| Misunderstandings...........45 | |
| go. Thus there will be fewer errors and misunderstandings about one's own soul forces, and their messages | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| the difference of development among different people creates misunderstandings, blindness, and so on. This very difficulty can | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| its reality, and this may lead to dangerous misunderstandings. I realize that my description will not really | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| the terminology so as not to invite any misunderstandings: self-will belongs to the little blind ego and | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| do so consciously. That is always where the misunderstandings arise. I often speak of the desires of | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| God if all the very human animosities and misunderstandings, unavoidable in a group of this size, were | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| see there is no cause for disharmony. All misunderstandings and all hurts are merely imaginary, my friends | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| is a major point of this work. Many misunderstandings of this concept are possible. In the first | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| the other wrong extreme is also imperfect. Such misunderstandings occur so often in your world and become | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| inner obstructions, the petrifications, by facing your misconceptions, misunderstandings and the untruth that lives in your soul | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| We always struggle to save you from your misunderstandings. We have to try to prevent a truth | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| his life. All wrong concepts are distortions and misunderstandings of the right concept. Happiness in the wrong | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| secret, at least when they produce negative results. Misunderstandings are negative results, therefore they remind man of | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| contradictions, in connection with soul trends, where such misunderstandings can be really confusing for a person, at | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the steadily increasing general development, despite the pitfalls, misunderstandings, and half-truths that go with such exploration. This | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| comes to the subtleties of the human psyche, misunderstandings and misinterpretations are even more apt to occur | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| or trait in existence. This confusion leads to misunderstandings among people, but most important of all, it | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| question, it contains a number of confusions and misunderstandings, for instance, that at the core of every | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| misunderstood, and much harm has come from these misunderstandings and superficial interpretations. In this case, forcing and | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| words will help to dissolve some very crippling misunderstandings about life and people. The third aspect of | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| guilt are a result of one of those misunderstandings I mentioned which prohibit growth and unfoldment. The | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| you no longer fight against it because of misunderstandings. When the deepest layers of the psyche are | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| still lack the necessary information about the inner misunderstandings and misconceptions which are responsible for your fear | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| points, your relationships become fraught with friction, with misunderstandings, with hurts, with real or imagined rejections. This | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| though a dark curtain fell away from you. Misunderstandings, hurts, fears, must cease to exist. You will | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| and remove your false limitations. So many similar misunderstandings exist which prevent human beings from the blissful | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| The prohibition against loving comes from two basic misunderstandings. The first is misinterpretation of reality, in other | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| are the result of the distortions, images, misconceptions, misunderstandings of early painful experiences. They do not need | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| inherent wisdom, while negating and denying the childish misunderstandings in your personality. To admit what childish nonsense | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| about the Pathwork's purpose creates unnecessary difficulties and misunderstandings. The function of this path is not to | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| language itself presents difficulties and limitations, so that misunderstandings can easily occur. To really understand the nature | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| as well as the mask. This fragmentation creates misunderstandings, illusions, and misconceptions. It is one of the | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| love each other, who have had friction or misunderstandings with one another. Maybe they can use this | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| is essential to deal with confusions, inner misconceptions, misunderstandings, destructive attitudes, alienating defenses, negative emotions, and paralyzed | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| to another important point that often leads to misunderstandings. Total fulfillment of the life task is not | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| seem to say many times when you have misunderstandings and when you quarrel, you can question: Maybe | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| something you misunderstand somewhere. All adults have such misunderstandings. Again, this is not peculiarly so because you | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| very, very developed spirits. But you still have misunderstandings. You have been helped in this lifetime and | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| the fears -- fears that come only from misunderstandings. Maybe you can always remember that your fears | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| you can always remember that your fears are misunderstandings, false beliefs. And you, too, can ask your | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| adult friends to help you find what the misunderstandings are. With their help you can find out | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| distortions and exaggerations or without their fanaticism and misunderstandings. They sometimes miss the point of the great | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| kind unifies them. At first, sorting out the misunderstandings is complicated, but once you have accomplished this | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| is merely a wrong interpretation. Wipe out your misunderstandings, challenge your assumptions, consider that truth may be | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| experienced it with guilt and shame. Today the misunderstandings about sexual guilt and repression in your world | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Misunderstands..............4 | |
| love-capacity of any parent is imperfect, the child misunderstands that, despite the imperfection, most parents are still | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| is another aspect of the wrong approach which misunderstands the message of the soul to unfold the | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| individual. The individual often follows that direction, but misunderstands the necessary procedure of first finding all within | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| into the ego personality and the conscious personality misunderstands and distorts them, states that are divine truth | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| Misunderstood...............89 | |
| multiplies itself. I do not want to be misunderstood here either: I am not referring to sexuality | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| the other is even more prone to be misunderstood than accounts of factual events. And this is | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| wants to grow spiritually. Unfortunately, it is often misunderstood and wrongly applied. To build clean and proper | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| get out of paying the price. Misapplied or misunderstood positive thinking wants to have outer perfection often | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| entails also being able to accept pain. The misunderstood application of positive thinking leaves out this entire | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| East and West. ANSWER: Desirelessness is also often misunderstood, not only by Westerners, but also by Easterners | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| might be tempted to use, prompted by a misunderstood theory of positive thinking. This is much more | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| the idea of the Trinity has been often misunderstood; yet there is also a great amount of | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| all the organized churches who have almost completely misunderstood what salvation is. Many people believe that Christ | 22 SALVATION |
| God. Though your yearning for God is often misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misdirected into wrong channels, it is | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| possible in God's creation readily use the often misunderstood word the subconscious to explain this phenomenon. I | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| influx on this earth. One of the most misunderstood divine currents is love. Many other things pose | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| not want to give in! Why not? Your misunderstood concept of dignity is nothing less than pride | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| I said that desirelessness can be very easily misunderstood, especially if you happen to have an image | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| I say personal law, this should not be misunderstood. It does not mean the kind of behavior | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| that also be the reason? I mean the misunderstood current of this longing? ANSWER: You mean in | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| interpretations -- thereby forcing themselves to live by misunderstood dogma -- they are living in error. Something | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| As a demonstration of how these principles are misunderstood, I would like to give an example that | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| quoted objection are both an expression of the misunderstood and misapplied principle of restriction or introspection. Correctly | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| as the objection, is an expression of the misunderstood and misapplied principles we discussed. A further proof | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| cosmic principles is that Eastern teachings are often misunderstood in the following way: People who have heard | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| is the wrong way. But its voice is misunderstood and is identified as the voice of the | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| of the complex and universal basic phenomenon of misunderstood happiness. As I said, the human personality finds | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| memory, but is distorted by wrong motivations, by misunderstood basic principles, and by unrealistic approaches to life | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| be easier. I hope I will not be misunderstood. I do not refer to giving up something | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| use this knowledge in the right way. For, misunderstood, such knowledge could indeed be very harmful. If | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| a person becomes a kleptomaniac out of a misunderstood, falsely interpreted current of I want to have | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is not easy to explain and very commonly misunderstood. It may make it easier if I briefly | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| message properly. She followed through, but because she misunderstood the message as meaning rebellion, the outcome was | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| the great cosmic force. What is so often misunderstood about this state is the thought that consciousness | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| positive, in you. This concept is, unfortunately, often misunderstood and mistakenly practiced. We will have to be | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| use this knowledge in the right way for, misunderstood, it could indeed be very harmful. Could you | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| this. I hope my words will not be misunderstood to mean that you should undertake a drastic | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| and I do not ever want to be misunderstood on that subject. No one should contemplate this | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| The meaning of these words has been grossly misunderstood by humankind. It has been interpreted to mean | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Scripture. QUESTION: Another saying of Jesus has been misunderstood, I believe. It has been distorted as meaning | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| clarity so that they could not have been misunderstood? ANSWER: My dearest friends, as long as one's | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| lead to greater harm than less truth. For misunderstood truth leads to half-truth which is the most | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| on the truth, who translated it, have misquoted, misunderstood and distorted the original meaning. Everyone who ever | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| never life or death. A spiritual teaching, often misunderstood, says that one must rise above pleasure and | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| as it occurs so often, this factor is misunderstood, or not fully understood. Even those who understand | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| Sublimation can be, and very often is, entirely misunderstood and is a very unhealthy phenomenon. It can | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| literature and teachings, but it has been much misunderstood. It is often interpreted to mean the return | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| to act upon them. This is constantly being misunderstood. People often conclude, incorrectly, that to recognize a | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| felt unloved makes no difference -- feeling lonely, misunderstood, not accepted for your own sake, insecure, frightened | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| very often a dangerous process because it is misunderstood, misused, and leads to and often actually means | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| most potent force in the universe, is often misunderstood and rejected because it is seen in its | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| our topic. The fourth commandment is so often misunderstood, and much harm has come from these misunderstandings | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| cardinal sin is LUST. Lust is so often misunderstood. It is believed to refer to sexuality, but | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| application. ANSWER: Yes. Every teaching, if misapplied and misunderstood, will create fear. A rigid commandment, if pronounced | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| your feelings indiscriminately and jeopardize yourself, in the misunderstood idea that foolish candor, or unwise exposure, or | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| psyche seeks a solution, but the message is misunderstood by the conscious mind. The psyche says, Give | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| expression, the intrinsic nature of the universe is misunderstood. As the consciousness increases and rises and widens | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| Untruthful literature, or other influences, as well as misunderstood and misinterpreted truthful influxes, will take effect only | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| my friends, I do not want to be misunderstood. I do not want you to believe that | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| and distorted ways. Unfortunately, emotional independence is often misunderstood as isolation, whereas withdrawal from involvement while frantically | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| the other? The concept of conscience is vastly misunderstood by humanity. Quite a few years ago, I | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| I mentioned. I do not want to be misunderstood. I certainly do not advocate license. Maybe in | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| of repetition, which is vastly underrated, overlooked, and misunderstood. At best, your understanding of it is not | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| yourself into it. Systems and approaches are often misunderstood and abused; people are misled into a temporary | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| a combination of these two aspects, for the misunderstood spirituality is a product of the greedy, fearful | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| released, and letting go where control is needed. Misunderstood and misapplied control consists of selfwill, forcing-current, childish | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| go of control, my words could easily be misunderstood. When I speak about mastery over the universe | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| it does not exist. This statement is often misunderstood even by the proponents of this philosophy. The | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| to transform. For it is a misapplied and misunderstood hurt that has created this condition. Cruelty without | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| can escape from himself. These are the false, misunderstood, inadvertent ways in which the self vainly seeks | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| transitional period -- painful primarily because it is misunderstood. You feel, Here I am, trying so hard | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| step. Again, I hope I will not be misunderstood and my words interpreted to mean that you | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| feelings become more and more aggrandized, exaggerated and misunderstood. Then it seems indeed as though one's feelings | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| although the concept of desirelessness can easily be misunderstood. Desirelessness must not be confused with indifference, resignation | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| only in this case they are distorted and misunderstood. Instead of complementing one another, they interfere with | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| indifference, unconcern, or giving up. This is often misunderstood: the blind escape-line of least resistance is a | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| taught this for centuries, for millennia, because it misunderstood the meaning of acceptance. It is true that | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| account, given here or elsewhere, is very easily misunderstood when interpreted as a historical event that took | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| However, most of the time this is completely misunderstood. The bliss of being is believed to be | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| -- as religion seems to imply in its misunderstood interpretations -- a reward for having been good | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| not be communicated. Reeducation might very easily be misunderstood and lead toward a renewed suppression or repression | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| up all desire. Then desirelessness will be distorted, misunderstood, and of the wrong kind because too much | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| example, although your strength will at times be misunderstood. Those who try to make you responsible for | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| the desire to hide destructiveness is a misplaced, misunderstood, and misread message of the higher self. It | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| fail to materialize. This process is so often misunderstood. It is believed to be a supernatural, mysterious | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| Do not resist evil. This saying has been misunderstood in many ways. It has been interpreted too | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| of reality. Thus my words can always be misunderstood and distorted, or simply sound incomprehensible, confusing, and | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| and a faraway goal. This truth was then misunderstood, misrepresented and misused by the prideful, domineering, fearful | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| you cannot bear the momentary pain of being misunderstood, criticized -- rightly or wrongly -- then you | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| now to fulfill yourself and your life. The misunderstood and mistranslated message of this sense of futility | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| a resistance to change. It springs from the misunderstood message of the soul to preserve the truths | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| scriptures that ever existed. Yet it is usually misunderstood, or at least slightly but sufficiently distorted, so | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| then wonder why they feel so alone and misunderstood. It never occurs to them to put two | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |