| Profounder..................6 | |
| time you start again, you gain a slightly profounder understanding of the various highlights and individual points | 36 PRAYER |
| time you start anew, you have gained a profounder insight into your problems, and you will not | 36 PRAYER |
| your mind and help you to achieve a profounder consciousness of yourself. Ask yourself: What do I | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| you constructively. It will give you a deeper, profounder understanding and will help you a step further | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| or not the discovery is understood in its profounder meaning, depends, of course, on the individual, on | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| does not require a subliminal breakthrough of the profounder spiritual self. It simply means using what you | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Program.....................5 | |
| time seems ripe. Make it into a definite program. Yet there should be no rigid system; you | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| on earth? And two: I saw a TV program recently which explained that in outer space, as | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| in a more personal, specific way, is the program to follow on the path now. Once again | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| to ask your guidance on our crisis intervention program. We have tried to follow your suggestions as | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| entity earth. You often speak of your outreach program. I say to you, my friends, that your | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Progress....................293 | |
| most detrimental to himself and had burdened his progress. Of course, at first he will put up | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| these fundamental truths. Such people often do not progress as well as they could. After all, how | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| act differently and direct their aim toward spiritual progress -- which does not mean withdrawing from earthly | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| so that harmony is established. To achieve true progress, you have to grow from both sides. New | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| assimilation, there can be no harmony in your progress, no real fulfillment, and thus actually no progress | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| progress, no real fulfillment, and thus actually no progress. You have to get acquainted with yourself, attend | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| the same. When we talk about the spiritual progress of the human being we mean something very | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| to go through life after life without much progress, incarnating again and again for the same purpose | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| with this stranger is a sign of great progress; you have every reason to rejoice. Sing Glory | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| striving. Without this there can be no significant progress, and you will have to experience the open | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| become important only when they hinder the individual's progress, whether directly or indirectly. This, however, depends largely | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| world step by step, in line with your progress. You can obtain a great treasure through this | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| times, it came about that technical and scientific progress has been achieved on earth which does not | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| which does not keep step with the spiritual progress. God gave you your intellect so that you | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| spiritual development did not correspond to the technical progress and the destruction of the world, as you | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| is re-connection with God, is commensurate with material progress, will history move in a living and positive | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| spiritual consequences in the best possible way. To progress in this phase the person has to attack | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| goes into his stillness, he will recognize the progress he has made in handling his problem. Yet | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| help and advice without which the work cannot progress at first, does not walk this path. I | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| after all, is the meaning of your technological progress? Think about it. Is it not to conquer | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| reliability of this connection and of her good progress in the right direction. Returning to the question | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| you, shine through you, and enable you to progress farther and farther and attain more and more | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| This took time, too, depending on the person's progress. Various green lights are given in the course | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| to earth in order to make the most progress. The being who is about to be incarnated | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| of you that we are happy if you progress and persevere on this path. All of you | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| reason is that Eastern philosophy rightly puts spiritual progress above all. Everything else that has ever happened | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| to guide. In the West, technique and material progress are farther advanced because this, in turn, is | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| may or may not interfere with your spiritual progress, and sometimes their influence may be harmless, or | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| Thus it can be very useful for your progress to consider the character of your daydreams. Please | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| thing applies to hygiene. Humanity has made great progress in the direction of physical hygiene. Today people | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| it, indeed, there can never be any spiritual progress. Willpower comes from the higher self; it will | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| living into the day without desiring any spiritual progress. So this is all determined very justly. QUESTION | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| constructive attitude. As a matter of fact, no progress is possible without stumbling. But when the stumbling | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| so many things which are important for spiritual progress, but even what you are aware of you | 18 FREE WILL |
| It is your aim, through spiritual development and progress, to reach a state where you are able | 18 FREE WILL |
| fulfillment. They do nothing to further their spiritual progress. Yet, when they experience a crisis or some | 18 FREE WILL |
| deviate from divine law or to your spiritual progress and self-purification, you could use willpower more often | 18 FREE WILL |
| vision on things, he will be able to progress spiritually much better once in the beyond. He | 18 FREE WILL |
| special help and guidance to enable them to progress spiritually farther and faster. However, it must always | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| for others, depending upon the degree of their progress and the time it has taken them to | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| and the time it has taken them to progress. In other words, it is difficult to find | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| is difficult to find ways of furthering the progress of each individual belonging to your group by | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| be a solution. There was and is spiritual progress, but not measured by technical progress. The mere | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is spiritual progress, but not measured by technical progress. The mere fact that technical and material progress | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| progress. The mere fact that technical and material progress has been going on so fast in comparison | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| going on so fast in comparison to spiritual progress will force people to come to this conclusion | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| by far. But he could have gained some progress in his spiritual development. He could have overcome | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| should one start with hypnosis. Only after much progress has been achieved by other approaches, in psychological | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| harmony in the soul, only after some considerable progress of spiritual development, emotional maturity and stability, only | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a sign of improvement. It strongly implies good progress, for without going through this stage, painful as | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| for only half an hour, you will make progress. You will come to the point when you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| the surface. In the right kind of spiritual progress, everything that pertains to your growth will be | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| ready now, and go on in other ways, progress in slower stages, and perhaps in a year | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| exists on this earth, no matter what wonderful progress science and medicine make. As long as the | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| add to the material you need for your progress, if you assimilate it properly and work with | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| he is ready for. This, too, will hinder progress and cause a temporary setback. Here the entity's | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| working at them, and obviously making great spiritual progress. All of a sudden something unexpected and apparently | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| selfish, destructive purposes. In the latter case, material progress will ultimately wither away, as it has happened | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| Christ. Occasionally, I will tell you about the progress of your temple. Now I should like to | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| the joy all of us share in the progress some of my friends have made. I think | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| than a large crowd at these sessions. Spiritual progress in one individual means more to us and | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| seems to you like senseless repetition, lacking in progress. It is not! Without going through this most | 36 PRAYER |
| be looked at and worked with. When you progress further, you will find one major point that | 36 PRAYER |
| to a lesser degree and less often. The progress is indirect. You cannot make progress by forcing | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| often. The progress is indirect. You cannot make progress by forcing yourself not to feel disharmony, but | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| to this point, you will have made great progress on the road to self-understanding, on the way | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| to the full extent. The other obstacle to progress on this path is the exact opposite. Through | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| no sense. So beware of both obstacles to progress, my dear friends. Your reactions to your own | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| only from your reactions can you determine your progress and success. Another point I should like to | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| divine conscience is, of course, concerned with your progress, with your spiritual development, and with the fulfillment | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| been so far. It will already be great progress if you can admit that you have a | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| us say that in the course of your progress in self-recognition on this path you realize that | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| disagreement or any sort of upheaval determines your progress. Are you going to be involved with your | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| regression, going backward instead of forward, holding up progress, going in the wrong direction; it stands for | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| static principle is essential to the rhythm of progress. Without it fruition cannot take place. If you | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| and meditation, my friends. For where stagnation exists, progress cannot occur. Thus, backward movement -- the principle | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| no movement. Without movement, there can be no progress and no growth. Since you have conditioned yourself | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| a result of your self-search, the more you progress, the more you find out how one thing | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| and an over-emphasis on the outgoing quality hinders progress. This imbalance, as well as the objection, is | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| beings now than ever before is that, as progress continues in the entire creation, accelerated conditions prevail | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in various spheres in the Spirit World. As progress continues, more and more beings from these spiritual | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for further development. QUESTION: You are talking about progress but this applies only to a few, doesn't | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that is certainly not an indication that spiritual progress has not taken place. These forces of darkness | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| from lower spheres. But, from the overall view, progress is tremendous. If you had the same number | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| impossible to exist. Exactly because of the spiritual progress, it has become possible for so many beings | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a negative aspect, a disadvantage, indicating lack of progress, is often just the opposite. But you could | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| what they are, namely stepping stones to real progress, the progress of the soul, not of the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| are, namely stepping stones to real progress, the progress of the soul, not of the temporary human | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in man. In order to find them, psychological progress has to keep in step with the spiritual | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| keep in step with the spiritual and metaphysical progress. Each man will then be able to find | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| disturbed and anxious, you will have made great progress on the path. You cannot go deeper and | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| you further material and food for your inner progress. They contain a very important seed for all | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| like a gelatinous substance or mercury. When you progress a little in this exercise and succeed in | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| degree. It is erroneous, however, to measure your progress by whether or not life's ups and downs | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| to understand why this way of measuring your progress is very wrong and can be most harmful | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| even though you may have made very good progress. In no case is the mere length of | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| mere length of time indicative of how much progress you have made. Some people may search and | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| will, but their inner unconscious limitations block real progress. For them, a few years of apparently devoted | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| childish. The only way you can measure your progress is by your reactions to the problems life | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| to upset you disproportionately. Your only yardstick for progress is your reaction and not whether times of | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| how well they know you, to determine your progress. Sometimes it may be noticeable that one reacts | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| time of this kind of work, growth and progress will little by little diminish the outer difficulties | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| many metaphysically inclined circles. Their measure of spiritual progress is whether or not mishaps occur in your | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| may come. This does not mean that no progress was made. ANSWER: That is true, certainly. The | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| mental, will decrease in proportion to one's inward progress. That is what I tried to convey to | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| this subject. It is absolutely possible that you progress as well as can be expected, that your | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| is this possible, after a certain amount of progress on the path? To fall back into the | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| where you stand in this respect. As you progress in this direction on the path, you will | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| friends who really work on this path, who progress in their inner search have, after much digging | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| aware that this fear exists. This is good progress, indeed, for without this awareness the further necessary | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| you cannot realize even now after all your progress. Again I say, these words are not directed | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| otherwise be capable of it through development and progress. This hidden conflict eclipses your otherwise growing soul | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| some of my friends who have made sufficient progress on this path. They need these instructions to | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| the individual students need. You all know that progress on this path brings out the intuitive perceptions | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| whatever is important for judging and evaluating its progress, or lack of it. Since all entities are | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| words as mere theory, but the better you progress, the more will you truly understand just how | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| on some of you as you made real progress and the haze and fog of your confusion | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Foot: What is a foot? Moving. Standing on. Progress. Again, activity, but of a different kind. Let | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| are something alive. They are adapted to your progress, to the need of the present in your | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of this you will derive further insight and progress. QUESTION: I have a deformity which is a | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in the way. What you said about slow progress is true to a certain extent. But here | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |