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| teachers also can help you remove your inner obstructions. There have always been great teachers who have | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| time if you choose to turn inward. The obstructions within your soul can exist only because you | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| manifestation of obstructed life force. Whenever you have obstructions within your soul, the only way to cure | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| the symptoms. The more you dissolve the inner obstructions, the petrifications, by facing your misconceptions, misunderstandings and | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| they hide the destructive impulses and thereby create obstructions and conflicts way down in the depth of | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| and in other realms -- where there are obstructions -- have the exact opposite quality. Let us | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| and strengthens. But it cannot do so where obstructions exist. An obstruction is created by an element | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| other way than penetrating your own darkness and obstructions. I am afraid I have to repeat again | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and still retain in their souls the very obstructions that will not let them liberate themselves. People | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it cannot be commanded. Faith comes naturally when obstructions are removed. All human beings possess an inner | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| wisdom, but these are locked away by the obstructions and deviations. All these divine attributes are automatically | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| work yourself. QUESTION: You said that when the obstructions are removed, faith follows. But I know people | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| have faith and still have a lot of obstructions. ANSWER: In the first place, as far as | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the truth of Creation. Add to that the obstructions in the human instrument -- not necessarily or | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| especially painters, who have not overcome any psychological obstructions and yet they paint beautifully. ANSWER: Of course | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| does not mean that the removal of their obstructions would not increase their creativity. It might bring | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| person cannot receive due to his own inner obstructions? This is a valid question. Nevertheless, prayer is | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| second phase of my lectures dealt with the obstructions in the human soul due to conscious or | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| mere discipline, while neglecting to find your inner obstructions. Such proficiency certainly makes you more fit to | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| honest effort to find his or her own obstructions. In doing so, the situation is bound to | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| again, the remedy lies in finding one's own obstructions and divisions within that make such an attraction | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| his ambitions. Whether he tries to dissolve these obstructions because of a desire for development, peace and | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| everyone has an idealized self-image. The strength of obstructions determines the strength of the idealized self-image and | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| resistance itself that you are unaware of the obstructions you put in the way of your own | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| as a result of freeing yourself of your obstructions, the more you will sense it. This intuition | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| results in confidence that you will overcome your obstructions and live life fully. Then the peace is | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| strengthens the intent and execution of finding one's obstructions and finally resolving them. To expect lasting improvement | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this. The human struggle attempts to overcome the obstructions that come from unawareness. Unawareness means unreality, untruth | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| energy that spends itself no matter how many obstructions exist, once this energy is spent, self-alienation hinders | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| current. Humanity is separated from this current by obstructions in the psyche, such as selfishness, egocentricity, fearfulness | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| cowardice. Every time even a particle of these obstructions is eliminated, if only by some momentary recognition | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| all time that the goal of dissolving your obstructions is to enable you to enter the great | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| choose, without interference from others and without meeting obstructions. Thus fantasy seems more desirable than life. But | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| be possible for you to deal with outer obstructions, and the more their power will grow on | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| you to free yourselves of the most damaging obstructions within. Be blessed, each one of you. Receive | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| fulfilling them through the removal of your inner obstructions, then you cannot fulfill yourself. You cannot fulfill | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| pronounced without the possibility of finding the underlying obstructions to following such commandments, will produce fear and | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| the tools of intellect and will, creating more obstructions. If only you could attribute lesser importance to | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| enable you to be open to understanding the obstructions. The state that might genuinely make you unhappy | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| ANSWER: That is because there are still certain obstructions in you which you have not fully understood | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| not. It does not want to deal with obstructions, frustrations, criticism. It will tell you that you | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| the psyche that are accessible only after certain obstructions have been dissolved by this work. My friends | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| her being, while other areas are blocked off. Obstructions and misconceptions create a wall. But wherever walls | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| and one without it -- than are psychological obstructions. Once you have thoroughly understood your guilts because | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| future you seek the wrong remedy for these obstructions. You seek an easy way out rather than | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| and vanities; unless you find and dissolve the obstructions in you that cause inability and unwillingness to | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the mind, if the person recognizes that the obstructions within have to be understood and dissolved so | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| and integrating the parts which are free from obstructions into the rest of the personality. In order | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| to the belief that one is free from obstructions while all the time they continue to exist | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| can be tapped to the degree that the obstructions are let out of their hiding place -- | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| unconscious. If left alone, untouched, and unchallenged, the obstructions of the no-current do not manifest. They slumber | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| unconscious and understanding the language of your unconscious obstructions, you develop third perceptive organs and forms of | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| words, others may benefit only later when further obstructions are overcome, but this does not mean that | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| only in what respect you have outgrown old obstructions, but also what remains to be accomplished. When | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| force. Then you will be helped to eliminate obstructions and taste the vibrant, dynamic life force. Every | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| your soul-movements, you are closer to eliminating the obstructions than when you ignore them and believe yourself | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| of these results, the finding and dissolving of obstructions, of attitudes that hinder you -- you must | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| be so. Strengthen your will to remove all obstructions within yourself, all false ideas that keep you | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| part of the partnership and to remove all obstructions and reservations, but to make the thing, whatever | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| of your mind as you remove the underlying obstructions and no-currents. Gradually the knowing of the truth | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| to be tackled one by one, otherwise the obstructions cannot be removed and working for the end | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| the places of disability and emptiness. When the obstructions are too great, this same power is diverted | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| may not yet be possible because of the obstructions to the real self. The weak ego considers | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| I contact the inner self to help eliminate obstructions, bring to my consciousness what I need to | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| that is disturbed in its quiet flow by obstructions and strong counter- currents. The disturbance created in | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| Let me recapitulate here: The two most significant obstructions to the real self are ignorance of its | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| is a way you have to eliminate your obstructions on the way to specialness. Which pseudo-solution you | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| an energy that can be released when the obstructions to the now are removed. Focus your attention | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| can all the difficulties, all the apparently insurmountable obstructions dissolve so that things fall naturally and effortlessly | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| difficulties, which are the direct reflection of inner obstructions. Once you see this and know that you | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| considerable extent. This is one of the first obstructions which enclose you in an imaginary and unnecessary | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| Moreover, the ego's task is to discover the obstructions that lie between it and the greater self | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| the extent these experiences are hindered because of obstructions in the personality which the ego is unwilling | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| Change is impossible due to the still unconscious obstructions. The fundamental cause of the condition of predominant | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| of least resistance when confronted with the unconscious obstructions has to be balanced with the waiting, receiving | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| is identical to this process. However, the more obstructions fester underground, the less will unfoldment be possible | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| best of yourself, your goal being to remove obstructions and to grow and unfold the best that | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| The deep psyche, in which not all old obstructions are overcome, still harbors the division of good | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| You must overcome a number of these deep obstructions and resistances before you can come to feel | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| be threatening or laborious when you meet your obstructions and illusions; it becomes liberation itself. Even self-realization | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| is directed toward unfoldment and the elimination of obstructions. The other trend is away from it. The | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| very important obstruction. We have talked about many obstructions, such as your misconceptions and destructive attitudes, in | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| simplify matters. I would like to discuss these obstructions in terms of the soul movements, which reflect | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| connect with their unconscious blocks and comprehend the obstructions and the unhappiness in their lives. It is | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| calling them into action and removing all possible obstructions. Effort and endeavor are an integral part of | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| direction that leads deep into yourself. After the obstructions are faced, accepted, understood, and eliminated, your highest | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| creates dependency. If you ignore your own inner obstructions and believe that others or fate cause your | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| will see that the awareness of one's own obstructions determines everything. You will then comprehend the true | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| in the search for the root of your obstructions. Contemplating the fulfillment or the lack of it | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| and interdependent. We shall also talk about the obstructions that barricade you from the deep experience of | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| deep experience of pleasure supreme. What are these obstructions? What hinders the realization of that state which | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| can open the inner flow to remove all obstructions and blocks so that you experience a high | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| of this goal. You will remove all inner obstructions and patiently explore your unconscious to bring the | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| and patiently explore your unconscious to bring the obstructions to light. You will devote time and effort | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| about entities who have put false fears and obstructions behind them; otherwise their spiritual existence will not | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| and intimately connected. Now let us consider the obstructions to pleasure. Some of you who are here | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| order to battle it. One of the first obstructions to look for is the dichotomy of anxious | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| true. The partner may actually have too many obstructions to help them realize the dream. Yet, does | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| a sort in which either outer or inner obstructions prevent full mutuality. The consequent disappointments may lend | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| person must then proceed to search for the obstructions within his or her own soul and remove | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| thoughts and intents are, the more inner, unconscious obstructions will dissolve, provided they are dealt with realistically | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| sign that you must first deal with your obstructions, and your attention should be turned, for instance | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| or distorted concepts. When you have removed the obstructions by dealing with them, when your conscious mind | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| to include your willingness to remove your own obstructions. If you are honestly committed to it, you | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| you want a result that depends on eliminating obstructions which violate a law, the obstruction must first | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| will feel it. But when there are inner obstructions, meditation must turn its focus on them, so | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| attain both aims, you have to remove inner obstructions to true unity, rather than trying to maintain | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| a side issue, a way of getting through obstructions. It is essential to deal with confusions, inner | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| first phase that is concerned with overcoming the obstructions because the second phase of the pathwork is | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| easier and faster will you deal with the obstructions. It is thus quite clear in what way | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| to mention another specific feature of the inner obstructions that must be met so they can be | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| to speak up when the other person puts obstructions in the way. You must also recognize your | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| do not want to see? These are the obstructions that keep you from creating freely. Even now | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| ready for this experience. You yourself have put obstructions in the way. Perhaps there is an unwillingness | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| into your inner self, and if you detect obstructions, you will heed and then deal with them | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| create the condition in you to comprehend your obstructions. This is one aspect of the creating and | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| have taught you the necessary lessons. By handling obstructions in a truly honest, open, self-revealing way -- | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| and thus in the small nucleus. By recognizing obstructions for what they are even without necessarily being | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| help you avoid one of the most insidious obstructions: self-deception. We search for and bring out that | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| can manifest through you when you remove your obstructions, when you allow your specific greatness to come | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| the current state and anger about it are obstructions that are like barricades, prohibiting the train from | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| this path, you are learning to eliminate the obstructions and the obstacles. At this particular time, when | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| you; in the increased removing of blocks and obstructions, resolving of problems and conflicts, so that fulfillment | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| unfold here, we have to overcome certain specific obstructions, as I said before. There are many obstructions | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| obstructions, as I said before. There are many obstructions and you work with all of them, in | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| is connected with one of the most important obstructions, which is the approach to the self on | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| the destruction is always aimed at eliminating the obstructions, the untruth, the infringements on divine unfoldment. The | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| degree that you are doing this, you create obstructions, unhappiness, strife, frustration, crisis, and finally destruction, so | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| exists, it can never recognize and remove the obstructions or recognize what is an aid. Therefore, new | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| this path. You have become aware of many obstructions and negativities that you did not know existed | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| it will aid you tremendously in eliminating further obstructions to realizing your divine being. When you reach | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| that I cannot ever grow out of my obstructions. This is a game, a kind of deliberate | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| effort on your part, without your removing the obstructions to the fulfillment or even attempting to see | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| connections, so that you will eliminate all further obstructions to real happiness rather than dream about gratifications | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| things. It may mean that there are certain obstructions within you that you need to know about | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| bias and one-sidedness, then you have removed major obstructions to your fulfillment. Happiness means many things. It | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| As more of you individually overcome the inner obstructions, futile fears and unnecessary resistance, so does your | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| the divine will. You will then understand your obstructions. Your community is growing very fast. It needs | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| Christ consciousness seek their channels and break through obstructions. Every one of you can be instrumental in | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| can be instrumental in removing more of the obstructions and halting the pollution of these clear waters | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| law and principle. You need to recognize all obstructions that prevent you from perceiving and partaking of | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| to shed the fear as yet -- the obstructions will be eliminated relatively fast, and a kind | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| stand free and unencumbered, without any covers, any obstructions, any layers that need to be removed. I | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| go right through what seems the greatest of obstructions: the imperfections within and around you. You approach | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| pathwork all along. Although there are still some obstructions and resistances, in principle you are reconciled with | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |