| Nonsense....................9 | |
| beginning on this, there would be even more nonsense and misuse of this gift than there already | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| that you dismiss them, saying, This is all nonsense, this cannot be true. You are so convinced | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| intellectually, as you well know, it is all nonsense. Whenever such reactions do appear, you stifle full | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| to belittle their meaning because of their apparent nonsense, or trying to put a very glorious, beautiful | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| misunderstandings in your personality. To admit what childish nonsense is lodged in the unconscious is so hard | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| out in the open, you know it is nonsense, and you are relieved to give up the | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| up the burdensome beliefs. In addition to such nonsense there are also false beliefs and impressions you | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| order. After you have listened to the destructive nonsense of the lower self, without impinging on its | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| come to the realization that this is pure nonsense. Life can only be life. Everything that is | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| Nonsensical.................7 | |
| in front of your eyes, even the most nonsensical and insignificant ones, start to look for the | 38 IMAGES |
| The predicament against which you battle is a nonsensical idea, for others are not out to reject | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| you are in this false struggle, based on nonsensical premises -- and I deliberately use such a | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| examined from this point of view, has a nonsensical premise. This false struggle not only concerns motivations | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| This is the final reality, so it is nonsensical to even imagine that anyone could be in | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| about it. Every human being has this apparently nonsensical fear to some degree. Even though it makes | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| theory acceptable, to others it may have appeared nonsensical. Even for those who could accept the premises | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| Non-volitional..............3 | |
| truly great human experience comes from the inner, non-volitional self. It can never come from the outer | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| between the outer ego faculties and the inner, non-volitional self must exist in human beings as long | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| of overloading the faculties and thwarting the inner, non-volitional self which is infinitely better equipped to serve | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| Norm........................3 | |
| the existing value system. In recent times, the norm has been permissiveness, lack of discipline, indulgence. This | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| and peaceful, joyous, creative living will become the norm. Right now, the saddest part of your longing | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| here of fixed temperatures, for there is no norm applicable to all. What is warm or cold | 228 BALANCE |
| Normal......................31 | |
| the same for any human being with a normal sense of perception, while the spirit world is | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| not come from your brain region where your normal thinking takes place, but from the region of | 21 THE FALL |
| the discrepancy between the trance state and the normal state would not be so strong, my friends | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| laying the foundation to a very healthy and normal inner attitude. Think and meditate about this, my | 31 SHAME |
| at present and even more so. As two normal people would not argue whether a round table | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| But not only in particular exercises. Even in normal breathing, when you are completely unaware of it | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| joy but also pain. Intellectually, most everyone, if normal, understands that, but emotionally many people do not | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| is not accepted are overwhelming. For a more normal person who can function in life, the idealized | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| he or she will still function way below normal ability until the difficulties and wrong conclusions are | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| and procreation. These needs can be healthy and normal. However, if repressed, they will turn into potent | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| A need which in itself is healthy and normal can be destructive when awareness of it is | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| guilt feelings, but just as often the healthy, normal, and legitimate needs of every healthy human being | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| you felt most guilty about is not only normal and healthy, but is in fact most creative | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| so general that you assume them to be normal. Let us again look at self-alienation, what it | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| good and important, for otherwise, with only your normal reactions and perceptions at your disposal, you could | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| is over and your system goes back to normal functioning, the poison is absorbed and dissolved. This | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| realistic danger is over, you can return to normal, and your thought processes can again concentrate on | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| absent. However, when the danger is over, the normal and integrated person can quickly return to a | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| of the person. To a degree, masturbation is normal. If it is a constant practice in adulthood | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| your feelings of sadness and pain are purely normal and healthy and do not contain any negative | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| life, or do you consider the introverted person normal? ANSWER: You see, my dear, here we are | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| certain periods of the child's development. This is normal and healthy for these limited periods. But such | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| take steps to realize a perfectly harmless and normal fulfillment of a genuine need or a truly | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| total self-realization is attained. Then it becomes the normal state of being. What I wish to stress | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| You will also become aware of the natural, normal state that also exists in you behind the | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| it become possible, until this eventually becomes your normal state and disconnectedness the exception. The difficult times | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| initial reaction to pain with anger is totally normal and healthy. If you can understand that such | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| powers transcend by far the human capacities considered normal in your sphere of being. These powers remain | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| child could ever possess. This is a very normal phenomenon on the physical level of life. Yet | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| would have waited for a future incarnation under normal circumstances is released now. The inner timetable has | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| disappointed or unhappy about something, it is most normal to lose courage. You cannot help it. But | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Normally....................4 | |
| more through one incident like this than they normally would have had to go through in the | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| regard. Instinct is natural to us in the normally functioning human being. Would you comment on the | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| strength -- physical or mental -- than you normally have in order to defend yourself. Or you | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| psyche. To deal with an experience that would normally need only a certain amount of attention and | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| No's........................4 | |
| inner No during these endeavors; of tackling these No's in the only productive way, namely with the | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| striving would have seemed preposterous to you. Such No's are directly connected with the original image, the | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| to proceed: Take any of the many little No's coming up in your work in your daily | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| and truly wanting to find out my particular No's. Take one at a time. With all my | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| Nose........................4 | |
| symptoms and signs may be right under your nose. People flee from such awareness because they mistakenly | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| very often is right in front of your nose. It is so obvious; it is so simple | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| but which is right in front of your nose. Take your immediate hardships or problems and handle | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| fact it is close by, right under your nose, so to speak, only most of the time | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| Nostradamus.................4 | |
| QUESTION: May I ask in this connection about Nostradamus who has prophesied some of these events? Isn't | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| what was seen. QUESTION: So the prediction of Nostradamus for the end of this century does not | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| circumstances exactly. All the alternatives are prepared beforehand. Nostradamus just saw one alternative and not the many | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to free will. QUESTION: So seers, such as Nostradamus, have insight into these records? ANSWER: Into some | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Note........................27 | |
| and conquering yourself. Observe yourself clinically. Then just note your feelings; register them with detachment. Say to | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| and true sense, but actually against the false note in the equally unaware law-upholder. This is a | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| law is violated, the life force cannot work. Note that the word law has very often a | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| yourself something that responds to it, as one note resonates to another. Again, you certainly should not | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| provoked you. If you truly find the corresponding note in yourself, you will automatically cease to feel | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| left and right and never find the corresponding note in yourself. This explains how you could be | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| you if it does not strike some corresponding note in your own soul. Negative does not necessarily | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| act out those impulses but should simply take note of them. You can then see them without | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| the particular pattern of your daydreams. Make a note of them. Realize their general goal. This will | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| productive living, is by simply observing your emotions. Note how they are still geared to the one-sided | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| a mockery of justice. It is interesting to note that the more defensive a person is, the | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| One person's sensitivity may be on the lowest note of the keyboard, another's on the highest. The | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| discuss what was formerly inadmissible. After each session, note your reactions, how far have you come, compared | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| a little closer at this subject. You may note that I said apparently favorable conditions. Your evaluation | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| you could not assimilate your painful experience otherwise, note that on the one hand, as long as | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| directed to everyone. It is also important to note that you are often misled in this respect | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| in any area of your life. You will note your fear of letting go when you use | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| pay attention to the false emotions you initiate. Note how you do not question yourself, with a | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| in the process of evolving spiritually. You may note that for the longest time our path was | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| with difficult and painful ones. You will soon note that, in addition to the welcoming joyful reaction | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| unifying consciousness. About unification it is important to note that disharmonious and destructive aspects of consciousness always | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the thinking behind your negative creation is absurd. Note that such thinking is not inconsequential, as you | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| conscious mind was strong and intelligent enough to note this fact. The alternatives you seemed to face | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| the child to ask again, and perhaps make note of the questions. Parents can also make a | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| different spirals and pulsatory nuclei create a different note in the symphony of life. All right, my | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| long time. If you think carefully, you will note that all the childhood years are part of | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| so far this season, you will discover a note of another dimension that has not been touched | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |