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is the consequence of detesting one's submissiveness and resenting it. This resentment is, of course, projected onto 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of the other person. You go through life resenting other people because they do not respond to 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
success has unwittingly been forfeited. But instead of resenting the world for not supplying the desired approval 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
state of demanding happiness from life and others, resenting it when not given to you, and disclaiming 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
calmly without moralizing, without justifying, without complaining or resenting, then you do not discipline yourself. You simply 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
while actually suffering from thwarting that need and resenting the necessity to do so -- creates an 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
with the unsatisfactory alternative of either giving and resenting it or receiving and feeling unfree, inhibited and 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
yourself. This may take the form of rejecting, resenting, or despising them, but not then does it 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
the other person ought to be, and then resenting it when he or she is not that 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
it on yourself: to change from blaming and resenting to seeing your own hatred, your own enviousness 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
into the second phase: rebellion against the group, resenting it, avoiding it. You find that part in 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
defend yourself against recognizing this by blaming, accusing, resenting, and closing your heart and your feelings with 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
of concern, your unlovingness, your blaming, and your resenting others for the results of your own ungivingness 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
only the minimal amount of rebelliously executed duty, resenting anything that is demanded by life. Being full 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
 
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self- deception. While no hate may be left, resentment is still present; if you have not liberated 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
we should be aware of the hatred or resentment we feel. But how are we to relate 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
best to use for your problem. Hate or resentment may have different causes or motives in different 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
easy for you, if you do not feel resentment, resistance, or any kind of heaviness within, then 21 THE FALL
wickedness or are now only selfishness, jealousy, envy, resentment, laziness, or whatever else, makes no difference in 22 SALVATION
finally be able to do so without inner resentment. Furthermore, ask yourself: Do I really want to 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
are meant all who have no hatred, no resentment, no self-will, and no fear. They will be 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
fear, your self-will, your egotism, or a particular resentment or resistance to a person. To fulfill a 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
them. But there are also negative desires. Whenever resentment, fear, hatred, and the like are in your 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
feel an unpleasant emotion like anger, anxiety, or resentment -- and your days are often full of 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
The only way to do so is when resentment, hate, and fear do not live in the 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
have feelings of rejection, culminating into feelings of resentment? ANSWER: In the first place your vanity is 32 DECISION-MAKING
your fear will vanish, and with it your resentment. By giving up, I do not necessarily mean 32 DECISION-MAKING
give up the desire current. Whenever there is resentment, it comes from a germ of hatred. Hatred 32 DECISION-MAKING
itself as such anymore, but as long as resentment exists, the root of hatred is still in 32 DECISION-MAKING
the fact that you cannot change them. Your resentment means that you are breaking a spiritual law 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
these qualities within yourself. As long as hatred, resentment, and intolerance exist in you, you contribute to 36 PRAYER
to determine. Love has turned to hatred and resentment, justice to injustice, beauty to ugliness, harmony into 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
all, depends on how free you are of resentment and of blindness. In some cases it would 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
when its will is done. It knows hatred, resentment, and pain when its will is not done 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
a definite law-breaker to the point of acute resentment, dislike, and intolerance toward this particular authority? ANSWER 47 THE WALL WITHIN
inferiority feelings, guilt feelings, hostility, hate, aggression, ignorance, resentment, childish selfishness, fear, and a few other obstructive 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
recommended enough that you try to replace hatred, resentment, aggression with love and unselfishness. But before you 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
to feel rejected, which, in turn, causes hatred, resentment, hostility, and aggression. This is the second part 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
can make good for my past hatred and resentment. And since the little voice was at one 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
of detesting one's submissiveness and resenting it. This resentment is, of course, projected onto the other person 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
other person involved, although often indirectly and subconsciously. Resentment directed to the self is masochism. It is 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
self is masochism. It is the very same resentment: in sadism it reaches out to the other 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
for granted, although this does not preclude your resentment and rebellion against them. It just never occurs 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
able to take it with equanimity and without resentment toward the person who does not seem to 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
distortions of the first wrong extreme. Rebellion and resentment cease automatically once the personal inner issue is 62 MAN AND WOMAN
may suppress and hide her aggression, hostility, and resentment for the man behind the facade of a 62 MAN AND WOMAN
or you believe so -- you will develop resentment and contempt toward that person. What you see 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
unfulfillment. In children of the strict parents, the resentment and rebellion will be open, and therefore more 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
much you may love your parents, an unconscious resentment exists in you, which prevents you from forgiving 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
if you recognize your deeply hidden hurt and resentment. As an adult human being you will see 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
a perfect love from your parents and your resentment against them, you are bound to try remedying 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
confronts you. The next layer might be anger, resentment, anxiety, frustration. Behind all these reactions you will 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
masochistic submissiveness on the one hand and hostile resentment on the other. Underneath both sets of feelings 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
you do so when you talk yourself into resentment and contempt for a person because you believe 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
person and you are helplessly caught in the resentment. Your emotions become so strong that you cannot 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
also applies to negative emotions such as hate, resentment, and contempt. If you look deeply enough, you 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is often unaware of negative emotions, be they resentment, hate, or contempt. As far as valid desires 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
superimposed hurts are sufficient reasons to maintain your resentment. In this way, you go around in circles 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
projected onto others. Such emotions of contempt and resentment in turn contradict the standards of the idealized 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
as the submissive type is ashamed of the resentment and self-assertive qualities that smolder underneath. Power drive 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
bound to reject others, who will respond with resentment in turn. These are only a few general 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
of others. They do not see that such resentment is unjustified because they themselves chose this behavior 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
a daily resolution of intent. In this way resentment, guilt, anxiety, animosity, and other negative emotions will 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
outer actions. As you experience this layer of resentment and find what you really feel, rather than 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
about the validity of righteous indignation or justified resentment. I think you have answered both tonight. Would 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
only the clinging helplessness, but also the hidden resentment that God has not come forth to provide 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
hurt as a child, your reactions were anger, resentment, hate -- sometimes to a very strong degree 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
the next moment, you may feel hatred or resentment. The fact that you do does not make 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
only definite individual negative emotions, such as hostility, resentment, aggressiveness, and envy, but also certain psychological conditions 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
emotions such as self-pity, helplessness, hostility, guilt, and resentment are bound to decrease until they finally disappear 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
you must first become fully aware of your resentment against it. Only when you fully face the 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
against it. Only when you fully face the resentment against imperfection can you begin to accept it 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
your parent may be equated with disrespect, contempt, resentment, or hate -- in your unconscious mind, of 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
understanding has been gained, the sting of fear, resentment, self- negation, and self-rejection will vanish. And that 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
what you really feel. Whether you call it resentment or hostility, anger or hate, makes no difference 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
a positive into a negative feeling. You feel resentment, rejection, pride, and you withdraw either from that 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
want to give. If this happens without contempt, resentment of the other or of yourself, without self-doubt 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
directly connected with the departed one -- guilt, resentment, or what have you -- or whether the 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
feelings will get you into trouble -- guilt, resentment for doing what you now do compulsively as 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
in turn results in guilt, fear, uncertainty, anger, resentment, helpless rage, and confused fluctuation between giving in 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
unwelcome consequences. In both cases the result is resentment, defiance, and hostility. None of it may be 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
Then you do not breed guilt and therefore resentment. This is infinitely better than speaking out of 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
see that a great deal of anger and resentment exist not only in connection to what you 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
are frequently on a layer below hate and resentment. Hostility and other negative emotions may have been 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
is too much blind adoration, or too much resentment -- more than the occasion may warrant. Such 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
the result of natural growth -- brings disharmony, resentment, self-pity, and invites unjust exploitation. A good example 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
he emasculates himself. His weakness causes self-contempt and resentment toward others, whom he blames for the unpleasant 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
layer. As a further result, there must come resentment, dissatisfaction -- the fourth layer. As a fifth 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
layer. As a fifth comes guilt about the resentment. As a sixth, there is confusion because all 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
ward off disapproval, or just to survive, creates resentment and fatigue, and thus causes greater resentment by 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
creates resentment and fatigue, and thus causes greater resentment by making every further effort even more laborious 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
part of you resists? If this is so, resentment against life itself must be much stronger than 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
to want to put in sufficient effort, without resentment, is possible only when it is understood that 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
misconception, and the results of both are loneliness, resentment, self-pity, self-contempt, and frustration. When two people involved 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
bad. Ungenuine love is always connected with self-pity, resentment, hostility, and conflict. There is in it always 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
and tense struggle, in a mood of complaining, resentment, and self-pity. Meanwhile, you ignore: a) the intensity 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
is unhampered. The destructive forces of hate, hostility, resentment, anger, and cruelty that the individual fears may 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
grudges, one's old ways, which exclude others in resentment or censorship, or to allow a new spontaneous 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
is love, when inwardly you are seething with resentment and vindictiveness? You claim that your possessiveness and 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
want to remain separated, keeping my anger and resentment. When you can acknowledge this, you will instantly 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
clearly aware of them or of her seething resentment when they are not fulfilled. Healthy, openly expressed 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
parents are not finally responsible for your misconceptions. Resentment against them violates the law of self-responsibility. Similarly 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
natural that such a predicament induces feelings of resentment, frustration, anger, self-hate, guilt? And is it not 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
fear and creates greater fear, leading inevitably to resentment and hate. You try very hard to conceal 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
others for the lack. This in turn elicits resentment, bitterness, anger, and defiance. The resulting confusion is 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
the often strong temptation to indulge in self-pity, resentment, complaining, and accusing -- overtly or covertly -- 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
mother. In the blind, semi-aware state of this resentment he could not examine why he really felt 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
have created this condition. Thus the anger and resentment you feel against life will decrease. Anger, fear 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
you feel against life will decrease. Anger, fear, resentment and self-pity create tightness and brittleness. They numb 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
the opposite, your reaction can often be panic, resentment, struggle, resistance, and at times even a cessation 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
emptiness wipe out hope, blacken vision, and induce resentment, hate, blame, and often spite. A venomous passive 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
a reaction of ill will, envy, or blaming resentment in yourself in spite of being aware of 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
confused. You will always fluctuate between guilt and resentment, between negation and rejection of self, of others 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
that others may have more, or on your resentment that they do. It would therefore be wise 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
means. You will sense something and fluctuate between resentment and guilt, as I mentioned before. Lack of 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
her, and your feelings of hate, blame, and resentment. You do not wish to open your heart 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
The moment one feels inferior to the other, resentment, fear, envy become inescapable, and that, too, closes 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
Instead of inferiority feelings closing the heart, creating resentment, hate, and therefore frustration and blame of the 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
and you are full of outraged rebellion and resentment, for which you often manage to find justification 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
in feeling victimized. It can also manifest in resentment, blame, hostility, and overt hatred, with many shades 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
that is demanded by life. Being full of resentment, he will do what he can't avoid, against 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
usually a great deal of anger, bitterness and resentment. These feelings are not directed toward a specific 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
to keep yourself locked up in isolation and resentment. Desist equally from yielding to the temptation to 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE

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