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| lead them into mistakes. Not realizing the real nature of the feelings and the search, the person | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| widen his or her knowledge of the true nature of creation and of the spiritual laws. But | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| you are fulfilling a vital function of human nature and are thus in harmony with God and | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| dangerous than the one of whose existence and nature you are well aware. Do you understand? Yes | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| intellectual powers: according to their proper function and nature, as wisdom and lawfulness require. The purpose is | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| causes might be more directly of a personal nature. But whenever there is a feeling of heaviness | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| God, in whatever way this may happen, through nature, music, meditation, or simply when the breath of | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| in most incarnations the entities follow their basic nature. However, in some cases it is necessary to | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| slowly and continuously building, growing. It exists in nature as the mothering principle which does not create | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| people have to live contrary to their basic nature without having caused it or being able to | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| that any contact with spirits is wrong. Human nature tends, unfortunately, to generalize everything, instead of making | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| you continue on this path, self-honesty becomes second nature so that you will have complete understanding about | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| makes it important to first recognize the half-hearted nature of the wish, so as not to fool | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| meditation, than to act unsustained by your inner nature. If you can find the answer within you | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| the intent to know and overcome one's lower nature is decisive, the basis for receiving the grace | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| also means responsibility, and you in your lower nature prefer to remain ignorant because you are thus | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| itself. And the basis for conquering the lower nature is self- knowledge, honesty toward oneself, and self-analysis | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| all know that they come from your lower nature and are the result of your breaking the | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| thought control. This is not enough. Your lower nature borrows this principle because it fits very well | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| yourself as you are; learn your true inner nature with its many facets and not only the | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| almost coldly, the imperfection living in your lower nature without feeling too disturbed about it, after a | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| be selfish, but are also untrue to their nature, violating their reality and living a lie. I | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| is advisable to give in to one's lower nature; one must fight for enlightenment and strive for | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| of your own imperfections, unclean desires, and lower nature. At the same time you can still act | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| believing that the mask self is your true nature and real self, thus fooling yourself and creating | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| beings. This is understandable and typical of human nature. Your logical conclusions can be very limited, and | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| give in to the lower part of his nature. You see, the soul particles incarnated as animals | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| nor would they be in accordance with the nature of God. There would be a discrepancy between | 18 FREE WILL |
| really nothing to do with the person's true nature, and then hidden under the lower self. At | 18 FREE WILL |
| should occur. Splitting is chaos; splitting is the nature of the Fall of the angels, or the | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| love and love must share: this is the nature of love. Of course God realized that because | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| process, every divine aspect turned into its opposite nature: harmony turned to disharmony, beauty to ugliness, light | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| listen to: the side that reached their lower nature or the side that seemed to push them | 21 THE FALL |
| to overcome the evil impulses of their lower nature. The change that began to take place had | 21 THE FALL |
| it objectively, disregarding the resistances of your lower nature. All you have to do is not shirk | 21 THE FALL |
| outer self allows all the excuses your lower nature furnishes. Of course, I speak very generally now | 21 THE FALL |
| is very shortsighted and illogical. The laws of nature and the universe must work alike for good | 22 SALVATION |
| decide which side to follow. In your own nature, you can of course find both currents: the | 22 SALVATION |
| of least resistance, which is always man's lower nature, or to follow his higher self, which is | 22 SALVATION |
| upon this earth sphere, but because of their nature they could communicate with angels of God. This | 22 SALVATION |
| to him by succumbing to their own lower nature. Should they resist, they would no longer be | 22 SALVATION |
| lower trends, recognizing in self-honesty their own lower nature, and thus finishing the war that is raging | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| fell. Now, the beautiful and harmonious manifestations in nature -- whether on the downward or on the | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| its function properly. Often one side of your nature tends to be overactive in the wrong way | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| further clue about the truth of your lower nature -- and this is priceless knowledge on the | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| unpleasant incident because you have understood its healing nature for your mind, body, soul and spirit, then | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| self is immature and ignorant -- its very nature is faults and distortions. So I say to | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| beginning, but after some time it becomes second nature through a fruitful cooperation with another person. Soon | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| it. But you must not allow the lower nature of others to take advantage of your meekness | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| of your most hidden feelings and their true nature; you have to train yourself to acquire the | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| love will be given, because it is the nature of all pure spiritual qualities to regenerate the | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| up, you will see that it becomes second nature, a good habit without which you would not | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| caught up in an emotional confusion about the nature of your soul. You do not realize clearly | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| your emotional currents. Sometimes, when you discover the nature of a hidden desire, you will know at | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| have kept the ground perfection in its original nature and talent basically intact, though covered up by | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| not correspond with the other part of my nature that is just as real. How does this | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| as is your intellect and even your emotional nature -- though the latter not always with the | 31 SHAME |
| hopelessly despair about the lower side of your nature, you have not accepted yourself as you are | 31 SHAME |
| a person not mature enough to understand the nature of the soul or one who lacks the | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| difficulties of making this daily cleansing process second nature. The more difficult it is to summon the | 36 PRAYER |
| to attain it. Once it does become second nature, do not cease praying, but be wakeful that | 36 PRAYER |
