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everyone without exception. For a few a more spontaneous way may be better, but only when in 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
will respond automatically in kind. If you are spontaneous and genuine, you will find such immediate response 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
other person will feel your openness, and a spontaneous, free situation can slowly grow. My dearest friends 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
each moment. Your reactions will be much more spontaneous and healthy, your intuition more reliable. I am 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
his love-capacity. In this partner the free and spontaneous expression of love may be paralyzed and inhibited 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
your real self with all its natural, beautiful, spontaneous right reactions was constantly hampered. Your real self 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
or action, and no wavering. Your instant and spontaneous reaction is of such a nature that you 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
matter how much it is camouflaged. Your right, spontaneous, uninhibited expression depends solely on whether or not 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
function to its full capacity, will you become spontaneous, free of all compulsions, will you trust in 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
a healthy trust in yourself, in your natural, spontaneous reactions, will follow. You will become more lenient 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
reality and cope with it, you cannot be spontaneous. You dare not consult your intuitive impressions which 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
to fulfill your need. Either your free and spontaneous reactions will produce favorable circumstances for you, so 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
that you will be liked, or, in your spontaneous primary reaction, seeing the truth you will perceive 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
same anew, you will finally experience this automatic, spontaneous new reaction. It is never a forced and 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
commands? The real self always dares to be spontaneous. Spontaneity is out of the question when emotions 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
that cripples their functioning. Your intuitive, creative, and spontaneous capacities cannot unfold. You substitute other faculties for 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
others or by yourself. Genuine feelings are always spontaneous and come of themselves. They are an indirect 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
Meaning is alive, it is forever a fresh, spontaneous experience, and you have to guard yourself against 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
not of thought and will, but of a spontaneous, creative experience that comes into being unbidden, when 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
of awakening causes man to wonder. In this spontaneous experience of wonder and perception, he often has 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
he relates no longer according to a genuine, spontaneous, creative experience, but to a projection of himself 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
to ask questions and wonder, and in this spontaneous experience of wondering and allowing new considerations to 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
outgoing to others, it is not a natural, spontaneous process, but artificial and compulsive. But this natural 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
thus cope with, their resistance. If there are spontaneous questions referring to this lecture, please ask them 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
particularly when being alert to oneself, but usually spontaneous feelings for the new person also exist, which 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
They can never afford to be free and spontaneous; instead they constantly hold themselves in check. How 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
in God! 133. LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF Greetings, my 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
it be a commandment. It is a free, spontaneous soul movement. The more people try to love 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
artificial, superimposed commands from the intellect, but the spontaneous inner activity of the heart. When love exists 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
the real self, the live center where a spontaneous, loving intelligence and fulfillment without conflict awaits you 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
allow all inner movements to perform with their spontaneous rhythm, even if at the beginning of their 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
be forced, commanded, or superimposed. They are a spontaneous expression, happening as an organic, natural result of 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
not an intellectual consideration, but, as always, a spontaneous manifestation of the real self. If necessary, such 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
closely, one might often observe that the first spontaneous reaction to others is a feeling for and 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
all destructiveness, all evil results from denying the spontaneous real self, and substituting secondary reactions that in 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
extent; it not only prohibits the influx of spontaneous positive feelings but also wards off fear and 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
You seem to have no control over your spontaneous feeling reactions. This, too, can be quite frightening 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
fate seems to control your inner body, your spontaneous reactions, and a number of outer circumstances. But 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
between your consciousness and your inner body, your spontaneous feelings and your life? The same relationship exists 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
inner orientation of the pleasure principle. In their spontaneous reaction, more and more individuals will respond to 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
and why you stand guard over the most spontaneous and creative forces within yourself. You will see 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
inner wisdom will activate you. This is a spontaneous process that comes quite effortlessly. But first you 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
be activated. Then relationship with another can be spontaneous and mutually satisfying. Not in contact with your 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
completely constructive psyche, the personality can trust its spontaneous, unchecked, free expressions. It can give itself up 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
the personality does not dare to invest natural, spontaneous feelings in certain areas -- out of fear 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
non- volitional self. The latter manifests in a spontaneous, unbidden, indirect way and is not controllable by 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
in others, finding a harmony between their unhampered, spontaneous feelings and life. With others, this is true 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
where the human experience requires the most direct, spontaneous freedom of feelings, where the joy and the 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
one unaware of how one holds back the spontaneous flow of natural feelings, and the illusion that 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
and the false feelings, the genuine wellspring of spontaneous life and the drummed up, manufactured emotions, instituted 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
-- false goodness, sentimentality. It is free and spontaneous, since love has nothing whatever to do with 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
consciousness or as energy, is that it is spontaneous. It cannot possibly reveal itself through a laborious 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
life, frees the self. This is how the spontaneous processes begin. They are never consciously volitional. Hence 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
the less possibility is there of experiencing the spontaneous life principle in the self. The life principle 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
reaction to your surroundings. Something that is not spontaneous and involuntary, something that is directly rather than 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
and trusting the flow of involuntary processes, of spontaneous feelings. The difficult experience should never be taken 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
results from ignoring the fact that feelings, intuition, spontaneous thoughts and inspiration, creative processes, undergo their law 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
you need to guard against anything. A relaxed, spontaneous being is at one with the cosmic flow 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
manifest. The self can manifest only as a spontaneous expression. Such spontaneity exists, for example, when knowledge 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
courage to acknowledge and follow through such intuitive, spontaneous manifestations of their inner being. The real artists 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
happen? This dangerous something would manifest from the spontaneous depth of their being. What is it? Fundamentally 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
less possible it is for you to be spontaneous and thus to allow the destructive emotion to 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
because they require an unguardedness that trusts the spontaneous inner nature. Love forces can remain alive only 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
process of living. Without the cooperation of the spontaneous inner nature life becomes impoverished. But the acceptance 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
love doubly: either one gives in to its spontaneous manifestation, then it becomes wicked, or one cuts 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
in both instances, for the natural impulse, the spontaneous urge, is to give abundantly -- as abundantly 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
self-assertion takes over, the less real generosity and spontaneous outflow exist. There are innumerable occasions in people's 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
resentment or censorship, or to allow a new spontaneous attitude to come forth from the depth of 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
and restricted, guarded and overwatchful, unable to be spontaneous, always determining with the mind and the will 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
Both are coercive, both deny the real, the spontaneous, the free, the natural, which alone can bring 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
emotional level, where you do not allow the spontaneous and natural flow of your feelings, where you 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
to do now. You will stop undermining the spontaneous processes, and you will learn to trust them 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
precisely why you fear the involuntary forces of spontaneous good feelings. To the degree you cling to 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
you find your own truth as a direct, spontaneous experience from within. In the first moments of 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
given moment. The recognition becomes more and more spontaneous and automatic as the self unfolds and integrates 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
by themselves and that healthy growth is a spontaneous process that cannot be forced. But they use 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
a reorientation can begin. True change is a spontaneous process that happens quite by itself -- or 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
waiting, but their active, initiating powers and the spontaneous, indirect manifestations of growth are just as disconnected 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
-- are not your own true, free, and spontaneous reactions, but preconceived reflexes. They result not only 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
in genuine love, in a free spirit of spontaneous giving. When genuine love is present, the idea 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
the willpower to hold back, to discipline all spontaneous impulses. When this consciousness grows and the negativity 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
and petty, distrustful withholding of all the generous spontaneous moves of the soul close the very door 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
no longer be on guard against your own spontaneous reactions, you will be free enough to activate 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
to the compulsion. Real growth leads to effortless, spontaneous change that comes so naturally that it may 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
the more he must hold back his natural, spontaneous feelings. The more he holds back, the less 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
the other person. Outgoingness, if genuine, is a spontaneous expression of a warm, loving personality who wants 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
quickly accessible. When you relate in a natural, spontaneous, organic way to the topics under discussion, it 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
actions and reactions begin to respond to new spontaneous impulses. And these, in turn, bring forth new 174 SELF-ESTEEM
body, for they go together. Direct experience of spontaneous feelings in your body is as much an 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
deal with the topic of dynamic growth, the spontaneous unification inherent in the process of growth. All 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
new constructive, positive way of reaction. This is spontaneous unification. When it occurs you no longer need 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
in stirring up your areas of stagnation if spontaneous unification is to occur. Where emotional, psychological and 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
or mental skills. The first appearance of effortless, spontaneous unification will be incomplete. It will disappear because 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
all this, my friends. To recapitulate, effortless and spontaneous unification is the result of effort and struggle 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
spiritual growth and mastery on the inner level, spontaneous unification of emotional, psychological, and therefore spiritual rifts 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
result of your efforts will be unexpected and spontaneous rather than direct, then harmony between the voluntary 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
must make room for the involuntary until the spontaneous unification occurs. You will let it happen, wanting 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
own, thereby fulfilling your destiny. You can create spontaneous unification out of disunity. Out of a highly 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
each other. The creative attitude is a free-flowing, spontaneous manifestation. Execution is an act that comes through 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
effort. It has totally different characteristics from the spontaneous, effortless influx of creative ideas. Human beings are 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
in the area of human relationships. The creative, spontaneous, effortless experience that initially brings two people together 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
other, thus receiving. It happened as a natural, spontaneous, unplanned event, as an inevitable result of opening 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
explanation of an effect. Natural movement is a spontaneous expression of the inner energy flow that is 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
the psyche and open up new channels of spontaneous behavior no longer based on conditioned reflexes, and 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
little others can participate. Let it become a spontaneous expression. You can thus generate a marvelous energy 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
the spiritual self make the new acquisitions a spontaneous, living, effortless experience. Ego means effort; spiritual self 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
were, by the spirit. Your living becomes a spontaneous, effortless flow. QUESTION: In what way was this 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
nurture, receive, and take in. This organic self-regulating, spontaneous rhythm cannot be determined by the mind. It 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
you will find yourself to be, the more spontaneous the inner movement will become, the more revitalized 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
recreating life experience, will come as an intuitive, spontaneous expansion of your consciousness. Just as you will 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
then suddenly something will click in you. A spontaneous, almost automatic, organic desire to develop in the 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
of assertion and giving in, for instance. The spontaneous knowing when one or the other is appropriate 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
balances and dualities will become elements in a spontaneous unification and harmony. The intuitive knowledge of when 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
are illusory shortcuts meant to avoid finding the spontaneous functioning of your Godself, which knows your right 228 BALANCE
enlightenment or peace. Balance is a divine and spontaneous manifestation. Balance is sanity. Within every particle of 228 BALANCE
a carelessness rather than a trust in the spontaneous growth. I find that when we discuss individual 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975
yourself. This new strength will suddenly become a spontaneous movement. The wisdom to choose when to use 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
in everything else, practice leads to an increasingly spontaneous and automatic ability to be outwardly what you 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE

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