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| the truth and perceive the core of the problem, dissipate the heavy clouds by yourself. You can | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| spiritual problems are very closely connected. An earthly problem is actually the expression of a specific spiritual | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| is actually the expression of a specific spiritual problem. The difference is only in how the solution | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| is only in how the solution of a problem is sought, from what vantage point. Only if | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| what vantage point. Only if you solve the problem on the spiritual level can you find its | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| hitherto unresolved problems. You need to confront a problem instead of avoiding it like an ostrich that | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| in the sand. If, after taking on the problem, you come to the conclusion that you are | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| relates to it, and turn away from the problem altogether. It is quite another to strive for | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| lack the willpower, then I will take this problem into my meditation, into my dialogue with God | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| recognized, learned, overcome, and accepted. Take the specific problem of finding your path's direction to God and | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| will become clear. You will know where the problem comes from, why you react the way you | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| who has already found the key to this problem. One should differentiate between selfishness and self- centeredness | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| easily, or the intention to dismiss the whole problem. Observe your reaction when you hear these words | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| the progress he has made in handling his problem. Yet he will also have to notice that | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| pulled out, the symptom will disappear. Therefore the problem of sickness must be examined from this point | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| to the path of perfection. I addressed the problem of making the decision and committing yourself to | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| that everyone has to begin differently. A spiritual problem that needs to be cleared away first may | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| to someone else's words. One must identify the problem and ask to be open about it. However | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| ANSWER: Try it. QUESTION: I struggle with this problem again and again. If God has a Plan | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| discipline for this purpose, you may encounter the problem of becoming too mechanical. Now that you have | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| the help of God. You must approach the problem from both sides: Do your own work and | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| this should not happen. So there is a problem here. What can you tell us about this | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| rigid pattern rather than considering what the person's problem is. Above everything else, where are the inner | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| suddenly a light will be shed on the problem. You will have an inkling, a sense of | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| eliminate their outer manifestation; the root of the problem has to be unearthed. One has to find | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| advantage must turn into a disadvantage and a problem. In this case the masculine elements in the | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| originally created. QUESTION: Does this refer to the problem of the career woman? ANSWER: Yes. QUESTION: Is | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| you do not see the pain or the problem in it, believe me, this kind of life | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| certain degree. You perceive perhaps more of a problem than there is. I am able to get | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| Until this process is completely effected the outer problem cannot automatically dissolve. Impatience will only be a | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| help one's own development, to solve a particular problem. And this wish has to be very strong | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| particular meditation is best to use for your problem. Hate or resentment may have different causes or | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| illness first, but of the root of the problem. That will be the only lasting success -- | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| Thy will be done? ANSWER: There is no problem here, my dear. When a person on the | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| only right thing to do. Where is the problem? QUESTION: Because if I get an answer from | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| take the time to meditate about any particular problem and to ask God. And He will show | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| He can do so in many ways. The problem is not that you do not know the | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| do not know the will of God. The problem remains solely whether you really want to know | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| As long as you have not solved a problem in this life, it will come to you | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| The result must come. Wherever there is a problem that you cannot solve, try this. Try it | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| I have some help in finding the psychological problem underlying my physical condition? ANSWER: Yes, my dear | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| when you feel pain, when you have a problem or some sort of unhappiness, you think this | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| what they need, you can be sure. The problem never arises that someone who is ready for | 21 THE FALL |
| divine world work too accurately for that. The problem is much rather that a great percentage of | 21 THE FALL |
| knowledge is an absolutely necessary factor, where the problem can be solved thoroughly only if this knowledge | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| put more effort and concentration on the outer problem alone, instead of finding out the corresponding inner | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| alone, instead of finding out the corresponding inner problem which is always the cause of the outer | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| here are concerned, you should not have a problem because you can always arrange to get together | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| opening up will confirm that merely discussing a problem you have kept to yourself without hearing good | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| here and consider it again, and take your problem to God. It is most difficult for human | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| numerous. In one case, it may be a problem of human relationship; in other cases something else | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| in other cases something else. But whatever the problem is, be aware that this problem is in | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| whatever the problem is, be aware that this problem is in direct connection with an inner wrong | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| and to see the connection of your outer problem with the inner one, guidance can be given | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| you try to tell yourself that your outer problem has other connections. Now, my friends, to be | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| formulate your ideas and begin with your own problem in the simplest of terms. Simplify it; do | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| do not make it so complicated. Whatever outer problem is there, try to connect it with your | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| you can connect these various shortcomings with your problem, half the battle is won. If you do | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| perhaps a desire that is unfulfilled, or some problem big or small. Take your faults and weigh | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| of yours that is responsible for your immediate problem. I can promise you results if you go | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| the purpose. Take whatever it is -- your problem, your decision, your excessive attachment -- and present | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| or not! In this way your innermost spiritual problem, the hidden sour point in you, begins to | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| Whether you surrender your self-will in the little problem areas in your life, thus going into the | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| How wrong this is, too! There is no problem which you cannot bring to God, no matter | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| know definitely and consciously that no matter what problem you take to God in a sincere way | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| ways, but there must be a basic, underlying problem which you can learn to recognize. Doing your | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| The fact that you do not consider the problem from this angle, and are therefore unaware that | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| will help you. Then there will be no problem knowing what God's will is for you. The | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| a qualified person. Could you elaborate on the problem of a person who has the desire to | 31 SHAME |
| of faith versus doubt, or any other inner problem makes no difference. Once you have acknowledged in | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| better to concentrate on a heretofore unsolved psychological problem. For entities of higher development--all this is, of | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| overcome a certain weakness or solve a psychological problem. The time of death does not vary according | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| a new activity. Whenever a friend has a problem and needs advice, offer your help regardless of | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| friend in need should present his or her problem as honestly as he or she knows how | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| what spiritual laws might be violated by this problem; what might be the best way to handle | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| be asked at the first sight of a problem, What should I do? What would be the | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| you focus your attention on one complexity or problem, other things come up that apparently have no | 36 PRAYER |
| That is how the image brings out a problem; and only if something becomes a problem will | 38 IMAGES |
| a problem; and only if something becomes a problem will the person pay attention to it instead | 38 IMAGES |
| prayer in depth. If you have approached a problem already, how can you approach it on a | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| a deeper level? ANSWER: Reaching the same old problem on a deeper level happens organically as you | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| you have uncovered a new approach to a problem, you have to think, meditate, and pray with | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| QUESTION: You wanted to talk tonight about the problem of desire versus renunciation. ANSWER: On a previous | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| that clear? COMMENT: Yes. QUESTION: What about the problem of selfishness in prayer? ANSWER: I have discussed | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| through your apparent shame. When you approach the problem this way, you will realize that in this | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| indication that an image is involved. If a problem occurs just once, it does not necessarily have | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| will think it through consciously, viewing the whole problem from this angle. Not only were you unable | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| purification. You cannot purify, you cannot eliminate a problem or a fault if you do not first | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| are being formed and are still accessible. The problem could then be treated right away in consciousness | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| relationship must eventually suffer. Now this is the problem with most marriages, my friends. There is hardly | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| who would come to me with such a problem, I would say: Examine yourself. Go below the | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| Unless you focus your attention on this whole problem, even if the right kind should happen to | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| until you get to the roots of the problem. All severe problems are due to some raging | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| subject, and indirectly it is related to the problem I have discussed tonight. But this is merely | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| from your higher self. This is a confusing problem for many human beings. You can gain clarity | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| them. You may wonder how to solve the problem which is that you cannot help feeling dependent | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| to be established by becoming aware of the problem and looking at it squarely until you recognize | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| evil, or of mustering up courage, approaching the problem, cutting open the wound, and thus allowing the | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| you do not decide to face the real problem and decide for the operation. This advice does | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| according to what is the person's most pressing problem. Find out what is the attitude of each | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| may sometimes seem effective, but truly, your life problem can be solved only when you overcome your | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| about every conceivable subject. QUESTION: What about the problem of being unable to form an opinion on | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| an obviously selfish or unselfish act. The other problem you bring up is a different subject altogether | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| Life force is energy. And in a personality problem of this type, the energy is used only | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| unconsciously. One seeks to find justification for the problem in one's soul by going to the extreme | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| between people -- is a much more complicated problem. I suspect that the underlying question was -- | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| people's actions and motives is a very important problem of humanity, which colors one's attitude to life | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| applies to any issue. We have the same problem in educating the young. QUESTION: I read recently | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| deep down they are afraid of this very problem. By acting in the apparent opposite manner, they | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in a deeper and real sense. Thus, the problem is twofold: outwardly and consciously you tensely desire | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| something wrong in your attitude. Then bring the problem to me or to your image sessions. The | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| the reason for life, my friends. If a problem does not exist in the soul of a | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| men to communicate when there is an emotional problem between two partners. Women try to talk it | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| however, desire sickness as the solution of a problem. Needless to say that it is no real | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to function. Tonight I was focusing on a problem that is crucial and widespread. We shall probably | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| the human soul. It touches a very basic problem of humanity, namely that you often deny the | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| expectations of that environment, thus presenting a double problem. Needless to say, these problems cannot arise solely | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| almost always has at its root this very problem. Therefore, I say it is unhealthy, because the | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| out, you will approach the nucleus of the problem directly. That, in turn, will give you the | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| find that, you approach the core of the problem. Then there is another alternative regarding guilt feelings | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you to get to the root of the problem. Then it becomes more complicated by the subtlety | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| convinced, and that is what really matters. The problem, in its simplest terms, is based on the | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| does not reject, or rejects much less, the problem under discussion tonight may not be as strong | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| unconscious. Or it may be that an unsolved problem, an unconscious deviation of the hypnotist, may particularly | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| hypnotist can help, even when coming across a problem in the subject that he also has. Then | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| gives will also help his or her own problem. And through self-help, the hypnotist further helps the | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| people. This may be the product of a problem so deeply rooted that you did not yet | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| substitute layer that you artificially concocted is the problem. You will then not wallow in damaging self-pity | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| keep moving upward toward the solution of the problem. You will increasingly realize how subjective your emotions | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| tragedy to guard against. The solution of this problem demands therefore that you recognize 1) your substitute | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| friends, and yet, it touches a very basic problem which I have mentioned so often that to | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and in yourself. Or, it may reveal a problem, thereby revealing one as a troubled, searching human | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and in other conflicts arising from this basic problem. The first, and perhaps hardest, step is to | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| is to become aware that this very deep problem does exist. When this is found, the most | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| subject. We shall return to this very basic problem in the future and illuminate it from other | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| from your parents, you would be without this problem of which you are not really and fully | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| only one way, my friends. Take a current problem. Strip it of all the superimposed layers of | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| you adopt the wrong attitude to the actual problem that confronts you. The next layer might be | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| forgotten at all. The hurt of your current problem is the very same hurt. Now, reevaluate your | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| attitude of the person with the unrecognized inner problem. He or she fosters something in the other | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| plan of evolution for the entire universe. Every problem you solve, every insight of honest self-recognition is | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| know from our previous talks that any inner problem, in one way or another, manifests as an | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| one way or another, manifests as an outer problem sooner or later. The outer problem is the | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| an outer problem sooner or later. The outer problem is the result of the inner one and | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| which create both the inner and the outer problem. When outer manifestations occur that make you feel | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| aware of your questions concerning a particular complexity, problem, or confusion. The moment you have the concise | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| were dealing merely with the circumference of the problem, while as you proceed you get closer to | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| we want to consider the root of the problem. It is possible that a person does not | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| this goal. Still another aspect in meeting this problem is a different kind of educational approach in | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| see it now. Your immediate approach to the problem needs to be always the same. First, understand | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| only be answered very generally. Anyone with a problem like that would have to work it out | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| will be no such guilt. Whenever such a problem exists, one is bound to find the elements | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| through your apparent shame. When you approach the problem in this way, you will realize that in | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| show freely to your consciousness what the inner problem is. It projects these pictures, but then there | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| under the impression of having fully solved a problem, while this is only partly so. Where it | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| may be a greater stumbling block than the problem itself. Therefore, I cannot impress upon you strongly | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it varies with each individual and with each problem. There are certain problems in some inner makeups | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of the inner processes described before is a problem in itself. The greater the impatience, the greater | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| right. If the will is there, any inner problem can be solved. It is also right that | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| face. That is the key to the whole problem -- and, I might say, to much more | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| might say, to much more than just the problem you mentioned. For some childish reason, you think | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| may still shy away from a fundamental inner problem. Since, due to general good progress, this problem | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| problem. Since, due to general good progress, this problem comes more and more to the fore, the | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| manner you describe. As long as the hidden problem is securely out of the way, one may | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| when you get to the roots of the problem, but you will not find the roots by | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| will find the inner reactions to this subway problem similar to other aspects of life. Then you | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| life. Then you will see that the subway problem is more a symbol than a symptom of | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of various religions to come together. If this problem were solved, something else would stand in the | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| to their security. So the core of the problem does not lie in the misunderstanding of myth | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| soul. Modern psychology has recognized the same fundamental problem, calling it the life instinct versus the death | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| for complete fulfillment. This leaves us with the problem of death. It is by dealing with it | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| circle. Humanity has tried to cope with the problem of death for as long as it has | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| one way of trying to deal with the problem. Many religious people who cling to faith out | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| this earth. Another attempt to deal with the problem of death is through negation of the very | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| is basically your way of coping with the problem of death. The atheist/materialist and the superficially religious | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| believes to be the solution to the great problem. Yet neither has found the answer, since that | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| a positive spirit. This alone can solve the problem of duality, since duality arises out of negation | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| duality, since duality arises out of negation. The problem of duality has to be tackled eventually along | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| duality. As each person begins to face this problem within, he or she helps to change the | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| nonetheless decisive ways. As you focus on these problem within yourself, you become able to cope with | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| that which is not. This question poses a problem similar to that of independence and interdependence. Only | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| present, the fear of them creates a basic problem. The most significant countermeasure to which people resort | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| it? A further and drastic result of this problem is the constantly increasing estrangement from the real | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| underlying neglected and shamefully covered core of your problem evolve into emotional awareness. You will then experience | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| is not hard to figure out. The greatest problem is how to get along with others despite | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in the sense of a must. The main problem in life, resulting in the main image, is | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| God-image and the idealized self-image, creating the fundamental problem with its pseudo-solutions. The pseudo-solutions are adopted in | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| enable the entity to work out the particular problem with the ensuing difficulties. However, if circumstances occur | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to go immediately to the root of the problem, bypassing the outer, general causes which are only | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| more into this same illness. This is my problem. How do you break this pattern of escaping | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| development and work, the nucleus of the inner problem is supposed to come to the surface more | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| yet. If you have not, consider your main problem, your unhappiness, unfulfillment, and then proceed to find | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| this respect. I think one part of my problem is that there is too much passivity in | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| issues. The first step is to clarify the problem as concisely as possible. Even before you can | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| that must be hidden somewhere right in the problem with which you are concerned. When you find | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| because you are then fully aware of the problem and willing to own it. At such times | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| person cannot do; the unbearable thus becomes a problem for him. You rebel against what you cannot | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| The very state of being human is a problem because you find yourself in an in-between state | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| of helplessness exists, there must be an underlying problem, an unresolved conflict. To carry this a step | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| see self-alienation as the result of an unresolved problem. Any way you wish to formulate it, helplessness | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| communication is often essential for eliminating an outer problem. In a crass way, you may experience others | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| goodness means productive living to your specific inner problem. No real growth and happiness can exist unless | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| think. For this is your real self. Your problem of unfulfillment in itself recedes into the background | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| actually comprehend your own causes and bring your problem back to yourself -- even this negative finding | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| a reservation in your mind concerning your special problem. And there you go to great lengths to | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| go to great lengths to prove that your problem is different; that it has nothing to do | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| substitute fulfillments. Since you do not tackle the problem of becoming yourself, you cannot have the fulfillment | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| eventually. QUESTION: Sometimes when one has an unresolved problem and one goes to sleep relaxed, intending to | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| goes to sleep relaxed, intending to have the problem resolved, one wakes up with the solution. Then | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| goes to sleep facing a confusion or a problem and wholeheartedly desires to resolve it in the | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| them cruel, you will see it as their problem, and you will -- perhaps for the first | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| it ought to be remedied. For the very problem you cite, this topic is a most essential | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| this respect. Your this would not help my problem is one form of resistance and amounts to | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| not help you in this or that particular problem, approach it in a spirit of truth. In | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| may have been born free of this particular problem so that, organically and naturally, it perceives the | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| your awareness to the central cause where the problem really lies. You focus your attention on the | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| new understanding, you may learn to meet the problem. You will now learn not only to question | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| fully face this fact, you will encounter the problem of your own guilt. Also, this guilt has | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| the question of, Have I caused an inner problem in this child due to my own imperfection | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| really feel. And this, in turn, aggravates the problem in him and in all of you. It | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| even before you know the solution to the problem. You, in your world, are so conditioned to | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| Will you please suggest an approach to this problem of self-justification and self- condemnation? ANSWER: As you | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| public opinion. Then, in order to resolve the problem that hinders your full unfoldment, you have to | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| find the truth about the existence of your problem when you approach it with an attitude of | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |