| Reliance....................5 | |
| remain a cripple in the pseudo-safety of utter reliance upon another authority. This is why you cannot | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| opposed to the healthy interdependence which results from reliance on the inner self, so it is with | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| it will not increase your self-confidence, your self- reliance, your independence, and your self-respect. So reach inside | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| reach for its wisdom. You stake all your reliance on your limited outer ego self. You neglect | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| selfwill. This attitude gives immense self-confidence and self- reliance that constant obedience to your selfwill could never | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| Relief......................117 | |
| happening within. The first reaction is a great relief and an inward joy that for a while | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| will experience a wonderful victory, a sense of relief, of liberation, of peace and truth, and thus | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| during the process, although it is a great relief afterward -- a relief that will bring a | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| it is a great relief afterward -- a relief that will bring a very new peace into | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| real desires. You will be surprised how much relief this knowledge alone will already bring you, provided | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| false one guides you is by the happiness, relief, freedom, and the sense of utter rightness and | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| the first few stones of the wall, the relief will be tremendous. Then you will know what | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| as you are, you will instantly feel the relief your spirit has cried for, even if that | 31 SHAME |
| recognizing the call and following it, the more relief, the more victory, the more happiness, the more | 31 SHAME |
| in life that matters and that will bring relief. I would like to advise all those who | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| on in me? then you will feel the relief and freedom that only facing one's own truth | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| first glimmer of recognition is often already a relief. Even if at the first moment the discovery | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| first moment the discovery seems preposterous and incredible, relief must always follow, for then you can clearly | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| And that will be the greatest victory and relief for you -- but it cannot come in | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| some successful work on one's path, felt the relief of the recognitions, and experienced inner changes. Before | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| inner changes. Before this experience and sense of relief, one person would not be able to help | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| helping with conviction. As long as a certain relief and victory have not taken place, you would | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| do not have to be dissolved, but the relief that is the inevitable result of understanding certain | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| each one of you. I can promise you relief, clarification, liberation if you try. We shall now | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| go on from there. You will not find relief until and unless you discover that in you | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| to come to the surface, the greater your relief will be when it finally surfaces. Although you | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| attitude, the more disadvantageous the recognition, the more relief and liberation it will cause you. If this | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| persists. You cannot eradicate that. So you seek relief from this unpleasant feeling. You believe, mistakenly, that | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| no matter how much approval you receive, the relief is, at best, a very temporary one. In | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| words. That in itself will be a great relief for your soul. You can safely assume that | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| childhood. You have no idea what a tremendous relief it is to exorcise this phantom world and | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| If it is used, however, to give certain relief while still finding the inner causes, or if | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| for example for Arkansas or Arizona for the relief of hay fever. When they got there, they | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| fever. When they got there, they did find relief. Later, when some particular member of their family | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it disappear. They chose such a means of relief only because their conflicts have become too great | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| concise question clearly crystallized, you will already feel relief. You will have smoothed the way toward complete | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| respect as well as in any other. The relief and the reward you will get from honest | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| are almost impossible to convey in words. The relief of a burden you have unnecessarily carried will | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| gone. After finding it, you feel a tremendous relief, enlightenment, and victory due to the insight and | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| segment of it. Each true insight will produce relief, but only temporarily, if these insights are but | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| temporarily, if these insights are but fragmentary. Permanent relief can only come when the whole picture is | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is impossible in such a short time. The relief is a sign that you are on the | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of negative emotions, you will find a certain relief in the realization that poisonous matter has left | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| faults to another it seems to give them relief and helps them face themselves. Would you care | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| separate -- and therefore it is a great relief to actually be approached by a human being | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| resistance and repression, it will be a great relief to recognize that often what you felt most | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| dissolve, and the relaxation will then bring the relief and release that is constructive and meaningful. The | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| and meaningful. The striking-out movement also brought momentary relief, but in the long run it was destructive | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| To stop at this point will not yield relief and liberation. It is only a part of | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| you can resolve the conflict, you will find relief because now, at least, you clearly see what | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| you consciously experience unfulfillment, is bound to bring relief, harmony and peace, because you have entered a | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| The discovery of their unreality is a tremendous relief, but you cannot come to it if you | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| and everything. I felt a wonderful revelation and relief. This kept on, somehow, but I don't know | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| living through such fantasies, you may experience momentary relief, but it is purely illusory. It is not | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| It is true that the fantasy does bring relief to a drab life, but the availability of | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| a drab life, but the availability of such relief will hamper your efforts at finding the cause | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| possible only in fantasy. This is actually a relief and not merely an escape from a drab | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| the accumulated pressure, the momentary helplessness about finding relief, the temptation to evade yet again. As you | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| contaminate the system. This in itself will bring relief. However, it is possible that the damage is | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| wrong ways of striving that bring only temporary relief of the inner pressure. One of these is | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| may be an easy way out to obtain relief and release without risking the involvement and responsibility | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| perceptions are often valid. This is a great relief and joy. Self-confidence begins to blossom. But this | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| out in the open, the clarification, liberation and relief must be great. I tell you, my friend | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| hidden problems, again and again experience phases of relief, of enlightenment when they encounter within themselves factors | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| taking cognizance of it the soul experiences great relief. There is a particular and quite common conflict | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| the substitute need. Doing so will bring immeasurable relief and peace. You may be frightened of love | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| than experiencing them in displacement, is always a relief. But the work begins only then: finding why | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| the illusion that your finding and your momentary relief has already liberated you, while you continue to | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| before fully understanding its presence, you will find relief from hopelessness and the way out will be | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| here the absence of apprehension will bring further relief. If you no longer push and press against | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| easier for the patient to give in to relief, instead of fighting against it in shame spurred | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| other channels, disorder and stagnation follow. The momentary relief from having to deal with the troubled area | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| giving in to any destructive impulse. The real relief of being in truth can become yours the | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| fearful No, but after you overcame it, the relief and release, the renewed energy, the increased understanding | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| the path happens here too. Understanding brings a relief from tension, fear, and anxiety. It infuses hope | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| these symptoms and, while awareness remains, it induces relief, thereby liberating certain energies. But there is as | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| long as you move in this direction, real relief cannot come. You must first recognize that all | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| your efforts because your struggle does not bring relief. You do not wish to do so, but | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| understand certain outer manifestations of your problems. This relief of thorough understanding can come about only when | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| anxiety and tension exist, immobility appears a welcome relief from the effort and fatigue to struggle against | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| near, with all its truth and light and relief and happiness, but it just never occurs to | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| that your fears were not justified. You feel relief, along with moments of aliveness, because at one | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| to face. But when you do face it, relief and liberation must follow, because nothing further bars | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| you must begin to experience genuine and lasting relief. I want you to work along these lines | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| better equipped to serve them. They look for relief and so often inadvertently grab for false and | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| the self. Once this area is totally faced, relief and growth become possible. As you acknowledge that | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| nonmovement. Activity appears to exert strain; passivity promises relief from strain. In other words, we return to | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| You then flee into passivity, which seems like relief and consequently becomes the desirable state. But passivity | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| or dangerous as first anticipated. In fact, the relief and liberation, the coming to life is so | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| hang on desperately. The various false ways of relief from a cramped ego always mean the weakening | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| exhausts the ego faculties will then seek false relief. Such false relief can take many forms. One | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| faculties will then seek false relief. Such false relief can take many forms. One of the more | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| addiction, and all the artificial ways of obtaining relief from an overtense ego that is deprived of | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| the cause within will confirm that this brings relief, safety, and confidence in life. It is only | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| control -- and therefore does not obtain sufficient relief and replenishment -- is compelled to pursue self-destructive | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| of walking toward it. Death is the great relief the personality seeks when all other avenues of | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| the personality seeks when all other avenues of relief from ego control fail, due to the personality's | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| and mutually exclusive ideas are and what a relief it is to shed them. Each web of | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| what actually does exist is always an enormous relief compared to what you believe exists. Truth is | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| it is. What you believe exists is a relief as compared to the fog, and what actually | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| and what actually exists is an even greater relief compared to what you believe exists. The discovery | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| is: Do you have the feeling of utter relief and liberation, of being energized and light? If | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| onto the outside world, with less and less relief. No matter how merited some of your blame | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| issues. When discovery does not lead to lasting relief, change, and greater inner and outer freedom, you | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| and serious desire to do so will bring relief. Still another aspect of step three is to | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| allow this to happen, abandoning negativity becomes a relief from a heavy burden that has pulled you | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| one goes with it, instead of fighting it, relief will come comparatively quickly. Once the pus runs | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| contrary, it increases the critical tension. The momentary relief is illusion of the most serious nature. It | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| how to handle them. Admitting this brings immediate relief and deactivates these negative powers almost instantly. Learn | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| of the split in one's will offers great relief and increases psychic energy in the whole system | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| with your creative level, you will find such relief; you will find the world opening up. It | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| demands the utter integrity of self-responsibility. But the relief, safety, new energy, and creative strength that accrue | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| versus bad -- any longer. And what a relief and liberation it is to find and to | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| on you and your life, you experience profound relief. It is as though a weight had been | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| are no such connections. Find the moments of relief in your past work when, after having overcome | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| experiencing at certain stages on your path the relief of seeing cause and effect, even if it | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| for this specific pain but to obtain the relief you resist most, that is, to ascertain the | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| it was to have it, and what a relief it is to see the orderliness, the beauty | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| shame and hiding, without pretenses and facades. The relief of this kind of living is a much | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| of your real values, not to mention the relief of ridding yourself of an unbearable burden. The | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| and inconsequential. To establish the causal connection is relief, release, liberation and enrichment beyond description. There exists | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| and you will lose a tremendous burden. The relief and liberation are enormous, especially if you do | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |