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| unconscious. What is religion? There is so much misunderstanding about this, and you are often anxious to | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| not, he would confirm that it is a misunderstanding and that the truth is exactly the way | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| a good question, but I will correct a misunderstanding. The assumption that people find themselves in any | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| satisfaction. This is the truth behind the human misunderstanding that the person who carries the heaviest burden | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| reality on whatever plane it may be. Another misunderstanding, misuse, or abuse that often arises out of | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| Therefore, to use these words may lead to misunderstanding. The true meaning of mysticism is to reach | 18 FREE WILL |
| also a great amount of truth within the misunderstanding. Now you will want to know how these | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| not only see that this is a comfortable misunderstanding, but you will also clearly perceive how this | 22 SALVATION |
| but you will also clearly perceive how this misunderstanding could have come about. I have also mentioned | 22 SALVATION |
| for His will in this respect. Another great misunderstanding is the mistaken idea that to follow the | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| explaining calmly what you feel has been a misunderstanding, the ways that you both were hurt, and | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| have an effect. A selfish prayer indicates a misunderstanding of life and is therefore made in untruth | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| be happy. It is a long tradition of misunderstanding, often unpronounced, that to be godly means to | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| you yourself produced it. So as to avoid misunderstanding, I emphasize once more that acceptance of pain | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| the purity of this spirit led to the misunderstanding of the meaning of the immaculate conception, which | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| have been otherwise. From this communication arose the misunderstanding that purity means sexual purity and that the | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| in the physical sense. That is the whole misunderstanding. Many people on earth misdirect their sexual forces | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| and disorder are created within you. A basic misunderstanding exists here: you realize that the first category | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| to the divine is taking place. What a misunderstanding, my friends! How can you believe that you | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| reason for feeling guilty. You act on a misunderstanding when you attempt to eliminate that which seems | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| every kind of selfishness, is nothing but a misunderstanding and a wrong conclusion in itself. Your fear | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| motives. Again, this misinterpretation shows ignorance and a misunderstanding of the necessity of blending the three principles | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| capacity hampered. In order to avoid all possible misunderstanding, let me emphasize again that not in all | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| of what self-responsibility means. There is so much misunderstanding about self-responsibility. We always struggle to save you | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| very wrong, my friends. It is a complete misunderstanding. I know this may sound contradictory and confusing | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| again -- so as to avoid all possible misunderstanding -- that the remedy is not in defiance | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| should be gained from within, is a great misunderstanding. Such given knowledge must lead finally always to | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and woman entirely passive. This is a gross misunderstanding, and also illogical. For Adam and Eve symbolize | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| by the wrongdoing of others is a basic misunderstanding of life. Yes, passing disadvantages can come to | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| but all extremes come out of rebellion and misunderstanding and must therefore be equally unhealthy and false | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| true even more in marriage. Each friction and misunderstanding, no matter how flagrantly wrong one person may | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| let me emphasize that it is a complete misunderstanding on the part of many human beings to | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| strength on matters which might possibly have created misunderstanding. Such matters get easily cleared up at a | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the right and mature way. So, the first misunderstanding in this respect is that the longing for | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| all the same. Outwardly, there is simply a misunderstanding about certain terms in the Bible; in reality | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| happens around me. ANSWER: This is a great misunderstanding. I never implied that you should constantly have | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| first of all that the same old human misunderstanding is implied here that puts overimportance on the | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| you in some measure. As long as this misunderstanding is within you, you are unconsciously fighting an | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| this selfishness, your happiness is unimportant. This inherent misunderstanding causes a deep guilt in the human soul | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| will have any effect. Selfish prayer indicates a misunderstanding of life and is therefore an untruth, even | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| you happy. It is a long tradition of misunderstanding, an often unpronounced conception that to be godly | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| forcing current. It is based on a fundamental misunderstanding about life. In order to get a comprehensive | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| ANSWER: Of course. It is a typical human misunderstanding to think of this in terms of retaliation | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| meaning, whether clearly and directly, expressed, so that misunderstanding can be ruled out, or conveyed allegorically and | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| be given more directly, less veiled. But still, misunderstanding cannot be avoided, and therefore the dosage or | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| This will retain flexibility of outlook and prevent misunderstanding. COMMENT: Even in Scripture this word is used | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| discussion? I have a feeling that a certain misunderstanding may exist here that confuses impatience and striving | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| meaning of myth is very different. But this misunderstanding is not the only reason for the failure | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| of the problem does not lie in the misunderstanding of myth, symbol, or anything else for that | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| learn to eliminate time? ANSWER: This is a misunderstanding. You cannot eliminate time as long as you | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| great step forward. You see, my friends, your misunderstanding is that you think the harm comes from | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| everything is a rigidity. ANSWER: There is deep misunderstanding here. You now seem to believe that I | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| instance, would be extreme fanaticism, and an utter misunderstanding of truth. There is a lower kind of | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you have had such an experience is a misunderstanding. The truth is that the experience influences one's | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| use of the word discipline might lead to misunderstanding. It may lead to repression, suppression, to a | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| be to straighten out an outright lie or misunderstanding. I do not mean to imply that you | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| as a spiritual necessity, it shows a gross misunderstanding of what true spirituality is. It shows the | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| cannot be one-sided. It would be a crass misunderstanding to believe that mature men and women can | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| the word slayer suggests this deep and unfortunate misunderstanding. A wrong process is implied in it. If | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| come to fruition because you harbor the simple misunderstanding that your natural feelings should not be experienced | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| natural feelings should not be experienced. Since this misunderstanding is not out in the open, it is | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| not amenable to correction. This is why the misunderstanding has to be made known first. You have | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| have to see clearly why it is a misunderstanding. Then you can proceed. If you truly experience | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| will probably go through the following sequence: The misunderstanding causes the deliberate cutting off of naturally arising | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| if this word is used in another way, misunderstanding occurs. We are not concerned with that. Think | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| in that sense. But there is so much misunderstanding due to terminology and interpretation. As you know | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| what, we will surely run the risk of misunderstanding and of erroneous, confused, unclear thinking. If we | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| and strife is the result of ignorance and misunderstanding. Every inner problem you uncover is always a | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| I mentioned which prohibit growth and unfoldment. The misunderstanding comes from the idea that you, of all | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| and inherently constructive impulses -- out of mere misunderstanding. Impulses and instincts which are potentially productive and | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| and conflict is the consequence of illusion or misunderstanding. As people gain inner unity by perceiving and | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| primary negative involvement occurs within yourself, in your misunderstanding of both concepts and other aspects of reality | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| yourself. Then you will see the damage, the misunderstanding. Your eyes will begin to open to the | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| be further from the truth. This is a misunderstanding of the processes of growth and development. It | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| to their advantage to remain static. This fundamental misunderstanding about life causes untold pain. Without this senseless | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| life force and, therefore, from happiness. A deep misunderstanding for many comes from the fact that all | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| be there? ANSWER: Here lies such an important misunderstanding. Just because you feel you ought not to | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| a God due to false guilt and the misunderstanding of human relations, if you are not certain | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| are disappointing, because they are the result of misunderstanding, exclusiveness and limitation and result further in the | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| you. To want it now is a gross misunderstanding of the functions of the ego. You use | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| you could be afraid of loving. The second misunderstanding is the underestimation of the self and the | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| not create inner disharmony. It is a great misunderstanding to ignore or deny this fact. The denial | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| what one feels compelled to perpetuate, in the misunderstanding that a similar, though disguised, trend is a | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| relaxation, the phenomenon of dying must be the misunderstanding of this principle, so that a duality arises | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| principle, so that a duality arises. When this misunderstanding has proceeded far enough, affecting more and more | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| geographical sphere. This, of course, is a gross misunderstanding, for what is meant by the story, and | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| ego. If this integration is hindered due to misunderstanding and ignorance, the energy will turn destructive. The | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| but misunderstand them. How can you discover such misunderstanding? Only by first acknowledging to yourself what it | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| a situation, with all their psychological consequences of misunderstanding, misjudgment, and hurt, which, in turn, create further | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| is seen from this point of view, much misunderstanding will be eliminated. Even my friends who are | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| original misconception leads to graver error, to compounded misunderstanding, to further alienation from the truth in that | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| taken. If it is nevertheless attempted under a misunderstanding, it becomes an artificial manipulative act that can | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| concepts. Error means, in the last analysis, a misunderstanding of life and of the universe. Therefore the | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| make yourself sick needlessly, sometimes out of a misunderstanding and, very often, my friends, out of a | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| are now. Such striving is an error, a misunderstanding based on denial of what is. When the | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| dualistic approach to life leads to a typical misunderstanding of intensity. The idea exists that the more | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| processes unfold and carry you? It is the misunderstanding that giving up the ego means giving up | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| This would be completely destructive and a crass misunderstanding of what I am talking about. A human | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| be. I emphasize again, to avoid all possible misunderstanding, that this does not mean acting out one's | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| an actual rejection took place, but your childish misunderstanding of the conditions made you interpret them as | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| But first of all, to avoid any possible misunderstanding, I want to clarify that by total freedom | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is not a state up in heaven. This misunderstanding is, in a sense, a tragedy because it | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| The nature of all these fears is a misunderstanding of the function of the ego and its | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| All this, my friends, may lead to the misunderstanding that the ego should be dispensed with. Unfortunately | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| distortions of the state I have described. This misunderstanding often occurs about spiritual philosophies, particularly the eastern | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| and tense toward themselves as well as others, misunderstanding and misusing the active principle. Whenever one principle | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| stopped. Excessive tension is always an expression of misunderstanding the processes caused by the false idea that | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| attitudes result not from evil but from sheer misunderstanding. When one fully understands this fact, even the | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| creation at its best. Since evil results from misunderstanding, and since the processes are equally wonderful in | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| my friends. It arises out of the tragic misunderstanding of duality, the dichotomy that is rampant on | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| ever been in them. That is the great misunderstanding, which is difficult to avoid, no matter how | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| interdependence of false and real guilt. A childish misunderstanding often produces false guilt. The false guilt produces | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| pleasure. This concept of martyrdom is a total misunderstanding of spiritual truth. But the truth can be | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| overcome if it were challenged and its underlying misunderstanding and mishandling exposed. Many times manifest emotions are | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| point, you forget this truth. Often the dualistic misunderstanding that either you depend on yourself and therefore | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| appreciation, love or success. This is another dualistic misunderstanding where you think, Either I experience my center | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| each one attempting to eliminate the other by misunderstanding its own. This phenomenon can occur on all | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| the harder change becomes. To avoid all possible misunderstanding: Any individual who has reached such a point | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| is the same with mental and psychic processes. Misunderstanding the dynamics, meaning and necessity of growth -- | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| much of your fear is because of that misunderstanding, that you think you cannot be happy unless | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| By childish I mean immature. Immaturity is the misunderstanding, the ignorance of the very young who have | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| I hate and it is due to a misunderstanding, and I will work that through, I will | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| before there was often so much dissension, disconnection, misunderstanding and negativity among you, more and more you | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| not cast out any devils. That is a misunderstanding of certain religious orientations. When the devils are | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| principle of contraction because there is so much misunderstanding, so many misconceptions, about this principle in your | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| on the plane of matter. It is a misunderstanding, however, to assume that the new coming of | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| based on human limitation of vision and on misunderstanding. If Jews feel put aside because of Christ | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| the Christ reality has suffered so much from misunderstanding and strife. The spiritual forces are so strong | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| of trust, with suspicion, fear, and with the misunderstanding that if you surrender you will lose your | 254 SURRENDER |
| human life about which there is as much misunderstanding and displacement as about false surrender and false | 254 SURRENDER |
| to be desired. It lends itself easily to misunderstanding, although the more enlightened among religionists do perceive | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |