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tolerance and compassion in you, a lack of being able to accept people as they are. You 32 DECISION-MAKING
not work. By the same token, a human being bound to the world of darkness will have 32 DECISION-MAKING
In that way you act as a mature being and your soul must benefit from it. No 32 DECISION-MAKING
unaware positive side appears to exist. The human being is ambivalent; there are many contradictory currents in 32 DECISION-MAKING
should not muster this effort because you are being told to do so, because you want to 32 DECISION-MAKING
In the first place your vanity is not being gratified. Because humility is lacking, the unconscious emotions 32 DECISION-MAKING
except in the rare case when a human being becomes spiteful and unpleasant because of his or 32 DECISION-MAKING
must help. This realization will prevent you from being hurt unnecessarily, for people who are in any 32 DECISION-MAKING
healthy self-respect and do not love your greater being, which is the divine being you are, you 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
love your greater being, which is the divine being you are, you can never truly love others 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
true? Is it not imagination? Am I not being deluded about all this? I should like to 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
with my half-faith; the willing part in my being wants to develop and become a better and 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
And if you find that the feeling of being special may apply to you at least in 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
the cycle of the development of an individual being, decisions cannot be made by the individual. But 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
add that even when, on the whole, a being is not yet able to make its own 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
many, many circumstances. As I mentioned before, each being in existence has a record, called the Book 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
very limited one. That is why a human being is extremely foolish to try to judge the 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
according to the attitudes and activities of the being since the plan was constructed. At this point 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
gradually and slowly awaken in an incarnated human being during the process of growing up. That all 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
types of fluids in the entity that are being made by the experts in the sphere I 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
first about the physical aspects of the human being to be incarnated. The parental genes are made 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
fluids some consciousness will return as the human being grows while other types of consciousness must remain 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
their child. It may also be that the being first destined for these parents will not find 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
turn to God, and to spiritualize her whole being and attitude during pregnancy. When finally the time 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
on the other side. Now, probably every human being has the same allotment, or is that not 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
adopt right now the idea that each human being has necessarily been given many alternative plans for 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
destruction of a single soul. Never. No created being has ever been totally destroyed, not even Lucifer 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
knowledge can only be given to a human being if he makes an effort to attain a 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
God because of one's personal disappointments. The human being who does so has not even entered the 35 TURNING TO GOD
have in your soul, knowledge that penetrates your being through and through, forever a part of you 35 TURNING TO GOD
to be a medium for that. Every human being on the right road can receive answers from 35 TURNING TO GOD
logic -- why should God grant a human being help or grace simply in response to prayer 36 PRAYER
start where you left off without any self-reproach, being mentally and emotionally as relaxed as possible. Prayer 36 PRAYER
self-will, pride, and fear inherent in every human being will give way to humility, love, and the 36 PRAYER
pray that you can overcome your fears by being able to accept what you fear, provided it 36 PRAYER
should not try to force the state of being I am explaining here. You cannot force it 36 PRAYER
any child of God and for any created being no longer in deepest darkness, these extremes represent 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
not want to be unhappy! Only a perfect being could rightfully make the demands you so often 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
hurts and disadvantages? A searching inquiry is not being pessimistic, my friends, nor negative. Pessimism and negativity 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
Test these feelings. People often think that by being negative and pessimistic they can prove that they 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
bodies surrounding the physical vehicle of the incarnate being are prepared so that the conflicts should bring 38 IMAGES
have suggested here and then pray for guidance, being ready to overcome your pride so you can 38 IMAGES
may say in certain moments, All this about being born again with the same problems may be 38 IMAGES
will be opened unto you. The knocking symbolizes being alert and interested enough to figure out what 38 IMAGES
the wrong impressions and conclusions that a human being forms over the course of several lifetimes. I 39 IMAGE-FINDING
same holds true on all levels of your being. When I say, all levels of your being 39 IMAGE-FINDING
being. When I say, all levels of your being, I mean that there are several layers, not 39 IMAGE-FINDING
layer. In fact several degrees of consciousness and being exist about every conceivable attitude, about your faults 39 IMAGE-FINDING
wrong because they contradict another part of their being. In their confusion they might quickly cover up 39 IMAGE-FINDING
you delve into the deeper realms of your being, you will eliminate difficulties that exist only because 39 IMAGE-FINDING
person and hold your head high, instead of being governed by your false impressions and shame. It 39 IMAGE-FINDING
inner fears of life, of love, and of being hurt. Is that clear? COMMENT: Yes. QUESTION: What 39 IMAGE-FINDING
free from selfishness -- and scarcely a human being is -- it is certainly healthier to see 39 IMAGE-FINDING
produced without getting angry at yourself for still being imperfect, and you need to vigorously and actively 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
yourself again, Why do I feel guilty of being fallible, of making mistakes, of having faults? The 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
really to grasp, on all levels of your being, what your life and your conflicts mean and 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
One is that human beings are afraid of being hurt, afraid of things going against their will 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
You all know this. Since no ordinary human being is pure, pain is, to some degree, unavoidable 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
my dear ones. There is hardly a human being who does not want to avoid it in 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
you will become free. So, for the time being, approach image-finding from the angle I have just 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
it. (2) Find out about your fear of being hurt. Realize that this causes all your misery 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
alone would bring the highest good without it being integrated with the knowledge of the manifested world 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
Only what reaches the deeper layers of your being remains. That is why it is so important 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
again and again on new levels of your being. If you search successfully, you will encounter within 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
cannot grow up with the rest of your being. It could not change and adjust and learn 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
happens that a part of an otherwise mature being remains immature. Actually, this part continues to make 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
you still are in that part of your being. This immaturity takes over wherever your image is 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
get what is part of your unconscious demand. Being unconscious, you did not know of it. You 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
relatively is it silly. And you, intelligent human being that you are, find it difficult to reconcile 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
it to the surface while the conclusions are being formed and are still accessible. The problem could 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
you will know to the core of your being that it is that way. The equation will 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
that this is a world, a state of being, that can be theirs if they live according 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
already an act of courage for a human being to go through a fate that is inevitable 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
is essential for the free and harmonious human being. The more unpurified and disharmonious you are, the 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
this emanates from the emotional level of one's being. As you do the purification work, you will 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
some faults in yourself, knowing that no human being exists without weaknesses. But you continue to ignore 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
no way of knowing. When you persist in being blind to the faults of your loved ones 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
either act more secure than you feel, thus being untrue to yourself, or else it is the 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
other people think, and rested secure in yourself, being true to yourself as you now are, and 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
QUESTION: Do animals killed for the purpose of being eaten go into the same sphere as a 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
It is the same as with a human being. The sphere of a human being, coming into 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
a human being. The sphere of a human being, coming into the spirit world, is not determined 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
of a whole soul, just as a human being is one half of a complete spirit. The 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
With animals the split goes further. One entire being consists of many particles which are incarnated in 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
is very similar to that of the human being. According to the severity of a disease, or 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
feels different from other children. For the child, being different means being inferior. When he grows up 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
other children. For the child, being different means being inferior. When he grows up this trend sometimes 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
when you go into the depths of your being to face yourself in truth. For the sake 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
way. Since there is no completely purified human being, however, the three trends are often directed into 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
to curb the wild emotions that, without necessarily being impure, flow without purpose or direction. Only then 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
in their wake. Such a person cannot help being selfish and destructive, although this kind of selfishness 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
in one way, yet each was a distinct being, a personality in his own right with different 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
disharmonious in his activity, as an unpurified human being would be with an overactive current. He is 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
weakening it, as happens in the disharmonious, unpurified being. If you reread the story of Creation I 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
truly divine in every conceivable respect, instead of being specialists in one particular aspect. This process of 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
of doing, rather than in a spirit of being, as would apply for instance to love. QUESTION 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
all these types must begin by finding and being true to their natures; only then can they 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
to do with the divine in the human being. Yet contact with the divine world is not 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
permeate your heart, your soul, and your whole being at this moment. Know that you are in 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
to love. It brings forth impulses a human being would not have otherwise: impulses of unselfishness and 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
long for union with at least one other being. In the heights of the spirit world, union 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
where the soul is incarnated as a human being. And pure love is to be found in 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
selfish. Nor do I mean that a human being should not try to achieve a harmonious blend 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
sex will mingle. The sex force, instead of being suppressed, is taken up by the erotic force 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
marriages, my friends. There is hardly a human being who is not puzzled by the question of 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
Eros strengthens the curiosity to know the other being. As long as there is something new to 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
be, forever finding new vistas, instead of simply being carried as far as you are taken by 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
to discover forever new vistas of the other being. The more this happens, the happier the marriage 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
or she may know certain facets of your being, but that is all. This search for the 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
that is all. This search for the other being, as well as for self-revelation, requires inner activity 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
all the stronger as an overcompensation, they are being lured to sink into a state of restfulness 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
you discover in your partner new levels of being you have not heretofore perceived. And you yourself 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
you discover in your partner new levels of being you have not heretofore perceived. And you yourself 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
when you meet love, life, and the other being in such readiness will you be able to 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
a part of it. It is in the being that this whole and basic attitude is determined 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
soul means going into the state of inner being; the doing is only an incidental result, a 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
learn to reveal yourself to another beloved human being. And when you do that, you reveal yourself 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
it is abstract and remote. No other human being can see or hear what they reveal. They 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
be humiliating. By revealing yourself to another human being, you accomplish so much that cannot be accomplished 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
you to make the best of helping another being and yourself on the way to true love 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
and looking, always finding another part of a being, always revealing himself or herself only so far 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
a marriage is the greatest victory a human being can achieve, for it is one of the 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
they also find themselves in the position of being unable to handle sexual feelings with the person 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
me say this now: There is no human being to whom God has not given a guardian 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
to smile at such ideas. Yet every human being is given a guardian. The guardian's strength and 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
cause and effect. As you know, a human being can with his or her free will change 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
guidance and inspiration. If and when the human being makes the first step in the right direction 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
There are also many spirits around each human being -- unorganized spirits, spirits who are not necessarily 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
plan, what is the age of a human being? ANSWER: That cannot be answered by a simple 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
consideration all details of the incarnation of every being. So it must vary. The mass image is 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
that, combined with the personal plan, one human being reaches a higher age than another. As the 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
only as long as imperfection exists. When any being reaches perfection, that being will no longer have 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
imperfection exists. When any being reaches perfection, that being will no longer have to go through the 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
of incarnations? ANSWER: It depends on the human being. Many human beings have not reached the stage 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
you know yourself. But is there any human being who is not forced into reactions and decisions 47 THE WALL WITHIN
on the other, it resists and rebels against being restricted by authority. The child feels the authority 47 THE WALL WITHIN
restrictions; on the other, fearing the stigma of being ostracized, despised, of not belonging. This conflict can 47 THE WALL WITHIN
are represented in one and the same human being. At one time one reaction may be predominant 47 THE WALL WITHIN
good and very wise and very kind, without being perfect in all ways, and who is, therefore 47 THE WALL WITHIN
reactions still color your present reactions without your being aware of it, no matter how much you 47 THE WALL WITHIN
have colored your attitude toward God without your being aware of this at all. This message did 47 THE WALL WITHIN
dear friends. Blessed is this hour. Every human being desires to strive for perfection, for the ability 47 THE WALL WITHIN
desire lives in the divine spark of every being, but in its pure state it does not 47 THE WALL WITHIN
to fight against it anymore. As the human being develops spiritually and matures emotionally, self-knowledge continues on 47 THE WALL WITHIN
We are concerned, for there is no human being to whom this does not apply in one 47 THE WALL WITHIN
is the product of your thinking, feeling, and being, and it is formed from them. You cannot 47 THE WALL WITHIN
same thing goes on in almost every human being, only in a much more subtle way. And 47 THE WALL WITHIN
help me to reach the core of my being. No one can say then that I am 47 THE WALL WITHIN
or inevitable duty, or struggling against it and being forced to accept it against one's will. The 47 THE WALL WITHIN
that in you which is the state of being. It is what you are, not what you 47 THE WALL WITHIN
purpose. It is something that not every human being carries about. I cannot express it in any 47 THE WALL WITHIN

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