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be determined in a prescribed way. Yet the outer intellect is an instrument that prescribes, predetermines, and 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
life, the change within you and in your outer life experience will be so drastic that words 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
fair. If this approach is cultivated, then the outer you will be compatible with the divine powers 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
powers; others concentrate on meeting themselves and their outer destructiveness so as to eliminate the latter. Both 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
to awaken you to yourself and your immediate outer situation. Whenever you find yourself in a situation 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
and why this is so. How is your outer situation a symbolic representation of your inner state 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
you finally connect with the fact that your outer state -- no matter how undesirable it may 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
and want, you will immediately understand that your outer situation cannot be any different. When you deeply 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
consequent thoughts, feelings, emanations, attitudes in inner and outer behavior; and e) how these must affect others 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
the oneness between your innermost self and your outer situation it is always because you run away 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
you would see that you are avoiding certain outer and inner situations and why you do so 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
important correlation between fear of others, or any outer facet of life, and the fear of your 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
fear, or the positive and negative directions. The outer layers of personality must suffer as long as 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
at least know, my friends, what causes your outer difficulties and unwelcome situations. Even before you are 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
of all existence, but they manifest in your outer life. To become aware of them is also 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
exists. Consequently, deprivation and suffering manifest in your outer life. You must fully experience this sphere within 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
Do not try to do it by sheer outer power, for with that outer power you cannot 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
it by sheer outer power, for with that outer power you cannot succeed. Your outer mind can 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
with that outer power you cannot succeed. Your outer mind can only issue such a constructive intent 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
in your beliefs must affect your inner and outer life, since the false belief is a product 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
a nucleus, this harmony cannot be established. The outer ego has become too strong. Too much trust 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
when given a chance and with which the outer ego must eventually integrate for harmonious functioning to 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
integrate for harmonious functioning to occur. When the outer ego is overemphasized, the result is separation from 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
to the fear of letting go of one's outer ego faculties. By the same token, the longing 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
the same with the letting go of the outer ego. Such letting go can happen in a 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
thinking and the faculty I often call the outer will whose force can be directly exerted. A 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
forcing with all your might, and with sheer outer will, a change in your blood circulation? If 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
but these must not be executed with the outer will. It is the same with your mental 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
often adopt the wrong approach by exerting your outer will in the wrong direction and neglect to 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
give up the direct, over-tight control with the outer will, which then becomes possible and actually desirable 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
being appears to exist quite independently of your outer volitional thinking apparatus. At first human beings are 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
balance between when and how to use the outer ego, and when to let it step aside 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
non-volitional self. It can never come from the outer ego, unless the ego is already integrated with 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
fear. The fear of letting go of the outer ego faculties is a further result of the 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
sense of identity is associated exclusively with the outer ego faculties of direct volitional thinking and willing 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
wiser self. Putting your identity exclusively into the outer ego, you must fear to let it go 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
indirect way and is not controllable by the outer volition. Those are the experiences which make you 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
reach the state of perfect integration between the outer ego faculties and the inner, non-volitional self must 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
of living and of being, all of humanity's outer and inner activities -- especially the permanent and 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
relationships in general, material values, physical health and outer life, appearance and activity; there is also one's 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
a person cannot press for change with the outer will; the outer will must be used to 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
press for change with the outer will; the outer will must be used to discover what the 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
you must fear to let go of your outer, controlling ego. Since your destructiveness comes from a 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
and perpetuates it still further, letting go of outer control means giving this uncontrolled force free rein 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
fear happiness, why you fear letting go of outer control. But once the negative magnetic fields are 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
will it be to give up your little, outer ego-self. Let it flow and integrate with your 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
that can be trusted and activated by your outer mind, will, and thought orientation. The more this 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
do so. When you thus determine with your outer, volitional self what the negativity is, the way 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
exactly where you have direct recourse to your outer will faculties. This block is not completely out 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
long as you experience yourself only as the outer ego-self, you will depend on others. Only when 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
submitting. Both create tension, anxiety, and inner and outer disadvantages. Thus, a second duality develops out of 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
concerning any problematic issue in your life. The outer issue is so painful only because the inner 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
will then come to see that, finally, the outer difficulty is a symbolic representation of your inner 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
theoretical understanding, by study or aiming at an outer goal. It cannot come by wanting to be 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
your present position in life; your inner and outer state. They can help destroy illusions and erroneous 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
destruction may bring about more or less drastic outer changes. When you are in a transition period 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
brings an increasing unfolding and enrichment into your outer circumstances so harmoniously and organically that it may 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
organically that it may appear almost coincidental. The outer improvements may or may not coincide with ideas 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
you not only accept the limitations of the outer situation, but your own limited state at this 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
you find yourself in an undesirable inner and/or outer state will help you search for and abandon 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
to eliminate them. I am not talking about outer levels, for, like destruction, opposition, too, can be 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
it, you must relinquish your hold on the outer ego. That is, you have to give up 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
cannot be relieved, no matter how favorable your outer circumstances. Such loneliness can be relieved only when 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
the life stream. The universal self often contradicts outer rules which come from humanity's ego self. Hence 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
rebellion and defiance. True emancipation from the ego's outer rules requires neither conformity nor rebellion. It acts 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
equated with deprivation. The call of life disregards outer appearances and shortsighted sentimentality. It surges toward bringing 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
long as you pay exclusive allegiance to the outer self, and therefore to outer values. On the 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
allegiance to the outer self, and therefore to outer values. On the other hand, you do everything 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
and more means to reinforce your ego-identification: more outer ways, outer activities, outer beliefs, and outer escapes 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
means to reinforce your ego-identification: more outer ways, outer activities, outer beliefs, and outer escapes. At times 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
reinforce your ego-identification: more outer ways, outer activities, outer beliefs, and outer escapes. At times you may 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
more outer ways, outer activities, outer beliefs, and outer escapes. At times you may succeed only in 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
you remain centered in, and oriented to, the outer ego. This outer ego is incompatible with the 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
in, and oriented to, the outer ego. This outer ego is incompatible with the unified world of 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
problem you are working on, be it an outer problem you wish changed, or an inner condition 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
and perfectionism occur when values are based on outer standards. Such behavior aims to please or impress 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
to please or impress others, to conform with outer standards. Moralizing always tends to show to others 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
defects is not in the least concerned with outer appearances or with what others think, but exclusively 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
to truly transform defects, the less necessary the outer, superimposed values become. They are often senseless, especially 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
faith in the imprisoning ego of the little outer self and the little outer values? There are 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
of the little outer self and the little outer values? There are several answers to these questions 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
I have explained. Reward and punishment suppose an outer authority who hands out the just deserts of 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
whether or not it seems to conform with outer expectations, rules, and values. As long as you 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
very determined to follow the inner values, the outer values will cease to be important, either in 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
either in your own mind or in the outer manifestation of your life. You will therefore no 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
your life does not conform to convention. Soon outer life will follow suit and no friction will 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
your self-respect. It may not be a crass outer manifestation; it may be a hidden little deviation 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
But where problems exist in the inner and outer life, they are due to the refusal to 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
of both attitudes with their results in your outer life as well will reveal how false the 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
to concentrate all energies and forces in your outer ego-self, so that you become more and more 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
it is not activated, it cannot reach the outer layers of your personality. In physical sickness, the 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
then say that it does not reach the outer personality levels and it is then found only 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
a reality. It can then surge through the outer personality levels and heal the distortions. A totally 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
real concepts, attitudes, and feelings than how your outer life manifests in any given area. The moment 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
ANSWER: Whenever there is something amiss in an outer situation, it indicates a corresponding inner problem. Since 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
is stopped by conditions. These may be either outer or inner conditions -- or both. When young 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
both. When young children encounter conditions in the outer environment that prohibit the natural flow of the 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
have not been eliminated in previous existences, the outer negative conditions will create a severe blockage, freezing 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
psychic mass. When no previous blockages exist, the outer negative conditions will create only a temporary disturbance 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
when the relationship between the inner and the outer negative conditions responsible for the blockage are thoroughly 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
adequate dealing with the negative condition impossible. An outer negative condition can therefore never be totally responsible 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
the fore. The place in the soul where outer negative conditions activate the dormant inner negative condition 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
back to your specific circumstances. What is the outer manifestation at this moment that causes you continuous 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
energy contains blocked sexual energy. It follows that outer problems must be symbolic or representative of how 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
of how sexual energy was first blocked by outer conditions. The pain of this blockage has caused 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
you do not face up to this, the outer conditions become unresolvable; the situation becomes more and 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
only then will you truly comprehend the painful outer situation which, offhand, may have nothing to do 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
resolution. When you find the parallel between the outer problem and the pleasure current in your sexuality 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
course is essential for the elimination of the outer problem. Your inability to feel the pleasure in 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
number of reasons, with the further consequence that outer problems begin to form and then repeat and 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
turning point in your inner and consequently your outer life, after which it will no longer be 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
have said in so many other contexts, the outer will should only be used for the purpose 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
you are ruthless, with the inevitable guilt and outer consequences. The truth of the matter and the 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
take many forms: it can manifest in your outer life and behavior, but it can also manifest 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
your inner ears as much as with your outer ears. The universe is so constituted that each 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
way of being. It does not depend on outer events or on anything having to be different 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
oblivious to its potential. It assigns power to outer circumstances and material factors, not to the energy 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
necessary that the personality is in inner and outer relaxation. Such relaxation does not imply immobility, nor 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
intensity may cause, as a final effect, an outer immobility, paralysis, excessive passivity. These extremes are always 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
intensely held opinions, emotions, and physical muscles, both outer and inner. It does not matter from where 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
through your entire being, revitalizing all inner and outer organs, all facets of your person. In addition 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
artificial movements may be. The movement is an outer struggle. The intenseness of the outer tautness -- 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
is an outer struggle. The intenseness of the outer tautness -- whether it manifests in jerky movements 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
misery, because it reflects the separateness between the outer and inner self, the self and others, the 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
The innate urge to let go of the outer self and entrust oneself to the cosmic, inner 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
in a life beyond. The adherence to an outer faith, no matter in what orthodox or unorthodox 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
a life hereafter, attained by adherence to an outer faith and obedience to laws and rules that 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
of perception. People have a tendency to consider outer conditions as the decisive factors in their lives 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
Cosmic forces can become available only through overcoming outer difficulties, which are the direct reflection of inner 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
force more available to the physical system through outer devices, thus opening the possibility for an inner 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
this basic fear of letting go of the outer ego to let the universal processes unfold and 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
becomes. This comes from the illusion that the outer ego is all there is to individuality. This 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
much vaster than anything they know in their outer intellect as opposed to inner wisdom. Yet it 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
so. The science of space proves this. In outer space there is no gravity. Yours is not 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
practical living are loosened up -- not through outer magical means, but through your increasing capacity to 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
yet involuntary processes. The ego consists of the outer reasoning faculty and the will faculty. The involuntary 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
perennial human battle is holding on to the outer ego-faculties because of a desperate fear of the 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
the ideas become self- perpetuating. They find their outer manifestation in the events the ideas create. People 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
try to control and govern them by your outer reasoning processes and will. If you attempted such 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
to exert any willpower, any pressure with your outer ego faculties, in order to have your biological 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
stiff, unspontaneous, empty of real feelings, bound to outer rules and regulations, tight and fearful. Discipline is 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
as definite and factual an experience as any outer fact of life. When consciousness is harmonious and 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
contracted that pulsating life movement becomes impossible. All outer, or apparently outer, experience coming to humans is 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
life movement becomes impossible. All outer, or apparently outer, experience coming to humans is, as we know 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
I say here as undisputable fact. When negative outer experience comes to those who have not connected 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
do with it. Since in reality the undesirable outer experience is an aspect of an existing condition 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
pleasurable. You can feel yourself expand toward the outer world, your whole inner organism reaching out fearlessly 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
out fearlessly and pleasurably -- even when the outer experience is doubtful and not necessarily desirable. This 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
levels, corrects the misconceptions that have brought the outer unwelcome experience about. By not cringing away from 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
possess about the principle and truth of the outer life being no more nor less than a 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Look at the illusion of separateness between your outer and your inner life as an optical illusion 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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