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This planet is such an unhappy place because people are torn; they do not do one thing 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
There is rarely a full commitment in anything people do. They serve two, three, or ten masters 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
same time, but not their own real self. People want to have everything cut out to perfection 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
over again, but cannot find it because other people, not bound by guilt, will have no need 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
who pride themselves on being mature adults. Most people wish to be regarded as mature, while at 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
is the consequence of illusion or misunderstanding. As people gain inner unity by perceiving and experiencing true 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
doubt can arise about reincarnation which, for many people, is but a vague belief, a theory. Everyone 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
how you respond in later situations, to other people, in a way almost identical to the way 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
split, so you have to react to other people, later in life, in a similar way, even 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
the inner split, to the parents, to other people, and to life situations. If the psyche is 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
reason for the prevalent loneliness of so many people, for their difficulty in communicating. Humans believe that 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
our vantage point, it is indeed sad that people so rarely react to and perceive reality. The 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
possesses self-consciousness, awareness of itself in varying degrees. People such as you, my friends, who pursue a 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
so that they integrate. As a consequence, many people develop in a lopsided way. The farther someone 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
supposed to be wrong. It is as though people attempted to play a symphony while eliminating certain 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
primitive humanity. History will bear me out. Primitive people lived in a much more secluded manner, but 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
for otherwise they could not survive. Thus, primitive people were forced to develop some mental processes which 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
controlling the elements and forces of nature. Primitive people had fewer means at their disposal to defend 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
against the injustice and brute force of other people. There was no civil law for protection. There 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
way out in which none of the involved people are dependent on circumstances beyond their control. When 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
entity discovers a great deal of idealism. Young people are full of strength and ideals and, at 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
is that of ego gratification. The most enlightened people are under the impression that any need for 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
work for, a friend or a group of people, or an activity or interest are supposed to 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
among almost all human beings. There are some people whose conscious concepts are quite reasonable and truthful 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
tragic influence on humanity, particularly in this respect. People either consciously or unconsciously reverse the facts into 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
is justified to be on guard. Aren't many people out to take advantage of one's love, or 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
question is yes. It is true that many people are too childishly selfish not to abuse openness 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
them must make you equally blind to other people around you who are supposed to fulfill your 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
demands are in themselves quite reasonable, but other people may be driven into a different direction and 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
life in the true sense of the word. People can contribute to life through their work, but 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
and disturbance is then glibly explained away. These people may even have made considerable progress and resolved 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
stage of your being, it is organic. But people fearing themselves, the other, and therefore the stream 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
not fear death for himself, but just for people he loves. In other words, can the fear 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
can the fear of death be for other people? ANSWER: This may easily be a projection. It 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
of life. If one fears life, certain other people may represent the security one feels lacking in 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
rarely are they used in the right direction. People are always tempted into the ideal state they 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
also consciously communicate with the unconscious of other people. This means a great deal, my friends. You 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
You will hear, see, and perceive what other people really mean, what they want to express in 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
others. Are there any questions now? QUESTION: If people become aware of the fear behind their wishes 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
destructive attitudes that your No consists of. Many people believe that a positive attitude toward life means 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
Systems and approaches are often misunderstood and abused; people are misled into a temporary hopefulness, into temporary 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
easier and happier, more agreeable and safe. Yet people believe the opposite, acting as though the pathwork 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
aspect of the life force. In this conviction, people condition themselves so that whenever they are stimulated 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
a disciplinarian; God is beyond good or evil. People often cannot conceive of God, because they can 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
of human consciousness is automatism. In this phase people respond according to automatic reflexes -- emotional reactions 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
discussed in the lectures on images shows how people respond blindly and automatically. The more you are 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
much more than to others. Even comparatively evolved people, who are actively concerned with their development, have 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
does not wish to admit to it. Such people therefore are driven by it into a blind 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
brings about a distorted form of other- centeredness. People hinge all their opinions, goals, ideas, ideals, and 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
is involving yourself with others and using other people as a mirror. It cannot be emphasized enough 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
possibly require for his or her enjoyment. But people do not see these wide open spaces. They 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
wish. Instead of withdrawing and pulling back from people, you will reach out for them. Hence, you 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
always labored, always against the stream. Inwardly, such people would rather not make any effort. Their idea 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
stagnation, of non-movement. This would, indeed, be death. People in this stage are particularly afraid of death 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
movement is no chore but happiness itself; such people do not fear death because they do not 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
illusory fences and the labored, resented, tiring effort. People put themselves in the paradoxical position of wearing 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
unselfish, self- sacrificing, good, kind, and considerate. Some people adopt one alternative, some the other, but all 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
loneliness, resentment, self-pity, self-contempt, and frustration. When two people involved in a relationship have adopted opposing choices 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
takes place, universal powers must be at work. People are often confused in this respect. They sense 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
with success in your endeavors for spiritual growth. People are often confused by apparent contradictions in spiritual 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
in life. In order to cope with life, people have to accept what they cannot immediately change 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
less he or she fears death. The more people shrink in fear from death, the more they 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
it, but in order to avoid death. Such people really do not live at all. Fear of 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
limitations. It is because of these limitations that people turn against themselves and, in spite of a 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
spiritual spheres are discussed, the danger is that people begin to think of them in oversimplified terms 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
ignore its existence or pursue blind, rigid practices. People have too ingrained a tendency to obey an 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
separated. That is the aim. So long as people harbor false ideas, the original oneness is split 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
deny before openheartedly trying. You, and so many people, are constantly in negativity because they do not 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
healthy ego, does so out of poverty. Such people do not yet own their outer self. Perhaps 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
become the master of all existing laws. Even people who have never heard of such a philosophy 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
ego untended, unexplored. After acceptance of the struggle, people discover relatively quickly that tediousness in daily survival 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
is a free, spontaneous soul movement. The more people try to love as if it were a 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
of what could lead to its successful elimination. People struggle by denial and flight, by forcing away 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
more misery than the admission of its existence. People feel that they have to deny it because 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
and the reason of its coming into existence, people still act as though this foreign body did 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
line of action that anyone wishes to pursue. People use or even unconsciously abuse every truth teaching 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
how great the troubled area is. There are people who function healthily, happily, and constructively in many 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
necessary requirements of the moment. QUESTION: What about people who are violently persecuted? What should be their 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
is a separate force. According to this concept, people have to cope with making the decision between 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
think about it deeply, you will find that people may occasionally, almost consciously, find themselves on the 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
very much dependent upon apparently outer circumstances. If people understand these processes not only intellectually but within 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
problems. The significance of this is vastly overlooked. People feel helpless toward their own body. There is 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
in turn, has jurisdiction over the inner processes. People have no inkling about the limitless possibilities, extending 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
bring order, harmony, truth, and fulfillment will enable people to use their energies in the right direction 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
Ignoring its presence and its power must make people helpless victims. It is the inner being that 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
consists of forces of such tremendous power that people have only begun to discover them vaguely and 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
having become aware of this process, how many people, regardless of their outer action, can experience the 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
wants to be rejected. The trouble is that people consciously wish to be accepted and loved, but 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
is that the pleasure principle functions the way people consciously want least of all. It cannot be 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
this over and over again -- that when people feel too secure in being accepted and loved 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
the story, and what seems so hard for people to understand, is nothing more and nothing less 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
and the fear are equally strong, so that people are pulled and pushed in opposite directions. This 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
strain. The pain of isolation will always push people into attempts to escape from it. When such 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
kind of attitude deep within themselves. If all people were truly willing to give what they are 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
and conflict, guilt and frustration must cease. Then people do not have to go through the terrible 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
succeed, pushing them away. And the very moment people eliminate barriers because the pain of isolation becomes 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
if they are not to be annihilated. And people hold this false conviction of life's malignant nature 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
the problematic areas. The peculiar fact is that people may be perfectly aware of the truth and 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
At the same time, in their problem areas people respond to life in a totally opposite way 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
irony of course is that without these assets people cannot adequately live and cope with anything they 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
anything they encounter. Therefore, the control which prohibits people and guards them from life must lead to 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
them cannot activate those powers as long as people remain in the condition of hanging on to 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
you have left. Consider your fear of other people -- generally or specifically -- fear of life 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
you personally. I said before that with some people the area of their unrealistic understanding is relatively 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
possibility in a serious way. What you believe people feel and think and what they actually feel 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
all the time you are in contact with people -- you at least anticipate rejection and discrimination 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
world will no longer be your enemy. Other people will no longer be your enemies. For instance 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
be your enemies. For instance, when you pass people in the street, observe the subtle, and yet 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
that everyone else is their enemy? Millions of people pass each other by, day in and day 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
in to the pain, the pain stops. Many people have verified the truth of this principle. The 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
and, consequently, pain are unthinkable and illogical there. People who are free from conflict and pain must 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
negative desires. On the surface the majority of people cannot imagine how they might harbor destructive desires 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
situation. And then, of course, there are those people who are only too keenly aware of their 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
turn, create further negativity. Let us imagine two people, A and B. A momentarily expresses the positive 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
Correcting each link in the chain reaction fills people with dread. They unreasonably fear this process because 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
as it may seem, my friends, even though people may be perfectly aware of these facts in 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
theory and philosophy -- many times these same people fail to apply this to their own impairments 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
your current comprehension. It goes without saying that people, in their current state of development, cannot possibly 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
with a deliberate misconception about one's personal life. People often want to ignore the possibilities and powers 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
you out of yourself. This vague fear makes people deliberately embrace negativity, and -- unconsciously, yet deliberately 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
unifying with the universal stream of being that people fear. Such dissolving and giving up of the 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
the little self during the ecstasy of union. People are afraid to muster the courage required for 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
on using the ego faculties only, so that people cannot get beyond the seemingly solid wall of 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
existed for some time and exhausted the personality, people often resort to false means to liberate themselves 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
overcome the obstruction. Pain, disappointment, and complications follow. People are usually so shortsighted that they call the 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
they cannot see beneath the surface. Since these people refuse to conceive of spiritual realities, they cannot 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
you automatically respond in an adequate way. When people want to be left out of the life 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
nor overburdened. The balance cannot be established until people realize that they each possess a powerful inner 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
improvement until you are no longer afraid of people, of contact, of love, of yourself. In this 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
too would be among the privileged ones. All people destroy chances constantly and inadvertently in the sphere 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
receive. The weaker and more helpless such egocentric people become, the more they tend to blame themselves 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
human beings transcend the dualistic plane, so most people experience only an occasional taste of the limitless 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
for illusion creates duality. This happens overwhelmingly among people who are ignorant of these possibilities, but it 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
of these possibilities, but it also happens among people who are more spiritually enlightened yet are nevertheless 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
terribly important in order to avoid death. Often people fear death so much that they run into 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
the good of the dualistic either/or is realized. People who believe this misconception follow an erroneous path 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
facilitate the unfolding of your natural destiny. Unfortunately, people struggle against their natural destiny, which is so 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
a reformulation of our work and its purpose. People always need a clarification of their motives and 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
universal self slumbering within. Now, my friends, many people know this and pay it lip service frequently 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
makes a demand on every living individual. Most people do not sense this call. Only as you 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
ego-existence is also a general state affecting all people, but how the ego blocks the real self 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
humanity's ego self. Hence, no matter how much people rebel against conformity and social laws, they still 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
call of life disregards the superficial morality most people ardently adhere to, or equally ardently fight against 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE

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