| Law to be pessimistic and negative. Your lower nature, abetted by the forces of darkness, likes to | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| to all the desires coming from the lower nature. If you are not free from selfishness -- | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| you want to. And if your unconscious immature nature were not so unreasonable that it wished for | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| art, still others perhaps in the kitchen, in nature, and so on. In much later stages all | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| to understand all this. The rigidity, the unyielding nature of the images generates the following sequence of | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| fears that curbing and disciplining his or her nature will eliminate something valuable in life. Both are | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| extreme, in other aspects. Or, the person's true nature may be masked. For example, a basically emotional | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| that is foreign to her or his true nature. Such a person may appear outwardly very calm | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| the reasoning process, which, joined with the emotional nature, leads to wisdom. Without such wisdom, people either | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| not really that at all. One who by nature is more emotional may fear emotion and thus | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| does not correspond to his or her true nature. In the purification process, all these types must | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| the immaculate conception, which refers to her unfallen nature. I often say that each error in the | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| movement as anything spiritual is by its very nature. Spirit means life and life means change. Since | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| lurk in their souls. Since men are by nature more active and adventurous, they tend to be | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| that should be well understood. Woman is by nature more emotionally inclined. Man is by nature more | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| by nature more emotionally inclined. Man is by nature more spiritually, or on a lower level, more | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| repeatedly had the humility to recognize their lower nature. Therefore, I repeat: recognize again and again whatever | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| the truth of another, often quite contrary in nature. It will take much self-realization for you to | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| merely because you have finally recognized their unpurified nature. Adjust yourself to the necessity that, for a | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| however, in this hidden nucleus lies the very nature of your disharmonies and disappointments. The only way | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| affect you more or less according to the nature of your own images. So it is important | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| the person happens to have an extroverted outgoing nature, combined with a certain courage, the rebellion will | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| subject because it is so very subtle in nature. Each one of you can find out quite | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the end. Such is the healing force of nature. The same healing force works in the elements | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| forces out of balance, the healing forces of nature step in to bring back the balance. But | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| your own making that are the medicine of nature. For a long time you may delude yourself | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| wound, and thus allowing the healing forces of nature to take over. After letting out the pus | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| behind the wall. Then the regenerating forces of nature can begin to work. But try to realize | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| with the process of self-search. It becomes second nature and will remain in the soul, so that | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| to relinquish a fear that is selfish in nature. If you allow yourself to love, your sexual | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| one such symptom. Spring is the season when nature revives. The life force penetrates everything that grows | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| standards of humanity must often by their very nature be ungodly and compulsive in the same sense | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| your high standards. All inferiority feelings in human nature can be reduced to this common denominator. As | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| type of self-admiration which is of a sickly nature that is obvious. This too can exist on | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| the active life, the feminine side of his nature grows disproportionately. On the other hand, if a | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| in a healthy way, is part of her nature, she becomes overactive. Such overactivity, above a certain | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| different benefits of a higher and more subtle nature. Even as far as this proof is concerned | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the wisdom of God, in the wisdom of nature, and everything falls into place. Go on developing | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| supposed to be better for you than God's nature. The forces of nature, if and when you | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for you than God's nature. The forces of nature, if and when you permit them to work | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| restricting, and the static principles. They manifest in nature; they govern and influence everything that has ever | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| harm to your self by suppressing its true nature. You may have an unconscious misconception that your | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| may have an unconscious misconception that your true nature -- representing one of the three principles -- | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| the one hand you may suppress your predominant nature, on the other you may overemphasize it. Both | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| being so extroverted, I neglect my own spiritual nature. One cannot and should not live so much | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| be harmful, it can come from the lower nature of the personality. Intuition comes from the superconscious | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| obstacle is cleared up, recognitions about your lower nature will become a joyful event. Now just one | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| origin. This is an important trend in human nature and needs further understanding in your work of | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| result of this conflict? Due to the unconscious nature of the inner battle, the outer happening responds | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| surface, since all images are of an unconscious nature. You may ask anyone, at random, whether he | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| lecture I will give on the subject. By nature, both qualities are present in each sex and | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| freely, according to his or her very own nature, considering the person rather than the sex, this | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| indubitably present. And when something is present by nature, it must be valid provided it is properly | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to his or her own immature and selfish nature. Does that answer your question? QUESTION: There was | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| affected even superficially. As far as your spiritual nature is concerned -- and this includes the overall | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is no room for guilt feelings. The very nature of a guilt feeling, which stifles your determined | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| indeed be very harmful. If a man's lower nature remains dominant, he might say, I can kill | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| has or is an electromagnetic energy field. The nature of these fields varies also between one object | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| inside his soul the female side of his nature as each woman carries the male side of | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| is a living and real part of the nature of each one's personality. This hidden part is | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| discouraged the unfoldment of his emotional and intuitive nature. With woman, it was the reverse. The effect | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| her emotional side, the soul qualities of her nature. Whenever she sensed in herself these forbidden qualities | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| physical strength, but thwarting his emotional and intuitive nature. Since the latter is an essential prerequisite for | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| of the soul to unfold the being's total nature, to develop his or her other side. All | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| is the only way to bring your whole nature into focus and harmony. This alone will enable | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| is active and that woman is passive by nature, but both manifest different aspects of activity and | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |