| Shies.......................6 | |
| out this particular truth, if nothing in you shies away from it, you will find the answer | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| fear is an important reason why a person shies away from meeting the self. It is childish | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| reason. It is certainly connected with that. Man shies away from emotions. He is afraid of them | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| others, one sells out on a truth one shies away from naming. Freeing the real self is | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| perhaps, first even frightening -- that the child shies away from it, preferring the pseudo-safety of restriction | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| exceedingly plausible and serious in a world that shies away from a fresh, new approach. However, every | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| Shifts......................7 | |
| example of how the instinct of self- preservation shifts into a wrong channel and manifests erroneously. Your | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| not concisely acknowledge this fact, the energy current shifts into another outlet. Not being aware of this | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| is the result of both vertical and horizontal shifts. The intensity of preoccupation resulting from such displacements | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| necessary, nor really helpful for anyone concerned. It shifts the emphasis from what is important to something | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| life of as if, or pretense, which then shifts your sense of identity to your mask. You | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| this partial awareness makes so much difference! It shifts your entire position toward yourself. You no longer | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| into being. Little by little the false focus shifts and one's vision of life moves into a | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| Shine.......................15 | |
| sky grey, and then again the sun will shine and the waters be calm until the next | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| every one of your gifts will regain its shine, and the joy and pleasure that you had | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| May the blessing of God flow through you, shine through you, and enable you to progress farther | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| and does not permit the higher self to shine through, connection is made with the forces of | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| person does not have to stand out and shine and be better or higher than others, for | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| allow yourself to think the sun will never shine again you shall accept the darkness constructively, you | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| can expect is unhappiness; the sun will never shine for me anymore. You may indicate such despair | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| light comes to you again. The sun will shine again. So I bless all of you here | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| now, dearest friends, may the Light of Christ shine upon you; may it lighten your soul and | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| loved the desire to be approved of, to shine, to be better than others, to impress people | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| center, so that its light can no longer shine upon the personality and fill it with its | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| bubbling aliveness already exists. At first it will shine through at moments only. Eventually it will manifest | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| already existing state of love that can then shine through. Just imagine, my friends, the incredibly painful | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| to do with wanting to rise above and shine in the eyes of others. The claim of | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| decision whether you wish the Christ light to shine on your way and make following the light | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Shines......................4 | |
| of the layers of your lower self, it shines through to such a strong degree that it | 18 FREE WILL |
| very strong blessing, with a heavenly light that shines upon each one of you. Do not despair | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| hopeless, but fight with courage until the sun shines brightly again. With the mature concept of happiness | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| be dissolved when the bright light of truth shines on the soul substance that has been rigidly | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| Shining.....................6 | |
| by obstructing layers that prevent your love from shining through, from manifesting itself. These layers are, as | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| perhaps not all of you can see this shining force, you may feel it and receive it | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| self, your higher self still exists in its shining perfection. How can you reach it unless you | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| to sustain you. The light of Christ is shining upon you. Be in peace, be in God | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| We see it as though the sun were shining through dirty glass and the rays coming out | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| your personality if you are to become the shining light that repels dark spirits. The purification process | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Ship........................6 | |
| fear. You do not take command of your ship, believing and hoping -- again unconsciously -- that | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| way can you become the captain of your ship. You can recognize the pure truth of a | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| consciousness, and thus be the captain of your ship. In this way you will approach life with | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| flexibly adjust. The fine balance between steering one's ship through the river of life and the ability | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| will, who is at the helm of the ship, is always a channel of divine inspiration. If | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| the chart without which you cannot steer your ship. But there is a subtle yet distinct difference | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Shirk.......................11 | |
| do not love yourself so much that you shirk a little pain, but shoulder it courageously and | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| nature. All you have to do is not shirk the issue and think things through to the | 21 THE FALL |
| the significance of the situation, or you can shirk from the issue and refuse to recognize the | 31 SHAME |
| not love your ego so much that you shirk the healing agent of occasional pain. Pray for | 36 PRAYER |
| unhappiness out of error and ignorance, not to shirk it. At the end of the tunnel you | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| can repeat this experience whenever you do not shirk the effort of looking deep into yourselves until | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| live in truth. Even though you may still shirk love, you gain full possession of yourself by | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| unconscious material in you which you fear and shirk, you are truly independent of authority and help | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| a nihilistic philosophy of life, one can comfortably shirk unpleasant aspects of self-facing. This is why hopelessness | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| key for yourself. Of course, you can easily shirk seeing it by busying yourself with your explanations | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| the source. You are in illusion when you shirk full experience of the pain of this fear | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| Shirking....................15 | |
| and truly wish to find out -- without shirking from the truth -- and ask God with | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| decision has been made wholeheartedly, awarely, responsibly, not shirking any issues or possible results. Even if one | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| only true if self-love is practiced by self-indulgently shirking the necessary pain of life. This is the | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| to live according to life's rules and not shirking from the sometimes necessary difficulties. It encompasses all | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| follow an old line of thinking and reacting, shirking the real issues. Another important element of prayer | 36 PRAYER |
| go on this path and I am not shirking its hardships, then you have the proper and | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| and the responsibility involved in making them. Such shirking of responsibility -- for this is what it | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| grateful you will be to yourself for not shirking this vital part of your development. You all | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| to understand their inner significance, and by not shirking to overcome the resistance to do so, the | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| you gain full possession of yourself by not shirking truth. Thus you prevent accumulating avoidable real guilts | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| wonderful is the peace of truth by not shirking this truth. Be in God! 137. BALANCE OF | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| desire has to awaken to follow through, without shirking the effort that such a deep change requires | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| consider the possibility, with all sincerity and without shirking any effort, in any direction that may prove | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| face the whole truth about the self, without shirking the slightest or the worst aspect. Again and | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| faith, fear of exposing what is not perfect, shirking the process of becoming, growing, developing, of transforming | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| Shock.......................46 | |
| of imperfection, is the true self, then this shock would not occur. Therefore, this knowledge is important | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| third alternative is that there may be a shock reaction in the life of a person. This | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| how much knowledge this person can digest without shock, how the timing and the procedure should be | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in your human history. I know this will shock some friends, but I cannot help it. This | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| personality. This realization may come as quite a shock. People then will say to themselves that this | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| one time in your childhood you had a shock. When you think of a shock, you think | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| had a shock. When you think of a shock, you think of a sudden experience with a | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| and unexpected impact, like an accident. But a shock may also happen, particularly to a child, in | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| this is not so, it comes as a shock, although the realization may often come by a | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| in a slow realization, this threat is the shock referred to. You all know that shock causes | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| the shock referred to. You all know that shock causes numbness. Your body, as well as your | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| other symptoms. Thus the child will experience a shock because parents, the world, or life, are not | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| to be. Although the impression that created the shock may or may not be objectively correct, still | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| universe, therefore what the child concludes after the shock must be applied to everyone else, to life | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| an image, in this case not from a shock but from repeated impressions, and drew a conclusion | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| is a death like this not a tremendous shock? ANSWER: Well, my dear, you know that children | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| often discussed this. If it did create a shock in certain cases, then it was good for | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| not good for the entity to experience a shock, it would not have gone through it. You | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| slowly. Whether an occurrence in a state of shock, for a child or a grown spirit, makes | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| a disease, or of a sudden accident where shock occurs, there may be a longer or shorter | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| selfish reactions. Your selfishness may come as a shock at first because it is so different from | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| with the conscious one, the greater is the shock when one realizes the discrepancy. Practically everything the | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| on this path you discover, perhaps with a shock, that you, too, possess pride. But no matter | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| would I not experience a terrible fear and shock, even if right now I'm not afraid? ANSWER | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| of course. Whenever something happens to pain or shock you, you cannot help being in some sort | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| mutuality must come about. QUESTION: Psychiatry today uses shock treatment. Could that damage the psyche and the | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| the last few days how people received such shock treatments and it seemed that they were actually | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| because the cord is not severed. QUESTION: Could shock treatment damage that cord? ANSWER: That could happen | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| limitations. At the beginning it will be a shock to have to accept these limitations which are | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| scope of one's repressed emotions comes as a shock because it is so contrary to one's idealized | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| grow up affects you like a constant minor shock that often leaves more of a mark than | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| others suffer too. This reaction often produces such shock and guilt that it is entirely repressed and | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| the despised parent. This often came as a shock. But such insights indicate that you identify with | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| a different context that birth is a traumatic shock for the baby. When the infant is weaned | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| child suffers such denial, its psyche receives a shock from the repeated absence of pleasure and therefore | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| therefore the repeated presence of unfulfilled yearning. The shock prevents growth in this one area so that | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| that you have anesthetized what once was a shock to you. As you now know, the greatest | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| pain that adds up to a sort of shock reaction. A child responds to a protracted painful | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| intense shrinking and numbing defense. This is a shock reaction. You will see, with your new awareness | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| your new awareness, your soul movements, when this shock reaction is recreated in your present-day reactions. Starting | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| very involved with abandonment. ANSWER: Wherever the inner shock reaction has frozen the life center, this must | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| a specific point that is the trauma. The shock reaction in the soul may in one case | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| emphasis that triggered off most strongly your soul's shock reaction. In the last analysis it is always | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| and liberation as it was at first a shock. I would like to discuss the various steps | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| came to the Guide. She had also received shock treatments. Out of hospital, she proved unusually intelligent | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| is shocking. It is as if an electric shock went through you. Therefore, the ego must grow | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |