| Obstinacy...................4 | |
| try to apply it artificially. When an emotional obstinacy is discovered in the course of this work | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| but deliberately hinders it by needless destructiveness and obstinacy. Today, humanity as a whole is exactly where | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| spiteful. That would be too stupid. But the obstinacy and spitefulness harden your position, so that your | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| relatively free, but you still find your old obstinacy, distrust, and forgetfulness where problems persist. Only little | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| Obstinate...................3 | |
| innocent, he is forced to pay. The more obstinate such a person is, the less will he | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| is less harmful than a puny but sluggishly obstinate one that clings to the personality in a | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| go of the negative intentionality is not only obstinate and spiteful. That would be too stupid. But | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| Obstruct....................35 | |
| needs to be cleared away first may otherwise obstruct the next stretch on the path. It may | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| on when the lower self will try to obstruct your path by other means. It will simply | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| that always wants to obscure the way and obstruct your path, one day, I can promise you | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| level, and, in some instances where no image-currents obstruct your perception, even emotionally. But where this slow | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| because you are still what you are, you obstruct the very goal you want to attain. I | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| Then, at least, you know that you yourself obstruct light and freedom, not God. Then you can | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| will. You refrain from constructing unreal situations which obstruct your view of that which really is. In | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| only tragedy lies in the fact that you obstruct your future happiness by continuing to reproduce the | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| of being that follows the transition. You may obstruct it and fear it in your ignorance, but | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| clearly, how distortions not only damage you and obstruct your own happiness, but are bound to affect | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| your errors and illusions. Your little self may obstruct this endeavor, may try to humor it and | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| better why thought process, intellect, mind, and will obstruct the birth of the real self, of love | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| this procedure step by step, you will not obstruct the growth that you are inherently ready for | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| all those who are open, who do not obstruct. QUESTION: I read a story in a current | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| and transform the destructive aspects of oneself which obstruct true fulfillment. This is what is meant by | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| is the result of your past ignorance, you obstruct the removal of the cause that created the | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| You will no longer need to fight and obstruct what you want most, namely the deep satisfaction | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| changed personality that no longer cultivates attitudes which obstruct the power. This energy works according to its | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| aware of it? In your own soul, you obstruct this longing and are therefore at war within | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| the will-directing part of consciousness must attempt to obstruct the change. Crisis is necessary because human negativity | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| experiences and feelings, you will lag behind and obstruct a greater expansion that is intrinsically possible at | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| actions will become ineffectual; life will seem to obstruct all their goals and desires. They find closed | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| If your conscious and unconscious mind do not obstruct such an inner guidance but wait and listen | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| more and more into universal oneness. If you obstruct the flow, you accumulate the force and energy | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| fear and resist so much that they deliberately obstruct their progression and natural organic movement and therefore | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| have fundamental divine qualities and also faults that obstruct them. The faults may vary in intensity and | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| fear of wishful thinking color the reception and obstruct the truth that would only be too welcome | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| that becomes an entity in itself. Those who obstruct group consciousness distort it into mass consciousness, and | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| manifest at first as imbalance simply because you obstruct the movement and fight against it. Do you | 228 BALANCE |
| it with your mind and will. Instead, you obstruct the process with your ideas and your attitude | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| for their own material or power gain, and obstruct the unfoldment of justice, of law, of beauty | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| negative power structures. The moment you resist and obstruct your natural soul movement, your innate destiny -- | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| you trust the new/old truth and do not obstruct it, you incorporate it in your life and | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| due to their fear of antagonizing those who obstruct further movement, change and expansion. They lacked the | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| influence, step by step, those who want to obstruct this development. When you look back on the | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Obstructed..................19 | |
| a chain reaction, a final outer manifestation of obstructed life force. Whenever you have obstructions within your | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| certain areas of life and be very much obstructed in others. Only deep personal insight will enable | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| the more your soul protests when love is obstructed. Therefore the protest itself, unpleasant as it may | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| desire to gain deeper understanding will not be obstructed by an inner weeping, which is really a | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| in what respect you still feel unfree and obstructed, defensive and anxious, is of utmost importance. At | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| your vital, live center which is now less obstructed than ever before. Out of your solar plexus | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| your inner being is to manifest, or how obstructed it is. When you have numbed your feelings | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| of course, it is both activated and not obstructed by the organism. To the extent it is | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| original state if its natural course is not obstructed. The original state is not pain but pleasure | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| obstruction. The human state of consciousness has, however, obstructed to a considerable degree this creatively unfolding process | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| quite deliberate and committed or haphazard and unconscious, obstructed by blind opposing forces that pull toward a | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| split reigns, and your positive attitude is constantly obstructed and fought by indwelling negativity and destructiveness. No | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| cosmic lawfulness of the universe. If change is obstructed by the ego, the part of the consciousness | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| of the crisis is accepted and no longer obstructed, when one goes with it, instead of fighting | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| it alternates. If the outer fulfillment is not obstructed inside, meditation for fulfillment will immediately bring about | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| refrain from going all the way are usually obstructed by the fallacy that if they are not | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| when that state is fully accepted and not obstructed, when its meaning with its ramifications is clear | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| movement of surrendering to God is denied and obstructed. When God is recognized as the highest authority | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| comes to a halt when the movement is obstructed. Stagnation was the fate of many spiritual, religious | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Obstructing.................13 | |
| exists within you, but it is covered by obstructing layers that prevent your love from shining through | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| you block awareness of them. This amounts to obstructing the stream of feelings that should flow freely | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| it, you can truly examine and overcome the obstructing fear which divides you within yourself. You may | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| a new feeling of comprehension, so that the obstructing mechanism weakens and the creative expansion process becomes | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| passing through a bottleneck you may have felt obstructing your further progress. Use this approach very precisely | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| too strong. It is always the outer, the obstructing side that must give way to the inner | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| you are willing to give up all negative, obstructing attitudes. This total commitment leads you to believe | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| life unfolding as divine manifestation. Resistance is always obstructing some valuable, beautiful aspect of creation. Resistance is | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| your present state means fearing yourself, which means obstructing your journey and movement. This means missing your | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| inevitable. The resisting part creates the crisis by obstructing the inexorable evolutionary force. The less you recognize | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| universe; they flow with the process, rather than obstructing it. They are also needed as physical channels | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| meaning of the crisis that was caused by obstructing the movement will feel victimized by it and | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| and unfounded, there is everything to fear from obstructing and not even considering a larger truth you | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Obstruction.................67 | |
| of being vibrantly alive -- until the next obstruction is tackled. These rare moments should be a | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| you find in your images a rigidity, an obstruction. You rightly call this an immaturity. In this | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| it cannot do so where obstructions exist. An obstruction is created by an element foreign to the | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| of the Creator? Every smallest inner deviation and obstruction is a hindrance to understanding. We have to | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| much more difficult to eliminate than any outer obstruction. Hence, we, in the world of God, are | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| led to it? That will show where the obstruction lies and therefore how it can be dissolved | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| The limitation of human language is a tremendous obstruction in itself. There are far fewer words available | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| by itself will not eliminate the areas of obstruction. In these areas, confusion and unreality will persist | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| of finding the block that causes this particular obstruction. When this happens, you will not need a | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| start the process of finding and dissolving the obstruction will not delay the realization. Even though the | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| are aware of it, the greater is the obstruction to freedom and strength; to happiness, inner health | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| Often, if goodwill is superimposed, it becomes an obstruction unto itself. So, goodwill for purification has to | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| and consider your inner problems without damage and obstruction. And now, my friends, I am ready for | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the means are those of repression and therefore obstruction of growth occurs. That you call it sublimation | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| into being and what obstructs its functioning. The obstruction is caused by the various layers of personality | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| thought and will overproduce and thereby create an obstruction to the state of being, then thought and | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| hindrances. Physical matter is much less of an obstruction -- whether between two people in earth matter | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| phase. Talking out what you want, what your obstruction is, and the reason for your no-current has | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| emotions are cluttered with debris, and are an obstruction rather than a help toward attaining what is | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| pushes, assuming that thus it will overcome the obstruction. Pain, disappointment, and complications follow. People are usually | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| found so you can eliminate it. Whatever the obstruction is, it makes you afraid of letting go | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| a positive soul movement, there will be no obstruction to transforming a character defect, and consequently no | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| to transforming a character defect, and consequently no obstruction to the unlimited abundance of good available in | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| compatible with it, its flow will stream without obstruction. When conditions are incompatible, it is blocked. According | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| the realization of your own cosmic powers. Another obstruction is false goodness, which we might also term | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| artificially and needlessly inflict upon yourself. The next obstruction to expanding your life and creating the best | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| in God! 158. THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF Greetings, my dearest friends | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| it, do not gloss over this all-important, crucial obstruction. Rather take that as the point of departure | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| quite naturally given a new direction and the obstruction will vanish. The process requires a fine balance | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| selfishness comes from fear and makes guilt an obstruction that seems insurmountable, just because the picture underneath | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| organic process of the energy-mass takes place without obstruction. The human state of consciousness has, however, obstructed | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| realize, let us look at a very important obstruction. We have talked about many obstructions, such as | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| an attitude of fear and hate. The greatest obstruction is fear, especially unconscious unrecognized fear. You must | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| on in the self is obviously the greatest obstruction there is. Ignorance is a greater cause of | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| show you right here how it works. No obstruction can be removed, no unhappiness eliminated, unless the | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| power of your thoughts and feelings creates the obstruction. For example, if you do not believe it | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| yet familiar with, you will truly overcome the obstruction to your happiness. You all need help to | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| purest form. Therefore this energy form is without obstruction; it is pleasure itself. The human body in | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| human body in its gross matter represents an obstruction that can be overcome only when the total | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| finally want to give up the fear and obstruction to pleasure to an ever-increasing degree. Only when | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| one was unable to master before. You convert obstruction -- whether inside the self or in your | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| the self. When you do not master an obstruction, a disunity is present, either within the self | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| other ways of operating and reacting, however. This obstruction is so unnecessary. It is actually this opposition | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| the need for change, and the greater the obstruction to change, the more painful the crisis is | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| blocks you from meditation in such areas. This obstruction, when you confront it, is an invaluable indicator | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| way it had to be. Wherever there is obstruction, unfulfillment, or an unyielding wall in your life | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| your own increased capacity to love. Thus the obstruction to fulfillment is realistically dealt with and all | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| on eliminating obstructions which violate a law, the obstruction must first be dealt with. Therefore your meditative | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| pull into expansion on the one hand and obstruction on the other are too strong. It is | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| recreate wherever the psyche is relatively free from obstruction. But where the psyche is stuck, self-creation is | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| you are not prepared to resolve. Whatever the obstruction is, confront it, explore it, understand and dissolve | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| willpower construction conflicts with the inner denial and obstruction. The inability to meditate and create is meaningful | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| for it will reveal the nature of the obstruction so that you can eliminate it. Otherwise you | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| must create the awareness and comprehension of your obstruction to it. This will then eventually dissolve the | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| you, while only what is conscious is an obstruction in your life or may have negative consequences | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| recognizes itself and is sufficient unto itself. Another obstruction to the realization of your own ultimate unique | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| a tremendous wall and is a much greater obstruction than the evil itself. I have said this | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| each mutually exclusive opposite you meet as an obstruction, is a sign that you are still divided | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| as to dissolve its power to present an obstruction. In that way, you can let God. Divine | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| so as to free the self from the obstruction. This requires, as you all know, a motivating | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| on deceiving myself. This is a very typical obstruction. It is very important not to allow it | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| of your individual happiness, wholeness, and freedom from obstruction. This is not a contradiction. Your individual fulfillment | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| a problem, an ignorance, you find a direct obstruction to the Christ within. In the New Age | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| words. Once again we meet the already familiar obstruction of squeezing a cosmic state or concept into | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| out to be faulty, you will remove an obstruction that can only limit and bind you. In | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| spiritualized completely. Matter will no longer be an obstruction to spirit. The void will be filled with | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| the void without fear, you also remove an obstruction to life. Focusing on the inner space means | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |