| Reasonable..................24 | |
| a healthy and harmonious life are subject, any reasonable human being knows that one cannot move simultaneously | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| medium, or something of the sort? Is that reasonable, my friends? If so many other astounding things | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| It will not take more time than is reasonable according to your life circumstances. All of you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| willpower, and a certain amount of detached and reasonable, common sense thinking. Some of you have really | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| escape. There are other cases when divorce is reasonable because the choice to marry was made in | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| cover up the nucleus of conflicting desires by reasonable surface desires, while the conflicts ferment underneath. And | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| that does not correspond to one's conscious and reasonable thoughts is an obstacle. However, you do not | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| modified or even completely covered by rational and reasonable behavior. But this in no way proves that | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| for the man behind the facade of a reasonable discussion, the conscious aim of which is supposed | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| able to manage your lives in the most reasonable way from this point of view. You are | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| action as such may have been valid and reasonable and you may choose to continue it, even | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| foolish and damaging. I do not mean a reasonable halt to something that is obviously harmful; I | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| are your real self. It is logical and reasonable that the struggle and the effort have to | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| be coped with in the best and most reasonable way possible. If the unpleasant result one fears | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| are some people whose conscious concepts are quite reasonable and truthful, but unconsciously almost all human beings | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| lights, showing you to what extent it is reasonable and productive in any given instance to have | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| happen that your demands are in themselves quite reasonable, but other people may be driven into a | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| there are those who believe that they are reasonable, rational and realistic, yet are deluded even about | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| change in how one feels about oneself. A reasonable attitude to what seems unfaceable means a sense | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and makes her fear of surrender justified and reasonable. He therefore hinders her fulfillment as a woman | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| the person would finally come around to being reasonable and constructive. This is not a moralistic issue | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| confrontation between the lower self and the conscious, reasonable, positive ego-self takes place constantly, will you eventually | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| to it is indeed the only wise and reasonable thing to do. Then surrendering to it will | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| if such variables exist at all, which is reasonable to assume, then spheres of consciousness must also | 254 SURRENDER |
| Reasonably..................8 | |
| so if you take the trouble to think reasonably about this matter of spiritual development, my friends | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| spiritual development, my friends. You are not thinking reasonably about it, however because you do not evaluate | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| during these periods is to think clearly and reasonably about your findings in the light of what | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| a positive outlook on life, one can be reasonably certain that they liked to incarnate, but did | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in these periods is to think clearly and reasonably about your findings in the light of what | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| do not perceive, experience, or think truthfully or reasonably. You do not feel feelings of warmth, affection | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| for good health, for being centered within and reasonably integrated, for meaningful functioning and satisfying experiences. The | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| life is known to be. How can you reasonably resent the existence of death? How can you | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Reasoning...................66 | |
| a protective measure. This, of course, is unconscious reasoning. The conscious effort to overcome the fault remains | 38 IMAGES |
| the image are unconscious and the whole inner reasoning process is hidden from the intellect. And it | 38 IMAGES |
| you are no longer aware of the original reasoning behind your conclusions. If you were confronted with | 38 IMAGES |
| conscious. If you can truly find this inner reasoning, if you let it come out into the | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| open, so that you can experience the entire reasoning process consciously, it will give you a great | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| absolutely necessary that you discover and experience this reasoning and how it works personally in your case | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| it possible that you discover conclusions and faulty reasoning within yourself that do not at all correspond | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| the primitive way in which your inner emotional reasoning functions. Considered in the light of this explanation | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| way. You may even be surprised about the reasoning faculty, faulty as it may be, that exists | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| that exists in your unconscious. It is the reasoning of the child living in you. This is | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| merely silly. When you formed this image, the reasoning that makes you ashamed now was in your | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| remained a child because you left the entire reasoning process in the darkness of your unconscious. It | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| child, you would not be surprised at such reasoning. Realize that and you will overcome your embarrassment | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| result. An image is the result of unconscious reasoning, deduction, and conclusion. A conscious, willful law- violation | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| Those who conduct their lives mainly by the reasoning process are apt to neglect the emotions. They | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| is proud to be so steeped in the reasoning process. And the will, which is not necessarily | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| used mainly to follow deductions made with the reasoning process, seldom paying attention to the emotions or | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| the emotional side, they neglect the equally important reasoning functions of thinking, discriminating, selecting, and weighing. They | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| master. Ideally the will should serve equally the reasoning process and the emotional and intuitive faculties. The | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| result he or she seeks. It cripples the reasoning process, which, joined with the emotional nature, leads | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| an intellectual. It is simply that usually the reasoning faculty is stronger in men. Because of this | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| Go below the surface layers of your conscious reasoning and explanations for your attitude in this respect | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| has to react against any authority. This healthy reasoning process will, among other things, strengthen your power | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| get to their roots. Beware of your good reasoning capacity! The more successful you are, the graver | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| wish capacity does not function fully. In such reasoning -- unconscious as it may be -- there | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| of doubtful value. Wherever you have such hidden reasoning in your unconscious, you are immature. You know | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| concise language. Ask yourself why, based on what reasoning, you hold the particular conviction you have just | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| know that your unconscious reasons too, although its reasoning is often faulty. Now you have to become | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| you have to become consciously aware of such reasoning processes. What is important is that you experience | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| the contrary. Your intellect is more accessible to reasoning. Once you have understood, once intelligence is at | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| own conflicts and immaturities. The light of conscious reasoning has to be applied to these very emotions | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| that is destructive. Once you find this hidden reasoning process, you will realize the pretense and its | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| strength, and investigate its origin and the inner reasoning processes. I cannot be more personal than this | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it is that you fear. Go beneath surface reasoning, surface desires and fears which are, in reality | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| pleasure supreme. At least this is the unconscious reasoning process, and it is not altogether different from | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| every bit as reliable to you as your reasoning power and your intellect. All this is the | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| inferior to the intuition. Such overemphasis on the reasoning power constantly prevents the real self from coming | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| absorb, you train your memory and your logical reasoning. All this furthers mental growth. But why is | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| only hinder excesses as a result of this reasoning, but you also hinder all the transitory functioning | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| aware of this process and of your faulty reasoning can you be in a position first to | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| your emotions out of all proportion. The unconscious reasoning is: If my emotions are strong enough, I | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| the open and considered with the power of reasoning and truth that is unavailable in the deeper | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| the alarm. Instead of investigating it with your reasoning faculties, you blindly reject rational inquiry. The rejection | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| cling to the illusion. How false these unrecognized reasoning processes are! What a pity that you persist | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| if you give in to the blind, faulty reasoning of resistance, you drag out the crisis. Gradually | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| a relaxed, free-flowing, flexible will, based on discriminating reasoning power, and calling upon the intuitive levels of | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| the more you choose restraint willingly, with alert reasoning and constructive motivation, the freer you become. It | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| the exact opposite way. The next moment such reasoning is gone, the conscious decision forgotten, and what | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| ego forces -- of will, or mind, or reasoning. It happens instead by an indirect process of | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| involuntary processes. The ego consists of the outer reasoning faculty and the will faculty. The involuntary processes | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| to control and govern them by your outer reasoning processes and will. If you attempted such a | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| asset out of it. Yet in following this reasoning you cannot really come face to face with | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| of their own. Consequently it also mistrusts the reasoning of these inner forces, further strengthening thereby the | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| life experience expanded people's consciousness and the first reasoning processes showed the individual that letting out blindly | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| but only as a thin veneer. Once the reasoning faculties have been sufficiently developed in the course | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| their consciousness does not yet allow for either reasoning or willing. These faculties therefore cannot be put | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| compelled into action by them. The self-discipline and reasoning needed to overcome the ingrained fear and consequent | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| You are using the busy mind, the overemphasized reasoning faculty, to fit your feelings into pictures, to | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| fitting feelings into a superstructure of explanations and reasoning. We see these superstructures as spiritual forms that | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| is an outer one. There is an inner reasoning process, and there is an outer one. Thus | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| issue. Nor are you aware of your false reasoning when you resist giving of yourself. Thus you | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| world, with all its destructive attitudes, its primitive reasoning, its self-defeating will directions, must become as conscious | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| your feelings, reactions and your inner, often secret, reasoning. The admission of negative feelings can be an | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| on those levels of semi- conscious thinking and reasoning this is hardly surprising. You have found many | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| If you pursue this line of inner, unconscious reasoning to its logical end, you create an imaginary | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| reason -- though it can hardly be called reasoning -- you ignore certain blatant facts. For instance | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |