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| seeking such personal contact, this should be your motive and this should be the way to go | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| try to cover your true feelings for whatever motive. Say to God, I want truth, including the | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| with, as long as their true meaning and motive is not understood, the inner fight cannot be | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| will be to admit the truth, for whatever motive. For another, it might be humiliating to show | 21 THE FALL |
| many people are killed. The question is the motive. And the motives have certainly purified in the | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| are. From our angle, what matters is the motive. Even if you are mistaken, if your motive | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| motive. Even if you are mistaken, if your motive has some vestiges of decency, it is far | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| It is true that a sincere but mistaken motive to go to war will not save you | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| absolutely true is that the sincere, though false motive is not evaluated in the same way as | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| matter. There, the important matter is what the motive is, how the spiritual attitudes of everyone involved | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| gain is not somewhere hidden as a subconscious motive? ANSWER: The fact that you can ask and | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| want such and such? What is my real motive behind it? You see, it may very often | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| have a right desire coming from a good motive. At the same time there is also an | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| the same time there is also an impure motive in it. The moment you recognize this, you | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| is to say, In addition to my good motive, there is also a selfish or vain motive | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| motive, there is also a selfish or vain motive hidden under the good cause. Take the example | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| probe a little deeper and separate the clean motive from the impure in the same desire current | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| to find all the motives behind the conscious motive, and for that you should pray for God's | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| motives -- which does not mean that the motive on the surface is annulled. But the other | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| enter the path with such a slightly impure motive, it is still better to enter it than | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| as a substitute. This is not the only motive in your desire to find God. Motives can | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| are in your state of development. The pure motive will be conscious to you; for the impure | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| will be conscious to you; for the impure motive, you must search within your soul. If we | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| possibility of a hidden wrong reaction, emotion, and motive. So test yourself. The best way to find | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| of resignation, you have chosen with the unconscious motive of escaping what you fear. This is the | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| it. Aside from crass instances, it is your motive that counts in all desires and attitudes. Selfishness | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| are, as still imperfect. Even if the selfish motive is not as pure as expecting happiness only | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| the aged, and those in need. ANSWER: The motive is a good one. There is only one | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| always act against public opinion from the same motive as the one who is bound to it | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| originate in either a positive or a negative motive or current. That is the complication of the | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| more comfortable. This accounts for much resistance. The motive for resistance, lack of self- honesty, unconscious or | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| Thus you can also understand what the underlying motive for men's inclination to be unfaithful is. Women | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| relation to the noble desire. The conscious noble motive convinces you that there is nothing wrong with | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| exclusive attitude; you think the truth of one motive excludes the truth of another, often quite contrary | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| self-realization for you to truly understand that one motive does not exclude another. Purification does not mean | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| But I recognize that this or that selfish motive also plays a role. I will continue to | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| represents a little desire. Each has a different motive behind it. Unconsciously, you have believed you could | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| to perform a good act with a bad motive, or should one refrain from performing the deed | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| recognize that the good act contains a bad motive, without self-deception. The mere fact that the bad | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| without self-deception. The mere fact that the bad motive is recognized helps a great deal in the | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| strongly than a consciously recognized attitude, act or motive. In other words, if you are driven into | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| attitude, with a different flavor, with a different motive. That is the important thing. You will realize | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| and motives. Then you can separate the pure motive from the selfish one. This confusion is so | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| respond to compulsion -- but also an impure motive. You want to do away with undesired and | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| you appear in an unflattering light. Such a motive is proof of the very selfishness that you | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| regardless of your own possible hurts, then the motive is pure and you will eventually succeed. With | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| you do not give in weakness, with a motive of proving something. If the motives for the | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| weakness will have the same positive effect. Another motive for holding opinions not your own is a | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| inclined to hold on to others' opinions. Another motive for conforming and therefore not daring to seek | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| to your environment in other ways. Still another motive for holding others' opinions is to cover up | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| parent or someone else. In this case your motive is not conformity but the exact opposite. It | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| The act will remain the same, but the motive will have changed through the recognition, even though | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| you are still incapable of having a pure motive of love. When you discover that your former | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| do the wrong thing out of the right motive, because then you are at least honest. You | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| are as yet incapable of having a pure motive of love. Besides, it is never your whole | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| discovery and knowledge of the possible hidden selfish motive will show you what course to take. About | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| can be made. The discovery of the selfish motive will show you that the outer selfless ones | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| which may be selfish, while the outer conscious motive may be unselfish. QUESTION: This question was asked | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| self-will may correspond to God's will, only the motive varies. In other words, the goal may be | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| prompted by self-will. It depends entirely on the motive. Whoever interprets free, mature decision-making as self-will, should | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| desire is so pressing, while underneath the true motive remains hidden. And the hidden motive always causes | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| the true motive remains hidden. And the hidden motive always causes the fear that you might not | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| get what you need. The more unconscious the motive, the more unhealthy the desire, and the more | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| case the wish-capacity can function even though the motive may be impure. The mere fact that the | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| of others. You see, a wrong and harmful motive in a desire need not be outright wicked | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| forth by the psyche the moment a wrong motive is registered, may affect another wish- fulfillment you | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| -- or who you think have. This wrong motive, which you may be unaware of, will then | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| one of those famous vicious circles: the wrong motive makes you feel even more inferior. Then, on | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| to eliminate this feeling, you strengthen the wrong motive, believing that more of the same might be | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| is wrong. It is wrong because of the motive. Here you do not strive for perfection in | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| disagreements. It is very possible that the positive motive exists to a stronger degree than the negative | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| due in part to the healthy and good motive and partly to the unhealthy one. The latter | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| advanced person. It does not matter what the motive is. Such a motive may also be superimposed | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| not matter what the motive is. Such a motive may also be superimposed. The moment you feel | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| yourself. If you have clearly examined your real motive for praying and have no illusions about it | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| depends entirely on the how and with what motive. This may seem self-evident. You may ask, What | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| This may seem self-evident. You may ask, What motive can I have? Sometimes there are hidden motives | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| spirit who is capable of helping, then the motive and approach is all right. But if contact | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| as this pain of separation is, then this motive or emotion should be examined. Often the wish | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the very opposite effect. Once you understand the motive of evil and sin, you no longer fear | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| Your picture is unreal because of your underlying motive for seeing the other person's good or bad | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| help. This must be the dominant, clear-cut, unselfish motive, consciously cultivated, checked when it is diluted or | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| to the fore in all its beauty. This motive must be clarified and nursed constantly; the inner | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| Consideration has to be given also to the motive of a person sending a message by thought | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| thought instead of pronouncing it aloud. If the motive is mere embarrassment and unwillingness to overcome pride | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| much on how you pray and what your motive is. You cannot say about anything that it | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| all your desires and attitudes it is the motive that counts. It always depends on the how | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| -- and you are still imperfect. This selfish motive is not as pure as the one stated | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| problems? ANSWER: Here again, it depends on the motive and the way it is done. If it | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| forgiveness, or compassion. The poison of the underlying motive distorts and destroys that which could really be | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| obedience of this sort always has the wrong motive: If I obey, you will protect me. You | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| companionship springs, at least partly, from a poor motive. If you want to be alone out of | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| again at least in part, from a poor motive. In other words, either tendency can be healthy | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| question is to ask oneself what was the motive for wanting such a state of elation. Of | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| proud, but there is also a very healthy motive, a real spiritual need which you disregard and | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| This is determined by the inner spirit, the motive. People living like those around them may do | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| two people commit murder, even for the same motive. Yet, their backgrounds that led to these feelings | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| as opportunities to probe yourselves. What is the motive for sharing? What is the motive for not | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| is the motive for sharing? What is the motive for not doing so? To the degree that | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| or helpful to others, out of the unconscious motive of cheating life, to get more from it | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| others, but deep inside this is not the motive. The motive is to appear right or good | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| deep inside this is not the motive. The motive is to appear right or good -- to | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| part the dualistic misconception mentioned before. Partly, its motive is childish self-importance, waiting to set oneself off | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| more can be invested; to be whole in motive and in experience. This must not be confused | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| to let go. By consulting your emotional, irrational motive as to why you still hold back and | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| you do so quite deliberately, with an ulterior motive. So your fear of possessing insufficient reason and | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| ultimately bad, destructive, fearsome, and chaotic, the true motive and reason for this belief must also be | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| the full price, or for some other ulterior motive. I hardly need to emphasize how important such | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| occurrence may be a blessing when the underlying motive and the inner attitudes are in truth and | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| alternatives of seeing a situation, with the ulterior motive to get away from facing blame, accusation, and | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| to others without hurting them, because the hidden motive to hurt others so pervades your energies and | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| These are byproducts of the integrity of your motive on the deepest level, though you may never | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| qualities and traits manifesting in both states. The motive -- if there is such a thing from | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| other level, in a totally different way. The motive on the higher-self level for experiencing the true | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| my ego aggrandizement nor for any other ulterior motive or advantage. That thought, that attitude, will actually | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| a new dignity to your life, a new motive for becoming as creative as possible through your | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |