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| other. There the complements are not enemies or negations of each other; only on the dualistic plane | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| wish. Many of you have discovered such inner negations. This is indeed a tremendous step. Once you | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| close to Eva and stated their specific, personal negations and affirmations. The forthcoming energy and power was | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| of your path. You can look at your negations without hiding. You can acknowledge them. You can | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
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| needs willpower, perseverance; you have to fight your negative currents. But the reward is great and truly | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| But when your strength is caught up in negative circles of spiritually unproductive currents, it gets depleted | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| like to mention that when you make a negative decision in the full knowledge and acceptance of | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| given up, not reluctantly, but completely. Even a negative decision, if it is truly meant to be | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| by inner contradictions. In order to reach a negative decision at all, you must take pains to | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| work that is necessary to make even a negative decision honestly. Thus they will enable themselves to | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| means giving up self-will, spite, self-righteousness, and other negative currents. The magnitude and glory of God's creation | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| on the person's development. A higher developed individual's negative traits weigh as heavily as the criminal tendencies | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| beings are still slaves to your faults and negative feelings. Only by accepting yourself as you are | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| Even if there are still traces of these negative feelings in the soul, such people will know | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| a living and positive cycle instead of the negative, which always extinguishes itself. My dear friends, all | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| that one should not preoccupy oneself with the negative, especially not with one's own faults; such preoccupation | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| faults is obviously wrong. It not only attracts negative forces, it is also based on self-deception. Such | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| always willing to change. Whenever there are strong negative feelings of any kind there has to be | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| to dissolve the inner knot. If you harbor negative feelings, something in you must be unresolved, no | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| to you to free yourself from the unresolved, negative state. Ask for it, want it -- and | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| also those for whom you still may harbor negative feelings. Often you are not even clear about | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| is the positive, masculine principle, the other the negative, feminine principle -- and I ask you not | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| I ask you not to take the word negative as a value judgment. The male element is | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| the positive, masculine principle, the other side the negative, feminine principle. When they are brought into unity | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| has acquired -- advantages or disadvantages, positive or negative factors looking at it from the human point | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| but react in their private lives in erroneous negative ways, this energy will contribute to precipitate a | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| the person's goodwill does not relax, the unconscious negative currents will eventually penetrate into consciousness. Here they | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| They are so concerned about not harboring any negative thoughts that they are inclined to push all | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| thoughts that they are inclined to push all negative thoughts into their subconscious and thus disregard the | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| will ferment and work harder against you than negative thoughts that remain conscious. This is one important | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| affect the material world as long as the negative attitude remains in control there. Disharmony, with all | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| The ultimate goal must be to change the negative trends, but this cannot be done before you | 21 THE FALL |
| is that you accept the fact of many negative trends still existing in yourself. Only from this | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| will use as an excuse to reinforce a negative trait like sluggishness, say, or where the higher | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| fear emanation of others and your own consequent negative reactions if you oust your own fear; for | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| contagious as inner currents, be they positive or negative. So do not believe that it is sufficient | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| fighting part. You were so affected by this negative side in you that the good or positive | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| goes in cycles, as I always say, both negative and positive. The negative cycles work as long | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| I always say, both negative and positive. The negative cycles work as long as you are in | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| you break the respective spiritual law. Then the negative currents in you are so much stronger that | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| quality you have. But if you break this negative circle and set up a positive one, then | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| order to fulfill them. But there are also negative desires. Whenever resentment, fear, hatred, and the like | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| like are in your heart, there is a negative desire and therefore an active force is used | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| guilt-complex which, of course, is entirely destructive and negative. What do your emotions actually say -- even | 31 SHAME |
| matter. In high spiritual spheres and realms, the negative side does not exist anymore. In the lower | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| trend, while you ignore its existence on the negative side. But the people around you often know | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| measure. Make your choice, for even making a negative choice is healthier than not seeing the issues | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| cleanse this current of its exaggerated, distorted, and negative aspects which are: a certain type of selfishness | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| on the deeper emotional level, something sick and negative is felt and a very negative and unfavorable | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| sick and negative is felt and a very negative and unfavorable reaction comes forth, contrary to the | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| to face such truth, the effect will be negative and he or she will only close the | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| and do not despair when you encounter the negative part that you do not want to recognize | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| completely distorted. When you are convinced that your negative outlook is the only truth, you so easily | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| overall plan for the entity in question. The negative trends and faults that were overcome and the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| mind and understand the interdependence of all your negative qualities. Then you will cease to experience your | 36 PRAYER |
| possible through your own efforts. Just as your negative reactions and thoughts create forms of confusion, so | 36 PRAYER |
| of accepting life's adversities without becoming pessimistic and negative. There is a great deal of confusion about | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| equally against Divine Law to be pessimistic and negative. Your lower nature, abetted by the forces of | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| likes to believe that to be pessimistic and negative means to accept life's hardships. On the other | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| inquiry is not being pessimistic, my friends, nor negative. Pessimism and negativity would say: All I can | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| these feelings. People often think that by being negative and pessimistic they can prove that they are | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| prove that they are accepting life's lessons. Actually negative attitudes are just another way of kicking and | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| the pseudo-solution of withdrawal from life because the negative unconscious is constantly on the lookout to use | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| it is up to you to eliminate the negative causes. There are, however, certain difficulties you cannot | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| deviates from divine law. Because the deviation is negative, it must materialize as something you feel in | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| can originate in either a positive or a negative motive or current. That is the complication of | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| pure background, any quality may be motivated by negative tendencies. The same applies to faults. But the | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| life. Will needs active pressure, either positive or negative. It needs activity. In the purified state, the | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| This principle applies to positive as well as negative thought forms. The strongest conscious conviction or thought | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| purpose of the wall is to keep the negative in hiding, and one of the motives of | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| can hide your faults, emotional conflicts, fears, and negative trends behind a truth. In its crass and | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| is everything that exists. Everything good. And everything negative or detrimental is petrified life force: divine truth | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| inflicted on others: hopelessness about yourself -- the negative, destructive guilt feelings that make you despair of | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| unafraid of your own emotions: if you have negative emotions, fear of them will not make them | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| disappear. On the contrary, only by facing those negative emotions can you understand their origin, their reason | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| as you are behind your mask. All your negative reactions are essentially one reaction to your puzzlement | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| you must exercise the courage to admit the negative second layer of yourself without remaining in it | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| not mean being pessimistic or looking forward to negative happenings if they are unnecessary. In its sick | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| the reasons, when this conflict results in a negative outcome, you become disappointed and lose courage. At | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| the other extreme, some people constantly assume a negative attitude because they are so afraid of disappointment | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| avoid the disappointment by shielding themselves with the negative attitude. So underneath both the positive and negative | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| negative attitude. So underneath both the positive and negative attitudes something else may be hidden. The important | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| self-evident that the child feels ashamed of these negative emotions, and therefore it puts this conflict into | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| have to learn to be tolerant with your negative emotions. You have to understand them. You have | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| you -- blind to how you caused the negative results. The next step might be continuous tantrums | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| belonging, of being isolated and unique in a negative sense. This is why all children want to | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| fear. There is a type of personality so negative in this respect -- though perhaps only subconsciously | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| available life force can work only in a negative way. This may sound like a paradox, my | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| instance, that the person becomes most alive in negative situations -- in situations of fight, unrest, quarrel | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| Examine whether you feel more alive in a negative situation and more dead in a quiet one | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| ourselves in all kinds of emotions in a negative way, so I do not want to be | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| is the person who plunges headlong into every negative situation. Various psychological factors may be responsible for | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| the people who always become involved in a negative and destructive way. At the other extreme is | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| believe one can go through life avoiding its negative aspects. If you are so much afraid of | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| avoid positive involvement because you are afraid of negative involvement. All negative experiences should make you stronger | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| because you are afraid of negative involvement. All negative experiences should make you stronger. If they weaken | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| If they weaken you, it is not the negative experience that is the cause of your weakening | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| otherwise grow out of it. This is the negative side of the issue. Many extremes have to | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| for them. It is also possible that a negative and weak person, destructively inclined, has incarnated sooner | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in their positive, as well as in their negative aspects. The principle of expansion in its pure | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| You can surely enlarge on it. In its negative aspect, the principle of expansion manifests as aggression | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| principles are at work as well. In its negative sense, the principle of restriction stands for regression | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| this ever-recurring cycle. The static principle in its negative aspect manifests as stagnation, putrefaction, lifelessness, inertia. It | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| of evolution. Yet the static principle in its negative aspect is the most hindering for human development | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| movement -- the principle of restriction in its negative aspect -- is better than no movement. Because | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| turn to the right direction. But in the negative static state, in stagnation, there is no movement | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| and negatively in you. The overemphasis causes a negative effect, a deviation in the expansive principle. The | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| cause and effect. Take a photograph: on the negative the objects are black and the background is | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| constructive life force has its counterpart in a negative force, emanating from confusion, ignorance, and wrong motives | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| depress you. I assure you that if a negative recognition about yourself depresses you, there must be | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| of the recognition itself to your attitude to negative findings in yourself. I repeat, if you have | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| battle, the outer happening responds to your unconscious negative side and not to the positive side, even | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| honesty to search for, verify, and acknowledge the negative side you so bravely battle against. This side | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| the next step by asking yourself why that negative tendency exists in you. Why does this temptation | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| occurrence will, as I said, respond to the negative side, even though you have not given in | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| the more puzzling the outcome. By facing the negative side, you evidence the bravest emotion there is | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| betrayal and accusation will occur. Because once the negative side of your battle has become conscious, it | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| subtle, hidden ways, provoking people and setting up negative situations, so that you can collect unhappy incidents | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| you approach such a meeting with defiance, a negative attitude, doubt, and any number of other destructive | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| and so you sabotage it by all these negative attitudes. If you truly wanted a happy outcome | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| who has reached this state remains unaffected by negative events and is therefore truly independent. Pain, or | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| faster the arrival of the moment when the negative incident ceases to be painful -- until finally | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| of Salvation that humans are bound to create negative circumstances by their limited view. But the very | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| very result of this limited view -- the negative circumstances -- are most instrumental in waking you | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |