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chain? And much of what the person has pushed away as unimportant or accidental becomes clear in 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
however, can never dissolve; it can only be pushed into the background so that it cannot affect 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
pressure; it seems as though you were being pushed in some unknown direction, you don't know quite 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
permit yourself to acknowledge consciously, that you have pushed down into your unconscious. So now you have 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
their causes, which you subconsciously yet deliberately had pushed out of your awareness, will have a blissful 21 THE FALL
at a certain point. You will be almost pushed into a corner where you will open up 31 SHAME
your corner and resent that you are being pushed in this direction. However, you can also take 31 SHAME
can really be successfully dealt with that is pushed into the unconscious. You are afraid to let 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
it was when the image-conclusions were formed and pushed into the unconscious. In many of my lectures 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
as your rigid wall remains, however weak, however pushed back it may be, the divine substance is 47 THE WALL WITHIN
Thus you have broken the first resistance and pushed the wall considerably into the background, allowing certain 47 THE WALL WITHIN
made you feel guilty and uncomfortable. You therefore pushed it out of sight as far as possible 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
the acute pain you once suffered but you pushed out of sight. Now you have to look 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
that serves as catalyst. When the spring has pushed through the porous hardness it probably is fresher 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
as covered up. Through your destructive patterns, you pushed your painful need to receive love into the 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
These have to be acknowledged and understood, not pushed away or suppressed. When you understand them sufficiently 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
made of, you realize that it cannot be pushed away by force. It can dissolve only gradually 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
relating, as well as in obligations, you are pushed and dragged through life against your will. To 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
all its aspects, but allow yourself to be pushed by it, you cannot experience the dignity, the 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
vague emotions, which are instantly covered up and pushed out of sight. How can you overcome something 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
as such? Do you have to be constantly pushed, perhaps by yourself as well as by life 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
ways. Hence, the entire trouble area is denied, pushed out of consciousness, where it can no longer 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
equally strong, so that people are pulled and pushed in opposite directions. This causes a tremendous strain 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
what you miss. For that, too, is often pushed aside and not acknowledged. How much do you 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
initiated purposefully, playfully, deliberately, this is soon forgotten, pushed away, and what was a false anger or 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
this new life experience. Yet it cannot be pushed and forced. It happens exactly to the degree 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
see that every frustration is self-produced and voluntarily pushed out of sight. Hence the result must be 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
and that creates an overagitation that is then pushed into an overactivity that is not quite organic 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975
 
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is reached, the wish of the higher self pushes you. And again some voices of your lower 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
another. The higher self registers the call and pushes the person in a certain direction which the 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
step into it yourself. If life forces or pushes you into it, against your will, it will 21 THE FALL
under the pressure of their frustrated will that pushes in the wrong direction. They may not be 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
knows. The outer will does not flow. It pushes and pulls in all directions. Seen from our 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
and pull away. This very pull in tension pushes you into it. Courage, an honest facing of 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
before, the imagined advantage of the false solution pushes to the surface, but the personality is afraid 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
between these people, but the strong will force pushes the real possibility out of the picture. That 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
The drive deriving from pride, self-will, and fear pushes you away from love. Self-will is opposed to 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
you choose to request its service. It never pushes itself on you, but it is there, ready 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
reverse is needed: Where the personality forces and pushes, letting go and giving in to the superior 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
natural state, the direction toward which your evolution pushes you. The deep inner need to reach the 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
out. When closely observed, the ego presses and pushes, assuming that thus it will overcome the obstruction 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
is set in motion because the inner expansion pushes forward and the outer blocks stifle it. This 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
consciousness will cease. Yet the life spark within pushes toward movement. Hence, on your path, you are 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
the pulse of the divine. The divine movement pushes its way forth into the void, expanding and 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
you experience the spirit as the constant that pushes into matter, your entire world picture is going 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE
 
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of the difficulties by covering them up and pushing them into the unconscious, the more difficult it 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
instead of choosing the more comfortable way of pushing away what creates uneasiness, or blaming others and 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
very small soft voice that will not be pushing or pressing. It does not shout; it is 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
all your faults, which can never happen by pushing them into the subconscious, by merely covering them 21 THE FALL
activity, there is a pressure and an inner pushing against a stone wall. As long as you 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
as you do not relinquish or relax this pushing force going in the wrong direction, you cannot 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
and putting them into concise words, instead of pushing them aside and covering them up, you will 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
may succeed in taking out certain things and pushing the wall a little into the background, but 47 THE WALL WITHIN
certainly healthier to see this clearly instead of pushing and forcing it away. In that way it 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
flowing in two directions. One calls for your pushing ahead, trying to force life, people, and circumstances 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
wall, the cramped movement, either pressing down or pushing out, you may feel as though you were 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
resistance will weaken, provided you do not keep pushing the matter away. If you can acknowledge to 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
to manipulate time by holding it back or pushing it forward. You would not need to fear 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
by either pulling back into the past or pushing forward into the future you seek the wrong 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
the gathered inner maturity come out, instead of pushing it back because you cling to false concepts 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
with God, really means: not holding back, not pushing toward, but dissolving in the life stream, in 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
creates fear, pride, self will, etc. Instead of pushing against a no-current, assert its presence, assert the 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
aspects that led to this state, without frantically pushing against it. This is living in the now 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
left out of commission. This tense and anxious pushing occurs in a very subtle, yet very real 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
enable the self to accomplish its goal. The pushing is also directed toward the resisting self which 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
reach others and yet, the minute they succeed, pushing them away. And the very moment people eliminate 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
indirectly -- and tensely hold on to life, pushing away and opposing death, you cannot come to 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
do not escape from it -- perhaps by pushing yourself to be what, at this moment, you 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
It is an immense power, once you stop pushing it away with ego control. When you begin 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
listen to it, then you can speak without pushing, without coercing. Just see its expression for what 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
no division or struggle against the self, no pushing or tense striving. In that state there is 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
in yourself and counteract it -- not by pushing it underground again, but by using what you 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
self and wait patiently without doubting or impatiently pushing. This waiting needs an open attitude about the 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
calmly receive its expressions without hating yourself, without pushing the infant away. Only with such an attitude 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
of the same coin: absolute passivity. But the pushing ego, attempting to go beyond its own capacity 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
falsely waiting or falsely giving up hope. The pushing exhausts the self and renders it passive. These 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
People make themselves more brittle and stiff, thus pushing away life itself and instituting a state of 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
anxious, angry, confused reactions. If you stop habitually pushing aside and rationalizing what disturbs you, you may 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
whole being. This is the spark in you pushing to penetrate the outer regions. The more life 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
to restrain your greatness. There will be no pushing, no proving, just a quiet inner knowing. It 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
to be loved, respected and appreciated and your pushing for it. I also spoke about your dilemma 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
you struggle between resorting to hopelessness or to pushing, holding, and applying pressure from above. Step number 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
what you need if you gave up the pushing, holding, pressuring struggle. You believe that you are 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
poor. I said before that every kind of pushing, domineering, forcing, or manipulating amounts to cheating. The 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
mind and will with the higher self, without pushing out of awareness the will and voice of 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
Age, the age that is coming, that is pushing into the resistant matter of the old. The 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
to very simply and firmly -- yet without pushing effort -- formulate another thought. The thought might 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
to God means activity, and at times even pushing through the inertia that wants to keep you 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA

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