| Purifying...................21 | |
| work on the level of thoughts and are purifying them, are well ahead of those who have | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| is not difficult. The difficulty lies solely in purifying yourself, step by step, until you reach the | 18 FREE WILL |
| or in whatever aspect you have succeeded in purifying yourself in previous incarnations back to your original | 18 FREE WILL |
| in conscious understanding all these various trends, thus purifying the basic good trends from all masks of | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| the three necessary types of work involved in purifying yourself on this path. One is your outer | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| you already have done something for your purification. Purifying does not mean that you are already perfect | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| forward in the realization of truth. Only by purifying yourself can you become happy. The person who | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| for instance to love. QUESTION: In finding and purifying oneself, can a predominantly intellectual individual release more | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| where you are for a while, learning, developing, purifying. This is the explanation for all life on | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| eliminate these doubts only by finding yourself, by purifying the hidden parts of the self, by clarifying | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| forward on the path of truth. Only by purifying yourself can you become happy, while the person | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| people a period of going into themselves, of purifying their systems, not only physically, but on all | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| life, must also be present. Love is a purifying force, and to the degree that it is | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| but in the long run it has a purifying effect. On unconscious levels, the energies that emanate | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| using the positive attitudes for the purpose of purifying the negative ones, is always great. At other | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| an increased frequency of its energy movement by purifying its thought and attitude patterns. What does evil | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| of freeing your instincts for the purpose of purifying and revitalizing your life. If the energy of | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| is actually very old. This is parallel to purifying the feeling into the pure love of the | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| manifest consciousness clings to it and opposes the purifying movement. These obsolete attitudes may have had their | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| imbalance, pleasurable warmth turns into unbearable heat and purifying cold becomes frozen iciness. Both can kill. The | 228 BALANCE |
| people enter this path and come into the purifying and strong energetic environment of the Center, they | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| Purity......................24 | |
| friends. Nothing that God created in beauty and purity ever dissolves, especially not the spirit. And the | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| Not only did they bring wisdom, love and purity with them to leave their mark upon this | 22 SALVATION |
| born out of an impure spirit. And the purity of this spirit led to the misunderstanding of | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| otherwise. From this communication arose the misunderstanding that purity means sexual purity and that the mother of | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| communication arose the misunderstanding that purity means sexual purity and that the mother of Jesus gave birth | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| the opposite extreme and deny not only the purity of the spirit of Jesus Christ's mother but | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| other currents, stemming from these conflicts, dilute the purity of the original and real personality. In a | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| to its individuality. But the intrinsic quality of purity and life-giving force will be there forever. 80 | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| contradictory intellectual considerations, the person has a deep purity and innocence that has nothing to do with | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| nothing to do with the words innocence and purity as used by bigoted religionists. The person who | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| religionists. The person who has this innocence and purity adopts the childlike attitude Jesus recommended. Jesus' advice | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| do not suggest what is generally understood by purity: an insipid state that rejects the body. The | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| fully in truth and reality, in perfection and purity. But the feelings of the real self function | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| the powerful rays of love, truth, strength, and purity that are given unto each one of you | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| miracles many times? ANSWER: Just because of His purity of spirit, so much more pure, undiluted power | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| to be eliminated. The ever-regenerating water in its purity and freshness will finally sweep the river free | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| The universal life force embodies greatness, beauty, and purity. It is human impurity that makes one facet | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| to make such choices well depends on the purity of the state of consciousness already attained by | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| The innocent state of being can exist in purity only. This purity can exist in one who | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| of being can exist in purity only. This purity can exist in one who is still blindly | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| energy expresses the highest caliber of consciousness, of purity, of love, of development. It is of such | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| outward. Now, there was a man of such purity that the Christ could manifest in a totality | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| And that is the inner expression, in its purity, of the outer political expression of socialism or | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| at least in that moment -- for the purity of your uncluttered unobstructed spirit is freed through | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Purpose.....................314 | |
| being with whom they were incarnated for that purpose, to align their actions with God's laws, and | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| earth incomprehensible. They cannot recognize its meaning and purpose because they see only through their physical eyes | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| than in the body and understands that the purpose of life is not to have it as | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| can one recognize the very special meaning and purpose of one's life, together with the individual tasks | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| progress, incarnating again and again for the same purpose. The spirit knows the danger of earthly life | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| may still need another earth life for this purpose. Thus every human being and every spirit erects | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| Maybe I lack the willpower to fulfill the purpose of my existence as well as it could | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| and nature, as wisdom and lawfulness require. The purpose is the harmonious development of your total spiritual | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| Second, do I use my intellect for the purpose for which it has been given to me | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| who seek contact with God's world for this purpose -- and without this contact purification is not | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| block your way to contacting God's world. The purpose of outside help is to make inner help | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| you greater spiritual effort to understand it; the purpose may be for you to establish a connection | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| general, as well as the meaning and the purpose of the tests for them personally. This discovery | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| a person who does not know what its purpose is, for that person this gift will be | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| and uses the contact only for this one purpose, in that case mediumship will evolve in the | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| though, that spirit contact must only serve one purpose: spiritual development. When this truth is recognized, help | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| friends, Help me to recognize the meaning and purpose of this particular experience and see how it | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| develop this ability. You might ask what the purpose of such a talent may be. Remember that | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| be. Remember that nothing is given without a purpose. Sometime later in the future you will be | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| Whoever wants to use this contact for the purpose of getting to know the will of God | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| some degree, practicing regular self- discipline for this purpose, you may encounter the problem of becoming too | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| which penetrates the entire being. This is the purpose of this path, this is the goal, which | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| the positive, active principle. When God, with the purpose of active creation, contracts into form, then the | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| where less of a compensation is needed. The purpose of alternating incarnations is not to gather experiences | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| given in an incarnation and by fulfilling whatever purpose the incarnation is supposed to serve. The first | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| experience of metaphysical reality is offered with the purpose to further an accelerated development. This might happen | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| reaching for spiritual development. It is the only purpose for such a contact. Anything else would be | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| ANSWER: This can be done only if the purpose is to follow the path of perfection, to | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| not once, but a hundred times. But the purpose of such proofs will not be to make | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| plays with these thoughts of fantasy for the purpose of creating, of fulfilling, of giving something to | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| But again, only if there is a particular purpose; otherwise we see the form. QUESTION: In the | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| of information unless it serves a very good purpose, unless it is important for self-development. If and | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| handle this so lightly, there would be no purpose for the memory to be taken away from | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| certain truths. This will give you direction and purpose, while now you often do not know what | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| long as it is used for a spiritual purpose, for spiritual growth, for God, with God, and | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| such knowledge will be used for a good purpose. As for the problems: you are absolutely right | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| with your free will for a very definite purpose. It is not so important whether everything is | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| been created for you humans for a definite purpose which I have mentioned many times. The main | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| which I have mentioned many times. The main purpose is development. In the earth sphere, development proceeds | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| magic will use these forces for a good purpose. But magic will not go further than the | 18 FREE WILL |
| something great and uses it for a bad purpose that is another issue. It will be taken | 18 FREE WILL |
| was his deed the greatest? What was the purpose of his life on earth, his one-time incarnation | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| his life on earth, his one-time incarnation? The purpose of his life was not only to spread | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| form. So this was certainly not the only purpose. The second purpose of his life, though still | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| was certainly not the only purpose. The second purpose of his life, though still not the main | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| can be considered as accompaniments to the main purpose he had to fulfill. At a future date | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| beginning stages of your community. There is a purpose and a reason for this which I will | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| indirectly from one's own imperfection, and its inevitable purpose must also be to increase learning and thereby | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| they reject it, their rejection serves the good purpose of necessary testing and learning for those people | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| of force as his opponent, even though his purpose might be a good one. It is not | 21 THE FALL |
| a particular divine aspect, specially developed, and the purpose of creation was that each being would complement | 21 THE FALL |
| and a small, small part will fulfill the purpose of that guidance. The great majority of humankind | 21 THE FALL |
| laws never be broken, not even for the purpose of bringing back the fallen creatures. This was | 22 SALVATION |
| way. Each being represented one divine aspect. The purpose was for each spirit to extend this perfection | 22 SALVATION |
| spirits have used their divine power for this purpose, and a number of other spirits have used | 22 SALVATION |
| growing perfection, postponed this ultimate goal for the purpose of using their powers to arrange and to | 22 SALVATION |
| strength and wisdom. However, there would be no purpose to life on earth at all if -- | 22 SALVATION |
| of God, not just one good reason and purpose exists, for many factors play a role and | 22 SALVATION |
| and about there being any wise and good purpose in undergoing all the hardships which He could | 22 SALVATION |
| last one. But since there would be no purpose for such an incarnation, his development will proceed | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| good spiritual reason. If this knowledge serves the purpose of further purification, then without this knowledge this | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| purification, in uncovering the subconscious trends for the purpose of harmony in the soul, only after some | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| spheres of lesser light and development for the purpose of helping them. When they manifest, they appear | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| aware of it, the better it serves the purpose. No one ought to know but yourself and | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that was given because it best fulfills the purpose of the lives of all concerned. And there | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| all that there is a good reason and purpose. QUESTION: The meaning of the question was this | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this earth plane which exists for that very purpose. No matter how difficult life may be at | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| be at times, only those who fulfill this purpose can find peace in their souls. I have | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| therefore the still existing imperfections fulfill a definite purpose. This does not mean that you should nurse | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| view, knowing that their inspiration has an ultimate purpose that can rarely be understood by human beings | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| want to relinquish, that may also serve the purpose. Take whatever it is -- your problem, your | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| becomes very simple, indeed. And that is the purpose of the daily review I mention so often | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| better if you enlist God's help for this purpose, because God never gives any help of this | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| has been endowed with would have served the purpose of complementing the perfection in other ways as | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| they blur your basic light. It is the purpose of the path of purification not only to | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| serving. In essence, this means that the ultimate purpose is not your own happiness, but the service | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| too, but it does not happen for the purpose of teaching the truth to creatures in the | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| mind that one must choose properly for what purpose one trains himself in this direction. It should | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| person in particular has to decide for what purpose and where to have ambition; on the other | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| They still lack the comprehensive view of the purpose of earth existence. On the other hand, an | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| to make his or her own decisions, the purpose of what should be accomplished in the following | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| at all or do so only partly, the purpose of your present incarnation will have to be | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| out certain disharmonies in the soul. For that purpose the next life needs certain imperfections in the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| hoped for and are therefore unsuitable for the purpose of this incarnation; then other karmic ties are | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| conception today is not to serve a definite purpose for the entity to come into your world | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| fields that work their effect corresponding to the purpose of the treatment in this particular sphere; everything | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| way it is. You see, it is our purpose to further spiritual development, directly or indirectly, and | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| what can be learned from it for the purpose of purification; what spiritual laws might be violated | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| about searching for such understanding. To achieve this purpose, it is essential that you talk openly about | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| specifically for willpower and courage for a good purpose, as outlined in this lecture, the prayer will | 38 IMAGES |
| self deems wrong. Those who know that the purpose of life is not the gratification of self-will | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| the gratification of self-will and that the sole purpose of life is not happiness, but that life | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| keeping your separating wall you defeat your own purpose and you contradict your desire to develop, which | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| self with this new outer knowledge for the purpose of development, then the knowledge you are privileged | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| as to bring out your problems for the purpose of your development and purification. You cannot purify | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| to ask this friend first, what is the purpose of it? QUESTIONER: To help children, the aged | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| objective or not. I ask this for the purpose of my development. If they are on the | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| and anxieties. QUESTION: Do animals killed for the purpose of being eaten go into the same sphere | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| emotions that, without necessarily being impure, flow without purpose or direction. Only then can they use the | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| the reason- type does, but with a different purpose in mind, which is often unconscious. Emotions are | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| the soul -- and that is its ultimate purpose, whether your doctors know it or not -- | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| with the spirit world ultimately has only one purpose, no matter in what stage of development the | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| various spheres is secondary, my friends. The sole purpose of telling you about such things is to | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| to show you what the spiritual meaning and purpose of the erotic force is, particularly as far | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| by God for human beings and its divine purpose is not merely procreation. That is only one | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| unhappy ending. Then it will fulfill its spiritual purpose. In practice, however, marriage hardly ever works that | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| Search and you will know. Understand that God's purpose in the partnership of love is the complete | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| know that there is no other reason and purpose in life than development and purification. Therefore, the | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| him with all that is good for that purpose. If that first step is not taken out | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| that knowledge you find the particular reason and purpose of your life, your own individual existence. When | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| and believe that their selfishness will serve their purpose. Whoever has outgrown spiritual infancy knows very well | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| conclusions and ignorance. Do not forget that the purpose of the wall is to keep the negative | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the same way. It is never done on purpose, of course, but unknowingly. For instance, when you | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| such sight with our help for a specific purpose. It is something that not every human being | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| time; it desires its ultimate goal for the purpose of loving better; it knows that the perfection | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| have learned can then be used for the purpose of self-finding in all the work you do | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |