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| see the cause and effect of your sudden openings and closings. This concentrated aspect of self-analysis develops | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| rounds or circles are not closed, they have openings. As you discover a new opening, you need | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| for, seek to inspire you for, and seek openings for in many different ways, even if these | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| together will depict a more complete reality. Such openings occur through specific mental attitudes and activities, and | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Openly......................45 | |
| which humankind discovers only partially and gradually, is openly displayed. There is the sphere of history, if | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| person. Soon you will be able to talk openly about your difficulties, your weaknesses and your problems | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| cannot quite make the connection, pray sincerely and openly for this realization. The answer is then very | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| is so necessary to be able to talk openly about yourself to a qualified person and then | 31 SHAME |
| this purpose, it is essential that you talk openly about your problems. This in itself will shed | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| certain teachings with your intellect, you may not openly admit your refusal to be unhappy. By defiance | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| You may even be able to discuss it openly with others. Some much lesser fault or tendency | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| is that either one or both partners become openly and consciously dissatisfied. For the soul needs to | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| the same basic conflict: on the one hand, openly rebelling against the restrictions; on the other, fearing | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| take a form in which he or she openly fights and resists. This can take place from | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| life just as tangible outer results as the openly rebellious reactions. In the other category are those | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| that it is a disadvantage to show them openly. Thus they hide the destructive impulses and thereby | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| outwardly and directly. The destructive forces are directed openly toward the other person and therefore bring an | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| still be so crude that to express it openly might bring harm to others and, of course | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| another may express the demand for rulership more openly. Many variations exist, governed by temperament, personality, and | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| activity becomes destructive if not allowed to function openly and healthily. By the same token, Adam was | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| culmination of your deviations that have finally manifested openly. You have chosen to search because the inner | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| clamoring for attention, it uses the dramatization either openly or subtly as a means of forcing others | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| important key in life. If you meet it openly and whole-heartedly, willing to learn from it, keeping | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| the aggressive solution, you push people away and openly hurt them with false superiority. In all instances | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| This prevents you from meeting others freely and openly, without restrictions. Then you cannot reach out without | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| yourself to confront the issue of discussing it openly. Observe the increase of inner freedom as you | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| psyche are disregarded. The greater the resistance to openly face a problem, the more important is it | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| you release the pressure by talking about it openly. The effect of these two important activities will | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| desire. When you do not desire freely and openly - - which is possible only when you | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| only when you meet yourself equally freely and openly -- frustration is indeed inevitable. Yet partial fulfillment | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| yourself when you accept, acknowledge, understand and work openly and candidly on the cruel aspects, even before | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| power available is the inability to seriously and openly question and make oneself available to a new | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| not organic and is utterly futile. When you openly meet the condition or experience in the manner | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| you know quite well that if it shows openly, it will evoke great censure and disapproval and | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| way, she is too demanding. She may never openly express these silent demands; she may not even | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| seething resentment when they are not fulfilled. Healthy, openly expressed self- assertion and flexible giving in constitute | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| one's emotional reactions, which may not be expressed openly -- then rigid insistence on one's own way | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| no longer possible to avoid confronting this experience openly. You can follow this chain of events even | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| your negative intentionality; to admit it honestly and openly. But a number of you have already done | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| yourselves and accept each other. Thus, by expressing openly your hate, you become genuinely loving. From this | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| sooner you make room for these verities and openly respond to them, the sooner you will experience | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| you separate yourself in your defense rather than openly trust, where you look away rather than face | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| you face this fear and deal with it openly. You need to create an atmosphere within yourself | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| feelings and thoughts of others that are not openly expressed. Unless they are encouraged to take these | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| faith. The self-judgments that you do not face openly distort the personality into becoming self-righteously severe with | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| course, but the fear of expressing the rebellion openly is much too threatening. So, the rebellion, too | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| The other alternative the child has is to openly and consciously rebel against the strictures that deny | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| and intentional level. The worship of Satan occurred openly. And when this was not the case, it | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| and distrust. You need to listen deeply and openly. You need to convince the other of your | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
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| through many mediums, but in her case the openness is there, at least to this extent. Her | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| to you, however, and it always requires your openness. Then you will receive. If you are patient | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| this human person. It will take study and openness to believe that such a thing is possible | 18 FREE WILL |
| you read the Bible with true understanding and openness, you will find many, many instances where the | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| three -- before being able to speak in openness, face-to-face to the disciples? ANSWER: You all know | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| individual in question, and also according to their openness to truth. Thus, the measure of inspiration always | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| and resentments. The other person will feel your openness, and a spontaneous, free situation can slowly grow | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| may be a question mark. This attitude promotes openness, a readiness for further observation and perception in | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| vulnerability. Only those who have this great childlike openness can experience true joy. This he demonstrated not | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| then that person creates a state of inner openness where productive universal forces of truth can get | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| strength and consolation, it may come with such openness. But from our point of view, we view | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| exposure, or cruel honesty are proof of your openness and willingness to relate. In reality this merely | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| the noise has to be acknowledged in relaxed openness and then translated into meaning. That is the | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| not to do so indiscriminately. Through healthy, relaxed openness and outgoingness, the personality finds the strength and | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| people are too childishly selfish not to abuse openness and outgoingness, especially if the latter is blind | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| you must test with good faith, willingness, and openness. Later, the theory is bound to turn into | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| vulnerable spot to defend themselves against its soft openness. By these various defense mechanisms, the live center | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| response is necessary to make the blessing effective. Openness, willingness, and complete inner cooperation are necessary to | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| is in exact proportion to your willingness and openness. There is no mystery about what brings the | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| for this path must work when willingness and openness exist. Those of you who are not satisfied | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| defend. This defense must exclude all attitudes of openness, inclusion, movement toward the other -- that is | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| fact that is immediately available -- because the openness to look without preconceived ideas is absent -- | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| -- not here or there because of temporary openness to the power, but permanently through a changed | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| you decide to go through it, in pulsating openness of your psyche, rather than attempting to go | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| go deep enough and probe with honesty and openness your most subtle reactions to fulfillment, pleasure, and | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| to probe this possibility in a spirit of openness and humility, with the wisdom that knows the | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| As you all know, this kind of trusting openness is most difficult for all human beings. But | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| fruitful, meaningful living implies a commensurate degree of openness of the centers. Many spiritual philosophies discuss these | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| the risk of being criticized, leads to an openness of mind that can truly listen to and | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| the crisis is going to be. The more openness and willingness there is, on any level, to | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| up. You need then adopt the attitude of openness, of honest questioning. Openness always means considering a | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| adopt the attitude of openness, of honest questioning. Openness always means considering a possibility that you have | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| law of truth and love, of honesty and openness, when I remove the defenses and face my | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| make yourselves hard and safe. But your continual openness to the power of the spirit, as well | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| you? By holding back your inner giving, your openness, and your commitment to life you increase your | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| as well as the receiving of warmth and openness. Also, every human being needs in healthy proportion | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| You may differ in your development, in your openness and willingness to be in truth. But all | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| of tension, in a different sense, alternate with openness and total receptivity. In the ordinary human sense | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| -- by being negative and hating -- and openness, positiveness and love. To find this new firm | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| take cannot be learned, neither can flexibility and openness. People in this phase continue to cultivate a | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| But only when you have the willingness and openness to discover the inner meaning of the temporary | 228 BALANCE |
| become fully unified and whole. You have intelligence, openness and goodwill within you to learn. This can | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| longing is fulfilled. As it required courage, integrity, openness, goodwill, positive intentionality and utter commitment to the | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| does it require exactly the same courage, integrity, openness, goodwill, positive intentionality and utter commitment to the | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| to be challenged and examined -- this means openness to change. In this open state, some old | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| personal and universal, can only lie in this openness and willingness to let go and consider different | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| you may find the courage and wisdom, the openness and freshness to give new considerations to old | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| God -- is your major concern? By refusing openness, you express in no uncertain terms that truth | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| have the courage and honesty to trust total openness. Rebuilding can then begin in earnest and in | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| process of the pathwork is totally shared. This openness and transparency has to be learned. It is | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| need to expose your difficulty in achieving this openness, rather than denying or hiding it. If you | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| partner or on outer circumstances. Part of this openness consists of revealing your fear of the strong | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| you learn to apply the same honesty and openness you have acquired toward yourself toward others as | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| that are made publicly do not necessarily indicate openness, the opposite of secrecy. They may merely mean | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| is precisely what is taking place: an ever-increasing openness and a transparency in which all secrets of | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| all to see, is never too high. Complete openness is the goal. It applies to all relationships | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| communication is an essential part of self-revealing and openness. Effort is needed, a lot of effort, but | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| secretiveness, pretense, and hiding than any other relationship. Openness is not even considered viable among the governments | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| harmony among all the peoples of this earth. Openness must then be painstakingly learned by the nations | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |