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 Self-fulfillment............23
real meaning of life and the way of self-fulfillment. Then came the next phase, in which we 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
blessed, be in peace, be in God. 122. SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN Greetings, my 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
fulfill one's life, one must fulfill one's self. Self-fulfillment or self-realization takes place on many levels and 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
true fulfillment. This is what is meant by self-fulfillment. All who fulfill themselves contribute something to life 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
others vanishes, and therefore true relatedness becomes possible. Self-fulfillment also means something much more specific. Humanity consists 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
of men and women. Human beings cannot reach self-fulfillment if they do not fulfill their manhood or 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
which is one of the important aspects of self-fulfillment. Relating to other human beings is always a 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
though nature constantly showed that the happiness of self-fulfillment is a part of life which cannot be 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
letting go, but in reverse, which necessarily impedes self-fulfillment. The same fear applies to a woman, but 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
in the wrong way and thereby prohibiting her self-fulfillment. When a man refuses responsibility, not only in 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
freedom, and love, the result is unity and self-fulfillment. Harmony with the universal forces is established; continuous 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
relating. So, my friends, let us briefly recapitulate: self-fulfillment is dependent on fulfilling yourself as a man 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
one another. On the one hand, I discussed self-fulfillment in a cosmic sense; on the other, I 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
as well as a new inner understanding of self-fulfillment. For only when you are fulfilled can you 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
will then know the truth of these words. Self-fulfillment depends on fulfilling yourself as a man or 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
whatever may lead you to your destiny and self-fulfillment just because it brings joy, since you have 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
harmony with oneself and with life, and thus self-fulfillment. All three depend on awakening and activating your 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
wrong reasons. That is, they hear that true self-fulfillment means the end of frustration. Now, although this 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
real need to remove the blocks to awareness, self-fulfillment, to intimacy and closeness with others, is expressed 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
the familiar ego habits of finding security and self-fulfillment in at least partially negative ways. I surrender 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
relationships; more sharing; more creative experiences; more meaningful self-fulfillment. Your spiritual self will manifest more and more 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
with you as part of your task of self-fulfillment. Consequently, as you do the transforming work, unification 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
service. And service can be executed only through self-fulfillment. In other words, the apparent contradiction proves, once 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
 
 Self-generated..............2
already brought yourself into the momentum, where the self-generated effort carries you and you no longer have 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
the healing blessing that can unite with your self-generated new energy, is one such manifestation that will 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
 
 Self-generating.............3
the dynamic experience it otherwise is. Depression is self-generating. Since depression is the effect, it is its 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
quickly leads to a state where energy becomes self-generating. The effort becomes free-flowing and soon ceases to 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
strength to come out of vicious circles and self-generating negative attitudes and will make the understanding of 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
 
 Self-generative.............1
last lecture, you are moving into a new self-generative process of positive creation and experience. But in 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
 
 Self-giving.................1
surrender to those higher forces so that this self-giving may occur in harmony, in rightness, without strain 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
 
 Self-glorification..........5
drives are connected with your idealized self-image, your self-glorification, your feelings of inadequacy and your lack of 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
make you fearfully overmodest or tempt you into self-glorification. Listen deeply into yourself, test various aspects of 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
more separation, and self-idealization must be the consequence. Self-glorification and idealization seems, from this point of view 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
whatever specialty you have chosen for your idealized self-glorification -- then I will receive the necessary approval 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
deep self-acceptance and determination to do away with self-glorification and illusions about the self. The claim to 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
 
 Self-governing..............3
such positive desires, you will become stronger, more self-governing and less helpless -- and therefore no one 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
least retains a modicum of sanity. The exaggerated self-governing of an aggrandized ego condition is preferable to 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
of the vitality you need to be a self-governing part of the human family. You can become 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
 
 Self-government.............16
govern yourself. Once you realize your right to self-government, others lose their power over you. Once this 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
that love does not mean giving up dignity, self-government, and freedom, you will not fear it. If 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
That is an enormous difference. Realizing all this, self-government will cease to be a must, and will 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
Thus you are caught in a whirlpool, losing self-government. It is often the case that one resents 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
thing. Psychology also talks about the necessity of self-government and self-responsibility. At the same time, spiritual teachings 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
let God govern one's life. In awareness, however, self-government and accountability for one's actions, thoughts, and feelings 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
up so that the person can assume proper self-government. It is the same way with God's will 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
is the same way with God's will and self-government. Self- government does not mean self will. When 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
the greedy, childish self will is given up, self-government and entrusting oneself to cosmic intelligence become interdependent 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
become interdependent instead of mutually exclusive. Self-responsibility and self-government do not mean arrogant overestimation of the little 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
with that inner mechanism that affords you relaxed self-government and thus the capacity to build your life 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
without your allowing it. Your apparent lack of self-government is an illusion. How often you exclaim, But 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
is the way to achieve relaxed and truthful self-government rather than strained superimposition. This deep inner decision 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
lose the greatest power at your disposal -- self-government. You confuse this, my friends, with a false 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
at work in that you have given up self-government when you allowed yourself to be taken over 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
of your community, as well as in your self-government -- the government of the intricate and manifold 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
 
 Self-gratification..........1
what is on the scale does not warrant self-gratification. At other times, you will waive altruism because 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
 
 Self-hate...................55
QUESTION: Perhaps you might clarify in what way self-hate keeps one from accepting and loving? ANSWER: I 53 SELF-LOVE
loving? ANSWER: I did not use the word self-hate, I used self-contempt. I explicitly said that to 53 SELF-LOVE
it is too unbearable to be aware of self-hate, unless one unrolls this whole process and sees 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
all sorts. Anger, fury, shame, frustration, self-contempt, and self-hate exist for two reasons. They exist, first, for 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
be combined. Therefore, when submissive, such people feel self-hate, because they think they should be proud, aloof 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
avoid effort and responsibility, you cannot help feeling self-hate and self-contempt, and you become weaker and more 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
either self-acceptance and self- indulgence, or repentance and self-hate. On one level of your being this is 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
others, because you fear the whip of your self-hate. Once you can truly perceive that this dilemma 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
ideas have now a counterpart in self-indulgence and self-hate, both of which derive from cowardice, pride, lack 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
you are supposed to reject, produces the same self-hate you feel as when you lack courage and 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
whether or not you are still projecting your self-hate onto others. Then you will realize the truth 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
you will come out of the pain of self-hate. Be blessed all of you, be in peace 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
a predicament induces feelings of resentment, frustration, anger, self-hate, guilt? And is it not natural that such 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
affects you does not affect others as well. Self-hate, for example, always manifests also as the inability 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
When the misconceptions are being recognized, guilt and self-hate diminish proportionately. What are the consequences when for 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
much greater self-acceptance and understanding of reality. Unreal self-hate and self-disgust will go away. Equally unreal claims 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
one of hurried, impatient pressure. Both derive from self-hate. When you feel stymied and hopeless, take it 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
Denial of anger turns into hostility, cruelty, spite, self-hate, guilt, confusion between blame of others and blame 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
whatever you originally negated. Thus you compound your self-hate and widen the rift. If you are in 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
striving of the personality. The negative attitudes create self-hate, the self- hate increases hate for and distrust 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
hand there will be self-annihilation, self-punishment, and violent self-hate as a reaction to perceiving the self as 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
need to persecute yourself so mercilessly with your self-hate. There seems to be no way to avoid 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
cruelty, vindictiveness, and so on. The guilt and self-hate for these make the original pain seem justified 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
self suspects to exist and wishes to avoid. Self-hate, and a variety of other feelings which you 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
about your present state -- only leads to self-hate, denial, repression, self-justification and projecting onto others. This 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
its importance and you get stuck in your self-hate, which then makes you put the blame on 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
self; and you equally confuse self-devastating guilt and self-hate with honest admission of what is indeed wrong 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
it onto others, yet without a trace of self-hate. That attitude becomes available to the personality if 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
been eliminated. You are still stumbling over the self-hate in you. You often still stumble over the 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
still stumble over the defense against recognizing the self-hate and feeling its pain, because you secretly believe 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
you secretly believe in the justification of the self-hate, which makes the pain of it unbearable. The 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
self-love and self-honesty or, in distortion, self-indulgence and self-hate -- or, to put it differently, your need 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
the relevance. There is a direct connection between self-hate, fear of punishment, fear of death and the 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
in order not to feel and experience the self-hate and fear of dying, of death, of non-life 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
energy, and thereby creating a state of fear, self-hate, distrust and hopelessness. This is what I ask 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
that grow out of fear, lack of faith, self-hate, limited vision, pride, impatience, distrustfulness. You will learn 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
the unconscious process that makes you deny your self-hate and therefore your need to hate others. The 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
that you have to express and live the self-hate embedded in this aspect of your personality? This 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
due to your frantic attempt to hide your self-hate from yourself. The more you do this, the 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
more. The tragedy of this pseudo-solution to your self-hate is that as long as you use it 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
values, and that you are trying to eliminate self-hate through false means. The moment you can admit 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
acknowledge your lower self without becoming ensnared in self-hate. You will then see clearly that the more 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
self-indulgence at the expense of others and lacerating self-hate. The distortion is, to begin with, unconscious and 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
hate others in order not to feel your self-hate. The self-hate is a prison in which you 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
in order not to feel your self-hate. The self-hate is a prison in which you are truly 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
this and follow through consistently, an awareness of self-hate rises to the surface. At first, this growing 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
orientation of the outer path creates this growing self-hate. Of course it is not really growing; only 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
therefore hate others in order to deny your self-hate you rebel against others and wish for impossible 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
feel, and perceive has grown, but remnants of self-hate remain because a stake to hide them still 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
yourself? Where and how do you project this self-hate onto others and thereby increase the self-hate? Where 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
this self-hate onto others and thereby increase the self-hate? Where do you prevent experiencing your freedom by 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
how you try to talk yourself out of self-hate and into self-esteem on theoretical grounds, you will 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
fear, fear creates anger, anger creates self-doubt and self-hate, self-hate creates negative behavior patterns and self-destructiveness. All 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
fear creates anger, anger creates self-doubt and self-hate, self-hate creates negative behavior patterns and self-destructiveness. All these 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
could you ever overcome the hurdle of your self-hate that festers underneath all your defenses, if it 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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