| Rid.........................40 | |
| you truly want to purify yourself, not merely rid yourself of unpleasant consequences that are most visible | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| Thus you collude with them, and can get rid of them only through your personal endeavor to | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| you are truly on the path. Then you rid yourself of pride and falsity long before you | 31 SHAME |
| many incarnations, so you cannot expect to get rid of them within a few years. However, if | 31 SHAME |
| knowledge into your subconscious that you cannot get rid of the habit from one day to the | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| routine-bound person will naturally and without effort get rid of static habits. The erotic force will lift | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| hiding this conflict, you thought that you would rid yourself of it. In reality, however, in this | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| spoiling all the good plants, can you get rid of the bad plant without getting hold of | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| one way or another before you can get rid of that in you which causes and has | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| The only solution is to learn gradually to rid yourself of selfishness. This happens first by recognizing | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| the forcing element. But if you want to rid yourself of self-centeredness because you sincerely consider the | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| real reason to do so. You cannot get rid of the gnawing voice of that which should | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| error of this assumption, you can then get rid of the pride, the vanity, the self-importance: you | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| objective and detached view, you have to be rid of the illusion that every slight, hurt, or | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| truly experience them. It is impossible to get rid of the life- prohibiting idealized self-image if you | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| away was an ostrich policy that never got rid of the pain deep within. By drawing out | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| consciously experiencing these emotions, you will not get rid of them; you will not enable healthy mature | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| recognized as such and is difficult to get rid of. There seems to be in me a | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| not feel your hate, for example, you cannot rid yourself of it. It has to come out | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| fear. The more compulsively you want to get rid of the destructive feelings, the more you have | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| do not like and are impatient to get rid of, it always reappears in one form or | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| aware of it. But that is not getting rid of anything. Forcing leads only to self-deception and | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| everyone else's further insight? How else can you rid yourself of the pressure of repressions? How else | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| It is difficult, or even impossible, to get rid of it if one believes it fulfills a | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| habits that are destructive and difficult to get rid of. And always keep in mind that as | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| soul requires so many repetitions until it can rid itself of fear, particularly in the experience of | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| undesirable and the spiritual goal is to get rid of it. Other theories, particularly those that characterize | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| ways. They sense its existence and want to rid themselves of it, but the ways they choose | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| experience. QUESTION: How can I now completely get rid of the fear, because sometimes I seem to | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| inflict upon yourself and that you can get rid of today, if you so desire! With these | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| within me is error, and I decide to rid myself of this error and to give myself | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| think that if only you could quickly get rid of this block, you too would be among | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| yourself from this point of view. You will rid yourself of many ideas you believed were indispensable | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| favorable. For then you will want to get rid of the negativity and will seek the fruitful | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| flow into you in this state, you must rid yourself of the error. That is, you must | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| and wish to experience all accumulated feelings and rid yourself of waste is the best and most | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| feelings, which is that you can somehow get rid of negative feelings. This is a slight distortion | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| think of this work in terms of getting rid of feelings, you must become confused. I have | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| is a distortion to try to get completely rid of them. As long as you cultivate your | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| the Highest is a lie you need to rid yourself of. The more aggression you put into | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Ridding.....................3 | |
| the teachings of truth and love. Instead of ridding themselves of the foreign body, which can only | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| feel in your surface consciousness. The difficulty of ridding yourself of destructiveness is, of course, also due | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| real values, not to mention the relief of ridding yourself of an unbearable burden. The clarity, the | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| Riddle......................4 | |
| has chosen. QUESTION: This would explain the astrological riddle that sometimes death does not occur according to | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| and therefore also other people around you. The riddle will be solved. The puzzle will be complete | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| interactions between yourself and others that eliminate the riddle of life -- and the riddle of living | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| eliminate the riddle of life -- and the riddle of living with others -- and that increases | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| Ride........................10 | |
| to take refuge somewhere or I have to ride through the storm, which I feel I am | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| longer find the pain so unendurable. You will ride with it, as it were, you will let | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| the denial of it and the refusal to ride with it -- is the reason for its | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| resentments. I want to stop all that and ride trustfully with life. I want to honor God | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| in which they are either on a train ride, or are about to take a train and | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| process goes on as the train continues its ride, but the ego consciousness has a choice. It | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| what is to come next on your train ride. Imagine a train ride in which you want | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| next on your train ride. Imagine a train ride in which you want to experience a place | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| in the process of moving. Again, the train ride can be a useful analogy. Imagine stepping into | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| distrust, chances are you will not enjoy the ride, nor will you be able to appreciate all | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| Ridicule....................4 | |
| move with your feelings. Perhaps you fear rejection, ridicule, hurt, but whatever your fears may be, you | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| often keep a closed mind because they fear ridicule from others. Thus their disbelief is often every | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| Their still unresolved problem may be fear of ridicule and disapproval from the world around them; they | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| to be wiser and more knowledgeable when they ridicule other manifestations of reality. If personification of principles | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Ridiculous..................3 | |
| down you know that the unjustified guilt is ridiculous. It is as though you wanted to say | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| are new to this path, that this is ridiculous. You will be convinced that nothing in you | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| will emanate from you that will never be ridiculous or invite being taken advantage of. There will | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| Rift........................10 | |
| are right and the other is wrong. The rift widens, your anxiety increases, and the more weapons | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| dualistic split. In order to avoid a total rift, with all its real and imagined threats -- | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| a new mastery always means overcoming an imaginary rift that you experience as a painful chasm. You | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| manifestation and your consciousness appear inseparable does the rift mend and life begin to become what it | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| hidden destructive side. Conversely, if there is a rift between conscious striving for goodness, love and decency | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| too frightening to be acknowledged, so that the rift between the conscious awareness of self and the | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| self. Becoming conscious is to begin mending the rift; consciousness diminishes the rift. Consciousness must eventually lead | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| to begin mending the rift; consciousness diminishes the rift. Consciousness must eventually lead to acceptance of what | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| yourself and others, and how this causes a rift in you that makes mutuality and bliss impossible | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| Thus you compound your self-hate and widen the rift. If you are in shallow, unsatisfactory relationships which | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| Right.......................1291 | |
| no longer know how to act in the right way. Often their own inner sick currents, of | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| they are unable to perceive them as such right away. Such an overview requires a spiritual awareness | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| run parallel with what they have accepted as right in their thoughts, have already accomplished a great | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| more questions left as to what is the right attitude, what is just, and what is the | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| attitude, what is just, and what is the right action. Everybody has enough self-knowledge -- or should | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| cast off a particular fault, to set something right with a fellow human being with whom they | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| to slowly eliminate that which is not yet right within you, so that you become happier. You | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| it is possible to always know what the right action is. It is one of the things | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| Although they truly want to do what is right and just, they shy away from doing something | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| personal effort, you are ready to take the right course. And when the decision is truly the | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| course. And when the decision is truly the right one, no shadow of a doubt will be | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| truth of a situation and know what the right action must be for you, but only if | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| have to stand your ground alone, and act right out of your own will. And then, when | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| in many cases the spirit itself has the right to discuss its future life with those spirit | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| are often necessary to lead one to the right path and the right attitude. Memory fades automatically | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| lead one to the right path and the right attitude. Memory fades automatically the moment matter envelops | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| also that if one lives life in the right way from the spiritual point of view, one | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| one's will upon the other, no matter how right or well-intentioned one is. To the degree you | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| exemplify that the equation must always come out right: hardship is self-created, yet precisely because of that | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| as you also call it, meditation, in the right way. Because for someone who has gained a | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| if they directed the available energies into the right channels, if they only reset the switch. But | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| this way will have to arrive at the right conclusion and will have to make the right | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| right conclusion and will have to make the right decision, so that their lives become living religion | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| When you have learned to meditate in the right way, you will know how to view every | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| them to sense that something is not quite right within themselves. For instance, they do not know | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| does not come back to them in the right and fulfilling way. Then a feeling of weariness | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| but this capacity does not go into the right channel because distortions in the soul prevent it | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| energy of their feelings were channeled in the right way, even in respect to those few beloved | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| if you find that not everything is all right within you, then you know also that your | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| strength to react more or less in the right way, while the wrong kind of love is | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| in the inner sense -- they will understand right away what this choice implies. Selfishness, anxiety, oversensitivity | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| the hardship was unavoidable, your surrender was the right response, but now it is different. Now you | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |