| Mingles.....................7 | |
| However, try to discover the other part that mingles in, the part that may not be as | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| same time, the desire-current of the lower self mingles with the good motives, perhaps as the ego's | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| such people feel very heroic if their guilt mingles with their devotion. QUESTION: You mentioned willpower and | 38 IMAGES |
| has to be achieved. The erotic experience often mingles with the sexual urge, but it does not | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| vaguely felt, and even less understood. It often mingles with personal distortions. People often use the good | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| discussed is as follows: The awakening sex instinct mingles with the longing to be loved by the | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| severe. In other words, when a positive force mingles with a negativity or a destructive attitude, this | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| Minimal.....................3 | |
| a chance to feel safe and gain a minimal amount of pleasure. Alternatively, if this is your | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| have to fend for themselves until a certain minimal autonomy and independence is established. Once this creative | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| Such a personality wants to discharge only the minimal amount of rebelliously executed duty, resenting anything that | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| Minimize....................3 | |
| attainment of the highest spiritual levels. Do not minimize it. Yet be also aware of how it | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| your problems. Do not overlook it. Do not minimize it. And have the confidence that what God | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| be aware of their faults but, emotionally, you minimize them. On the other hand, when someone displeases | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Minority....................13 | |
| the divine forces must be numerically in the minority for the simple reason that the forces of | 22 SALVATION |
| made available. But these cases are in the minority. However, I would like to add this: Only | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| up to overt social rebellion, through affiliation with minority parties, anarchist groups, or committing crime. The strongest | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| There are also very evolved souls -- the minority -- born into these conditions. They come to | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is predominantly rebellious and antisocial, because the rebelling minority also represents rules, but of a different order | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and political groups. In this psychological distortion, even minority groups, rebelling against the majority, can serve individuals | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| is made of it. So often, a rebellious minority believes they are free, and, according to all | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| be militant about it. So, a rebellious nonconforming minority may very well serve as a substitute authority | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| observations apply equally to rebellious opinions of a minority group. A blind, unquestioning, emotionally colored motivation, which | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| that the latter are indeed a very small minority. You who are on this path are therefore | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| on this path are therefore a very small minority. And even you who are here, groping to | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| In every era there always was a small minority of people who were developed way beyond the | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| compared with people like you, who are the minority. Having come, at least to a degree, into | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| Minuscule...................3 | |
| merely words. Creation unfolds from the tiniest, most minuscule nucleus or center and then spreads and creates | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| aspect of consciousness has brought forth its own minuscule Godness, so to speak. And that is the | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| in the universe, big or small, planetary or minuscule, and no community of living entities without structure | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| Minutely....................4 | |
| It is impossible for you to imagine how minutely everything had to be worked out, how painstaking | 22 SALVATION |
| of incarnation. This varies and happens perfectly and minutely according to law. Now you may wonder about | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is finished, an account is made; everything is minutely and justly checked so that there can be | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| on this entity. And again, everything is discussed minutely, and plans and preparations are made. My dear | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| Miracle.....................32 | |
| way, that is, as some sort of a miracle. And yet this is not the way God | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| like to ask if you could explain the miracle of Therese von Neumann who has the stigmata | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| wake up. They produce what is called a miracle. Here I want to stress the point, although | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| that there is no such thing as a miracle in the sense the word is usually understood | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| understood, unless you consider the whole universe a miracle, which it is, of course! But there are | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| to you now, nor is the path a miracle that will procure happiness for you without demanding | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| blocked. So I do not promise you a miracle that will be given to you as a | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| Among other requirements, that means not expecting a miracle overnight. Understand that you learn also by meeting | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| have battled against such recognitions. There is no miracle key. Nothing can be truly solved unless you | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| There is no shortcut and no formula, no miracle and no easy way to accomplish this, my | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| when it does happen, man calls it a miracle, merely because he does not understand the laws | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| deny their existence, or will call it a miracle. In that very expression, the intrinsic nature of | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| by added factors that convene. Whenever such a miracle occurs, it might be called a coincidence, due | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| escape or daydreaming of a vaguely hoped for miracle bringing salvation, but realistic hope, justified because a | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| mean remaining in it or waiting until a miracle happens. So express the will to grow out | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| further could be done. You wait for some miracle from outside to make you feel differently. It | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| miraculous. I would like to ask what this miracle is. ANSWER: The miracle is a law of | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| to ask what this miracle is. ANSWER: The miracle is a law of life that you just | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| satisfying it is, you experience it as a miracle. You then stretch and stretch your mind to | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| to give and receive good. That is the miracle of creation, as natural as your moving from | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| yourself. Once this limitation is given up, the miracle must come to each and every creature in | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| self. They then proceed to wait for a miracle to happen, either from within or without, so | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| into the undesirable feeling, you will see the miracle happen as a stark reality, not as a | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| have complained about while passively waiting for some miracle to happen from outside -- or in the | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| faith in yourself. Though this seems like a miracle, it really is quite logical. It will come | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| entering this path should be prepared for this miracle to happen. You are not as perfect as | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| have never discussed before. The universe is a miracle of order. Every particle in it is always | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| know this, for you have all experienced this miracle. The same applies to the other person. The | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| expose the negative parts of yourself does the miracle occur: you will then no longer secretly identify | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| you will experience sooner or later the incredible miracle that your heart's desire is God's will. At | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| of the being values, you also discover the miracle that these pleasurable and forbidden desires which you | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| love is not something that happens like a miracle, nor is union. You cannot experience union with | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Miracles....................15 | |
| things possible in this world. What you call miracles are simply laws you do not understand, just | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| events or phenomena that it does not understand miracles. QUESTION: I would like to ask about the | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| is quite true. These are then the so-called miracles, the so-called supernatural happenings. Any more questions? QUESTION | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| on the earth sphere, a number of so-called miracles took place on earth, showing humankind that a | 22 SALVATION |
| invest in this. I do not promise you miracles, my friends. Miracles in that sense do not | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| I do not promise you miracles, my friends. Miracles in that sense do not exist. Whoever wants | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| and is willing to pay the price. Yes, miracles do happen on this path, but only if | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| that leads to it. Do not seek for miracles, tricks, and shortcuts to happiness. It cannot be | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| read a story in a current magazine about miracles. This story said that a child broke a | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| perhaps understand a little of how these so-called miracles work. The power currents of the spirit are | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| In principle, it is the same with so-called miracles, only it happens haphazardly, and by coincidence, as | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| familiar would have been called the greatest of miracles only a hundred years ago, and even at | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| not understood. Nowadays you do not call them miracles. An individual steeped in this earth-world, blind to | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| was it possible that Jesus could perform many miracles many times? ANSWER: Just because of His purity | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| a primitive charade out of the wonders and miracles of ongoing creation. People therefore turn a deaf | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |