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false solution pushes to the surface, but the personality is afraid of facing it. Thus, the same 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
details that are relevant for an individual human personality. But the example may clarify a little better 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
and are again and again repressed, because the personality is not willing to face either the longing 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
particular man have prohibited the unfoldment of the personality which would bring about fulfillment. He has repressed 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
which, at first glance, seem to be your personality. The more you proceed, the more you realize 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
points to the immature, distorted part of the personality. Wherever you are mature and whole, you are 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
will add the following: The area of your personality in which you are conflicted and immature, in 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
dependency and strength upon isolated fragments of your personality instead of upon its entirety. If you expect 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
as nothing in some hidden crevice of your personality, the more you will tend to overinflate your 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
facets seem to lessen or heighten your own personality. In other words, somebody who appears powerful, strong 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
of change that applies to certain facets of personality problems. This type requires a new and different 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
happiness can exist unless a change in the personality takes place. I can read some of your 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
frozen and rigid in another part of your personality. This lopsidedness is more painful to endure than 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
more painful to endure than if the entire personality were still asleep, so to speak. Once you 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
of life. If you feel impoverished, if your personality feels impoverished by such a separation, then there 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
but instead with the superimposed layers of your personality; relying on public opinion rather than on your 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
to depends on many factors, such as your personality structure, your pseudo-solutions, your life problems, and so 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
the maximum development in all areas of their personality, not only in one or two aspects of 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
see clearly. Overemphasis on those aspects of the personality that function smoothly may lead the person to 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
of the parents, while the rest of their personality is not even noticed. These limited impressions falsify 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
artificial, robot-like, lacking the complexity of the human personality? Think about the term human being and what 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
in the hereafter. They mean levels of your personality, which automatically include any state of life -- 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
I would say that self-rejection may in some personality structures create a more active process of masochism 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
what happens on all these levels of your personality when you are defensive. You have begun to 101 THE DEFENSE
of human beings is to limit the human personality, because they believe that if there is less 101 THE DEFENSE
depends on the many intricacies of the human personality in relation to life circumstances. But the fact 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
have the same common denominator. Since the human personality is in conflict and not one-dimensional, one level 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
conflict and not one-dimensional, one level of the personality may adopt an attitude that is contradictory to 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
depressions, fears, and repressions dissolve, there emerges a personality that has no personal involvement and feelings, so 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
it reaches into the deeper layers of your personality? Ask yourself this question; look very closely at 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
real self and the superficial layers of your personality. When you experience the living spirit of a 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
obstruction is caused by the various layers of personality that are in confusion and error and by 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
always follow in this order, because the human personality is not made up of one level. It 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
as you know, conflicting. Different layers of the personality express different attitudes at any given time, even 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
cannot ever produce self-respect and certainty in your personality. All it can do is create self-contempt and 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
action, as well as their overall development, their personality and character traits may be different. Their reactions 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
for as long as one deals with these personality levels -- to shy away from any implications 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
lower self and real guilt has upon your personality, your life, and upon those around you. What 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
divine aspect, can be well rooted in the personality only if hidden opposites are faced, understood, come 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
is registered and assimilated realistically, so that the personality learns and grows from the experience, whether or 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
imbedded in the soul-substance, the effect on the personality is heavy. Then unfavorable circumstances create suffering that 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
soul is the sum total of the inner personality: the thinking, the feeling, the concepts, the potentials 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
success does not come. One side of the personality has acquired much higher standards than another side 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
seems so uncertain to a part of your personality. With these reactions you restrain the natural movement 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
The process is no different for the inner personality. When the inner umbilical cord is not cut 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
Physical matter is a burden to the real personality. I mean that literally. You need a respite 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
It links them with other aspects of the personality. All my friends who are truly on the 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
be assimilated into the deeper regions of your personality. Considered superficially, growth and stagnation often seem similar 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
heavy thoughts and feelings indicate a depth of personality. It may seem frivolous to rejoice in the 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
and has problems in another area of one's personality. This is quite impossible. One affliction must, to 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
One affliction must, to some degree, affect other personality areas. One thing is intimately connected with another 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
an impaired determination must definitely affect all other personality traits and attitudes. If you have difficulty in 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
are still convinced that your psyche, your entire personality in fact, is divided into little compartments, some 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
fundamental attitudes among human beings. One type of personality searches for God and searches for spiritual development 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
nourish its continuance with dire effects on your personality; you prohibit the very thing you most want 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
healthy and unhealthy trends are intertwined and the personality is thrown into despair. All this happens in 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
inner problems and this particular struggle are connected. Personality problems and deviations come, as you know, from 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
and discuss this or that aspect of my personality. Do not force yourself, because then your anxiety 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
than to an emotional pretense, a falsification of personality. The latter is infinitely more damaging. You cannot 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
the cause for deeply embedded problems in the personality. Now I would like to shed light on 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
and when life later prohibits similar gratification, the personality is driven to seek to duplicate the pleasurable 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
is to understand the totality of your present personality, how much the past plays a role in 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
all limitations. It pretends possessing all that the personality feels is lacking. The pretense of the idealized 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
bring the confusions to the fore, unless the personality persists in disregarding them and evading the issues 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
your basic life situations and expresses your basic personality difficulties. When you discover how you relive your 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
control, not the erroneous kinds that the ego personality seeks when true awareness is lacking and you 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
of other facets of life and of the personality. Consequently, your false belief in your misconception is 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
as movement is concerned, all levels of the personality must keep on moving in a natural, organic 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
consciousness -- hinders the harmonious movement of all personality levels. If, for example, movement and consciousness are 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
if self-understanding is neglected, the integration of all personality levels cannot take place. The body and the 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
damaging factors in the general development of the personality is the influence of deeply ingrained prejudices and 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
personal fears and negative experiences so that the personality may remain crippled for many an incarnation until 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
limited direction only, leaving other parts of the personality untouched, the greater the crisis and conflict of 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
the greater the crisis and conflict of the personality must be. Society's taboos regarding the erotic and 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
cultivates mental and spiritual awareness and the entire personality grows harmoniously, the sexual drive changes. It undergoes 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
faced, reexperienced, come to terms with, if the personality is to grow harmoniously and fulfill itself. These 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
only, can organic growth take place and the personality unfold in its full splendor. Whenever a life 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
is off balance. In a balanced, integrated, full personality, one activity will enhance the other. Creative endeavor 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
with others. On the contrary, the more the personality is integrated and therefore capable of experiencing its 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
extremes, either overt or unconscious, so that the personality battles blindly against both extremes, fluctuating but never 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
The truth is exactly the opposite. When the personality is harmoniously developed, the pleasure drive includes others 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
liberation is beyond words. As long as the personality is unconsciously fixated on early experience, the soul 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
thereby destroying union, peace and integration of the personality. This also applies to humankind as a whole 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
It is subdued by other parts of your personality which have grown up, which know better. But 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
must always be in conflict with the whole personality. The infant can grow only if it is 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
contradictory concepts. You now know that the human personality lacks integration, wholeness and union due to unconscious 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
it have to do so, just as your personality remains conflicted until you integrate each aspect of 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
in what particular respect of his or her personality this holds true. By unraveling this whole process 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
a denied need in another area of the personality. The resultant inner friction may only gradually become 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
indicates neurosis, disturbance, immaturity. In the well- functioning personality, the need for ego-gratification is acknowledged, but it 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
After extensive insights have been gained, your permanent personality problems and unfulfillments often require only the final 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
outlet. It goes without saying that a fundamental personality problem may, in some way, be connected with 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
is fundamentally endowed. It requires building up the personality and integrating the parts which are free from 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
free from obstructions into the rest of the personality. In order to do that, it is essential 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
dependent she becomes on other levels of her personality. She either becomes emotionally dependent in her excessive 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
force regenerates and unifies all levels of the personality. When discipline and letting go of oneself occur 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
indiscriminately. Through healthy, relaxed openness and outgoingness, the personality finds the strength and discipline required to live 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
this respect, let me discuss the following. Your personality is a repetition, in smaller form, of the 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
the yes-current becomes. The two currents pull the personality in two opposite directions, creating stronger and stronger 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
but sluggishly obstinate one that clings to the personality in a most damaging fashion because it goes 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
truth is a decisive step toward bringing the personality into the yes- current. Change, such as transformation 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
material which it molds. It is the entire personality, including all levels, which determines the fate. If 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
concept but only in some levels of the personality while other levels express the opposite, such a 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
what is needed and subtly nudges the outer personality. When close contact with this inner self is 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
a genuine yes-current exist, if part of your personality is expressing false emotions? It is exactly the 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
express in any area of your life and personality, your entire being must be of one piece 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
as Jesus said. Such complete reorientation of the personality cannot be a slipshod affair. It does not 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
which forms an integral part of your psychic personality. This self is kept from manifesting as long 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
you are liberated in some areas of your personality, the more you try to rationalize and explain 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
certain inner reactions. The different facets of your personality have arrived at different phases. May your work 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
as well as in specific areas of your personality. Humanity's tendency to escape reality is often not 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
Happiness or unhappiness is the result of the personality, of beliefs, attitudes and concepts. Again, you are 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
by consciousness. Once this is done, once the personality fulfills the necessary conditions, the universal forces take 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
it would be an expression of the entire personality, which is at one with truth, love, purposefulness 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
a gauge of maturity and denotes a well-rounded personality. The other philosophy says that nothing negative need 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
that there is nothing to fear, the human personality suddenly comes to a point of realization in 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
state -- the sum total of your entire personality. The sphere expresses you. If you express different 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
the very beginning of such a path the personality is still filled with misconceptions and utterly unaware 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
expressing. The other reorients and rebuilds the inner personality by deliberate formulation and profound understanding of truth 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
meaning by this word the outer level of personality? The ego level is more accessible to you 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
imbalance exists: underdeveloped in one area of your personality and overdeveloped in another. In this way nature 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
deals adequately with the realm in which your personality and your body now live can you then 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
human body is a direct result of the personality which, of course, exists before the baby's birth 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
all these are effects of the mentality and personality and character. Not only your body, but your 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
a body were built by forces outside the personality. This creates confusion because such thinking occurs in 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
love exists, all conflict must be eliminated. The personality will find the fine borderline between apparent extremes 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
counterattack or by flight. The healthier the whole personality, the more certainly does this instinct function in 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
more helpless in the grip of your own personality. Even though such thoughts may not be put 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
being, often reaches the outer regions of the personality in a mangled, distorted way because of all 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
begins to work more and more as the personality removes distortions and misconceptions embedded in the psyche 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
concise words what is taking place in the personality, you would say, Here I am, fearing the 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
to say, this applies to all levels of personality. I cannot sufficiently emphasize that my talks are 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
it may be to another part of the personality. The yearning for the pleasure of love and 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
seem to be totally unconnected with the familiar personality. This inner center is the divine consciousness. It 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
you will follow. The negative part of the personality can also appear as a separate, foreign consciousness 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
will, which form the active outer mind and personality, and that inner, vast divine self, the center 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
be weak and lost. Your separated brain and personality cannot do what can be accomplished solely in 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
in cooperation with the inner center. The outer personality levels serve one purpose: to reach the inner 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
forth from the inner self. When the outer personality deliberately makes room for it, the inner self 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
will spontaneously manifest. In this process the outer personality will eventually integrate with the inner nucleus. When 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
all its senseless outer pressure, also induces the personality to give up in areas where it is 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
activity the exact reverse is needed: Where the personality forces and pushes, letting go and giving in 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
force within the self is necessary. Where the personality gives up in a hopeless, resigned way, without 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
forced to feel differently as long as the personality ignores that definite reasons exist for its resistance 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
will observe this imbalance of control within your personality. Then you can correct it. You will become 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL

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