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 Soldier.....................6
Plan of Salvation. You are then an active soldier in the fight. You are a front line 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
in the fight. You are a front line soldier. And a front line soldier needs better weapons 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
a front line soldier. And a front line soldier needs better weapons, more strength, and better protection 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
war, is the act of killing by a soldier contrary to divine law? ANSWER: No, it is 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
same as killing in a war by a soldier will not be held against him, if his 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
one, just as the goal of a sincere soldier may be a good one, but he selects 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
 
 Solid.......................17
with human dogma, and thus they lose the solid ground from under their feet. Both groups represent 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
possess yourself. Then you do not stand on solid ground. Almost all of you human beings are 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
that used to be shaky will now be solid. Now, if you asked me, How can I 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
you like air, but for us they are solid forms, walls built of granite. When, however, a 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
to God's world. It will become ever more solid; your recognitions will increase steadily. You will come 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
other way, nothing that is durable and really solid, least of all spiritual security, harmony and a 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
other way. And to form a durable and solid relationship in a marriage is the greatest victory 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
fluid, would be weaker than the sturdy and solid rock. Yet it is true that nothing has 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
your destructive processes and to build a real solid self that will stand on firm ground. For 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
brings out the intuitive reliable picture based on solid ground. It derives from yourself, from your own 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
emotions are repressed and you barricade behind a solid wall many of your productive, genuine feelings whose 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
according to truth. Constructive patterns cannot have a solid foundation before you go through the original pain 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
best, make certain superficial reforms that have no solid ground and are therefore bound to end in 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
so that people cannot get beyond the seemingly solid wall of matter that, as the ego perceives 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
a house. Some of the building material is solid, beautiful, and of excellent quality. Some is defective 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
reached in such a one-sided way is not solid and cannot be maintained unless the total personality 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
is one way of expressing love. From that solid basis a feeling-exchange can be built. If you 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
 
 Solidly.....................3
actively pursuing this path of perfection and being solidly rooted in it. You should therefore test all 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
a positive, benign circle will very definitely and solidly build itself. Now, let us talk for a 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
this is truly the more important, the more solidly grounded way. But the time has come when 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
 Solitary....................5
happiness, but prefers to exist in a grey, solitary world that seems risk-free to the blind part 4 WORLD WEARINESS
when you decide to withdraw and live a solitary life because you do not want to give 4 WORLD WEARINESS
reckon with the fact that you will stay solitary and will lack love. Certain joys and satisfactions 4 WORLD WEARINESS
the one who has to be put into solitary confinement, or the criminal -- who is not 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
let life pass by in the pseudo-safety of solitary confinement. This is why we are so very 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
 
 Solitude....................7
is a greater one than working spiritually in solitude with no one knowing about it. What God 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
An integrated human being needs both companionship and solitude, and both for constructive reasons, rather than to 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
in a love relationship; between the need for solitude and the need for companionship; the need for 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
barriers separating you from the life stream. The solitude of inner secretiveness cannot be relieved, no matter 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
cannot cope with people and thus escapes into solitude, rationalizing the escape as healthy. Such a person 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
others in a dynamic exchange, and being in solitude so as to refuel from within. They must 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
long practice and discipline. This, in conjunction with solitude and outer stillness may eventually produce inner stillness 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
 
 Solution....................163
problem. The difference is only in how the solution of a problem is sought, from what vantage 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
spiritual level can you find its true earthly solution. We often see that people know this or 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
be found in the soul. That is the solution. My dear friends, I now withdraw into my 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
the cause of it as well as the solution. Pray at that instant to God to help 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
and every individual. The supreme justice of this solution could only happen through the fulfillment of such 19 JESUS CHRIST
an understanding that war can never be a solution. There was and is spiritual progress, but not 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
good. It must come out as a happy solution in the long run. For this is the 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
all the outer signs that point to the solution will suddenly begin to make such clear sense 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
begins to turn upward and inward. The only solution to your life's problems is to make your 38 IMAGES
think that their own extreme is a better solution to life than the opposite type's. The reason-type 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
the harmonious middle path leads to the complete solution. Although there are obvious representatives of both types 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
comes of it, regardless of whether the ideal solution can be found immediately or not, it is 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
institutions that are, perforce, themselves imperfect. Again, the solution has to be found earlier so that this 47 THE WALL WITHIN
wrong and brings results equally disadvantageous. The only solution is to learn gradually to rid yourself of 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
or are willing to see. So the only solution is to turn about and realize that first 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
only through such understanding can you find the solution. This example is not directed at anyone in 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
another way out is sought which seems a solution but proves even more damaging in the long 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
Superficially, this may appear to be a smart solution, but of course it never is. Although some 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
truly and wholly enjoyable. If it were, the solution would be a true and realistic one. But 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
through added hardships before they can find the solution that lies right in front of them if 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
in judging other people, principles or whatever. The solution must always lie with the individual. Whenever an 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
child brings along unsolved problems which can find solution in the very conditions that bring them to 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
extreme, like the mass image, is never the solution. The opposite extreme, being a result of rebellion 62 MAN AND WOMAN
and unsolved. Forcing will not bring a happy solution. But in your self-development, wherever you stand in 62 MAN AND WOMAN
is not by convincing the other. Development and solution of problems can rarely happen that way, but 62 MAN AND WOMAN
such recognition, the nearer you are to the solution of all your inner and outer problems. If 62 MAN AND WOMAN
for. You did, however, desire sickness as the solution of a problem. Needless to say that it 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Needless to say that it is no real solution, but you thought or felt that it was 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
became predominant. Then came the recognition that the solution proved to be false and the conscious wish 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
part in you which chooses sickness as a solution to something that troubles you. When you find 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
in you where you wished sickness as a solution, although you did not wish for the problems 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
a consequence of your complete self-understanding and the solution to your inner conflicts. That is the only 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
them with the understanding that they are no solution and as a consequence you will feel safe 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
But this self-confidence can only come with the solution of inner conflicts and deviations. I would like 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
existence in you -- you cannot see any solution and will be unable to give up the 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
this way you keep moving upward toward the solution of the problem. You will increasingly realize how 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
disappointment is a tragedy to guard against. The solution of this problem demands therefore that you recognize 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
at the expense of selfishness is not the solution. Your aim is to become unselfish out of 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
people are in a way nearer to the solution because for them it will be quite easy 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
implies that you think there cannot be any solution. You may think this unconsciously. You may, again 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
this unconsciously. You may, again unconsciously, hope the solution will be handed to you, for you cannot 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
the opposite extreme outwardly. But since any ungenuine solution has a negative effect, so must this, too 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
is only one way for salvation and real solution, and that is love and truth. Neither love 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
what he or she believes to be the solution to the great problem. Yet neither has found 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
in a healthy way. You sense that the solution lies in acceptance. But you also believe that 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
this subject, the more we find that the solution lies in facing the unknown and confronting the 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
how you really felt, is not the right solution. To feel guilty and proud as you think 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
chosen by the person to use for the solution of life's problems. The attitudes of submissiveness, aggressiveness 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
in the psyche, how they form a supposed solution, and how the dominant attitude creates dogmatic, rigid 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
in a vicious circle. Unaware that the very solution they undertake brings problems and disappointments, they try 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
strenuously to pursue what they regard as the solution. The less successful they are, the more they 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
themselves, the more they stray into the wrong solution. One of these pseudo-solutions is love. The feeling 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
reality, a disturbed person who adopts such a solution is hardly able to experience love. In order 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
union, communication, brotherhood, sacrifice, as a rigid, one-sided solution. This is a distortion of the divine attribute 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
one needs to accomplish this type of private solution. Or, it may be a more general and 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
aggressive type, who thinks that power is the solution, is the artificially cultivated view of how bad 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
may in certain cases resort to the power solution. Both solutions are equally rigid, unrealistic and unrealizable 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
the third divine attribute, serenity, chosen as a solution and being thereby distorted. Originally a person may 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
because they violate the dictates of the withdrawal solution. These dictates are, You must look benignly and 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
all, of these difficulties, just because of your solution. It does not suffice to comprehend intellectually that 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
tantrums -- would that come out of the solution of power? ANSWER: You cannot pinpoint the cause 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
the submissive type who needs love as a solution for all problems. This one is so convinced 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
is so convinced that love will be the solution, and is so dependent on it, that when 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
combination. Each person has to find which pseudo- solution applies to his or her own person separately 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
because, after all, it was chosen as a solution. And, since this process of choosing was unconscious 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
come to awareness, for only then will your solution prove to be unworkable and you will come 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
personality unconsciously regards such an attitude as a solution to life's difficulties. The various aspects of the 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
is equally doomed to failure. People choose this solution in the unconscious belief that they will be 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
becomes too great to bear, this secondary, superimposed solution is adopted. The first two solutions are adopted 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
the individual. A further and very common compromise solution is to try and make either self-preservation or 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
for love, protection, and nurturing -- the submissive solution has been chosen in the belief that this 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
should, in order to stick to your private solution, and if you have the courage to acknowledge 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
submissive people who respond favorably to him. This solution, then, seems to work for him. Thus the 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
also has aggressive power aspects. So then the solution of superior power no longer works. In order 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
world is not equipped to find the real solution. Beset by problems it has brought into this 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
is actually realized, it becomes obvious that the solution was misguided -- and the soul is stunned 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
seems more pressing than ever to find a solution, only now you do not know where or 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
establish; this attitude represents your pseudo-solution. Your pseudo- solution, in turn, represents the predominant attribute of your 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
discussed why this is a wrong conclusion and solution. But may I briefly recapitulate? Although it may 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
result of such cowardly evasion, such a wrong solution. Using such evasive tactics you do not experience 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
remember the conscious declaration of intent -- your solution was to dull the capacity to feel in 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
in one way or another of the original solution that brought on such unassimilated experience in the 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
not feasible alternatives at all. The healthy, constructive solution is inner growth that must eventually make you 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
You will always want to find the final solution at once. And this urge is dictated by 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
mislead you and tempt you to seek the solution by an intellectual process, rather than allowing your 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
battle against giving up the sick, the erroneous solution -- whether it is illness or anything else 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
said before, the imagined advantage of the false solution pushes to the surface, but the personality is 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
constructed attitudes that unconsciously seemed to be the solution at one time. What I have told you 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
you in a trap. They offer no real solution. One alternative may seem outwardly right, but may 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
issue, you hope for life to offer a solution. This helplessness and weakness points to the immature 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
with yourself. You may try to find a solution by intellectual deliberations, which apply only to the 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
your strength to find the inner and outer solution, for there is always a good solution. All 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
outer solution, for there is always a good solution. All you have to do is see it 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
a good rich life, if you expect the solution of your problems and difficulties to come out 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
on remaining at the periphery and seeking a solution from there. People who are not alienated from 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
action, or do you insist on having the solution handed to you? Such dependency will show not 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
rhythm of nature and the cosmos. The only solution to reach harmony again is by fuller and 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
the problem resolved, one wakes up with the solution. Then one's unconscious mind has solved it.... ANSWER 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
as concentrating on the will to find a solution before going to sleep, the unconscious knowledge can 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
the only answer. There is never just one solution. You have learned many other aspects of this 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
that is equally shortsighted and unsatisfactory as a solution. Dependency on others creates fear and helplessness. It 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
your lack of belief in yourself. As the solution to withdraw makes you feel dead inside and 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
of the meaningfulness of life, so does the solution to submit rob you of independence and strength 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
nature, and thus hurt them. By the aggressive solution, you push people away and openly hurt them 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
you will also understand the opposite. Any pseudo- solution is bound to reject another human being. When 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
your real self, even before you know the solution to the problem. You, in your world, are 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
They exist because the troubled psyche seeks a solution, but the message is misunderstood by the conscious 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
realize that this ambitiousness is actually a vital solution by which you try to re-establish your impaired 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
cause you some hardship, will appear as the solution -- and you will do so freely and 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
one feels the habit is a protection, a solution, a necessity. Once this is brought out into 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
readily admit that this is not a real solution. It is precarious and can fail when something 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
wealth of wisdom, knowledge, power, love -- the solution to all that puzzles and confuses you. To 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
Humankind, too, has to learn to direct the solution of its problems by looking inward, behind the 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
concerned with the outer factors alone? Either the solution is a very short-lived one, only to manifest 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
way, all existing problems will genuinely find a solution. Permanent peace on this earth can exist only 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
while, you appear to get by with this solution, but as you grow older and circumstances change 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
as you grow older and circumstances change, the solution no longer words. So you discard it in 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
your previously limited accomplishments were not a satisfactory solution. These ventures, fraught with tension and anxiety, always 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
a pleasant outcome because this seems an easy solution, an insurance against an apparently insecure future, makes 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
come into your own and discover that the solution is so simple, a major transition occurs. It 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
difference on your path. It can be a solution to many problems that have remained stubbornly locked 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
will realize that no problem is without a solution. Salvation, my friends, lies exclusively in reuniting outer 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
the imbalance in the first place is no solution. Only a strong, healthy, robust ego can afford 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
you fight against that. Whether you use this solution or not, you will be torn between fighting 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
not one iota less aggressive than the submissive solution, whose hostility always smolders underground. In whatever way 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
mean that you should not seek an intelligent solution to a particular problem. But when you find 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
from the outside, that you cannot find a solution, then you may rest assured that old structures 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
you apart and for which you see no solution. This often causes unbearable tension and anxiety. This 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
struggle you go back and forth, seeking a solution. The more you believe in the inevitable truth 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
want to establish contact with it? The only solution then seems to be to concentrate all energies 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
denying the life stream, are nearer to the solution than those who deny and ignore their unfulfillments 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
consequences. The truth of the matter and the solution to this confusion can only be found when 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
one or the other person at fault, no solution exists. Neither of the two alternatives satisfies, for 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
same self-operative power can be trusted. Instead, your solution is to never trust any involuntary processes and 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
your ego-faculties. Furthermore, you ignore how damaging this solution is. In fact, the average person has no 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
person has lost contact with life. The self-indulgent solution is no more in contact with the real 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
the inner place where all problems find their solution, where no fear and hate exist. When fear 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
of being. Nothing can replace it. No substitute solution you seek or hope for can ever equal 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
more you will strain and grasp for a solution. As you are not conscious of this either 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
can never succeed, can never find a real solution that gives you peace. You approach all your 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
annul one another. In the groping for a solution with such erroneous premises, one polarity is always 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
very young, self-numbing may indeed be a temporary solution. For an immature mind unequipped to comprehend and 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
dealt with, numbness is supposed to be the solution. And movement removes the numbness -- therefore you 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
believe that there is no other hope or solution in sight. In that sense the perception of 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
life always is. Your willingness to find a solution is a commitment to find a new mastery 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
begin to envisage new possibilities, a completely different solution may appear. It may not be the ideal 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
way: you are unhappy and you want a solution to a certain problem. Or perhaps there is 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
confused. Release and clarification often lead to the solution of the deepest problems. It is as though 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
between blame and self-blame. Neither leads to any solution. But the moment you assume responsibility for your 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
two alternatives is desirable or can bring any solution. Your spiritual self cannot be freed unless you 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
you listen to the universal indwelling spirit. Every solution to every problem will unfold if you trust 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
long time you may get away with this solution for warding off the disaster you secretly expect 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
emptiness which is the result of your chosen solution, will you be sufficiently motivated to deal with 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
its greater total consciousness has chosen the best solution under the prevailing circumstances. In such circumstances, when 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK
act and react in your situation, that no solution exists but the negative one that creates hopelessness 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK
does not exist. Perfection then becomes a superimposed solution for the worthlessness that you do not want 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
complexity that is preventing a clear and direct solution. GUIDE: You see, my friends, the trouble is 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
you are not aware, you seek the false solution to self-love, which is self- indulgence and blaming 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
will come when you dispense with the false solution. It will come when you search arduously to 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
at other levels of reality to seek the solution -- levels that contain very personal violations of 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
so that new deficits will accumulate. Thus the solution never lies only in the form of government 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
effort and responsibility of finding an equitable, honest solution in which others can participate. Secrets are always 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
contact with Jesus Christ is again your best solution. Only through allowing yourself to know -- and 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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