| Poorer......................3 | |
| that it does not even have to be poorer for the bereavement, no matter how genuine your | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| says in Scripture that the poor will become poorer and the rich richer. This is one of | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| truly believe and experience only your poverty. The poorer you believe yourself to be, the more you | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| Pope........................4 | |
| QUESTION: I read in the papers about the Pope objecting to delve into the subconscious, that it | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| QUESTION: Would you consider the proposal of the Pope for unification under Christ as a peaceful step | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| half the world to individualism. Just recently the Pope called for an ecumenical conference to bring together | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| churches. There have been attempts made by the Pope and his ecumenical call, and by various denominational | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| Popular.....................7 | |
| material frustration as well. One of the most popular ways for punishing others for not responding with | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| which were unknown and not in the least popular. A group such as yours can therefore not | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| such as yours can therefore not be a popular movement either, for even today there are very | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| applied only at a very specific juncture. The popular concept of faith in this era of humanity's | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| you cannot make the leap. Faith, according to popular notion, implies a perpetual state of blindness, of | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| let us look at a third, by now popular form of government, which is capitalistic democracy, as | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| are helpless and beaten by adversity. Even the popular belief in God can contribute to the notion | 254 SURRENDER |
| Population..................8 | |
| by no means even half of the world population, but only a small part, one tenth, and | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| only less than one-tenth of the entire human population will reach that stage, I assure you, war | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| three times the number of the present earth population? spirits to be incarnated? ANSWER: My dear friend | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| is now in fear of excessive growth of population, of population explosion? ANSWER: If people managed the | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in fear of excessive growth of population, of population explosion? ANSWER: If people managed the planet at | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| phase, enriching a group consciousness. Later, as the population increased, humanity developed the ability to cope with | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| used to promote the evolution of consciousness. As population increased and civilization advanced, this movement had to | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| As the movement is blindly halted, feared, denied, population increases; greater communities develop a mass consciousness instead | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Pore........................5 | |
| frighten you because you now know in every pore and cell of your being that you deserve | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| your being that you deserve it. Your every pore and every cell are expressions of a consciousness | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| essential part of love. Every cell and every pore vibrates and resonates with every divine attitude that | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| to you, for each organ, each cell, each pore, each molecule has its own pulse system -- | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| you. For it is already there, filling every pore of your being. The problem is your lack | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Pornographic................3 | |
| denied power current. Human beings who believe that pornographic or promiscuous sex is more pleasurable than the | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| becomes a low object in the man's mind. Pornographic sex can take place within the framework of | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| of sin toward illicit sex; toward promiscuous or pornographic sex that could be outwardly identified. It is | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Portion.....................6 | |
| but one person is born with a strong portion of willpower, and another is not. So how | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| the universe. QUESTION: There still is the one portion of my question which is unanswered which has | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| personality may indeed be healthy, while the missing portion remains in the unconscious. On this path, the | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| will have accomplished a major part of this portion of the work. At the same time, you | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| make it grow and remain healthy. A good portion of humanity cultivates the mental side. In order | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| child's curriculum. Then there will be a significant portion of learning about the inner being, on bringing | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| Pose........................15 | |
| reality according to your understanding. Now, you might pose the question how the entire universe, with its | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| misunderstood divine currents is love. Many other things pose as love that really have nothing to do | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| friends, with masked and misrepresented divine currents that pose for what is true and good and right | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| about myself? Anyone who has this resistance should pose that question. If you can answer, you have | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| truth to penetrate. But the seemingly valid rationalizations pose the real dangers: they require sincere effort and | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| concerned with spiritual development and inner growth may pose the following questions: What is most important for | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| not an immediate consideration. Nevertheless you need to pose the question in order to understand certain spiritual | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| an organic development. The unknown will no longer pose a threat. The path of self-discovery embodies this | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| yourself for finding the answer to the barrier. Pose the proper questions, realizing that you must not | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| slumbering within yourself -- the question you unconsciously pose regarding a certain attitude toward life -- is | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| growth. The power and significance of relationship often pose severe problems for those who are still in | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| of the higher self, although it may easily pose for it. It is, in fact, more destructive | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| its options and possibilities. When you begin to pose the question to yourself, What attitude do I | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| in the human consciousness, so everything seems to pose a choice between either the self or the | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| are not in truth when you refuse to pose this question in a sincere and open way | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| Poses.......................3 | |
| ego to break through the barrier of loneliness poses as love. So does its possessiveness. I will | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| deceptively similar to the wrong, weak submissiveness which poses as love. It is this sham that frightens | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| inevitable and that which is not. This question poses a problem similar to that of independence and | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| Positions...................3 | |
| core of truth that underlies the seemingly contradictory positions. As far as masculine and feminine incarnations go | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| world leaders, the people who are in responsible positions, will be required to go through some sort | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| the seasons, by day and night, by the positions of the planets constantly orbiting through space. Their | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| Positive....................682 | |
| another spiritual law that energy used for spiritually positive goals is always replenished. But when your strength | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| toward anybody in their environment who can elicit positive feelings. Then they would reach out with a | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| progress, will history move in a living and positive cycle instead of the negative, which always extinguishes | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| an uninvolved observer would, you can build the positive -- and only then. For you must build | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| the root of your faults. By visualizing the positive you create a new thought form and direct | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| the self, you can begin to build the positive form toward which you move in the process | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| only, the more they remove themselves from any positive divine influence -- and the greater their anxiety | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| words. One side of the ball is the positive, masculine principle, the other the negative, feminine principle | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| judgment. The male element is the creator, the positive, active principle. When God, with the purpose of | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| again to the ball. One side is the positive, masculine principle, the other side the negative, feminine | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| a supporting influence and even change into a positive, good quality when the woman develops herself spiritually | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| what one has acquired -- advantages or disadvantages, positive or negative factors looking at it from the | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| of past merits. When the desire has a positive result and creates the ability to experience spiritually | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| friends, close and far. Be in God! 13. POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND In | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| about a much disputed subject among my friends: positive thinking. Positive thinking is, indeed, essential for the | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| much disputed subject among my friends: positive thinking. Positive thinking is, indeed, essential for the person who | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| destructively as from conscious thought. Diligent students of positive thinking are therefore often encouraged to do just | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| known to your consciousness. But the system of positive thinking works the other way; it tries too | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| face it. When you are so concerned with positive thinking, right as it is in the proper | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| you all should remember. Certainly, you should practice positive thinking. Observe your thoughts, but observe them quietly | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| that often arises out of the principle of positive thinking is the following: Everybody wants to be | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| out of paying the price. Misapplied or misunderstood positive thinking wants to have outer perfection often too | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| what it wants. The first step to true positive thinking is to take the consequences of what | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| observe people who try very hard to practice positive thinking. One reason they try so hard is | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| is the true and best way to practice positive thinking. With this attitude you will be penetrated | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| able to accept pain. The misunderstood application of positive thinking leaves out this entire chapter of spiritual | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| have to say. QUESTION: When you speak of positive thinking, you say that we should be aware | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| to use, prompted by a misunderstood theory of positive thinking. This is much more than positive thinking | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| of positive thinking. This is much more than positive thinking, for you learn to live in reality | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| nothing as contagious as inner currents, be they positive or negative. So do not believe that it | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| negative side in you that the good or positive side in you that wants the right and | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| cycles, as I always say, both negative and positive. The negative cycles work as long as you | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| so much stronger that you lose the little positive quality you have. But if you break this | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| break this negative circle and set up a positive one, then the positive quality becomes inexhaustible. The | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| and set up a positive one, then the positive quality becomes inexhaustible. The more you give then | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| yourself, which causes pain at first, are other positive, constructive desires. Therefore the active force must be | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| by the self, of learning humility, and other positive attitudes. Then the obstacles will cease to be | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| within. True repentance is therefore constructive and very positive. But there is also shame of the wrong | 31 SHAME |
| emotions and their meaning. True repentance in the positive sense means to simply take stock of the | 31 SHAME |
| fault can tempt to hold on to the positive side of this trait when hearing these words | 32 DECISION-MAKING |