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| the path. It may also be that their reluctance is caused by fear of disappointment, that perhaps | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| confusions and upheavals for a while and encounter reluctance and resistance. But these are the very causes | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| is ready to grow up inwardly. The very reluctance to assume adulthood and self-responsibility makes a person | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| refuse to see the truth. And when their reluctance becomes evident, you take it personally. You do | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| see, it has to do with the human reluctance and fear to reveal the best in oneself | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| falsity of the idealized self-image and the consequent reluctance to give it up. Often, the real self | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| persistent clinging to illusion and false hope, your reluctance to face reality, or to relinquish a desired | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| all these possible emotions, after overcoming the initial reluctance, fear of the death of others will diminish | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| could say something about the fear, withdrawal, and reluctance one has, although one knows there is a | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| a much more fundamental and all-encompassing fear and reluctance that applies to every single individual: fear of | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| is why fear increases, and so does tense reluctance and stubbornness. You shrink more rigidly from your | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| this. But what you said tonight about the reluctance of letting go of this childish desire for | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| cope with it. This doubt results from your reluctance to trust your feelings. QUESTION: How can a | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| do so. What is the fear and the reluctance? You can also begin to observe your tautness | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| attention on these areas, you may detect a reluctance to let go. What is this reluctance? In | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| a reluctance to let go. What is this reluctance? In order to be unintense you need to | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| is of great value to merely observe your reluctance to relax and know that tension and intensity | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| intensity are the immediate blocks to self-realization. Your reluctance is directly connected with a reluctance to see | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| self-realization. Your reluctance is directly connected with a reluctance to see something in yourself. This, in turn | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| may discover these subtle reactions by observing your reluctance to take steps to realize a perfectly harmless | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| often a number of other reasons for this reluctance as well -- some of which we shall | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| into it. Once you overcome the hesitation and reluctance and let yourself into this experience, no matter | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| fear of moving, your distaste for it, your reluctance or resistance -- physically as well as mentally | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| of the more difficult steps out of a reluctance to face apparent unpleasantness. The self does not | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| that relaxed effort is impossible, search for unconscious reluctance to move forward. Relaxed movement is pleasurable in | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| movement is painful. Rather than denying the hidden reluctance, focus on it. Relaxed and determined movement into | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| to see fully how these reservations, your basic reluctance, are the reason for your darkness, for the | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| taking responsibility for the negativity in you. The reluctance to be truthful with oneself applies to even | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| exists within the psyche. Therefore there is a reluctance to give in to the sexual drive, for | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| thought pattern, you find a strange and inexplicable reluctance in you. It is as though a wall | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| will grow to fruition. The reason for this reluctance is very simple. It is the same self-protective | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| of creation to exploring the meaning of your reluctance to create what you long for. Find out | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| to it. This will then eventually dissolve the reluctance, so that you find yourself wholly free to | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| is a fact that human beings have a reluctance to let themselves truly be what they could | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| to meet the self -- and overcome your reluctance to do so. The fear creates a tremendous | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| numbed matter in you. The reason for this reluctance is that it is not quite clear to | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| look deep inside you, after having removed your reluctance to do so -- when you no longer | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
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| exalted, and very highly developed spirits -- is reluctant to recognize that others, in many respects not | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| for your spiritual development. Those who are constantly reluctant to work with another person lack humility, even | 38 IMAGES |
| mean very much to those who still feel reluctant about embarking on this path and who merely | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| to say that at first you will be reluctant to discover this within yourself. It seems much | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| is approaching and yet the personality is so reluctant and so full of resistance that he or | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| goes on in them also. When they are reluctant to reciprocate, you use the forcing current. In | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of love in reserve. From those who are reluctant to love because they are still living in | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| used in communication. QUESTION: Many times people are reluctant to change something about themselves. It might be | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| unmanly. And at the same time he is reluctant to give up his clinging to childish dependency | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| resistances and fears, and because you are so reluctant to give up appearing to be more than | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| and therefore the problem which you are still reluctant to face, perhaps one session with the medium | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| Relaxed movement is pleasurable in itself, while rigid, reluctant movement is painful. Rather than denying the hidden | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| frozen energy, distorted consciousness. Every time you feel reluctant to go into a pain or into your | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| rage, it is only dishonesty that makes you reluctant -- the wish to appear different from the | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| you? How much less are you afraid and reluctant to meet and expose the deepest regions of | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| in all ways. If you feel inhibited and reluctant to claim this full self-expression, it would be | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| as it may seem, that you are very reluctant to energize the numbed matter in you. The | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| it. As you know, I am usually quite reluctant to speak about past or future lives. But | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| You may first recognize the existence of this reluctant aspect of yourself only indirectly, by manifestations rather | 254 SURRENDER |
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| not fulfilled; therefore such people will have to rely on themselves entirely. They believe that everything depends | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| any real help. Here too one has to rely on intuition and inspiration. QUESTION: Perhaps he would | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| other people know better than you that you rely on their opinions rather than on your own | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| certainty, in clear-cut, realistic concepts that you can rely upon deep within yourself. By gaining self-respect, you | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| see what really is, how then can you rely on your judgment and intuition? Your psyche knows | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| also because then you will be able to rely on your intuition. By being willing to see | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| with pride and pretense. You will no longer rely on an idealized self, which cannot really be | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| peace. You build on sand and need to rely on things you cannot control. If you are | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| contradict the other. As long as you cannot rely on your intuitive processes, you must be insecure | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| build a genuine self you can trust and rely on. Then you do not have to fear | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| seems the only certain thing that one can rely on, one clings to it and does not | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| will dispense with brute force because you can rely on reason and fairness, rather than on power | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| will cling to an authority outside yourself and rely on an externalized God to take the place | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| with this power in order to no longer rely on devices from the outside, but to have | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| to make mistakes, to meet difficulties. You will rely on your own resources, will have the integrity | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| it has no hold, no security, nothing to rely on and becomes totally disorganized and disintegrated. An | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| by little a comprehensive picture. Eventually you will rely on this process as on nothing else. It | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| change and therefore succeed. If you had to rely on mysterious processes you could not activate, you | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
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| You try to make up for this by relying on others, or on false religion. This makes | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| instead with the superimposed layers of your personality; relying on public opinion rather than on your own | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| up again in the wrong way, by not relying on your discriminating ego to make your own | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| to lose, for you have amply experienced that relying solely on your outer faculties was how you | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |