| Obstructive.................3 | |
| resentment, childish selfishness, fear, and a few other obstructive forces. More primitive persons manifest these traits outwardly | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| opposed to each other. Once the destructive and obstructive unconscious aspects are allowed to reveal themselves, the | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| and constructive way or in a most negative, obstructive and destructive way. The difference is not determined | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| Obstructs...................26 | |
| best suited to help you remove all that obstructs your own divine spark. However, this is not | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| helping you to find in yourself that which obstructs your own happiness and to find the law | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| ANSWER: I can only say what I see obstructs his ambitions. Whether he tries to dissolve these | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| peace. Be blessed. Be in God! 97. PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS Greetings, my dearest | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| the real self comes into being and what obstructs its functioning. The obstruction is caused by the | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| it is partly so, only the part that obstructs your real God- experience will crumble. Is it | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| be concerned, with finding that in you which obstructs contact with the innermost center of your being | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| be in a tragic and unnecessary conflict that obstructs their self-realization. Life speaks so clearly, but human | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| do so, I want to know specifically what obstructs the way at this moment. I know that | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| foreign nucleus I was talking about. This nucleus obstructs the manifestations of the real self, the outflow | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| the extent that the ego holds on and obstructs the involuntary processes. Whoever takes his or her | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| it is not the conscious ego that necessarily obstructs it, but some other part of your being | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| out, otherwise it cannot be dissolved. The pain obstructs the light and must therefore be dug out | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| you cannot want to give up that which obstructs you from experiencing it; therefore neither the will | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| or compulsive, blind, and consequently inappropriate overactivity. This obstructs the attainment of pleasure to a considerable degree | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| attitude must create an evil force because it obstructs the ongoing movement of truth. In our approach | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| negation of what is, does not matter. Resistance obstructs God, the flow of life. It creates walls | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| others. The Godself makes no such demands. What obstructs real greatness from flowing forth are the claims | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| tolerate the temporary pain of finding what really obstructs the fulfillment of the unfulfilled need, and ultimately | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| best of circumstances, life is not easy. Matter obstructs and frustrates. The very fact of living in | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| your inner being, you finally find that which obstructs you. You find that which prohibits you. You | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| enough, you also find out that what really obstructs you is the sum total of everything that | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| selfishness, or whatever trait is in me that obstructs my true happiness? What in me makes me | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| part of you we call the lower self obstructs this movement. It fears, distrusts, and resists such | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| reality are, at the same time, destroying whatever obstructs this movement. For there cannot be growth and | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| so often accompanies insight into your lower self obstructs the cleansing and liberating process that makes room | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Obtain......................83 | |
| at one time or another. To summarize: To obtain willpower you have to, first, gain understanding and | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| want to be happy. But also when I obtain this happiness, I want to maintain it by | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| alone, abandoned or embittered. Such a person will obtain true abundance and riches which cannot ever be | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| step, in line with your progress. You can obtain a great treasure through this, my dear ones | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| purification. Whoever commits himself to the path will obtain all imaginable help. QUESTION: At certain times I | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| in a certain period of your development, to obtain answers in a different form. You are not | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| does not have to be so. Science could obtain more knowledge of this kind if the observers | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| precious gift that a human being can ever obtain. It cannot be handed over to humans easily | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| capable to begin with myself first and then obtain rulership over the earth. I should be capable | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| Be ready to let yourself be guided to obtain both your earthly and your spiritual bread. The | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| God's spirit world is, naturally, not easy to obtain. And it should not be easy, for it | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| experience, no matter how astounding. Rather, you will obtain faith by working spiritually, by walking on this | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| a tremendous difference in the results they will obtain, because they will, after some practice and study | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| with divine spirits is far more difficult to obtain, which is as it should be, it is | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| and no magic formula by which you can obtain the happiness you all seek. I cannot promise | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| teaching you now, that is, to cultivate and obtain direct contact with the Divine World. This may | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| can only show you the way how to obtain such personal communication. And this I am doing | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| not brought you the gratification you thought to obtain through it. Finally, this made you angry. When | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| one, that of attaining perfection in order to obtain the first desire. This, in turn, causes acute | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| go through some sort of instruction whereby they obtain a degree of self-understanding. Before assuming any position | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| of an illusory construction. Even if you actually obtain the love or admiration you wish, you fail | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| that and let go. But often, you can obtain your wish -- but only in freedom, without | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| arrive at the point that is so necessary obtain freedom, to lose inhibitions and uncertainties, and allow | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| and hope for the love of others. To obtain it, you forsake your own self and your | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| feel, or do thus and thus, I will obtain such and such. This entire process is so | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of keeping alive, in principle, the wish to obtain what you seek, you are using the healthy | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| you are bound to experience that you do obtain what you want eventually. You cannot help but | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| Conversely, a healthy attitude that retains awareness will obtain immediate growth and liberation. That which formerly made | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| destroy happiness by the very process supposed to obtain it. Until you advance to these soul areas | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| of safety or pleasure. For, in order to obtain happiness, fulfillment, bliss, pleasure, a certain courage is | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| Whenever an unsuccessful, half-hearted attempt is made to obtain fulfillment, fearful souls will regard any minor rejection | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| will risk by submitting. You will try to obtain happiness by self-effacement and masochism, thinking to combine | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| predominant pseudo-solution is a quest for love to obtain pleasure will compromise by trying to combine this | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| you should and could be strong enough to obtain for yourself. And this will give you self-respect | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| self-responsible being, trusting in your own capacity to obtain what you need in life. You need the | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| appease God to get what you could easily obtain by your own efforts. When religion is a | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| far and what you can now do to obtain it by your own endeavors. You will understand | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| you with things you do not wish to obtain for yourself. But the God-consciousness will reveal to | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| inner block must have made it impossible to obtain fulfillment of this need. Everyone is endowed with | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| the experience influences one's actions and attitude to obtain improvement through one's efforts, courage, and humility. There | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to relinquish one thing in order to eventually obtain what is more rewarding for you. The ability | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| doing what is necessary, step by step, to obtain gratification for your real needs. But self-respect must | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| defense mechanism you have developed in order to obtain what seemed to you a protection. In this | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| aware in order to discriminate between changing to obtain more fulfillment and simply wishing to accept the | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| It may be an easy way out to obtain relief and release without risking the involvement and | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| you will see that this is so. To obtain anything you wish, the will has to be | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| inner experiences are often shifted this way, to obtain an effect, an impression on others. Or you | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| as much as they need food. They cannot obtain either solely from the fruits of their own | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| want the truth about yourself in order to obtain it, so must you deeply want to transform | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| up one's self will and the compulsion to obtain gratification, while being fully aware of the right | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| the limitation itself, you can go out and obtain what you wish. Instead of withdrawing and pulling | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| you will determine what you wish, how to obtain it, what to do about tendencies you do | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| and actually doing the best in order to obtain a particular desired result. This is the very | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| how much you are willing to invest to obtain what you wish, and whether what you expect | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| resources and strength from within, in order to obtain what you wish. If you declare that you | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| Since the loser does not go out to obtain his or her own fulfillment, others must obtain | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| obtain his or her own fulfillment, others must obtain it for him and offer it as a | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| it. Or, you may fear your inadequacy to obtain or maintain it. Wanting a goal does not | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| and you know it depends on you to obtain it. You not only want it, but know | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| do what must be done in order to obtain a desirable result, to lead a meaningful existence | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| is so easily available, it seems that to obtain it would require much effort and struggle. Once | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| the more friction exists and the less you obtain what you thought you would by proving yourself | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| can reach for this good without urgency and obtain it precisely because you know it is yours | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| others or to get special unfair privileges, and obtain something for nothing, you will get yourself in | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| a dominant role on an emotional level. To obtain approval or admiration from others, one sells out | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| toward the realization of your own powers to obtain whatever you want and need. This is one | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| from others everything which you must in fact obtain from within yourself. You stake your salvation on | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| required. What is meant is that you cannot obtain what you want, and what you indeed should | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| in predominant control -- and therefore does not obtain sufficient relief and replenishment -- is compelled to | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| time, he may sell out his integrity to obtain approval and affection from others. He thus makes | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| my friends here who are gathered together to obtain nourishment and truth, in whatever way they need | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| to life as much as I wish to obtain. I do not want to cheat life by | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| find another, not self-destructive way to express and obtain them. The very need for self-responsibility and self-discipline | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| is one of the most difficult goals to obtain. This ability depends directly on a person's integration | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| the locked force in you, would like to obtain from your spiritual self the necessary inspiration for | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| many years of attentive self-search are necessary to obtain this self-awareness. But when you do, then you | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| it were possible for an adult to finally obtain substitute parents, ideal and perfect according to the | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| the jealousy because you can genuinely wish to obtain what you covet and be prepared to pay | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| you inwardly strive to make sure you will obtain all this so as to have peace and | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| human being, but feel uncertain that you will obtain this desire through the other person's own free | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| and pressure. This means you may not immediately obtain from the outside what you desire. You must | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| specifically about this process, so that you will obtain further help in self-understanding and can begin to | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| other cure for this specific pain but to obtain the relief you resist most, that is, to | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |