| Respected...................9 | |
| How many people accept something said by a respected authority and yet reject the very same words | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| order to avoid friction, to be liked and respected, to never differ from other people, or avoid | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| a wise decision, but it has to be respected. Another reason is that it would not add | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| wish, that you can never be loved and respected, that life and the world is hostile to | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| unless you think you cannot be loved and respected if something to be criticized is found in | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| the apparent conflict of wanting to be loved, respected and appreciated and your pushing for it. I | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| is in itself beautiful, meaningful, and to be respected. It is the same with the evolutionary process | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| feelings for the woman he loved, honored, and respected. Sometimes the unconscious fear of the power current | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| consciousness. But only when the rhythm pattern is respected, accepted, adhered to and utilized in the most | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Respecting..................5 | |
| love others, often by quietly withdrawing and simply respecting them as human beings, even though they do | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you let the other be free, liking and respecting him or her as a human being, without | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| hope to become a truly self-accepting and self- respecting human being without giving up what truly impairs | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| It also prevents most individuals from loving and respecting themselves because they have no real perception of | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| complementing and aiding one another, loving one another, respecting one another and creating bliss and a new | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| Respectively................3 | |
| yourself as a man or as a woman, respectively. Ultimately, you cannot fulfill yourself without overcoming the | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| would they be connected with overactivity and passivity, respectively? ANSWER: Yes. The functions of the ego further | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| are also going through them on deeper, and respectively higher levels of consciousness-organization, until total oneness with | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Respond.....................99 | |
| it is as if their higher selves would respond and encourage them to sense that something is | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| your emotions and cannot be directly forced to respond to your wishes. The world of emotion can | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| he receives food. After some time he will respond instantly, knowing that food is now coming. When | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| reach that part of her partner, he will respond provided he has the maturity. He must respond | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| respond provided he has the maturity. He must respond. Whether this response comes occasionally through a conversation | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| believe that you cannot find God when you respond to your sex urges. This is all wrong | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| -- and, as you know, emotions do not respond to compulsion -- but also an impure motive | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| just need a little outer push, he will respond. But he cannot respond where his problems lie | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| outer push, he will respond. But he cannot respond where his problems lie in uncleared areas. There | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| side had won out. The outer result must respond to the impulse which is unconscious. The more | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| temptation, the outer occurrence will, as I said, respond to the negative side, even though you have | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| a level of pride, the other person will respond automatically in kind. If you are spontaneous and | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| hidden emotions, you will understand why other people respond negatively to something that you were convinced did | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| forcing current you cannot help being subjective. You respond favorable to those who agree with you, who | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| or her own reason, the other person cannot respond to your desire, you would be better off | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| life resenting other people because they do not respond to your outer actions. You yourself are unaware | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| even in your thoughts, the subconscious does not respond to such discipline. Truce, as you see it | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| she is most vulnerable. Therefore, the other may respond with unfaithfulness, because she is looking for that | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| that his or her unconscious soul forces must respond according to the law that reestablishes balance. To | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| affection and love toward the person able to respond. Then the mutuality will come almost by itself | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| so as to be handled properly. If you respond freely, mutuality must come about. QUESTION: Psychiatry today | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| vital and profound question will your live center respond and function to its full capacity, will your | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| made to feel inferior and will certainly not respond by loving those who have belittled them, regardless | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| strength is bound to reject others, who will respond with resentment in turn. These are only a | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| He has associated with many submissive people who respond favorably to him. This solution, then, seems to | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| power-driven, maybe a relatively healthy person will not respond to him with submissiveness. A third possibility is | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| free in a real situation. Therefore, you cannot respond to the situation in an appropriate way. Such | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| primary reactions. By observing the fact that you respond only conditionally and not originally, you will finally | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| of inadequacy when life and others do not respond to your wishes and frustrate you. Such unfulfillment | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| old images, the faulty perceptions, which make you respond and react in an automatic way, as though | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| you come into harmony by truthful self- examination respond according to law, while self-deception and lack of | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| father and mother within yourself and continue to respond to them, you experience your basic split, your | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| perceive the repetitiveness of your reactions, how you respond in later situations, to other people, in a | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| and the necessity of choice. You had to respond to them the way you did, not only | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| different kind of split. As you had to respond to your parents according to your split, so | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| have no application at all. You react and respond to illusion and not to the reality of | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| do not live in reality; you do not respond according to reality but send your responses forth | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| health and liberation of others who do not respond to one's unreality. It is certainly better to | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| the old drama of your duality, you will respond spontaneously to the situation, which will no longer | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| cares and concerns. It is forever ready to respond if you choose to request its service. It | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| human consciousness is automatism. In this phase people respond according to automatic reflexes -- emotional reactions based | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| in the lectures on images shows how people respond blindly and automatically. The more you are liberated | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| consciousness is blurred. There they are unfree and respond unconsciously, never knowing why they act, react, think | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| one finds an approach to which she can respond. It makes no difference what the angle is | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| mind sets the universal forces in motion; they respond according to the direction set by consciousness. Once | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| As understanding grows, the pleasure principle will gradually respond to positive events. The combination between the pleasure | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| their spontaneous reaction, more and more individuals will respond to positive events, situations, conditions. You all know | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| be accepted and loved, but unconsciously, they cannot respond to a completely accepting and favorable situation. In | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| states of mind. It is always ready to respond, but it must be specifically contacted. It will | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| invaluable. If you call upon it, it must respond, for this is the law. This is no | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| and in you at all times. It cannot respond unless your outer mind, which is separated from | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| meet each moment as it comes and to respond to it adequately. For such a flexible response | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| the same time, in their problem areas people respond to life in a totally opposite way -- | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| you close yourself against it. Your psyche cannot respond to the truth and to the spiritual law | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| with and through you and make you automatically respond in an adequate way. When people want to | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| wants to convey to you. How do you respond to it? Do you respond with your total | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| How do you respond to it? Do you respond with your total being? Or do you respond | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| respond with your total being? Or do you respond half-heartedly? Or do you resist responding at all | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| important question, clearly questioning themselves without delusions, will respond to life with their total being. Let us | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| of false relaxation that does not breathe, move, respond. Quite the contrary. It expands and contracts like | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| open state that enables you to comprehend and respond in an infinitely more adequate way than being | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| real self. This is why feelings can never respond to any must, issued either by other people | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| exists in human life. Whenever you notice and respond only to the outer manifestations of life, you | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| themselves -- you do not necessarily refuse to respond because you find the other person unlovable. Mostly | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| is coerced, it cannot unfold itself. It cannot respond, it cannot reveal itself. If the outer mind | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| every life experience freshly. You are conditioned to respond to it in a certain way. For example | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| following your habit-bound, conditioned reflexes, in which you respond to what you believe is good in one | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| further elaboration. Since you blame others, they must respond in kind. Since you are unwilling to be | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| commands that make other areas of your body respond. You decide to move your hand, to get | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| suit; then your actions and reactions begin to respond to new spontaneous impulses. And these, in turn | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| It is not the state of truth. To respond in that way to the negativity of others | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| on illusion. There is a better way to respond. Even though the other person may indeed unload | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| concise, articulate awareness, for otherwise you will unconsciously respond in equally destructive, falsely self-defensive ways. Then neither | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| when you encounter pleasure and joy. Does it respond with involuntary contraction, notwithstanding your conscious desires and | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| can activate the divine process and let it respond. The spiritual self is being impressed and called | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| you know that these processes are bound to respond and what you desire is in keeping with | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| power and consciousness within you is bound to respond. In the fourth and most advanced stage you | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| these gatherings, due to your development, you first respond to the pure influx of spiritual power with | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| It is thus quite logical that you first respond to this force with crying. Later, a new | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| these two possibilities in others, and you will respond appropriately to these two entirely different experiences. As | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| non-giving. You choose to ignore that others cannot respond the way you would like them to when | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| It is not very likely that you would respond to this act of love by being self-righteous | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| you make room for these verities and openly respond to them, the sooner you will experience the | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| give it care. Your appreciation makes the machine respond, even with its extremely limited, small inner nucleus | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| nucleus of consciousness that is just geared to respond and react, to be impressed and molded. Its | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| hate them, are annoyed with them, and they respond accordingly. The separation of consciousness that you experience | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| afraid and unsure as you are. They may respond to a kind word as you might respond | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| respond to a kind word as you might respond to a kind word. In doing so you | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| manifest by themselves. They need outer provocation. You respond with them to the initiating negativity of others | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| in reserve only. If the child does not respond to the freedom of learning, if he or | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| courage because the loved one may not always respond according to your desires and selfwill. To give | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| thought processes, in the feelings with which I respond to my experiences. You will find in your | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| some tangible or intangible way. You may then respond to your dependency and fear either by submitting | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| than the conscious part. The conscious part can respond directly to your will direction, but the involuntary | 254 SURRENDER |
| that part of yourself that does not directly respond to your positive intentionality and your goodwill. Be | 254 SURRENDER |
| lag behind, as it were. It cannot immediately respond and often stubbornly holds on despite your conscious | 254 SURRENDER |
| to change involuntary aspects that do not directly respond to your outer will? The outer will and | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| The outer will and the outer aspects that respond to it need to be aggressively activated by | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| responses, reactions and even beliefs that do not respond, no matter how sincerely your outer self wants | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |