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a relationship; or of never even fully establishing relationship in its true sense. Human beings can only 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
unmarried and unattached and are seeking a happy relationship, how much promiscuity do you advocate? ANSWER: I 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
responsibility for all consequences, fully committed to the relationship on whatever level it exists, if no false 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
whatever they do wholeheartedly, be it a human relationship, be it reading a book or taking a 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
and, in turn, breed new problems in the relationship between yourself and your helper. This is more 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
that your deep-rooted unresolved problems stand in direct relationship to your shame, your inhibitions and your daily 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
children as well as to any other human relationship or situation. Confusion always signals that knowledge about 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
split must be challenged most dramatically in this relationship. The double relationship from the child to both 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
challenged most dramatically in this relationship. The double relationship from the child to both father and mother 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
the child's psyche is free and healthy, the relationship with a set of parents manifests as an 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
his or her intense relationships. The original traumatic relationship to both parents is repeated throughout a person's 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
is acted out, and his or her parental relationship reexperienced. If both, or more, persons are negatively 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
of life, first lived out in the parental relationship. Some of you have an inkling of what 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
and psychiatrists have understood this phenomenon in their relationship with their patients. But only segments of this 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
way of life is not given up, no relationship is uninfluenced by it -- certainly no relationship 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
relationship is uninfluenced by it -- certainly no relationship of any importance and intensity. You are caught 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
ANSWER: It is only a result of the relationship to the parents. Even if a relationship to 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
the relationship to the parents. Even if a relationship to a sibling is outwardly more problematic and 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
explored, it must be found that the sibling relationship is always directly related to the parental situation 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
of reaching out. It contains the elements of relationship, communication, love, understanding. It reaches out to the 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
and the behavior patterns deriving from the parental relationship, you will gain considerably deeper insight. This insight 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
it is impossible to maintain a fruitful, dynamic relationship. It must always end, and therefore such a 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
greater understanding and a wider vision of the relationship between the individual and the totality of all 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
applies to humankind as a whole. The same relationship exists between the totality of one human being 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
sense of how its pleasure may have a relationship with the pain of another. There is no 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
confused in a situation, negatively involved in a relationship, and cannot come out of a disturbed feeling 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
and the need for mutuality in a love relationship; between the need for solitude and the need 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
aware of the unfulfilled need for a mutual relationship, for a mate. You have to specifically recognize 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
example, if the need for ego-gratification in a relationship is disproportionately stronger than the need to give 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
these needs you will displace them onto a relationship or side-activity. As in the former example, the 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
the needs which lie behind the activity or relationship. It will then become possible to find and 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
infinitely more than a real rejection in your relationship. Discussing such a topic must, of necessity, be 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
the parallels, the similarities of reactions. But a relationship need not be shied away from because it 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
Not only can one grow in such a relationship, particularly when being alert to oneself, but usually 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
person also exist, which may still make the relationship rewarding for both. To the degree one recognizes 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
one recognizes oneself, to that degree will the relationship grow more real and less a repetition of 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
to one's own inner freedom and integration. The relationship between the sexes, which is the most intense 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
to let go of himself in a full relationship. It seems to him that his discipline will 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
way you can face the reality of the relationship in question and your fear will vanish. If 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
The communications you are unaware of determine the relationship. Being in a state of ignorance about this 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
more in the technique that establishes a fearless relationship with others. Are there any questions now? QUESTION 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
in health and in a happy partnership and relationship, but you may feel selfish and greedy if 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
reality of yourself brings you into a harmonious relationship with life. This becomes more and more a 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
you will remain fenced in. This is the relationship between reality and illusion. Illusion appears real, but 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
any given field, it may be a happy relationship, being loved and fulfilled on all levels of 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
you want in a vocation, in a rewarding relationship, in growth and in self-unfoldment. Regardless of how 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
for example, that you wish this kind of relationship instead of that kind of relationship. Declare that 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
kind of relationship instead of that kind of relationship. Declare that you wish a specific kind of 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
limitation one ascribes to life and to one's relationship to life always amounts to an arbitrary either/or 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
and effect? For example, you have a disharmonious relationship, but you do not see how you constantly 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
you have the ability to immediately change the relationship. But when you go on and on in 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
you find yourself alone, where you have no relationship, where you live in conditions in which it 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
it seems almost impossible to create a new relationship. This condition, then, is an effect not so 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
and frustration. When two people involved in a relationship have adopted opposing choices, the relationship must be 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
in a relationship have adopted opposing choices, the relationship must be fraught with friction to the point 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
being, the creation of art or science, a relationship, or the particular manner, style, and atmosphere of 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
an undertaking, to a person, or to a relationship. It makes no difference what it is. If 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
experience it. If you truly understand yourself in relationship to this very moment, momentary unhappiness notwithstanding, you 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
live in the moment and understand it in relationship to you, you cannot be fully happy. When 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
attitude to yourself. If you understand yourself in relationship to life, at this moment, you cannot possibly 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
God! 132. THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF Greetings, my dearest friends 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
real self from the ego. What is their relationship to each other? There are many confusing theories 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
or another at all times, not just in relationship between mates and sweethearts. It is also in 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
I feel that such expression may impair a relationship, I will not do so, but will withhold 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
then that you feel helpless, weak, afraid. The relationship between your body, your feelings, and your personal 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
your spontaneous feelings and your life? The same relationship exists in life as between body and feelings 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
unconscious deliberate numbness. The way to approach the relationship between the outer ego faculties of mind and 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
of life and yourself, as well as your relationship to life and to yourself, the movement begins 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
particularly available to human consciousness in the love relationship between the sexes. When your striving or longing 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
they are the same -- will make a relationship so hazardous that it is often avoided altogether 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
one extreme, who cannot even have any direct relationship with another person, who live merely in fantasies 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
boring. This is concluded because the actual, real-life relationship, in such instances, is never as satisfying as 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
barriers which keep you separated from others. Your relationship to another person can be successful only when 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
are motivated by your innermost being. If the relationship is determined solely by the outer intellect and 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
core of your being must be activated. Then relationship with another can be spontaneous and mutually satisfying 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
such an evolved being could enter into a relationship with an ordinary person who is racked by 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
Any other questions? QUESTION: I started a new relationship and I think I could be very fond 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
There is a compulsiveness in me about this relationship because I feel I can't progress more now 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
allows, and my still-existing problems may impede the relationship and ultimately cut it off. ANSWER: I will 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
that your still existing blocks will impede the relationship and might even jeopardize or destroy it. Now 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
my still-existing problems might contribute to an imperfect relationship which might finally cease. But this is life 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
other person must be equally responsible if the relationship does not work. It is not only your 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
to be so frightened. The fact that every relationship is a mutual proposition, whether or not that 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
is a mutual proposition, whether or not that relationship is good, must be brought home to all 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
be brought home to all who are involved. Relationship cannot be a one-sided thing. When you know 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
blame themselves alone for the failure of a relationship. Since they experience only their own needs and 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
cannot share the brunt of failure when the relationship does not work. Nor can such a person 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
level, your concern for the other in a relationship must grow. This will automatically give you the 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
making both active and passive contributions to the relationship. It must give you freedom and a sense 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
emotions is truly tested it often has no relationship to the issue at stake. It would rather 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
gain insight into the very nature of the relationship. You learn about yourself and the other, you 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
only you are willing to see yourself in relationship to life in a wider truth than you 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
discussion I should particularly like to stress the relationship between the nature of life and human nature 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
of something in the self and in the relationship between the self, life, or others. False feelings 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
blocked energy. Unblocking can occur only when the relationship between the inner and the outer negative conditions 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
depend, in the last analysis, entirely on the relationship between your ego and the universal life principle 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
self as we also call it. If this relationship is balanced, everything falls into place. All these 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
they base certain assumptions about life and their relationship to it on false ideas. These false ideas 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
are not responsive to direct pressure. The same relationship, my friends, exists between the ego and the 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
be overlooking many aspects of yourself, even your relationship to yourself, to others and life; when you 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
experiencing delight, pleasure, happiness. There is a direct relationship between the two. You will invariably see that 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
and union with the opposite sex. For this relationship combines all functions and potentials, it leaves out 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and potentials, it leaves out nothing if the relationship is truly deep and whole, if there is 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
effortless and self-perpetuating. A very secure and pleasurable relationship exists between the water and the body. There 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
of the person swimming, which determines the harmonious relationship, or balance, between the human body and the 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
or another, on helping you to understand the relationship between ego-consciousness and universal intelligence. We shall continue 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
you are put and whose laws have no relationship to your own inner laws. This concept, and 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
it is impossible to establish the kind of relationship between the conscious and unconscious that is necessary 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
latter and then to unify the two. The relationship between the conscious mind and the destructive part 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
unconscious stumbling blocks. By the same token, a relationship between the ego faculties and the wisdom, truth 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
life and with yourself arises from the proper relationship between the active and passive principles. When you 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
it manifests, so that you establish the proper relationship of tension and relaxation in your approach to 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
are -- God. 165. EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
I said here is an important aspect of relationship. Relationship is the very essence of life. No 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
said here is an important aspect of relationship. Relationship is the very essence of life. No one 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
spirit. There are certain very basic aspects of relationship that are important to understand. A threefold principle 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
applies to all elements of any kind of relationship and determines its nature. It is: perceiving, reacting 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
operates in health, truth, harmony and reality, then relationship must be fruitful and joyful. When these three 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
fruitful and joyful. When these three aspects of relationship operate in a distorted, unrealistic, disharmonious way, relationship 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
relationship operate in a distorted, unrealistic, disharmonious way, relationship cannot possibly be fruitful or joyful. As I 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
many times, you cannot possibly have a good relationship with others unless you first have a good 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
with others unless you first have a good relationship with yourself. Therefore these threefold aspects must first 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
more and more possible. With such a unified relationship toward the self, rather than a divided one 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
toward the self, rather than a divided one, relationship to others must become equally positive and fruitful 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
yourself in strife, there is something in your relationship to yourself that is not according to the 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
human problems are always primarily concerned with the relationship between the sexes. No matter what other problems 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
to say that in all these areas the relationship between the two aspects of creation varies as 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
consciousness of the truth of yourself and your relationship to the universe, and therefore of universal law 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
proven true until one begins to perceive the relationship between belief and experience. If you accept that 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
never merely mechanical. They always have a direct relationship to your own attitudes and to your innermost 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
immutable lawfulness as the human personality does. The relationship of every cell- consciousness to the human being 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
being is the same as the human being's relationship to humanity. To the degree that the personality 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
this tension? Ask yourself: What is the direct relationship between the specific body tension and fear? Send 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
most significantly and intensely experienced in a love relationship. But in different ways you will experience this 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
true solutions. 180. THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP Greetings, my dearest, dearest friends. Blessings for every 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
on first approaching the self. Only then can relationship be cultivated in a meaningful and effective way 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
of dissension and unification between human beings in relationship and show how these parallel the individual process 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
doing so I should like to say that relationship represents the greatest challenge for the individual, for 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
for the individual, for it is only in relationship to others that unresolved problems still existing within 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
to claim for too long that problems in relationship are caused only by others and not by 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
that the self withdraws from the challenge of relationship, thereby sacrificing personal fulfillment, pleasure, love, and joy 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
upon by life. One's contentment and fulfillment in relationship is a much neglected yardstick for one's own 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
a much neglected yardstick for one's own development. Relationship with others is a mirror of one's own 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
of human growth. The power and significance of relationship often pose severe problems for those who are 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
highly developed person who is responsible for the relationship. Specifically, that person is responsible for searching the 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
other. All this applies to any kind of relationship: mates, parents and children, friendships, or business contacts 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
yourself from difficulty when establishing and maintaining a relationship. It seems so much easier to shift most 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
by looking at your own problem in the relationship and by a willingness to change that freedom 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
appropriate spiritual duty to assume responsibility for the relationship and look for the core of dissension within 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
interaction, how one problem affects the other. The relationship must then deteriorate, leaving both parties confused and 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
relate, both carry the full responsibility for the relationship. This is indeed a beautiful venture, a deeply 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
significant. This will largely prevent injury to the relationship. Let me emphasize here that when I speak 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
mean is that difficulties of interaction in a relationship are usually not explored in depth by the 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
depends on the spiritually more evolved one. A relationship between individuals in which the destructiveness of the 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
fear that needs to be faced. If a relationship is dissolved on this ground; namely, that it 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
prevent him or her from forming a new relationship with similar underlying currents and interactions. It also 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
underlying interaction and the various effects of a relationship where both people's difficulties are laid bare and 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
it seems impossible to disentangle them. Many a relationship has faltered due to such unconscious interaction. The 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
can you articulate and pinpoint it. In a relationship that is about to blossom, one must be 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
challenging, beautiful, spiritually important and growth-producing kind of relationship is the one between man and woman. The 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
stay together in a more enduring and committed relationship, maintaining and even increasing bliss depends entirely on 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
one another. Are they aware of the direct relationship between enduring pleasure and inner growth? Do they 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
Do they use the inevitable difficulties in the relationship as yardsticks for their own inner difficulties? Do 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
answers to these questions will determine whether the relationship falters, dissolves, stagnates -- or blossoms. When you 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
dead in feelings. Difficulties that arise in a relationship are always signals for something unattended to. They 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
both partners. There is a mechanism in a relationship between a man and a woman that can 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
the finest and most subtle aspects of the relationship and the individual state of the two people 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
will blossom. The perfectly mature and spiritually valid relationship must always be deeply connected with personal growth 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
deeply connected with personal growth. The moment a relationship is experienced as irrelevant to inner growth, left 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
grow to their ultimate, inherent potential can the relationship become more and more dynamic and alive. This 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
has to be done individually and mutually. When relationship is approached in that way, it will be 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
state of the other and therefore to the relationship. Whenever there is friction or deadness, something must 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
or her inner suffering -- either within a relationship or in its absence. This state also brings 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
For reeducation, too, has to proceed through the relationship of the three interactive levels, just as it 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
rest of this lecture? QUESTION: I have a relationship similar to what you described. I cannot cope 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
galaxy, a work of art, or a good relationship between human beings. This applies even to the 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
is powerless to determine the course of the relationship. Usually the relationship is treated as if it 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
determine the course of the relationship. Usually the relationship is treated as if it were a separate 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
preservation of the ego. But failure in the relationship always indicates that the self is not yet 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
of mutuality must first be applied to the relationship between you and your inner self. Only then 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
Only then can it be extended to your relationship with others. But let me say here, my 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
of the principles governing human life and your relationship to the universe. Some of the material I 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
alone, or that you are in a fulfilling relationship and then utterly depend on the other, prevents 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
the opposite. But no matter how small in relationship to the liberated, positive aspects of self, the 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
not want to give to love, to the relationship, to the opposite sex my best, then you 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
case, comprehension of the longer-range cause and effect relationship implies that a further degree of maturity has 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
movement of the path. The cause and effect relationship seems broken to the human consciousness from one 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
order or disorder, and their meaning, connection, and relationship. Inner order exists when human beings are fully 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
confrontation, and the hard work of reintegrating the relationship on both a higher and more profound level 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
a playful way within an intimate and established relationship. Often the deviated sexual expression is quite conscious 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
partner and in the way you conduct the relationship. Harmonious fusion builds up to a point of 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
you pay. Begin to see creation as the relationship between the causes and effects that you have 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
have been neglected would color and affect the relationship, poisoning it as if from underground. When you 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
to this. First let me speak about the relationship between your inner and outer life. A lot 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
create relationships: the bliss of the most intimate relationship with one mate, and the satisfaction of deep 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
Yet even your physicists today know that the relationship of time/space/movement is of an infinite variety, and 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
inner world. Just as time, space, and the relationship of movement to time and space within your 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
established. It is exactly the same in a relationship. Even in the best relationship, if the most 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
same in a relationship. Even in the best relationship, if the most genuine love is forced and 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
you. You may indeed be entangled in a relationship where love does not come forth freely. But 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
for a tight energy accumulation, without jeopardizing the relationship with the all- important figure in your life 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
now point with all its glorious meaning and relationship to the whole. The love of all your 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
can know now, about yourself and about your relationship with the universe. The relationship between you and 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
and about your relationship with the universe. The relationship between you and the universe becomes increasingly obvious 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
not want to know me -- me in relationship to the world around me. This statement is 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
come sporadically. When they come, they convey your relationship to your own process. Do you follow the 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
and eliminated. The same principle holds in the relationship between your own inner imperfections and your already 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
other phases they need to develop through their relationship to their surroundings. This alternation occurs in an 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
for a couple in order for the one-to-one relationship to be truly fulfilling. If you use a 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
do not wish to fend for yourself, the relationship becomes unbearable. By the same token, if you 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
a few enlightened human beings have sensed the relationship between mathematics and the key to the universe 228 BALANCE
as it relates to women and the man-woman relationship. One cannot discuss this topic without noting the 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
cannot discuss this topic without noting the evolving relationship between the sexes. As the planet is maturing 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
also feel exploited by her. In such a relationship fulfillment is impossible. The woman will feel that 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
and then see how this applies to the relationship between the sexes. The new woman is completely 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
an implicit desire is bound to destroy any relationship. It is bound to make you resent and 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
he must gain his true strength. Therefore his relationship to the woman is truly one of equality 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
new-age man, the new-age woman and the new-age relationship. Where this does not yet exist, the mere 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
benefit to the other person and to the relationship -- and to take the risk of being 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
it and transforming the lower self, for your relationship to the world becomes altered. You no longer 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
does. QUESTION: May I ask another question, in relationship to the lecture? Could you give any kind 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
world. You come here together in a specific relationship. No matter how different you may be, you 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
of all that is. If you lack a relationship and are lonely, or if you are sexually 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
is much more difficult to see the same relationship between your thoughts, or your subtle inner attitudes 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
desirable effects. If you are unaware of the relationship between cause and effect in all areas of 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
a new position, a new boss, a new relationship or a new mate. The new authorities in 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
free and respect your dignity, so that the relationship between you will become a mutual giving and 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
you have a role to play in this relationship, and in accepting it you can only heighten 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
there that you need to change your fundamental relationship to your Creator. Where you have fear, insecurity 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Creation, your part in it and your new relationship to God. It is all and it is 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS
the story of humanity, the story of man's relationship to God, the story of God's presence in 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
a hopeless state in you and in your relationship to God -- restore your faith in Christ 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
the longest time and therefore co-created the unequal relationship between the sexes. Both sexes equally feared -- 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
to each other, through personal purification. The man-woman relationship of the past and the attitude toward marriage 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
Instead of admitting that he feared an equal relationship, the man had to make the woman an 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
other. It must be understood that the committed relationship is not a moralized edict that deprives you 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
prerequisites of fulfillment in an alive and vibrant relationship. When the vibrancy ebbs away, the causes need 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
others can participate. Secrets are always antithetical to relationship, to intimacy, to real and fulfilling contact. Secretive 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
every kind of friendship, and finally to the relationship between countries. Keeping your negative aspects secret makes 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
discussed this before, specifically in connection with the relationship between mates. I need to repeat it here 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
by secretiveness, pretense, and hiding than any other relationship. Openness is not even considered viable among the 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
that mates cannot stay together? Yet the marriage relationship is much better off than the relationships among 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
understand the grave consequences of secrecy for your relationship with yourself, with others, and with God. You 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
with whom you seek to establish a desirable relationship. Try to visualize what life is like when 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
the spirit withdraws to the inner world, the relationship of measurement changes, just as the relationship to 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
the relationship of measurement changes, just as the relationship to time changes. This is why you seem 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
bring outer and inner conditions into a meaningful relationship with one another. You are learning to do 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
is not. Therefore you will have a healthy relationship with your leaders and your followers. Without that 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
arbitrary coincidences. Your life experiences stand in direct relationship to you, to who you are now, to 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
of the pathwork -- both in the helper/worker relationship, and in groups, as well as in your 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
your pretenses, and therefore your defenses, in your relationship with them. You need to show yourself as 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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