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 Serving.....................14
to experience Him, to serve Him, and, by serving Him, to serve our brothers and sisters. This 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
you may become a source of giving and serving. In essence, this means that the ultimate purpose 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
has outgrown spiritual infancy knows very well that serving one's own ends often brings greater disadvantage than 47 THE WALL WITHIN
blind reflexes. All subterfuges, rationalizations, explanations, justifications, self-deceptions, serving to deny automatism, must be ruthlessly exposed, investigated 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
human sphere of consciousness, with its repeated incarnations serving as schools of experience, is all about. And 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
Then the good causes can be embraced without serving as outlets for negative feelings, for repressed hostility 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
fulfillment that comes from giving to creation or serving a spiritual cause. You may not have specifically 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
in a great task which you are simultaneously serving while you fulfill yourself. You have found that 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
going into the self for the purpose of serving the universal creative process harmoniously and bringing it 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
in order to find this one common point serving everyone, a great deal of work needs to 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
goes with it for the purpose of truly serving a higher cause, then you have no right 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
person: a mate, a boss, a dictator. By serving them, you hope to gain the superior position 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
own world with many spirits of lesser power serving it. The hierarchy that is recognized in divine 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
ever-growing community a greater glory, expressing the Christ, serving the Highest. I want also to call your 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
 Setback.....................4
too, will hinder progress and cause a temporary setback. Here the entity's view does not include its 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
made, though we cannot foresee an occasional individual setback. You will come to feel in your heart 35 TURNING TO GOD
another will not experience as such. A professional setback may not be a defeat if your attitude 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
or dislike any material disadvantage resulting from the setback, but you will not feel as though your 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
 
 Setbacks....................5
and surely you will increase it, having unavoidable setbacks less and less frequently. Eventually it will become 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
of partial fulfillment will occur. There will be setbacks and occasional disappointments in which you have the 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
Such people, in spite of occasional disappointments or setbacks, have a life full of fruitful, meaningful relationships 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
As you experience your capacity to cope with setbacks and disappointments, to relinquish your will if need 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
First this happens only after periods of apparent setbacks and relapses, after finding the same aspects, attitudes 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
 
 Settle......................13
there is just one question for you to settle, and that is, which side is right; which 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
is true? Please help me. If you first settle this question between yourself and God, you will 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
the parents with whom the baby would finally settle down have already been chosen before the first 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
of you. Remember this, when you want to settle differences, and God will be with you. So 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
that this is all there is, and you settle down to a placid life without further searching 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
so difficult as you imagine. You have to settle down to want to do it. Clarify your 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
long as they somehow get by. They seriously settle down to changing only when life is no 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
know of its existence, you can begin to settle the conflict. Once the struggle is conscious, it 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
to be negative, so it is impossible to settle this struggle unless you know and feel and 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
must prevail. All agitation of the mind must settle down. The turbulence must cease. Then another kind 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
This can be resolved only when you seriously settle down to seek the cause for this conflict 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
of the little ego's selfwill mean having to settle for unhappiness and unfulfillment? Is the striving for 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
be happiness, abundance, and bliss? Why do I settle for the puny satisfaction of my spite, my 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
 
 Seven.......................13
them are equally heavily burdened. Now God had seven sons, those first created beings who were closest 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
Sabbath actually means rest, and it also means seven. I wonder if you could tie the two 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
know the esoteric, mystic meaning of the number seven. Seven is the holy number. It indicates that 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the esoteric, mystic meaning of the number seven. Seven is the holy number. It indicates that things 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
personal, psychological principle. The significance of the figure seven is the closing of a cycle. Then you 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to be on a deeper, or higher level. Seven indicates the phase that is most restful in 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is it not rather significant that the first seven words of Genesis, in Hebrew, contain the words 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
wanted to talk about the background of the seven deadly sins. ANSWER: I would suggest that you 101 THE DEFENSE
Be in peace. Be in God. 102. THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS Greetings. God bless you, my dearest 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
a psychological explanation of the meaning of the seven cardinal sins. What is called sin is the 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
fear. QUESTION: It seems to me that the seven cardinal sins are a subtler explanation of the 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
is really no difference in weight between the seven deadly sins? Sometimes it is said that sloth 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
faculties, and thus lasts longer. But all the seven sins are symptoms of the same underlying causes 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
 
 Severed.....................7
also of subtle matter. This cord is not severed. The connection still exists, so that when the 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
the subtle bodies back. When this cord is severed, death occurs. In local anesthesia, the respective organ 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
call death occurs when the silver cord is severed. But there are many stages of unconsciousness which 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
not really death because the cord is not severed. QUESTION: Could shock treatment damage that cord? ANSWER 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
which the contact is overwhelmingly negative, should be severed. As a rule, the more highly developed person 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
this state of ignorance, limitation, powerlessness, of being severed from the nucleus where there is all-connecting life 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
only much later, after the real has been severed from the temporary. Birth is always traumatic and 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE
 
 Severest....................3
such clear self-recognition, because you approach truth. The severest and most frequent violation of spiritual law that 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
will feel ashamed and guilty. One of the severest forms is that of cruel impulses. Cruelty will 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
being has done this, even in childhood the severest of circumstances will be experienced in an undefended 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
 
 Severity....................11
person. To fulfill a task demands a great severity with the self and by the self. It 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
unloved and criticized, or at least insecure. Their severity is a defense. If you rest secure in 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
that of the human being. According to the severity of a disease, or of a sudden accident 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
the reaction others have toward you. The self-righteous severity that sometimes takes hold of you -- quite 47 THE WALL WITHIN
same holds true in the opposite case. Although severity, injustice and fear may have manifested as the 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
healthy desire, or serious striving you show, the severity of your conflicts proportionately influences your activities, thoughts 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
yourself in this respect, your rigid, uncompromising, self-destructive severity which is way out of proportion. All this 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
Until a relatively short time ago, restriction and severity were generally accepted as the right way. The 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
people, by anything and everything. However, despite the severity of his illness, his exceptional intelligence, good will 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
painful the crisis is going to be. The severity and pain of a crisis is by no 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
acted out to a much greater degree. Such severity, however, also brought a certain rigidity and superficiality 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
 
 Sex.........................157
is necessary to experience incarnating as the other sex. Let me explain: Before the Fall -- the 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
the halfway line, the incarnation as the opposite sex would not be necessary. QUESTION: Are there entities 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
vice versa. Instead, the tendencies of the other sex will further and complete the unfolding of the 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
through offensive behavior toward his or her own sex -- and we will not go into details 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
as husbands and wives, because when passion or sex plays a role, it becomes possible to learn 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
The urge for this kind of love in sex is the longing for union with your counterpart 20 GOD: THE CREATION
Lord. 44. THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX Greetings in the Name of the Lord. I 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
between the sexes, the erotic force, and the sex force. These are three distinctly different principles or 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
is supposed to serve as the bridge between sex and love, yet it rarely does. In a 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
eros is just as often confused with the sex instinct which, like eros, also manifests as a 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
way. These three forces -- love, eros, and sex -- often appear completely separately, while sometimes two 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
while sometimes two mingle, such as eros and sex, or eros and love to the extent the 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
extent the soul is capable of love, or sex and a semblance of love. Only in the 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
case do all three forces mingle harmoniously. The sex force is the creative force on any level 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
of existence. In the highest spheres, the same sex force creates spiritual life, spiritual ideas, and spiritual 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
On the lower planes, the pure and unspiritualized sex force creates life as it manifests in that 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
destined to live in that sphere. The pure sex force is utterly selfish. Sex without eros and 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
sphere. The pure sex force is utterly selfish. Sex without eros and without love is referred to 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
without love is referred to as animalistic. Pure sex exists in all living creatures: animals, plants, and 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
realms. This does not mean that eros and sex no longer exist in beings of higher development 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
three forces. In rare cases, eros alone, without sex and love, exists for a limited time. This 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
later with the somewhat healthy person, eros and sex will mingle. The sex force, instead of being 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
healthy person, eros and sex will mingle. The sex force, instead of being suppressed, is taken up 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
standing, is the coexistence of genuine love with sex, but without eros. Although love cannot be perfect 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
and habit, because elusive eros has disappeared. With sex it is very much the same. The sex 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
sex it is very much the same. The sex force is present in most healthy human beings 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
Certain people believe that they can cut out sex and eros and the desire for a partner 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
is a common belief that anything pertaining to sex is sinful. The sex instinct arises in the 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
that anything pertaining to sex is sinful. The sex instinct arises in the infant. The more immature 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
idea that is in itself sinful -- whether sex or anything else. In the growing child who 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
the growing child who is naturally immature, the sex drive will first manifest selfishly. Only if and 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
the whole personality grows and matures harmoniously will sex become integrated with love. Out of ignorance, humanity 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
Out of ignorance, humanity has long believed that sex as such is sinful. It was kept hidden 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
you know that. Therefore, even in many grownups, sex remains childish and separate from love. And this 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
led humanity to believe more and more that sex is a sin and that the truly spiritual 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
came into existence. Because of the belief that sex was sinful, the instinct could not grow and 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
grow and meld with the love force. Consequently, sex in fact often is selfish and loveless, raw 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
beginning to do so increasingly -- that the sex instinct is as natural and God- given as 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
circle and more human beings would let their sex drives mature and mingle with love -- and 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
that matter. How many people exist for whom sex is completely separate from love! They not only 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
not only suffer from bad conscience when the sex urge manifests, but they also find themselves in 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
cannot find God when you respond to your sex urges. This is all wrong; you cannot kill 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
Only in the very rarest cases does the sex force really become sublimated so as to make 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
have discussed already, such as love, eros and sex or authority; others I shall discuss in the 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
longer be any reason to feel guilty about sex. Try to understand that, my dear friends. Try 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
Take politics, religion, your idea about love and sex, or whatever it is that concerns everyone to 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
themselves in choosing a partner of the same sex. QUESTION: The higher self has a desire for 53 SELF-LOVE
happens continuously, and new partners of the opposite sex do not bring the desired release and fulfillment 53 SELF-LOVE
something entirely different, a partner of the same sex is sought, just as other forms of perversity 53 SELF-LOVE
of the split, the incarnations change from one sex to another. If one part of the split 53 SELF-LOVE
part will correspond to it and changes of sex occur less often in the cycle of incarnations 53 SELF-LOVE
first time one is born into the opposite sex of the previous incarnation. But this does not 53 SELF-LOVE
next question concerns the concept of sin in sex as pointed out in the Catholic religion in 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the postulate of overcoming, or the conquest of sex. This is also postulated in some of the 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
as a result of the immaturity that said sex is sinful, the sexual drive was kept hidden 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Since the immature and primitive personality experiences the sex impulse in an entirely selfish and separated way 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and ashamed, trying, erroneously, to tear out the sex force. True, in the way the immature person 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
True, in the way the immature person experiences sex, it is harmful because of its self- centeredness 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
-- religious teachings will no longer hold that sex as such is sinful. Of course, lacking deeper 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
knowledge, religions had to assert the sinfulness of sex because the raw and often dangerous and quite 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the raw and often dangerous and quite destructive sex force manifested in the wrong way in many 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
avoid. The right alternative is to recognize the sex force as a living reality that cannot be 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
It is not more correct to say that sex is good or bad, right or wrong, than 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Because as a child you kept the infantile sex drive hidden. You were often made to feel 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
respect, and therefore the concept developed within that sex was sinful. Your unconscious wrong conclusions, plus your 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
one side was developed and encouraged in each sex. I will explain this in greater detail in 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
By nature, both qualities are present in each sex and could and should be developed equally in 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
own nature, considering the person rather than the sex, this will have very harmful effects. The incident 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
a valid part of the personality in each sex. People merely regarded Eve's activity as wrong and 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
other way. Love, kindled by eros and the sex impulse, can flower more easily than in other 62 MAN AND WOMAN
union, for companionship, and love with the other sex. It is also the origin of the sex 62 MAN AND WOMAN
sex. It is also the origin of the sex drive as such. This live imprint of one's 62 MAN AND WOMAN
conflicting with the accepted typical trends of the sex in question. One of the most stubbornly maintained 62 MAN AND WOMAN
deliberate overemphasis on the allowed trends fitting the sex in question. For centuries and centuries man has 62 MAN AND WOMAN
to have a successful relationship with the other sex and to make the marriage venture meaningful and 62 MAN AND WOMAN
because it is nourished by eros and the sex impulse. Without these elements the separation is more 62 MAN AND WOMAN
not have the help of eros and the sex drive. The maintenance of these toward the partner 62 MAN AND WOMAN
lecture 44, The Forces of Love, Eros and Sex 63. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Greetings, I bring you 62 MAN AND WOMAN
I have discussed is as follows: The awakening sex instinct mingles with the longing to be loved 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
case, the conflict is aggravated. When the awakening sex instinct turns to the other parent, the one 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
But since the basic need for the opposite sex, and for warmth, love, and affection cannot really 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
found that I have always shied away from sex. And I have further discovered that I feel 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
I went deeper, I discovered that, in reality, sex is pleasure. So I found that for me 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
woman more feminine. The tendencies of the opposite sex are not fought against, nor artificially bolstered up 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
in a way, but in thinking of the sex angle, when people are unmarried and unattached and 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
mean by promiscuity? QUESTION: You speak of the sex instinct as natural and right. But just how 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
is most preoccupied with companions of the same sex intellectually, mentally, emotionally -- and also sexually, as 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
self and of the parent of the same sex. But as growth continues, he or she reaches 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
he or she reaches out to the other sex. Overt perversion is avoided not by the inhibiting 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
to the outer world, and to the opposite sex. As discussed in a previous lecture, this movement 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
perfect union between two individuals of the opposite sex becomes possible. Apart from the immeasurable bliss of 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
her parents. Whether or not of the same sex, each parent stands in the foreground at certain 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
receive love and affection. Consequently, the need for sex is denied and superimposed with substitute needs. Feeling 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
need for purely sexual expression. A compulsion for sex may also be a denial of one's need 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
any of the aforementioned respects: fear of love, sex, self-assertion, vocational expression. The fear, I repeat, is 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
partnership, a difficulty in relating to the opposite sex. Let us further suppose that before you started 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
and one's approach and attitude to the opposite sex. Many a different path is taken when a 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
These distorted concepts create fear of the other sex and fear of not fulfilling one's proper role 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
naturally barriers that prevent relating to the opposite sex, which is one of the important aspects of 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
strife. When a barrier exists to the opposite sex, a similar barrier must primarily exist to oneself 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
must primarily exist to oneself regarding one's own sex. When a man fights against his own masculinity 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
protection, one creates a barrier to the opposite sex. This not only separates man from woman, but 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
the procreative urge. When human beings experience the sex force as something wrong, regardless of how unconscious 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
feeling may be, they must fear their own sex, fear themselves as men or women. They must 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
of transcending oneself in union with the other sex. Each sex feels unfairly put upon and resents 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
oneself in union with the other sex. Each sex feels unfairly put upon and resents its own 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
its own supposed disadvantages, competing with the other sex for its advantages. Hence men secretly envy women 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
being considered by the world as the superior sex. But these envies and resentments are superficial in 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
the more complete the union with the opposite sex. Such lack of anxiety, lack of distrust and 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
so it is here. Fear of one's own sex and therefore of the opposite sex leads one 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
one's own sex and therefore of the opposite sex leads one to level off the difference by 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
femininity and assuming the traits of the very sex one fights against. However, embracing yourself as the 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
one fights against. However, embracing yourself as the sex you represent -- and consequently becoming more able 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
consequently becoming more able to embrace the other sex -- makes you more masculine or more feminine 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
fear and resent the role of your own sex, and therefore avoid contact with the opposite sex 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
sex, and therefore avoid contact with the opposite sex. Examine what you believe are the injustices, which 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
it clear that the barrier to the other sex must go. In order to accomplish this, determine 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
women, each fulfilling the destiny of your own sex. The factors discussed in this lecture appear to 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
the barriers which separate you from the opposite sex. As long as these barriers exist, the fear 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
unconscious, the fear of love with the opposite sex, and fear of death. The connection between the 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
overcoming the barrier between you and the opposite sex, thus truly becoming a man or a woman 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
possibly fear other human beings, including the opposite sex. A great inner freedom and trust, born out 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
giving yourself up to union with the other sex and to death? The truth is that you 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
professed and actual; one's attitude to the opposite sex -- again professed and actual; one's reactions to 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
actually have relationships with others. It occurs when sex and love are separated, or eros and love 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
separated, or eros and love, or eros and sex. In these cases, a semi-conscious resistance to giving 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
is an envy in you of the feminine sex, for on that level, they seem to have 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
want to hit back at the entire female sex, all of mother in the whole world, for 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the previous questions wish to hurt the female sex out of anger, frustration and revenge, the sexual 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
capable of love and union with the opposite sex. For this relationship combines all functions and potentials 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Thus your misconception that union with the other sex, and the pleasures of this union, are bad 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
he has unconsciously held the common misconception that sex is dirty. The resulting inner split was that 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
from a simple, unconscious misconception. The misconception that sex is dirty led to the above-mentioned conflict, which 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
compounds the justified guilt feelings. The loveless, hostile sex makes the taboo against it seem justified -- 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
whole extending of personal love to the opposite sex; it is the individual's capacity to experience pleasure 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
to love, to the relationship, to the opposite sex my best, then you will find your suffering 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
the self and the other. Hating, selfish, cruel sex always produces guilt which is then dismissed and 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
is a concealed negative attitude toward the other sex you are not prepared to resolve. Whatever the 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
seemed different, strange, foreign. Distrust of the opposite sex was also very strong, of course. Man innately 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
the rebellion and the blaming of the opposite sex, the stronger must also be, within the soul 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
and therefore frustration and blame of the other sex, the benign circle will open the heart. The 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
fear, to envy, to resent in the other sex. Therefore they can open all the channels of 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
and fear, resentments and distrust of the opposite sex still prevail. Even more important, the will to 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
are not able to relate to the other sex and fulfill yourself. To attempt such relating and 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
small hidden crevice where you hate the opposite sex. You also defend yourself against recognizing this by 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
need to release the hatred toward the opposite sex. You have to pray for this ability: to 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
love, the inner act of releasing the opposite sex from the bondage of hate, distrust, and blame 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
people can begin to relate to the opposite sex in an entirely new way. I was very 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
involved in the forces of love, eros, and sex between man and woman. This power is the 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
Human beings who believe that pornographic or promiscuous sex is more pleasurable than the sexuality that streams 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
a low object in the man's mind. Pornographic sex can take place within the framework of respectable 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
moralists directed the accusation of sin toward illicit sex; toward promiscuous or pornographic sex that could be 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
sin toward illicit sex; toward promiscuous or pornographic sex that could be outwardly identified. It is true 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
another, both become negative. If love, eros, and sex were given their rightful places, then the real 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
importance of the wholeness of love, eros, and sex; of affection and respect; of tenderness and passion 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
liberation -- the unification of love, eros and sex -- can create the new-age marriage. Fleeting sexual 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
to a sexual encounter will become very different. Sex will never be casual or haphazard; you will 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE

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