| Satisfyingly................3 | |
| life is to be lived as happily and satisfyingly as possible. I do not mean the ruthless | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| healthy pleasure principle manifests much more beautifully and satisfyingly when positive melds with positive. It is imagined | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| do, and do it consciously, wisely, beautifully and satisfyingly, although not to the same degree as when | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| Save........................16 | |
| God not break his own laws and still save those beings who longed for him? If He | 21 THE FALL |
| mistaken motive to go to war will not save you from the consequences, because ignorance does not | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| at your having been so blind. You can save yourself many a difficult hour by turning to | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| dissolves them. But think how much you can save yourself, if you are willing to do this | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| not get to the planned questions tonight. Please save them for next time. One more word, before | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| in the apparent opposite manner, they believe they save themselves from bondage. The healthier you are emotionally | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| much misunderstanding about self-responsibility. We always struggle to save you from your misunderstandings. We have to try | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| serves to gain something for you or to save you from some imagined disaster. When you discover | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| must not and cannot be a shortcut to save you from the labor and pain of self-development | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the opportunity to do something about it, to save yourself from danger. In other words, it is | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| holding on to the I-want-current is supposed to save you from. Of course the answer is that | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| who are supposedly responsible for your defeat to save face. All these reactions, and many more, indicate | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| instance, a little compliment, in itself unimportant, can save the day for you. A passing approval may | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| nothing to do with either black or white. Save your other questions for next time. I have | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| and hopeless, clinging to others to sustain and save them, rather than forfeit this false salvation. They | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| divine channel with the attitude that it should save you the work of living and growing, I | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| Saved.......................9 | |
| of evil. In what way has Jesus Christ saved humanity? In what way was his deed the | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| now understand why it is said that Christ saved you from your sins. This is accurate only | 22 SALVATION |
| the divine worlds. From this Christ has indeed saved you, and for this you certainly have all | 22 SALVATION |
| with whether or not a person can be saved through the medium of a Savior or through | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and say, I skipped a stitch. But he saved a man's life. He did good surgery. Is | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| solutions, all would be well. You would be saved. The idea of giving them up seems like | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| their way back to light. Jesus Christ has saved every single entity who ever was created, and | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| you. Much energy, expenditure, time and creativity are saved that would otherwise have to be distributed over | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| possible for all other incarnated entities to be saved from their painful state of untruth -- sin | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Saving......................4 | |
| he cannot change, goes with the stream, thus saving his strength for the issues where he can | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| reason and will have seemed to be the saving grace that controls, prevents and dominates the realm | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| you fear feelings and see reason as the saving measure, you concoct reasons for feeling. You are | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| is immense. It represents an immeasurable amount of saving for you. Much energy, expenditure, time and creativity | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Savior......................6 | |
| by that that he could have become a savior, a saint, or anything like that. Of course | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| peace. Be in God! The Wisdom of the Savior, a second-century Gnostic document. 24. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the Lord and in the honor of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Occasionally, I will tell you about | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| God and the love and light of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Receive the strength and love that | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| me whether I accepted Jesus as my personal savior and that unless I did, I would not | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| can be saved through the medium of a Savior or through a person's own efforts? ANSWER: I | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Savor.......................5 | |
| back, over and over, until you learn to savor experience to whatever degree this is possible at | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| possible at your particular stage of consciousness. To savor life in its fullest, you must eliminate your | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| so that it can dissolve. When you fully savor the painful experience, then you are truly overcoming | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| of this fear and longing. When you fully savor the experience, you dissolve it, little by little | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| encountering the temptation to remain in them and savor their passing gratification; through the deliberate overcoming of | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Sayings.....................8 | |
| you will find many, many instances where the sayings of Jesus cannot be interpreted in any other | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| divine wisdom. You should question rather whether the sayings are in the spirit of Jesus Christ. It | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| must benefit from it. If you analyze the sayings of all great spirits who ever lived on | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| is just the opposite of a contradiction. All sayings in the Scriptures have a much deeper meaning | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the path. With this work of self-finding, the sayings will have a very clear meaning for you | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| psychological terms, but in simple terms, like some sayings in the Bible which are clear even today | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| spirit I have stated here. Many of Jesus' sayings and utterances were not recorded and passed on | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| emotional forces at work indicate that. In many sayings of Jesus, as well as in words of | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| Scapegoats..................4 | |
| inner tension seeks an outlet. To look for scapegoats who can be blamed for these unpleasant feelings | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| and reactions is a very frequent way out. Scapegoats can always be found if you look hard | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| what is in you and seeks others as scapegoats? How can your perception of anything be accurate | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| long as other people can be used as scapegoats for your bleak moods, you are much farther | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| Scared......................7 | |
| a storm is brewing. Yet another is so scared that in his extreme fear he does not | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| with them, examine them. Many of you are scared of what may come out of your lower | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| friends. The majority of people are actually as scared of happiness as of unhappiness. You desire great | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| distorts in a different way. You are so scared to approach the truth because the emotion of | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| with one of our group members. She is scared to go into the subway. She gets physically | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| be involved and unwilling to risk pain and scared of loving, then detachment is a distortion of | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| my name being changed to Solomon. I'm really scared that he is going to say no. ANSWER | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| Scattered...................5 | |
| top may reach unto heaven...lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not understand one another... 8: So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| spirit was focused to one point and not scattered as is now the case with humanity, where | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| try tugging on both sides, leaving your energy scattered. You make up for this with a compulsive | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| evolution, there were only a few human beings scattered over the earth. Each individual lived more or | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Scent.......................5 | |
| by various colors and shades, but also by scent and tone and other qualities that are unknown | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| individual or particular with its own different color, scent, tone, and other qualities. If I were to | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| their emanation, frequency, rate of vibration, color, tone, scent, and all other attributes vary according to a | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| I may call it that. QUESTION: Also in scent? ANSWER: That may take longer; it would be | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| frequency rate, and its own emanation of color, scent, and tone. The same is true of its | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Scheme......................44 | |
| as this is possible tonight. QUESTION: Is the scheme or skeleton of the Pistis Sophia about the | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| own innermost selves that will fit into the scheme of divine law, that will go with the | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| or principles in the universe. According to the scheme of the Pistis Sophia, these forces are concentrated | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| is lecturing, you have a plan or a scheme, as you call it, where spiritual spheres are | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| I am asking whether polygamy is within the scheme of spiritual law. ANSWER: No, it certainly is | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| when someone thinks it may be within the scheme of spiritual development, that is a subterfuge. The | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| uneven. Because of this basic unfairness, such a scheme cannot work. For, divine law is always just | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| works arbitrarily. It is part of the whole scheme. QUESTION: And physical resemblance? ANSWER: The same thing | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| It is not shameful. It is in the scheme of universal development. I cannot tell you how | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| self disregards its rightful place in the overall scheme. However, if you are able to acknowledge, I | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| that it is itself evil, manifest in the scheme of creation as an equal principle to the | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| know that experiencing the fulfillment is within the scheme of Creation. It is good and right for | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| and mutual understanding. It is truly in the scheme of thing of the universal creative spirit. There | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| aspects of consciousness and its significance in the scheme of creation. Our work in the forthcoming months | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| meaning and significance of pleasure in the universal scheme, as well as for the individual human entity | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| on the philosophical aspects of pleasure in the scheme of creation. The only thing I would like | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| still has an overall balancing effect in the scheme of things, ultimately contributing to faster development. It | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| a strong center of light in the universal scheme of things. It has ongoing effects all around | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| proper proportion to the reality of the vaster scheme of your inner life and of universal life | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| connection with, and its purpose in, the whole scheme, it can no longer identify with the all-consciousness | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| personal purification proceeds, no valuable task in the scheme of things can ever be completed. This does | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| sense of your being a creator in the scheme of things. If you do not resist going | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| beautiful and vital living force in the universal scheme, affecting endlessly what is. I once gave this | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| same time, it is part of a larger scheme of purposeful patterns of creation. Let me give | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| for you to understand because it represents the scheme of creation itself. Let us take another example | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| relatively, only a small step in a larger scheme. This larger scheme, too, is only an infinitesimal | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| small step in a larger scheme. This larger scheme, too, is only an infinitesimal step of a | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| only an infinitesimal step of a still larger scheme -- as one human life is when considered | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| a small part of a larger plan or scheme. This interweaving, forever accelerating, enlarging, self-perpetuating process of | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| these particles is a part of a larger scheme, again, as I illustrated with other examples. I | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| How you, as an individual, fit into the scheme of the whole; how you can become happy | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| such profound harmony and lawfulness in a larger scheme that the human consciousness can sense it only | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| them within the framework of a larger cosmic scheme, as a meaningful manifestation of a cosmic movement | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| be overwhelmed by the grandeur of this divine scheme in which all is well, and there is | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| own function, its own meaning in the greater scheme of things. Both symbolize creative forces and currents | 228 BALANCE |
| of many other universal laws in the creative scheme. But let us now stay with this example | 228 BALANCE |
| that this movement is part of a grand scheme transcending the volitional, conscious aspect of your being | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| monarchical political system, which is part of the scheme of all things. But so is the second | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| I wish to discuss, a part of the scheme of things. Let us take socialism and communism | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| universe and are of utmost importance in the scheme of all things: the great battle between the | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| live on greed and power drive, when they scheme and lie to deceive the people, they always | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| you will fulfill your part in the evolutionary scheme. These attitudes do not grow from outside; they | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| reflects directly on your participation in the greater scheme of things. By knowing this you will perhaps | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| from this imbalance. It is all in the scheme of things. So far your inner development has | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |