| Proved......................6 | |
| predominant. Then came the recognition that the solution proved to be false and the conscious wish for | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you combined a temporary way of life that proved unsatisfactory with this specific constructive trend. One individual | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| also received shock treatments. Out of hospital, she proved unusually intelligent, even quite brilliant, as such people | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| something as good for the child that really proved not to be so. At the stage in | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| fulfill such tasks. Sooner or later the temptations proved too much. Others followed who took the rulership | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| human, he accomplished the greatest feat imaginable. He proved that it was possible to remain true to | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Provide.....................31 | |
| use the freedom from worries that money can provide to intensify his or her spiritual development, then | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| desire to make others happy, then God will provide the opportunity, and this is the way in | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| speech when spiritual matters are concerned, I can provide but a sketchy outline, which cannot be more | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| brought up a very interesting question that can provide a key. Science has already found much that | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| that only a harmonious relationship with God can provide. Financial success, satisfying emotional ties, and professional recognition | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| opportunity to state the question. In order to provide humankind with the necessaries of life, there are | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| past peace was an illusion. The confusion will provide you with a deeper insight and peace at | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| care for her children or a father will provide for his family. That is so obvious I | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| of independence and interdependence. Only personal self-analysis can provide the answer to each individual. There is no | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| flexible and knows no rules. It alone can provide true security, although the personality going through the | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| resentment that God has not come forth to provide you with what you need and want, to | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| and emotional maturity. God's role is not to provide you with things you do not wish to | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| because the child in you believes it will provide you with more happiness. Only calm observation of | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| under your feet that only being yourself can provide. To simulate strength by betraying your real self | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| you capable of fully living. It will also provide you with the stamina, flexibility, and resiliency to | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| free your best inherent faculties. May these answers provide encouragement and strength, additional understanding, so that you | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| have what you want without being able to provide it for yourself, you will remain helpless and | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| to atone for it and therefore will not provide such pampering. The inability to repeat what one | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| helplessly waiting for something that others can never provide. It frees you from weakness and dependency, from | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| about life, but, even more important, it may provide an essential key to your own development. It | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| you possess -- literally, my friends -- to provide exactly what you need to satisfy every contingency | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| innate decency and desire to be truthful often provide the incentive that had been lacking. Now, why | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| communication with others in varying degrees. You cannot provide yourself with any of these necessities without interacting | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| are determined by your beliefs and must thus provide proof of their veracity, no matter how mistaken | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| will prove to be of tremendous help and provide rich material, if you truly work with it | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| the effects of one's manner of living. They provide the terms for order and harmony. Order creates | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| is mostly spoken about on earth does not provide you with the psychological means to make practical | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| the situation explodes into a crisis. This can provide an opportunity for the consciousness responsible for the | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| within. You must allow the intuitive faculties to provide you with the connections. Then everything will take | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| of the climate. The mild arctic sunshine may provide the warmth and balance just sufficient to sustain | 228 BALANCE |
| the trust that higher-self goals and activities will provide much better what you need. If the trust | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| Provides....................8 | |
| Only then will you realize how this stream provides you with exactly what you need at each | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| all these exist in you. No outer knowledge provides you with a genuine God-experience, and, for that | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| part of you still believes that its existence provides you with some advantage, or protection. Instead of | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| the cause. It is the inner source, and provides you with a realistic, comprehensive grasp of things | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| larger mind. It is the outer will that provides the initial momentum to open the door to | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| located in the solar plexus. Your inner wisdom provides down-to-earth answers when you contact it. It gives | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| way of truth concerning even the tiniest issues provides wonderful fuel for growth and helps you to | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| balance between them creates a beautiful harmony and provides humanity with exactly what it needs. But in | 228 BALANCE |
| Providing...................3 | |
| your soul will be open and relaxed, always providing you with a perception and inner experience of | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| Originally you wished to avoid the pain by providing yourself with a strong person to care for | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| form of speech. Metaphysical practices have succeeded in providing adequate training and disciplines in this respect, but | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| Proving.....................25 | |
| love leaving out your pride and ego and proving that what you mean is serious. For only | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| not give in weakness, with a motive of proving something. If the motives for the limited love | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| mass image of self-importance, you overcompensate by scrupulously proving the decent side in you, the side you | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| things, not to speak of the importance of proving the existence of human beings beyond the physical | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| less shameful. Thus you go through life constantly proving yourself. The substitution can assume various other forms | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| to be fully experienced first. Concentrate on this proving in your daily review and self-observations. It must | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| you, submerged by your fight for approval, for proving yourself, for impressing the world. You will then | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| need no longer carry. As your fight for proving yourself diminishes, you prepare the way for real | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| to make an impression on them, and by proving yourself in one way or another. Once you | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| have helped you to gain insight into yourselves, proving again how contrary your unconscious concepts, attitudes, and | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| handy layer is that of rationalization, that of proving that others, or situations are at fault, not | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| power to master yourself and your difficulties without proving anything to anyone. When you seek mastery by | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| power, you do so for the sake of proving your superiority. When you gain mastery by healthy | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| You no longer have to exhaust yourself at proving something. We have often discussed this proving current | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| at proving something. We have often discussed this proving current. Some of you have detected its existence | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| the intensity of emotions when it comes to proving your right and the other's wrong. On the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| you obtain what you thought you would by proving yourself right and your friend wrong. You believe | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| and your friend wrong. You believe that by proving yourself right and your friend wrong, your friend | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| are more intent on the truth than on proving that you are right you contact the divine | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| hand, when the self is concerned only with proving that it does not care about others' views | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| frustration for you. You no longer depend on proving your innocence. You see and know the truth | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| your greatness. There will be no pushing, no proving, just a quiet inner knowing. It is then | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| power and money for the sole sake of proving your value. When you operate with being values | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| for all other things in creation. Hence no proving is necessary. Perfection is wide open and knows | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| of these images -- wrong conclusion, vicious circle, proving the wrong conclusion correct. We shall also show | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| Provocation.................19 | |
| you produce. You might enjoy, for instance, the provocation itself in such a subtle way that this | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| reaction that is similar to the parent's. The provocation, which of course is entirely unconscious, is a | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| is useful to start by finding your own provocation, perhaps in response to an open or hidden | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| perhaps in response to an open or hidden provocation of the other person. Thus you will realize | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| you ascribe different motivations to the other person's provocation than to your own, even if and when | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| when you actually realize that you initiated the provocation. As you gain a different view on your | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| at least in this particular respect. The constant provocation that goes on among human beings, while it | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| understanding of your reactions and feelings that cause provocation will weaken the habit of provocation sufficiently until | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| that cause provocation will weaken the habit of provocation sufficiently until you finally will cease bringing on | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| hidden way, which in turn brings on further provocation. Provocation is a result of unconscious and suppressed | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| way, which in turn brings on further provocation. Provocation is a result of unconscious and suppressed hostility | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| to distinguish between justified indignation due to actual provocation, and unjustified indignation due to unreal or self-caused | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| and unjustified indignation due to unreal or self-caused provocation. Only extensive work on this path will eventually | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| pulled from under your feet at the slightest provocation because it is unreal. So, build your true | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| than waiting for life to remove the outer provocation. Certain unalterable laws of growth and development apply | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| factor, but simply occurs in you without outer provocation or reason. It is as though a cloud | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| early stage of your development, by themselves, without provocation from outside. These aspects are so strong that | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| cease to manifest by themselves. They need outer provocation. You respond with them to the initiating negativity | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| be triggered off, they need the exposure and provocation. By the same token, if you were consciously | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |