| This leads many people to believe that our path cannot be the right one. They think that | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| only. Even my friends farthest advanced on the path are tempted to look at the symptoms of | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| advice does not only apply to taking this path as a whole, but should be applied to | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| step on it. You may be on the path all right and still deliberately overlook certain sick | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| But no, such salvation does not exist. This path is one of utter reality; there are no | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| the price. Yes, miracles do happen on this path, but only if earned the hard way. That | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| so inevitable to reach any success on this path. But if you cannot bring yourself to take | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| to have done some successful work on one's path, felt the relief of the recognitions, and experienced | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| whether they can find the many answers this path has to offer. Let none of you be | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| be in the Lord! 49. OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? Greetings | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| possible form. For truth is God. On this path, in the work you are doing, you find | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| extent. The other obstacle to progress on this path is the exact opposite. Through the years, you | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| If all of you who work on this path go through your images from this viewpoint, you | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| only by developing your soul by the very path you are taking. So here we have a | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| are contrary to the universal spiritual truths. The path on which I have the privilege of leading | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| another. Thus the healthy way is the middle path: accepting the effects of one's imperfections and going | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| that should disappear when you are on the path of searching into yourself. Fear is a disease | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| chain reaction conscious in your work on this path of self-finding and self-development. Becoming conscious of these | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| circle closes. It is your work on this path to find this circle within yourself, to experience | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| When a person first comes to a spiritual path of development and is not used to prayer | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| in prayer, and concentration is necessary on this path. Both could be learned separately, but it is | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| in all the work you do on this path. That is much more productive than rattling off | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| strengthen your courage and your willpower on the path of self-finding. This is the only liberation possible | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| of opinions. It becomes increasingly important on this path to find out just what your true opinions | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| course of your progress in self-recognition on this path you realize that a certain behavior on your | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| in the Name of God. Go on your path. Continue, and God's strength and light must always | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| the world of manifestation. The teachings and the path I show you must prove to you forever | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| You who have the noble courage for this path of light should realize that every one of | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| work such as you are pursuing on this path. Needless to say that any right conduct, not | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| It is my advice for anyone on this path to look for this current, even if an | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| applies to many people who are on the path: You are afraid of change. If you analyze | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| from your misconceptions. You, who are on this path, will find it very useful to clarify what | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| those friends who are not active on this path of self-search will interpret what I am saying | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| is no shortcut. I would say that this path is a shortcut. It is the shortest cut | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| pride before, but after some efforts on this path you discover, perhaps with a shock, that you | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| a deep uncertainty remains. Why? You on this path who have benefited from many a spiritual truth | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| have experienced it in some ways on your path of self-purification, but there are many areas left | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| is unconscious. The more you advance on this path, the more you will see that you are | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| to fruition at a later time, when the path is voluntarily undertaken. Before we turn to your | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| blessings, each one of you. Continue on this path, grow in it, rejoice in it. Be in | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| in the work you are doing on this path. You can find them by observing past and | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| be consciously acknowledged, unless one is on a path of self-finding. It takes time, effort, and extremely | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| in the course of your work on the path, you will be well on the way to | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| for all of you who work on this path to investigate it as closely and as honestly | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| human being who is truly advancing on this path one can observe this to some degree. A | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| clearly within yourself as you work on this path. What can be said is that when you | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| other than the one you are following. This path gradually makes you more aware of yourself and | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to know in any given stage of your path. Everything else takes care of itself. Help may | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| come to you as you enter upon this path. We shall deal with this question more conclusively | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| their form. At times I have described the path you are taking by depicting landscapes as you | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| my friends who are well advanced on this path will readily confirm that this part exists in | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| word for it. All who are on the path are bound to find out the truth if | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| you who take this particular approach on your path and experience the truth of my words personally | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| it help you, wherever you are on your path, whatever your problems are. May you feel the | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| the soul the way you do on this path, you inevitably find that all deviations, so-called neuroses | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| long after a person is actually on this path -- they will learn gradually to discriminate without | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| self-understanding. For, if you are truly on the path, you will find certain hidden aspects of yourself | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| had plenty of opportunity to verify on your path, but also as far as divine manifestations are | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that which attracts a negative response. On this path you have had such experiences already, even though | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| away and read my words. Continue on your path and it will free you forevermore. It will | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| for all of you. For only by the path of purification will you be able to benefit | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| salvation through another with our work on the path? And further, is this faith in a heavenly | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| other words, a person can start on the path of self-development and still harbor certain ideas which | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is what matters in the final analysis. This path you are taking is bound to bring to | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| straighten themselves out through the work on the path. This comes always as an effect. It is | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| missing portion remains in the unconscious. On this path, the hidden lacks as well as the wrong | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| person, at least for a while. Only the path of self-search will eliminate such temporary, harmful confusions | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the inner obstacles, that is, by taking the path of self-recognition. Creativity is blocked by inner errors | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Many of my friends who have taken this path for some time have experienced that, in some | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| creativity in a known talent, has unfolded. The path of self- search brings inner liberation. Among many | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you will have made great progress on the path. You cannot go deeper and analyze these factors | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| until you are far enough advanced on your path to find, deep in the hidden recesses of | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| each one of you who is on this path. May this will of yours to work yourself | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| with a particular fear, you see that the path clearly indicates that you need not fear. Whenever | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| and more people would go on such a path, it would have a tremendous influence on humankind | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| If the world leaders were on such a path, you would surely live in a very different | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| to the disharmony is not truly on the path. Of course, if they are on the path | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| path. Of course, if they are on the path, and they observe the essentials and the essence | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| by more and more people pursuing such a path of self-knowledge, of understanding one's innermost motives and | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; FULFILLMENT OR SUPPRESSION OF THE VALID DESIRE TO | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| we resume the work with you on this path of self-recognition. May the coming year bring you | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| namely the results that your work on this path are supposed to bring. Many of my friends | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| the time you decide to work on this path of self-recognition, usually a few decades in your | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| the short time you have been on the path would still have to be linked up with | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| because you are or are not on the path. They are the result of your wrong reactions | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| effect work faster when one is on the path. It may sometimes happen that one encounters a | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| yourself, I have worked so hard on this path and look, this and that still happens to | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| is understandable that you often start on the path of self-recognition because you are tired of life's | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| that because you started to work on the path, your difficulties will cease is just as wrong | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| the idea that because you are on the path, added difficulties will come your way. Both errors | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| or not they are on any kind of path, spiritual, psychological, or otherwise. As I said before | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| she progresses the searcher and worker on the path will experience the essence of life in a | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| that you, or others who are on the path, have to go through difficulties, or that the | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| have to go through difficulties, or that the path does not work in spite of one's having | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| nor fewer difficulties because you are on the path now. The difficulties you now encounter are the | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| climax shortly after you started work on this path, this did not happen because you have just | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| psyche led you to be on such a path at such a time, so as to be | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| convey to you, Search now. Be on the path to find out what all this means, so | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| of being pulled deeper into despair. On the path of self-search one learns not only to deal | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| Go in peace and in joy on your path of liberation. Move toward maturity and reality in | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| the wrong way in order to clear the path for the right way. You ended with the | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the significance of ritual in pursuit of the path toward God? ANSWER: Let us take the first | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you can manifest only by way of this path of self-search, of utter honesty with yourself, by | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| All of you who really work on this path know that there are certain phases when you | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| You need certain phases, certain times on this path in which you gain an overall view, or | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| on the next cycle. You all know, this path is like a spiral. You seem to go | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| cycle closes again, provided your work on the path is sufficient in depth and goodwill. The seven-day | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| they emerge out of your efforts on the path. As to your second question, regarding ritual, do | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| general. What purpose does it serve on the path? Ritual does not serve any purpose. It is | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in itself has nothing to do with the path, with growth, with the freedom that you are | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| or later, whether you now work on this path or not. But freedom is bound to come | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| how we may relate the work on the path to preserve and further the health of our | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| back and learn it again. But with the path, it seems that one is forever falling back | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| after a certain amount of progress on the path? To fall back into the silly and petty | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| consequence of the work of self-search on this path. In the course of the work, you become | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| As you progress in this direction on the path, you will see that not getting what you | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| valuable foreground thoughts. As you proceed on this path, in the direction I lead you now, by | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| of my friends who really work on this path, who progress in their inner search have, after | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| you proceed on this particular stretch of our path, you will begin to function differently as a | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| and understanding for your current problems on your path. You should pray to apply the little, seemingly | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| insignificant daily disharmonies to your work on the path, so as to gain deeper insight into yourself | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| it is for a person to choose this path with the wisdom and conviction that a hidden | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| friends who have made sufficient progress on this path. They need these instructions to give them a | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| the other. Many who do not pursue a path such as yours continue to nurse and cultivate | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| entire universe. Those of you who walk this path so courageously should know that all of us | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| is often necessary at certain stages of your path. One of the most important things in the | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| You who have progressed a little on this path should now stop for a moment and turn | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| better position than when you started on the path to determine that wherever your aim is confused | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| immediately. However, the person who works on the path of self-purification becomes more and more immune to | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| takes a great deal of work on this path before you even begin to become aware of | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| need. You all know that progress on this path brings out the intuitive perceptions. One of the | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| our love to help you further on the path, to help you overcome your obstacles, and to | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| this hour. At the very beginning of this path you learned to recognize your faults, your weaknesses | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| of these. The second major phase of this path dealt with your complexes, your images, misconceptions, and | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| Now comes a third major phase on this path. For those of you who have already gained | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| is the most essential step on the evolutionary path of an individual spirit entity. At some time | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| occur varies with each individual. But on this path the time must come, sooner or later, and | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| understand that the ultimate aim of your spiritual path is to make the transition from one state | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| state in you. But your work on the path progresses steadily, and if you train your inner | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| this great transition. You who are on this path should think about it, envision it, and know | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| on that subject. No one should contemplate this path and the development taking place on it with | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| better assimilate the findings you make on this path. That is all it can do. That is | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| you may continue to struggle on this one path, this path of finding yourselves and developing yourselves | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| continue to struggle on this one path, this path of finding yourselves and developing yourselves to become | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| of the first things you learn on this path is to ask yourself about your own motives | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| it is certainly a step forward on the path of truth. Only by purifying yourself can you | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the good foundation you are gaining on the path is lacking. And therefore, when approaching old age | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the example of attaining his goal on the path of development while having his own difficulties brings | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| rationalization. You see, your subconscious struggle against this path is always busy finding believable rationalizations. The more | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| so necessary in the approach to this whole path. Prejudice is something extremely widespread and general. We | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |