| Smart.......................5 | |
| other group of people. This is quite a smart maneuver, although it is often unconscious. By accusing | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| exists that it is better, and even quite smart to be homosexual, he will find it much | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| unhappiness. Superficially, this may appear to be a smart solution, but of course it never is. Although | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| around me considers me special, better than others, smart, beautiful, talented, happy, unhappy, or even bad, -- | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| that it is all right, that it is smart and that many people support it. This perpetuates | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| Smell.......................3 | |
| for the spirit, fear has a very ugly smell? And do you know that your spirit, your | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| Children, for example, have a keener sense of smell, of taste. They are more curious about the | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| dualistic sphere of consciousness, what you see, hear, smell, or touch seems most of the time quite | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| Smile.......................5 | |
| and reaction. Now it is the fashion to smile at such ideas. Yet every human being is | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| the law of the Divine. Many human beings smile at the idea of the existence of the | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| the forces of evil, even more than they smile at the idea of God. Why they do | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| way or another. Gain this distance from yourself, smile at it; do not get involved with this | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| in oneself. You are worried that others may smile about you, find you inadequate. Or, perhaps, your | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Smolder.....................9 | |
| consciousness, remnants of the old reactions continue to smolder and come to the fore when you are | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| ashamed of the resentment and self-assertive qualities that smolder underneath. Power drive and aggressiveness can manifest in | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| considerable degree, but inwardly they still exist. They smolder underground and do their damage. That is why | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| all expectations are necessarily wrong, but because they smolder underground and cause a mutual strain as they | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| than the more specific, often unjustified guilts that smolder closer to the surface of the psyche. These | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| anger, frustration, hostility, etc. These feelings continue to smolder, but they may be artfully camouflaged, explained away | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| fulfilled experience of life? The latter thought may smolder secretly beneath your perception of life's limitations. If | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| experience aspects of the self which may still smolder underground unmanifested but which are eventually bound to | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| blurred areas in you would, however, continue to smolder, because without their manifestation you would not know | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| Smoldering..................6 | |
| So you can see the connection. These subtle, smoldering fears are infinitely more frequent and also more | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| from yourself in a very healthy way, the smoldering, unhealthy drive and force will be taken out | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| control, you will find a vast accumulation of smoldering emotions that you often believe to be entirely | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| are on the right road. But when their smoldering inner reality disrupts this false peace, they despair | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| too often one is unaware of such dormant, smoldering, festering confusions and apparent contradictions. Let us now | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| personal responsibility wipes out self-pity, resignation, passive endurance, smoldering resentments against the injustices of life, and the | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| Smolders....................5 | |
| and met when it is conscious, whereas it smolders like a time bomb when it is enclosed | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| Whether you manifest it outwardly, or whether it smolders hidden, your aggressiveness has its effect on others | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| It is put out of awareness, but it smolders in the unconscious mind. It is then that | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| aggressive than the submissive solution, whose hostility always smolders underground. In whatever way you try to win | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| expose your deficits and the inner bankruptcy that smolders underground. When you work with your helpers and | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Smooth......................19 | |
| this path does not mean a constant and smooth improvement of yourself and your life conditions. This | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| spirits are sent to various places--also on earth--to smooth the way and to make preparations by guidance | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| produces unhappiness, and sometimes the waves may be smooth and carry you into lucky circumstances. You say | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| for no inner process develops in just one smooth action -- are puzzled by the acute pain | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| both parties involved. By the same token, a smooth outer relationship, apparently devoid of friction, is not | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| the healthy soul the form is rounded, very smooth, and even. The substance is elastic -- a | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| It is life-embracing and accepting. Its movements are smooth and harmonious. All those adapting themselves to the | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| to the yes- current must be in equally smooth harmony, must reach perfection and fulfillment on higher | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| such areas you are apt to take the smooth functioning so much for granted that you are | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| there is also contraction, only in a rhythmic smooth motion, in a harmonious way. Unpleasure is an | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| loosen up the cramp and reestablish an easy, smooth, vibrant, flexible pulsation. Making such a comparison between | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| and an urgency which works counter to the smooth movements of the universal flow. The division is | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| the opening or closing of the centers, their smooth functioning or congestion, can be clearly experienced. The | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| to the human being. Now, what determines the smooth functioning of the energy centers -- and therefore | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| Tensions in the back distort and congest the smooth flow of energy. Let us examine for a | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| tight selfwill; it has to come from the smooth, healthy inner will. If you can do this | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| to devote time, effort and care to the smooth running of one's life. The greater the accumulation | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| hard-edged, pointed, disharmonious and raw? Is it a smooth, enlivening, soft flow? When you feel good, happy | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| open and alive, the soul movements are very smooth and soft, yet in this very softness lies | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| Smoothed....................7 | |
| for each individual; therefore the way will be smoothed for everyone so that all can find what | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| is ousted. Only the deviation or overemphasis is smoothed out. Certainly there is a predominance of one | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| is more difficult to overcome. Frictions cannot be smoothed over as easily as they are when eros | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| you will already feel relief. You will have smoothed the way toward complete clarification. You who have | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| you overcome this conflict, the pathway will be smoothed toward that real strength of living which lies | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| as the dent in the soul-stuff is not smoothed out. The healing comes about only through the | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| these issues. Only thus can the way be smoothed to let yourself go into yourself. Meditation is | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| Smoothly....................16 | |
| Then something vibrates inwardly. Yet, when everything goes smoothly, although a part of the personality may enjoy | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| up to it, whatever comes your way will smoothly carry you forward. While you are in unreality | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| on those aspects of the personality that function smoothly may lead the person to overlook what is | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| areas your life is most successful. Things go smoothly and effortlessly. In fact, you no longer have | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| self- perpetuating. Where they work positively, everything goes smoothly. You do not have to struggle. Desirable results | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| and confident in your own ability to move smoothly and purposefully. The more rhythmic, relaxed and harmonious | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| open. They allow the life force to flow smoothly and freely, and the centers distribute the right | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| center is underactive. The energy does not flow smoothly through. If the ego is over-tight, anxious, too | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| and self-willed, again the energy does not flow smoothly. Some personalities find it expedient to dramatize the | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| true. The rhythm of growth can then proceed smoothly, without the leaps and bounds of breaking up | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| itself is, and breeds, evil. Unobstructed energy flows smoothly and harmoniously, like a gentle river. When resistance | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| no longer be appropriate and could not run smoothly. If the owners were too rigid to change | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| such a way that your day will run smoothly. Devote time and effort to create this new | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| and firm is the desire? Does it flow smoothly or is it a tight, pushy current? If | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| entire path, in all its workings, will function smoothly and richly. You will have more abundance that | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| a small pain manifestation and what might dissolve smoothly and relatively soon, becomes more firmly entrenched and | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Snares......................3 | |
| aim is to attain selfhood, there are many snares to tempt you away from yourselves. You make | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| and become more and more free from the snares of negativity. This is not easy, for the | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| purely positive power without any threat if these snares were looked at, discovered, and dissolved. It is | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |