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| would like to ask: Suppose I should be attacked by a murderer and were to survive. In | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| it is that comes to you. You feel attacked and threatened. The feeling in you, coming as | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| me give you an example: When you are attacked or judged or criticized or rejected, as long | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| Attainable..................4 | |
| let them mature gradually -- that goal is attainable. Before you can truly love others, you have | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| you are impressed with is that happiness is attainable only in the distant future. You strive toward | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| limitations; that in truth absolute perfection does exist, attainable for each individual; that unlimited expansion of faculties | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| that could ever be desirable is right here, attainable right now, ever-present at the tips of your | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Attained....................111 | |
| then can you be sure that you have attained mastery over your lower self, over your weaknesses | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| never less. How can genuine, healthy love be attained? Not by trying to force yourself to love | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| that they hope to attain or have already attained to contribute to the Plan of Salvation, will | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| even though in the beginning it cannot be attained every day. Some other time I will talk | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| such difficulties with the lower-self resistance, you have attained a great deal more than you think. It | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| how the preceding development has gradually proceeded and attained a new stage. All physical growth happens gradually | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| one pleasurably, the other unpleasurably -- you have attained some of this detachment, in which alone you | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| of a creature; only those can who have attained a certain level of development. In other words | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| than any of you. A spirit who has attained a certain level of development will not only | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| be meaningless for them. They have not yet attained the strength and development necessary to follow it | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| have gained more inner peace. Anyone who has attained something in this life, whatever it may be | 18 FREE WILL |
| once a certain stage of spiritual development is attained, you will feel that you can wish and | 18 FREE WILL |
| no divinity at all, if it cannot be attained or maintained by free choice. By the same | 21 THE FALL |
| self that makes you think perfection can be attained by turning away from your imperfections and disregarding | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| directly responsible for your conflicts. Once you have attained some victories over yourself you will fully realize | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| new strength in you even before you have attained perfection in this respect. After a period of | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| your pride. By doing so, you will have attained some victory that will already free you of | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| with proper self-development, objectivity and impartial judgement are attained. If you can clearly feel how your ego | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| away with so much. But once you have attained a certain level in spiritual development, even though | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| However, it is certain that self-development cannot be attained without the full use of free will. The | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| on this path of self-purification. Once you have attained a certain height, your own happiness will no | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| -- the only way genuine desirelessness can be attained is by facing the fear of life and | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| a state of desirelessness you have not yet attained; this would amount to a lie and even | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| that question. If you can answer, you have attained the first victory because you will then see | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| be learned in personal love that cannot be attained in any other way. And to form a | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| understanding authority will remain a goal to be attained. You will understand that even the imperfect form | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| even to a small degree. It cannot be attained by escaping life and its hurts, as some | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| reached and the real state of Being finally attained. But this cannot happen by forceful means and | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| to relax. The best form of relaxation is attained when the mind is given a chance to | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| be found by a shortcut. It can be attained only by changing your inner world of unreality | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| imagined, or even more valuable, although not necessarily attained as quickly as the child in you wanted | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| its significance, its truth. This awareness can be attained only by tuning in to what is, rather | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| life and fate. Second, people who have not attained such power would feel extremely frustrated and their | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| always happens when maturity and self-responsibility are not attained. Whether you fear an avenging God, life, other | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| average human being. You would need to have attained a high state of purification which none of | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| work is done and valid insights have been attained, you are bound to become aware of this | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| I lead you. This wider vision will be attained also by a reflection on the time element | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| circumstances permit, this person is convinced of having attained true serenity. But let life's storms touch him | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| an unconscious conclusion that something must be had, attained, acquired. But by the time this reaches the | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| way, disharmonious, it is because the goal you attained, whether in a little or in a big | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| unaware of the acute disappointment of now having attained a partial goal. You still feel not so | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| along with the real values that are being attained and lived up to. But it is enough | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| as well as after, until maturity has been attained. But the most important major step of full | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| love, involvement, and faith possible. Anyone who ever attained spiritual growth, known or unknown in history, had | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| requires the middle road which can only be attained by responsible thinking and evaluating. Rigid dogma is | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a desire for pleasure supreme that cannot be attained through healthy means because too much fear and | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| strength, and self-confidence deriving from selfhood can be attained only through finding the point of relinquishing. Whenever | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| are things you did want and which you attained, so that you are not a failure there | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| which you have not fully understood. When you attained the experience of the real self you were | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| let down. Only after material security has been attained do people discover that there is a type | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| harming either others or yourself, you have not attained a harmonious balance between the three elements of | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| the last fifty years or so, humans have attained great insights in this area from a purely | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| in turn, is possible only when you have attained deep understanding. Many of you have already experienced | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| afraid of death. To those who have already attained the realization that effort is bliss, movement is | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| -- is often overlooked. That comprehension must be attained. I say, my friends, whenever you are really | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| have to be abandoned before they can be attained. This is the very same law that determines | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| moment awareness of the negative desire has been attained through the painstaking struggle of this work, you | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| it is already yours, even before you have attained it. Whenever you are separated from others, from | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| its own inner processes. This state can be attained by investigating the particulars of this overemotionalism. When | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| will turn into pleasure, when harmony has been attained. QUESTION: I stick to a guilt feeling because | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| material body. The unified state of consciousness is attained through understanding or knowingness. Life on the dualistic | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| longer depends on it. When you have truly attained knowledge, your accomplishment in whatever field this may | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| of any individual's life. You have not yet attained the total transition, the awakening in which you | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| requires humility. The courage one needs can be attained only when humility exists. You will not betray | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| lives under the illusion that one has already attained this state. After truthful acknowledgement of lovelessness and | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| coin: the rosy-colored future in a life hereafter, attained by adherence to an outer faith and obedience | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| your memory, my friends, and it can be attained in this life only when the individual becomes | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| less and less often, until total self-realization is attained. Then it becomes the normal state of being | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| way back to it. The few who have attained this connection always were and will be the | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| you would realize that you have not even attained a particle of the power and beauty, truth | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| as this appears to one who has already attained the reality of being, you struggle against the | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| question of fluctuation and overlapping. You may have attained a state of fluctuating between the second and | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| you can be absolutely sure that you have attained, at this moment, the level of self-knowledge that | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| by the ego. If self-realization is to be attained, a new balance must be found in which | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| A certain basic state of selfhood must be attained in order to use all the available spiritual | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| for all human beings. But if it is attained, the sexual center will be open. It will | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| patterns of self-delusion and illusion, and therefore have attained a certain degree of liberation and self-realization, additional | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| and experience on all levels. After you have attained awareness of the outer thinking, feeling, and physical | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| the feeling destructive. To the degree you have attained outer awareness and are therefore in a position | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| therefore extremely useful. Once your outer body has attained the relaxation, feeling healthy and vital, and you | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| is met and eliminated, unstructured, blissful consciousness is attained again. The ego, with its confinement, is the | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| the body. Of course, this state cannot be attained at all times. But it can be attained | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| attained at all times. But it can be attained again and again, leaving you each time a | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| you to know that the truth can be attained and is not an illusion. No, it is | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| the unity which still eludes you can be attained, and that you will attain it. What you | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| and always liberating comprehension of life, can be attained only through personal self- confrontation, never through theoretical | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| change in the entity, no balance can be attained. Every crisis ultimately means such a readjustment, whether | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| The fulfillment so painfully longed for can be attained only when you, as an adult, proceed to | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| self, and finally the higher self can be attained through various processes and approaches of the pathwork | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| supposed to be given to you, rather than attained by you through the courage and honesty of | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| that peace of mind and comfort can be attained without investing effort, realizing that the gains outweigh | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| your ego's wishful thinking. Only when you have attained a state in which you can be very | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| prototype provided by a person who already has attained the desired state is essential for imprinting the | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| the purity of the state of consciousness already attained by the chooser. So, as always, the beginning | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| the state of consciousness the human race has attained, but which no longer hold true when we | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| blissful universal state of the eternal Now is attained through honest growth, sexual union will be but | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| itself. The highly developed, integrated person will have attained the further stages. What I described here is | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| fear persists even when intellectual understanding has been attained and inner experience has occasionally occurred as a | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| merely concerned with those human beings who have attained the new consciousness, who are pioneers in creating | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| when that attitude exists. Perfect balance will be attained in all the many dichotomies and conflicts, in | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| a tremendous hurdle. And if you have already attained, in some manner, a position of leadership, you | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| who, at least in some respects, have rightfully attained leadership, whether you want to admit and see | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| of the soul of the earth can be attained and maintained when tradition and change interphase in | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| vague knowledge of another state that can be attained -- is an aberration. It expresses the childish | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| with whether or not the desirable goal is attained? The Christed person does not experience these fluctuations | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| well-being in every possible way. Because you have attained a state without straining, you glimpse and finally | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| of the unitive, deathless, painless state has been attained. The feeling is, if it were articulated: How | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| in touch with both fears, you have inadvertently attained a certain measure of equanimity. The strain automatically | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| power and presence of the Creator, you have attained self-realization. You have purified and unified yourself. Then | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| the rarest of instances is such a vision attained without outer help and stimulation. Humanity has now | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| unprecedented degrees. Even the least knowledgeable people have attained a certain degree of awareness that there are | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |