| Atmospheric.................4 | |
| anything. You are aware, of course, that the atmospheric disturbances, thunderstorms, the hurricanes, the clouds that gather | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| Whether you examine nations, languages and religions, or atmospheric conditions, it makes no difference. All express the | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| dirt, barrenness on the other. Significantly, nature and atmospheric conditions express a purer picture of the sum | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| as a thunderstorm must take place when certain atmospheric conditions have to be altered and clarity in | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| Atom........................13 | |
| idea, I would like to ask about the atom which cannot be seen by anybody. Scientists say | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| was made that if humans can split the atom, they can come upon the secrets of the | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| As you understood correctly, the splitting of the atom is related to the idea which I have | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| different orders of magnitude. To say that the atom is the smallest means, of course, that it | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| this time, when it is known that every atom is a replica of the universe. But full | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| a power that surpasses the power of the atom. This spiritual power surpasses all physical manifestations. The | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| in every cell, in every molecule, in every atom, in every tiny fraction of living matter. Every | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| these possibilities exist. Now, if in the smallest atom -- so small that it cannot even be | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| of the movement, life, and change in every atom of the deadest-seeming matter. So, nothing in the | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| fixedness fluid again. There is no particle or atom of energy or substance that does not contain | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| within each molecule, within each cell, within each atom of the matter your consciousness has created. Your | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| inner battles. Human science has recognized that every atom is a duplication of the outer universe, as | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| and move, and cover vast distances within an atom according to your outer measurement. When the spirit | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| Atomic......................11 | |
| and not the spiritual sense. He says that atomic energy was definitely known at that time, hundreds | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| of the universe within your soul. Perhaps an atomic physicist would understand it better, because he knows | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| between your world and ours. Twenty years ago atomic energy was occult. QUESTION: What is the state | 18 FREE WILL |
| How do you feel about our continuing with atomic energy tests? ANSWER: We, in our world, are | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this power be physical, such as electrical or atomic power, or mental power makes no difference, for | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| this is so powerfully creative that dynamite and atomic energy are nothing in comparison. These physical energies | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| power of, say, electricity, and even more of atomic energy, is so great that you have barely | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| relation to my self-esteem. It feels like an atomic explosion. I realize I'm stuck in my own | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| is unreal. It is no more unreal than atomic energy, which cannot be seen with the human | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| distinguishes consciousness. Think, for example, of electricity and atomic energy. Even the energy of mind seems often | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| degrees. There is no physical, biological, electrical or atomic energy that could be anywhere near as potent | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Atoms.......................5 | |
| When one says that the splitting of the atoms will reveal the secrets of the universe, this | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| remotely conceive of it. Consider the science of atoms, which has shown that the smallest known particle | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| things have little power. With the science of atoms, a revolutionary reorientation has begun, forcing human beings | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| individual, the erring cells and molecules, the erring atoms, and every particle of mind-matter. As you can | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| a product of the error of your cells, atoms, or other smallest particles. But these errors do | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| Atone.......................18 | |
| Therefore the child unconsciously avoids happiness, thinking to atone in this way and thus to avoid even | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| I can get around it. Perhaps I can atone in another way for my great guilt of | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| has been artificially created out of compulsion to atone for a supposed sin, or even for a | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| force others to love you in order to atone for this guilt, as though being loved were | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| a subsequent lack of self-confidence and self-respect. To atone for not loving, one often does much more | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| other words, these little guilts are supposed to atone for violating the great cosmic inner forces, breaking | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| Then you can make restitution. Then you can atone in a truthful and constructive way and begin | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| to conceal the real ones. You need to atone in order for your soul to become healthy | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| of you, which is a false way to atone for the real guilt, or you become defensive | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| wrongs cannot be made good, that you cannot atone for them. Your belief is often an unconscious | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| then finding a way to make good and atone. If you keep doing this, my dearest friends | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| that cause justified guilt feelings. How can we atone for these real guilts? Could you tell us | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| it is neither easier, nor more difficult to atone. In either case the very same attitudes may | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| has been reached, you will know how to atone. Your innermost self will inspire you. Guidance will | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| All this is necessary if you want to atone. The most fundamental atonement and restitution is change | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| child represents will create an inner disturbance. To atone for having common human failings, such as impatience | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| bound by guilt, will have no need to atone for it and therefore will not provide such | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| feel guilty, hence you would not need to atone. And you could very easily, kindly, and without | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| Atoned......................3 | |
| their sins, faults and weaknesses, for Christ has atoned for them through His death. This, of course | 22 SALVATION |
| Neither imaginary sins nor real failings can be atoned for by the artificial and over-demanding conscience; in | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| aspects. The guilt for the latter is constantly atoned for by self-deprivations which are supposedly doorways to | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| Atonement...................10 | |
| for my great guilt of hating. The imaginary atonement amounts to a kind of bargaining. One does | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| of Yom Kippur which is the Day of Atonement. On such a night, in ancient Nazareth, it | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| without love? Nothing. Perfectionism as a substitute and atonement has, indeed, quite the opposite effect because it | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| attitudes and emotional reactions. In the former case atonement can take place, for example, by talking to | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| cannot feel for them. Therefore any effort at atonement is dutiful, something you do because you wish | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| useless and unconvincing. So do not rush into atonement. It can be meaningful only if you feel | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| if you want to atone. The most fundamental atonement and restitution is change, because repetition of the | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| one may well have under control. All other atonement is mere detail in comparison to the atonement | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| atonement is mere detail in comparison to the atonement of inner change, which might also be called | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| receive when you refuse to give, more than atonement for this guilt that makes you refuse to | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| Atrophy.....................5 | |
| mother in order that the limbs will not atrophy. It is necessary, but merely a technical procedure | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to observe. When muscles are not moved, they atrophy. Part of the physical body is losing its | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| And if you have allowed your limbs to atrophy too long by unnecessary incarceration, through exercise and | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| cycles of change that, if hindered, result in atrophy and finally in death. Let us suppose you | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| you believe change to be fearsome, you will atrophy the spiritual and psychic musculature of your system | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| Attach......................8 | |
| up the little ego you will no longer attach so much importance to the fulfillment of your | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| humankind. You have invented labels to which you attach special implications. For us, labels like Judaism and | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| present unfulfillment is bound to cause it to attach itself to another situation. Perhaps it produces a | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| vague rejection or nonacceptance, the pleasure principle will attach itself to a similar situation, so that in | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| the cosmic movement within the psyche will then attach itself to purely positive conditions and circumstances. Positive | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| you miss out on life. It makes you attach this very fear of yourself to any number | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| be intrinsically exciting, enjoyable and adventurous. Instead humans attach to it a mass image of boredom. Parents | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| devastated. How can it be different? If you attach your self-worth and your self-esteem to how you | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |