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everything depends on them; yet, paradoxically, they will neglect doing what truly depends on them and so 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
life. Another person, by becoming a writer, may neglect the task he has really come to fulfill 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
indispensable requirement for spiritual development. Some people may neglect this part of their task and escape the 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
it! It is a fact that whatever you neglect on your path, whatever way you deviate from 36 PRAYER
will not disperse yourself. In order not to neglect the many things for which you pray that 36 PRAYER
emotional level you have discovered. If you do neglect this meditation, you may retain what you have 39 IMAGE-FINDING
mainly by the reasoning process are apt to neglect the emotions. They are afraid of emotions. They 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
to their overemphasis on the emotional side, they neglect the equally important reasoning functions of thinking, discriminating 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
three principles -- is bad, so that you neglect to cultivate and purify that in you which 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
overemphasize that which you truly are, while you neglect to cultivate the other forces that need encouragement 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
the other two, where in this respect a neglect and underdevelopment -- and therefore deviation in another 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
a person says: By being so extroverted, I neglect my own spiritual nature. One cannot and should 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
outcome of the man's world, with a corresponding neglect of soul qualities, to name but one important 62 MAN AND WOMAN
or you consider yourself an isolated case of neglect, partly unworthy of His grace and help and 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
further understand what causes human beings to particularly neglect, repress, and cripple the growth of their emotional 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
cripple the growth of their emotional nature. This neglect is universal. Most human beings look mainly after 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
on physical and mental growth and a conspicuous neglect of emotional growth? Several general explanations could be 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
hope that spiritual growth is possible while you neglect the world of feeling and allow it to 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
aware of your emotions. I spoke about the neglect of emotional development in general. I now wish 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
understand what I mean. The idea that you neglect God by not discussing Him, and that focusing 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
imply that he will, all of a sudden, neglect a healthy interest in his work. But harmony 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
you become rigid in such over-emphasis. You thereby neglect other faculties and are thus alienated from the 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
brings harmony into your emotional life. Frequently, you neglect physical and mental movement. But much more frequently 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
frequently, it is the emotional movement that you neglect. And even your neglect of physical and mental 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
emotional movement that you neglect. And even your neglect of physical and mental movement is only too 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
path that none of you can afford to neglect is involving yourself with others and using other 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
recognize how often you feel this way. You neglect to notice it. If only you would check 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
about it, you still forget it, overlook it, neglect it, fail to act upon it. You give 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
you has so many wonderful assets which you neglect or only vaguely sense. And even when you 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
course, the favorable circumstances. When you overlook and neglect the enjoyment of all the good circumstances in 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
your outer will in the wrong direction and neglect to use it where it would help your 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
identify exclusively with your ego and avoid or neglect the existence of a more universal part in 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
reliance on your limited outer ego self. You neglect to open yourself for the deeper self's truth 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
further from the truth than a disregard or neglect of the ego. Doing this would merely lead 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
forced. But they use the principle wrongly and neglect to go into themselves to face what needs 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
the one hand, and in inertia, laziness, and neglect of active growth on the other. Since you 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
by the wayside. Many people meditate, but they neglect the two-sidedness of the endeavor and therefore miss 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
much of it. It matters little whether one's neglect of order applies to the big important issues 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
important issues or the unimportant ones. The smallest neglect causes disorder and creates discomfort in the soul 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
aspect of your manifestation; every organ that you neglect loving; every attitude, no matter how distorted. Once 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
is always to be wakeful and to never neglect the work of self-purification. This is the only 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
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in this direction, the effect of all the neglected deviations will descend upon you, as it were 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
The same is true when the intellect is neglected, as has happened in the past and still 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
your spiritual bread. The spiritual bread is so neglected. You believe it is less important than the 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
to others need not, and must not, be neglected merely because you know yourself better. On the 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
in spirit for this earth. If this is neglected, no matter how much you cover it with 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
resort, that is even necessary, because humanity has neglected to look for the inner roots of the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
one, so that the other two are unduly neglected and not cultivated enough while the one overemphasized 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
Woman has always emphasized her intuitive forces and neglected her intellectual capacities. Inquisitiveness and intellectual curiosity is 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of his masculine dignity. Just because he has neglected to strengthen his emotional nature, he is afraid 62 MAN AND WOMAN
but is not remotely so successful inwardly. The neglected truth teachings of gnostic religions may outwardly appear 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
Only after this is explored will the underlying neglected and shamefully covered core of your problem evolve 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
feeling in your soul that you are a neglected and unjustly treated child. True religion is spiritual 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
growth. But why is the emotional nature generally neglected? There are good reasons for that, my friends 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
intuitive powers will be hindered if you have neglected emotional growth and discouraged yourself from experiencing the 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
of a side in you that has been neglected. This is true of some to a greater 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
needs also exist. If a real need is neglected due to inner disorganization and mismanagement of the 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
the latter. Unfortunately, this aspect is very much neglected by all religious denominations and societies. They still 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
and desire, the repressed need that you have neglected, and you will see how your defense-mechanism prohibits 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
will be directed toward that which he had neglected for so long. He will come to see 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
not need development at this point, while a neglected area of their being remains static. There is 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
unkind fate or cruel god has punished or neglected you, so you will deeply understand and know 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
and this practice most definitely must not be neglected. We have discussed before how harmful barriers are 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
exclusively toward outer matters, or if self-understanding is neglected, the integration of all personality levels cannot take 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
and dissatisfaction exist, these procedures must have been neglected, and the temptation of the outer direction of 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
not, under any circumstances, be glossed over or neglected in your self-confrontation. It is necessary that you 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
of not sufficiently giving has been very much neglected. It has been correctly postulated that those who 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
contentment and fulfillment in relationship is a much neglected yardstick for one's own development. Relationship with others 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
open, but the unfree, negative, closed areas are neglected. The actualized universal powers will not, by themselves 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
and becomes even more prone to overlook the neglected side. This makes for lopsided development. The next 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
the second part of the process may be neglected. An understanding of the causes and effects may 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
labor of working out the inner dissensions is neglected. The childish idea prevails that once the initial 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
avoid hating yourself as long as you have neglected this all-important process of identifying yourself with the 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
your processes for creating and re-creating life are neglected. Making use of this creative power is a 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
it, creating all sorts of symptoms and, when neglected long enough, physical illness. Needless to say, the 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
any last vestiges of feelings that have been neglected. Even when these feelings are completely gone, you 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
truth of spirit. Mental sharing must not be neglected. One often sees relationships with sexual sharing and 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
degree, emotional sharing, but mental sharing is strangely neglected in a world that stresses the importance of 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
those areas in the self that have been neglected would color and affect the relationship, poisoning it 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
to develop one's divine aspects has been willfully neglected, so that the potent energy currents of the 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
like to discuss here and that is usually neglected or denied in spiritual teachings: A person who 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
acknowledged this responsibility toward other men but totally neglected it when dealing with women. Obviously this was 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE

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