| Self-made...................2 | |
| who pray daily, using ready-made prayers, or perhaps self-made ones, but without doing what is most essential | 36 PRAYER |
| a general, outer one, or even a rigid self-made one. The nature of the core is flexibility | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| Self-manipulation...........1 | |
| is peaceful because you assume full self-responsibility without self-manipulation. Neither do you say, Poor me, all this | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| Self-mastery................1 | |
| in God. In this regard, the attainment of self-mastery...there is a confusion here, I cannot express | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| Self-moralizing.............10 | |
| you approach the search with the attitude of self-moralizing, you will have difficulties. That is why I | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| as your right conduct is motivated by stringent self-moralizing, based on good or bad, your goodness or | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| truth. The connection between disproportionate emotional reactions and self-moralizing is quite evident. Both are based on an | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| without self-contempt and therefore without repression and without self-moralizing. The nagging, mostly unconscious suspicion that you are | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| be done if you moralize with yourself. Constant self-moralizing, which often happens in subtle, devious, hidden ways | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| As you become aware of and understand your self-moralizing and self-justification, they diminish by the act of | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| approach would be, after discovering and removing the self-moralizing attitude, to ask yourself, is my anger truly | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| you. Please do not take this in a self-moralizing way, and make it more difficult. Just at | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| not judge or moralize with yourself, because such self-moralizing was a hindrance, not a help. The time | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| You need to know it without self-pressure, without self-moralizing, without discouragement. All these forcing attitudes are destructive | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Self-negating...............1 | |
| act is by no means a morbid or self-negating process, however. Some of you may still wonder | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| Self-negation...............2 | |
| without effort. Cowardice, in its compliance and conformity, self-negation and denial of truth, opportunism and betrayal of | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| with all its thoughts, feelings, and intents. This self-negation, rooted in resistance is, and creates, evil. When | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| Self-numbing................2 | |
| At a time when one is very young, self-numbing may indeed be a temporary solution. For an | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| no child can help but react in this self-numbing way to all traumatic and difficult situations. May | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| Self-observation............33 | |
| controlling and mastering them. To achieve this mastery, self-observation, objectivity, and self-criticism are essential. If what I | 21 THE FALL |
| instance to work daily on your quota of self-observation and meditation in a detached way. By doing | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| do that constantly, your feelings will change. Constant self-observation and self-honesty will have a surprising effect on | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| promise you. If every day you do some self-observation work, and meditate on some of the pertinent | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| to train yourself to acquire the strictest possible self-observation. QUESTION: How do the different main religions continue | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| react. All these things are very important for self-observation. QUESTION: If one were to achieve purification completely | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| for instance, are such recognitions. In your daily self-observation, realize that you cannot change an emotional reaction | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| they cannot change at once. Growth occurs through self-observation from different angles. If you can follow this | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| existence of this conflict by recognizing various symptoms. Self-observation will reveal how you react in certain situations | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| experience as being true, if you learn proper self-observation. Foreground, that is, voluntary thought, is always clear-cut | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| the inner life, to reflection and contemplation, to self-observation. Thus, and thus only, will you be capable | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| my friends. It merely leads to a detached self-observation. As you do this, you will undoubtedly find | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| everyday life. The more you train yourself in self-observation, the more aware you will become of this | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| were untrained and unused to any kind of self-observation and self-honesty. From that stage onward you learned | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| as possible and yet continue your search and self-observation. Make this period, in its own way, a | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| itself, as it were. A certain period of self-observation is necessary in order to gain full insight | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| in reality -- requires a great deal of self-observation on your part, on a new level of | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| original childhood pain. It may take time and self-observation to distinguish the pain at all. After you | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| be very useful for your further work and self-observation. It will mean a great deal to you | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| your daily experiences, reactions, feelings. Keep up this self-observation, no matter what. Do not stop it, do | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| the effort to use will, concentration, and acute self-observation to detect the subtle -- and sometimes not | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| it your task, and put the emphasis on self-observation. If every day you devote a little time | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| Relaxed meditation, concentration, and a minimum of daily self-observation cannot possibly be dispensed with. They are the | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| if you tackle your resistance by constant honest self-observation, acknowledging the fact of it without self-deception, and | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| is must be absolutely abandoned before such healthy self-observation can exist. If the ego -- also the | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| explanations it will teach you the art of self-observation. Let us say, for example, that you feel | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| in a constructive way -- not before. Quiet self-observation helps you to accomplish this. Such quiet focusing | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| that you are capable of the kind of self-observation that recognizes both the sick state and the | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| happiness manifest. Thus, a very important facet of self-observation is to focus on your real attitude toward | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| subtle and concealed, it requires specific attention in self-observation and self-honesty to see this process at work | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| can easily be detected with a minimum of self-observation. They are manifest as soul movements that may | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| to walk through, in the well-practiced attitude of self-observation and self-confrontation, your limited beliefs and to truly | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| art of communication. This requires intention, thought, practice, self-observation. It means giving up the state of being | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Self-observations...........3 | |
| on this proving in your daily review and self-observations. It must be examined, analyzed, and brought into | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| the childish state can be perpetuated. In your self-observations you must find in what specific ways this | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| small assignment that you may incorporate into your self-observations and your daily review. When you find yourself | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| Self-observing..............1 | |
| through a negative period of contraction in this self-observing way, your ability to endure pleasure grows. You | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| Self-occupation.............2 | |
| who are ready for the proper kind of self-occupation, should of course also think of others in | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| The more you practice the right kind of self-occupation, the more unselfish you must become, and therefore | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| Self-operative..............1 | |
| challenged and found to be untrue, the same self-operative power can be trusted. Instead, your solution is | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| Self-pampering..............4 | |
| very opposite. If your will is free of self-pampering and is pure and humble, God's will can | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| the answer by testing your motives without any self-pampering or sensitivity for your ego, with utter and | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| proper kind of self-love. Cowardice is nothing but self-pampering, self- pitying self-concern. Courage ascribes as much importance | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| your pride, self-will and fear, your separateness, petty self-pampering and cowardice surround you with a wall of | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| Self-perception.............4 | |
| been faulty. You may also resist reconsidering this self-perception. You still battle what is and insist on | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| your perception of others be accurate when your self-perception closes its vision to what is in you | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| the all-important fact that truly alters your entire self-perception and attitude toward living. Not knowing this will | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| it certainly constitutes the most drastic change in self-perception and the perception of life processes. But working | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| Self-perfection.............1 | |
| will do a great deal more for your self-perfection and for your liberation, my friends. As long | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| Self-perpetuating...........65 | |
| fearful, bleak, strained, and lonely will become easy, self-perpetuating, relaxed, safe, and bright. You will feel a | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| everything proceeds easily, because the positive chain-reactions are self-perpetuating. At the same time, in their problem areas | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| always the principle of self-perpetuation. Autonomy is positively self-perpetuating, set in motion by reality consciousness. Again, this | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| see how the positive and negative attitudes are self-perpetuating. Take, for example, any healthy, positive attitude. When | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| is exactly the same in negative situations. The self-perpetuating forces, in this instance, can be changed only | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| of truth, where all good exists and is self-perpetuating. Therefore there is no need for struggle, for | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| reality, only then can the underlying world of self-perpetuating good be reached, where you no longer have | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| must be in the negative world, in a self-perpetuating negativity that you sow through your destructive wishes | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| into the other person. In other words, the self-perpetuating principle of insight and understanding has been set | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| a positive movement, which then begets a positive self-perpetuating cycle. If you are not yet willing to | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| feeling of helplessness or powerlessness is again the self-perpetuating principle at work in that you have given | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| exists because you are swept away by the self-perpetuating force of your negative desires, which you have | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| energy. In the last lecture I discussed the self-perpetuating principle. The sequence of chain reactions caused by | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| caused by any thought, belief or action is self-perpetuating, once the original thought is issued forth. If | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| expansion, constructiveness, agreeableness, and so on, since the self-perpetuating principle is at work. But if at any | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| next effect. This is the nature of the self-perpetuating chain reaction. When a negative chain reaction is | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| This then results in one of those negative, self-perpetuating chain reactions. The ignorance that all possibilities -- | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| this. Whatever the case may be, the positive self-perpetuating principle has been at work. All aspects of | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| permanent and repetitive ones -- are based on self-perpetuating processes. Each of these is like a magnetic | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| of a positively working magnetic field, or positive self-perpetuating energy. The negative magnetic fields of one's life | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| must be used to discover what the negative self-perpetuating field consists of, why it exists, and what | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| work with a more exact understanding of how self-perpetuating force fields operate. This will lead you to | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| to weaken in effect, and thereby a positive self-perpetuating magnetic field is slowly beginning to form. Wherever | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| field exists and what makes it a negative, self-perpetuating process. Therefore, I declare that I am going | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| I have indicated in the past, a negative self-perpetuating field can only exist when the pleasure drive | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| is so revitalizing and infinite, so undying, so self-perpetuating in its dynamics, in its aliveness, that you | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| presence of unconscious false ideas. You fear the self-perpetuating, involuntary forces. You are not able to explain | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| misconceptions. Yet, in actuality, you still fear the self-perpetuating, involuntary forces. You still believe you need to | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| less strenuous moving is. Movement becomes effortless and self-perpetuating. A very secure and pleasurable relationship exists between | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| more this path will help you by its self-perpetuating forces that are thus activated. Each successive step | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| most alive and creative faculty. It is also self-perpetuating. As long as the feeling world is predominantly | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| feeling world is predominantly negative and destructive, its self-perpetuating nature creates highly damaging impulses and compulsions. This | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| energizing mass of the highest consciousness and wisdom, self-perpetuating and self-creating. There is no word to describe | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| causes things to happen; the being principle is self-perpetuating and involuntary. Its effects occur indirectly. The pathwork | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| stopped. Charging and discharging takes place in a self-perpetuating, constant inner movement -- just as everything in | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| hurdles have been overcome, the path becomes a self-perpetuating reality, producing its own needs and messages, if | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| energy invested in it and this energy is self-perpetuating. It takes on its own momentum. The consciousness | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| power and the energies of creation have a self-perpetuating effect that only consciousness, with its knowing, will | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| gives you becomes more and more effortless and self-perpetuating. When you look closely, you will see that | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| in themselves if it were not for the self-perpetuating force that compounds each negative aspect in an | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| accord with truth and are therefore positive, the self-perpetuating momentum of the energy current will increase ad | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| founded on error and are therefore negative, the self-perpetuating momentum of the energy current will compound, though | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| being depressed will be set off in the self-perpetuating vicious circle. The consciousness of the person becomes | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| infinitum. It could mean eternal hell. The negative self-perpetuating principle is most obvious in the case of | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| express love will grow in an ever- increasing, self-perpetuating, motion. So it is with every other constructive | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| concept of life that accompany this forcing create self-perpetuating patterns, with many negative ramifications. On the other | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| experience you became part of the flow of self-perpetuating forces, without losing identity. You were moved by | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| state. Thus a larger vicious circle becomes a self-perpetuating force in your life. The creation of negative | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| spiritual energy that is generated by you becomes self-perpetuating. This is noticeable in your personal lives as | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| lower self grows stronger and the negativity becomes self-perpetuating. You then live in a small, self-enclosed world | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| power of the force field is self-indoctrinating and self-perpetuating; it is like a deeply imprinted motor mechanism | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| force generated through union on all levels has self-perpetuating life with both positive and negative aspects. Participating | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| formed so that the divine process is now self-perpetuating. It is so much part of the whole | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| abyss of surrender, giving up narrow selfwill. This self-perpetuating divine process brings a vital revolutionary change into | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| so highly charged with creative matter that a self-perpetuating chain-reaction of immense intensity follows inexorably. These points | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| compound, they become stronger and stronger. They are self-perpetuating, self- feeding, self-augmenting in ever-increasing speed and momentum | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| created. You discover highly charged energy that is self-perpetuating, that has found its own life. You learn | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| plan or scheme. This interweaving, forever accelerating, enlarging, self-perpetuating process of creative patterns, each in itself a | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| new approaches to the self and life. The self-perpetuating principle accelerates the psychic nuclear point so much | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| that has not yet occurred and is indeed self-perpetuating in its force. It is unprecedented, for there | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| can change from a negative to a positive self-perpetuating motion and creation, how you can create an | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| beauty, their energies will take you into a self-perpetuating, involuntary pattern that seems to make life dangerous | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| as it were, and then it becomes a self-perpetuating contraction. And that of course is indeed undesirable | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| and chaos. As usual, the process then becomes self-perpetuating and works both ways: The pain of injustice | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| as to the accuracy of your conviction. This self-perpetuating vicious circle, this law that manipulates your vision | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |