the more developed your intuition is, as | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| humanity's inner state of being, your emotions and mind. Merely living according to these great truths indicates | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| it, this might indicate a healthy state of mind. The absence of longing means an acceptance of | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| pressure for immediate gratification if you keep in mind the farsighted knowledge that postponing the gratification serves | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| it. There will be no doubt in your mind. Most of all, there will be no sense | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| And even if others do not seem to mind how the particular defense you are thinking of | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| are wrong as far as your peace of mind is concerned. Each alternative would be dishonest in | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| other has its negative and destructive side in mind. Take, for instance, rebellion, repentance, or self-acceptance. One | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| a more belligerent way, but I do not mind this and I encourage you to ask these | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| can truly develop in such a frame of mind, no matter how hard they try. If your | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| nevertheless there is always a reservation in your mind concerning your special problem. And there you go | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| shouldn't feel this way. You understand with your mind that perhaps the person with whom you are | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| you might be able to pinpoint in your mind what it is that you are unclear about | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| in work alone. Getting to know one's unconscious mind is not something entirely unconnected with the soul | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| not face my real fear, I do not mind having other fears. But as long as I | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| wakes up with the solution. Then one's unconscious mind has solved it.... ANSWER: Whatever terminology we use | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| of course. Do not imagine that your unconscious mind is either a perfect and wise super-creature or | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| have extreme attitudes toward their unconscious. The unconscious mind does not necessarily have anything to do with | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| certain problems during sleep by instructing your unconscious mind happens because you have knowledge of which you | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| contempt, resentment, or hate -- in your unconscious mind, of course. Beneath this glorification there may be | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| you have ever known. Therefore, to your unconscious mind giving up the glorified image of the parent | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| May you perceive deep in your heart and mind what I said to you tonight, and may | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| of awareness, but it smolders in the unconscious mind. It is then that the destructive images and | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| what can he do to train the subconscious mind? Or is it necessary? ANSWER: I will repeat | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| knowing that it cannot possibly grasp the universal mind: God. Knowing that is wisdom. As you grow | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| to overcome them. In such a frame of mind, all of you will truly understand that he | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| conditioned to an overemphasis on thought process, intellect, mind, and willpower, that you believe you can somehow | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| all? The answer is that by using your mind and will in order to understand the confusion | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| to understand the confusion and error of your mind and your misdirected will and motivations, you indirectly | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| being by itself. You cannot make up your mind to be a good person, to love, and | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| or humility. But you can make up your mind to find out what causes you not to | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| understand a little better why thought process, intellect, mind, and will obstruct the birth of the real | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| real self. This is obvious. Superimpositions occur because mind and will take them on. Without the mind | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| mind and will take them on. Without the mind to decide and the will to go through | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| least awareness, will, and the very least of mind. There is no misery. In the state of | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| through the state of becoming by first using mind, intellect, thought, and will in an organic way | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| organic way. When, however, you have used your mind and will in an inorganic, unnatural way, it | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| misuse of these faculties. One cannot say that mind, intellect, and will cause suffering and misery, but | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| not be used does have that effect. Your mind is responsible for all the images, wrong conclusions | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| in you. So you have to use the mind, the same instrument, to remove these conditions. This | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| religious systems which realize the danger of the mind. They try to eliminate mind and will functioning | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| danger of the mind. They try to eliminate mind and will functioning, but this cannot work. Do | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| is so. When you artificially cut out the mind by exercise and discipline, what happens? You repress | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| exists. Therefore, any exercise of cutting out the mind by cutting out thoughts, emotions, or attitudes that | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| do not think I propose to dissolve the mind altogether. Without it you would become an imbecile | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| you live in this world, you need the mind. Dissolve its negative use in areas of your | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| use in areas of your being where the mind is a hindrance and a direct cause of | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| do that, you again use the tools of mind and will in an area where they cannot | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| poignant as a child's. But when your impressionable mind has made an image out of an experience | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| are deeply imprinted on your conscious or unconscious mind, and to free yourself of the mind's limiting | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| artificially holding on to an overemphasis on the mind, intellect, and the outer will. They believe that | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| it is not, then it comes from the mind, from superimposed ideas, from outer knowledge -- and | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| QUESTION: I was under the impression that the mind is the builder, but according to what you | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |