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 Stronghold..................4
learn to know yourself and gain a firm stronghold on life count as very little time indeed 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
and unfolding intuition that will give you a stronghold and security such as you cannot realize even 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
You will feel yourself defenseless, while before your stronghold, your safe point, was the hardened mass of 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
to acknowledge these reactions, you will have a stronghold on the unconscious belief that you need this 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
 
 Structural..................3
universe is part of you. You transcend the structural limitations even while you are still within your 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
directs the will, crisis will occur to make structural change possible. Without such structural change in the 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
occur to make structural change possible. Without such structural change in the entity, no balance can be 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
 
 Structures..................18
you create forms that will build harmonious spheres, structures, and landscapes in the spirit world. This may 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
outer manifestations, particularly as applied to certain personality structures. But this aspect also exists in people who 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
would say that self-rejection may in some personality structures create a more active process of masochism. Self-rejection 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
and deeply, not just superficially, how these false structures came into being. There are many religious systems 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
free yourself of the mind's limiting and erroneous structures, is to become aware of them, look at 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
but all the natural and healthy vegetation and structures alongside. Destroying the barricade in such a violent 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
observations, there are many triads in the spiritual structures of life. If harmony prevails in the living 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
a foundation of truthful concepts can be erected. Structures built on erroneous concepts must inevitably be destroyed 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
solution, then you may rest assured that old structures, based on the error of dualistic perception, are 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
dealing with life. It means breaking down old structures and establishing new ones. It means unifying erroneous 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
in any form attempts to break down old structures based on false conclusions and therefore on negativity 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
such a time of the breakdown of old structures. Most human beings still fail to understand the 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
the leaps and bounds of breaking up negative structures in the soul substance. We have discussed the 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
no painful eruption is needed to destroy rotten structures. This will reveal the stark reality to you 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
patchwork until the whole fabric falls apart. False structures always collapse. The most radical collapse is physical 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
with their divine origin and are therefore disconnected structures. When it comes to destructive acts of killing 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
the new place. You chafe against the old structures while complaining that you cannot arrive at the 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
the temptation to surrender to superior negative power structures. The moment you resist and obstruct your natural 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
 
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is no confinement, where there is no tight structuring, this unit is experienced as a living reality 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
chaotically unstructured. As you grow and evolve, the structuring walls off the chaos, so that at least 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
the way out of negative creations and confining structuring. Looking beyond the structure and into the chaos 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
 
 Struggle....................505
give anything to God's world, to the great struggle which is so crucial. Think about this, all 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
replace the pain, until eventually not even the struggle against resistance will be necessary. All of you 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
I have this fault. I know it takes struggle, willpower and patience to eradicate it, but I 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
inner liberation for each victory gained in this struggle cannot be compared with anything else human beings 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
and perhaps stupid. ANSWER: Try it. QUESTION: I struggle with this problem again and again. If God 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
to happiness, even though the transition is a struggle. Then ask yourself: Am I truly willing to 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
be willing to overcome the resistance is a struggle. So people will be afraid to admit the 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
in one case, while another person has to struggle to acquire it. If he or she does 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
does not have to come through a successful struggle to open up the spiritual contact. As one 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
The decision must be made by you, the struggle must be won by you, so that you 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
not be easy, for it is the highest struggle. You must indeed learn many things in order 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
that is just what your soul needs to struggle free of its chains. Or if it is 21 THE FALL
hidden excuses and pretenses. If you expect this struggle beforehand, you will be able to look and 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
take too much time away from your daily struggle for livelihood; you think you may not have 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
you keep this possibility in sight, as you struggle with yourself and overcome your resistance by recognizing 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
find is unpleasant. The first time you will struggle, but after you have torn down the first 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
This longing for love forces the subject to struggle to maintain the idealized image, fearing that if 32 DECISION-MAKING
important practices on this path is the daily struggle to make or to receive enlightenment out of 35 TURNING TO GOD
for help and understanding. You may have to struggle for this understanding. So it is necessary that 36 PRAYER
activity. You use the wrong kind whenever you struggle against your Higher Self. In the course of 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
a positive attitude. The distortion is in the struggle of self-will against accepting anything hard. The refusal 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
it therefore not self- will that makes you struggle in unhappiness? Every one of you can learn 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
Your unwillingness to accept life, or your inner struggle with acceptance, may manifest in many ways. Because 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
Am I struggling against life's realities? Does my struggle mean that I reject through pride and self-will 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
step further. There comes a point when your struggle on the path becomes a bit discouraging. You 38 IMAGES
find yourselves in, and it is this very struggle that we are concerned with. The first step 47 THE WALL WITHIN
is so much misunderstanding about self-responsibility. We always struggle to save you from your misunderstandings. We have 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
an obstacle. However, you do not have to struggle with it if you admit to yourself that 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
You cannot face it, you look away, you struggle to avoid seeing it. This means that in 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
live in your world of Utopia and therefore struggle against the abyss of illusion. Your whole life 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
consider what causes this inner tragedy, this senseless struggle. One main factor is responsible, which varies in 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
such people would necessarily commit suicide, but their struggle to keep their joy in life alive, even 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
inner sadness, the unfulfilled longing, and of your struggle within to cover up the sadness and to 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
link up your own conflicts with this universal struggle. In spite of your shame about your yearning 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
is bound to make you resentful. All this struggle contributes strongly to the adverse result of people 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
get commensurately to the desperate intensity of your struggle. Find specifically how this fight to prove something 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
up to your idea of it. Unconsciously, you struggle against disillusionment as long as possible and strain 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
may prove helpful for those of you who struggle and try, but always encounter new difficulties within 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
to help you overcome your obstacles, and to struggle successfully toward light and union and wholeness within 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
your individuality and happiness when in fact you struggle to preserve your separateness, were cleared up it 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
state of isolating darkness. It is a senseless struggle from which you reap unhappiness, and this alone 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
very reaction is proof of the basic human struggle and unfounded fear of leaving the state of 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
with our wishes that you may continue to struggle on this one path, this path of finding 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
itself less to rationalization. You see, your subconscious struggle against this path is always busy finding believable 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
current -- the forcing current. It creates constant struggle, tension, and anxiety. The more unaware you are 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
get less than you would have without this struggle. The second direction of this current concerns your 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
But as long as you repeat your useless struggle, it cannot evolve. In your world of unreality 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
untruth, there must be constant uncertainty, tension, anxiety, struggle, and doubt. A part of you deeply feels 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
and you recognize clearly what an illusion your struggle has been. You will no longer need it 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
find at the moment. In the latter, you struggle to use knowledge you have heard and try 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
with life. As long as you try to struggle out of this conflict by blind and unconscious 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and how they damage you in your blind struggle can you realize how much superfluous energy you 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Unconsciously, you know perfectly well how futile this struggle is. One part of your subconscious tries to 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
cross- purposes with yourself. This is the great struggle to overcome. All truth teachings observe humanity's fundamental 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
responsible for this confusing result. Religion symbolizes the struggle between opposites as the struggle between God and 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
Religion symbolizes the struggle between opposites as the struggle between God and the devil. The confusions originating 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
bad; they both stem from the same basic struggle in the human soul. Modern psychology has recognized 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
to face the realities of life; therefore the struggle becomes more intense. But the longing of the 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
core, you come face to face with your struggle against death, or anti-pleasure, if I may call 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
are most afraid of. In both alternatives you struggle desperately against death. You struggle no less when 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
both alternatives you struggle desperately against death. You struggle no less when you deliberately choose death out 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
first step is to detect how much you struggle against death. Become fully aware of this, just 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
a result of the inner duality, necessitate a struggle for living. This encourages ambitiousness, drives, and compulsions 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
world of matter, bound to decay. There is struggle and work for daily subsistence, and obligations imposed 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
movement of tensing and letting go. When you struggle away from something frightening, you tense up and 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
human entity's longing for life eternal and its struggle against death. One person will be a religious 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
preceding lectures dealt with the great duality, the struggle between life and death, the illusion that it 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
unhappy forever. Then the tragic, unnecessary, and destructive struggle against death or unhappiness begins. Birth is a 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
However, if you do not fully understand your struggle with duality, about which I spoke in the 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
This is the result of the discrepancy and struggle between the real and the false self. Only 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
you that this is a life or death struggle. You still believe you need the idealized self 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
disappears altogether. By struggling against death, as you struggle against your lower self, the duality increases. QUESTION 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
heavens clearly symbolize your idealized self-image? While you struggle within yourself, being at war with yourself, you 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
such people wish so strongly to avoid the struggle of life, they cringe like the predominantly fearful 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
state to crush you into abdicating life and struggle. If you fall into such a state, you 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
mentally, emotional experience really touches you. Since your struggle is primarily for happiness, and since immature emotions 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
of resistance points to the fact that inward struggle and hate still exist along with the child's 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
it were. This is the result of long struggle, but if you do not let up and 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
friends find themselves in a state of inner struggle and crisis at this particular stage of their 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
a part of yourself putting up quite a struggle. Before your entire life, with its fulfillments and 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
the psyche to resist. Yet such states of struggle are not due entirely to the resistance to 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
submitter rejects as much as the aggressor. The struggle preceding this important breakthrough is very hard because 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
used to. It takes a great deal of struggle before you let your real self act, unhampered 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
structure of your defenses. Another difficulty in your struggle to come through and see the light results 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
it is hard to perceive it correctly. You struggle between two alternatives, either of which could be 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
is never as painful and bitter as the struggle of straining toward the impossible. You will not 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
and what seems like activity to you. The struggle is now coming to a head. Your protection 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
on the world. You resent this demand and struggle against it. You defy the world, while still 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
loss does not contain the fear, bitterness, self-pity, struggle, and hardness contained in the pain of identification 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
single one of you. Blessed is your valiant struggle to find yourself. At this time -- for 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
new insights. Let us first understand the human struggle as such. The very state of being human 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
with awareness. This in-between state is the human struggle, a struggle not only for those who are 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
This in-between state is the human struggle, a struggle not only for those who are on any 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
not is that the former bring this very struggle into awareness, while the latter are unaware of 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
You are often confused about this. The human struggle attempts to overcome the obstructions that come from 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
suffering. This might also be expressed as the struggle between spirit and matter. Matter is a result 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
facing, of changing. In short, it is your struggle. If you want to become happy, to lead 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
self. It is logical and reasonable that the struggle and the effort have to be yours, if 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
not alive. To a large degree, the human struggle exists because a part of you grows organically 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
factor is an essential part of the human struggle. If you find growth and change pleasurable because 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
is that human beings, still in the human struggle, have their reason impaired. Their intelligence may not 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
you may reach the point where the human struggle will be a source of joy and each 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
in joy, in sadness and sorrow, in temporary struggle and crisis, are all glorious and wonderful. Live 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
was a result of their groping, pathetic, human struggle to live which, when viewed from the larger 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
becomes nothing. But if you realize the inner struggle of the other person, if you grow sufficiently 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
grow out of this state. You can never struggle out of the state of becoming by covering 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
for a long time, and because you still struggle against recognizing yourself as you are now. All 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
tide, not to resist it by a wild struggle of your soul's forces. Maturity will come as 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
Life is difficult, not only because of the struggle for physical survival, but even more so in 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
more so in these times because of the struggle for the soul's survival. This world is full 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
one can give you but yourself. The desperate struggle to be accepted by others in lieu of 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
the now. You will then find that you struggle against the now because you have not really 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
not become better equipped to cope with the struggle for existence. If you do not give children 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
yourself. Be in peace. Be in God! 114. STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY Greetings, my dearest friends. God's 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
is our goal. Life, of course, is also struggle. But there is healthy and constructive as well 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
and constructive as well as unhealthy and destructive struggle. Various philosophies and religions ask that you give 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
yourself and in the world around you. Healthy struggle never exhausts your energies. It is never futile 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
it does not always directly reap success. Healthy struggle is characterized by relaxed activity and the ability 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
to cover up hidden psychological deviations. In healthy struggle you never fight against yourself. Overcoming impurities and 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
and destructive, not by struggling against it. Healthy struggle will always make you stronger. You will not 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
will not swim against the stream, so the struggle will not consume you and leave you depleted 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
the flow of your emotions. This is unhealthy struggle. If only you would give it up, you 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
as a natural byproduct of ceasing the futile struggle to keep your hidden negative attitudes from surfacing 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
can be eliminated by ignoring them. In healthy struggle there is no anxiety, no fear, no uncertainty 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
no fear, no uncertainty, no doubt. Whenever you struggle for an apparently healthy aim but register negative 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
negative emotions, you will know that an unhealthy struggle must also be going on. In some hidden 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
negative does not eliminate its existence. When you struggle against your insecurity, denying its existence, it rises 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
our aim in this work to avoid futile struggle. For this purpose we have to remove the 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
will not have to go through the same struggle again. This is the healthy struggle to overcome 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
the same struggle again. This is the healthy struggle to overcome the unhealthy struggle against self- awareness 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
is the healthy struggle to overcome the unhealthy struggle against self- awareness. Learn to discover the signs 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
will experience the difference between healthy and unhealthy struggle. If there is doubt in you, and you 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
you do not want to doubt, you may struggle against the doubt by denying its existence, but 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
you have nothing to fear from them. Unhealthy struggle is resistance, and it is futile because you 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
problem from a new angle. So do not struggle against what is inside, regardless of what it 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
fear, and insecurity. These hurts cause you to struggle in the wrong direction, which puts you in 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
whenever there is an overflow, there is a struggle -- how can he cope with it? ANSWER 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
underlies it. The wrong attitude is the unhealthy struggle against the fear. Struggling in the sense of 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
insistence on unreasonable demands, and many more. You struggle against these feelings just as you struggle against 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
You struggle against these feelings just as you struggle against the fear. Very often, the first layer 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
a real outer fear overwhelms you, then you struggle against a part of yourself in life. And 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
be in fear, and the more you will struggle against the knowledge of this fear and of 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
in God! 116. REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER -- STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE LOWER SELF AND THE SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
all seems doubly confused. At such times your struggle is often very painful until you have truly 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
you. But while you are engaged in this struggle, your overall view of your path may be 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
before, in the first phase of this inner struggle the superimposed conscience hides the lower self, instead 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
of freedom, derived out of your own inner struggle, your intuition, your reason, even if the result 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
ignorance and poor guidance are responsible for the struggle within yourself, for you are not enmeshed in 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
yourself, for you are not enmeshed in this struggle in every aspect of your being. In some 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
these problems in the light of this specific struggle, you will understand how your inner problems and 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
understand how your inner problems and this particular struggle are connected. Personality problems and deviations come, as 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
Only by seeing the whole picture will your struggle between your superimposed conscience and your actual and/or 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
you with the necessary insight to resolve the struggle. The general knowledge of the existence of this 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
same. As I have said before, in this struggle you treat yourself with merciless harshness. You inflict 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
on another level. This proves that in this struggle you have not come to terms with yourself 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
it cannot flow naturally and spontaneously. A similar struggle exists with woman. When the girl-child feels rejected 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
an aspect, it takes a considerable amount of struggle and courage to admit what so far has 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
what so far has been inadmissible. When the struggle is overcome, a significant amount of inner freedom 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
freedom and ease has been reached. Such a struggle rarely culminates in one ultimate victory. The process 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
power to give or to withhold. The basic struggle of the infant is to attain the pleasure 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
which stands in the way. This simple, primitive struggle still exists within each individual. In itself it 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
out into the daylight of consciousness. Then the struggle continues in an entirely different way, in a 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
misconceptions and inner conflicts arise from the infant's struggle between attaining pleasure and avoiding pain. The infant's 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
your resistance to going deeper. The greater the struggle and resistance, the more meaningful was the insight 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
conflict rages just because of this interconnection. You struggle against the dependency that you simultaneously insist upon 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
One of the fundamental human predicaments is the struggle to overcome the duality between life and death 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
a threat. The path of self-discovery embodies this struggle, my friends. The avenues of escape, even within 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
this earth can be and more! Therefore, the struggle of self-realization, in the last analysis, must mean 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
with your present imperfection. When you no longer struggle against the self, thus shedding your pride and 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
no longer have negative feelings, cause you to struggle away from the now, which makes contact with 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
happiness. This happiness is easy; there is no struggle about it. The tragedy of human beings is 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
of human beings is that they so arduously struggle against happiness by fearing truth and holding onto 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
As I have mentioned in the past, the struggle against truth results in split concepts. Human beings 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
unrecognized and therefore unchanged. As long as you struggle against standing on your own feet, you will 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
feel you ought not to be unhappy, you struggle away from the now, therefore from yourself, and 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
he mistakenly believes, will overtake him. Therefore, the struggle against what is now produces greater misery than 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
move where you should move. To compensate, you struggle and move too much where you could be 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
in one's thinking and intentions. However, if you struggle against fear out of fear of fear, this 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
rhythm of your life, when you no longer struggle against, rush into, forge ahead blindly, thereby disturbing 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
to find missing clues and enlightenment wherever you struggle in the dark. The human struggle is a 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
wherever you struggle in the dark. The human struggle is a continuous striving toward light, whether or 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
most important aspects to look at is your struggle to resolve problems on false premises. The question 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
against a nonexistent problem, no matter how you struggle, no matter how you defend yourself, you must 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
to yourself and to others -- are a struggle against this false premise. To defend yourself against 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
emptying consists of recognizing that the problem you struggle against is not a real problem, but an 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
yet remains unfulfilled, what blocks it is the struggle against the nonexistent problem. As a result of 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
the nonexistent problem. As a result of the struggle, a no- current works against your conscious wishes 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
ignore the fact that the particular problem you struggle with does not exist in reality, how can 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
after you understand that there is an inner struggle against a nonexistent problem and that struggle is 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
inner struggle against a nonexistent problem and that struggle is finally given up. Whenever you come to 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
to learn and extend yourself, and the useless struggle will be finished. Are there any questions regarding 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
as long as you are in this false struggle, based on nonsensical premises -- and I deliberately 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
of view, has a nonsensical premise. This false struggle not only concerns motivations -- energy currents going 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
is so near, unless you realize the false struggle and understand it. This can happen only when 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
point of giving up your efforts because your struggle does not bring relief. You do not wish 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
your energies being geared to the unconscious false struggle. Now what to do? Give up struggling on 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
of it, you cannot give up the false struggle. You must ascertain the tiny little voice which 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
path easier and reaches the goal with less struggle and resistance. What is the goal? The goal 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
You have to work hard, you have to struggle for survival and subsistence. It was distortion and 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
of the state you will eventually find when struggle no longer exists, where only bliss exists. To 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
only bliss exists. To attempt to escape the struggle by finding a shortcut to bliss is an 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
a shortcut to bliss is an error. The struggle corresponds to the ego. Only after struggle has 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
The struggle corresponds to the ego. Only after struggle has been positively accepted will it prove superfluous 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
the ego untended, unexplored. After acceptance of the struggle, people discover relatively quickly that tediousness in daily 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
born with and born to express. Human beings struggle and fight against this foreign body in wrong 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
what could lead to its successful elimination. People struggle by denial and flight, by forcing away and 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
follow this path do not see that they struggle against acknowledging this foreign body. They often find 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
the opposite of this seeming goodness, so you struggle against admitting that which is actually foreign to 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
is the ultimate you. This is why you struggle. When humans come to that vital part of 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
stage is significant and indicates good progress. The struggle to turn away from facing this disturbing nucleus 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
you will be able to take up the struggle in an increasingly constructive, successful, and effective way 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
to comprehend. You go through such pathetically unnecessary struggle in order to turn in the wrong direction 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
not dare to love. If you continue to struggle and to find the right expression of your 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
welcome relief from the effort and fatigue to struggle against the self. When a short-circuit hinders the 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
are, in a sense, make-believe. The great human struggle for life or death is as illusory as 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
and the inner you. You give up the struggle between the outer and the inner you when 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
hidden, feared, avoided. And to those who still struggle at this point -- regardless of how long 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
lecture I just gave: giving up the frantic struggle to guard your inner secret chamber. As long 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
your inner secret chamber. As long as you struggle to keep your secret, you cannot experience the 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
close your eyes to the fact that you struggle against exposing the secret part of you. Understand 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
the secret part of you. Understand that this struggle is a useless pain you inflict upon yourself 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
the result of your efforts, your growth, your struggle in the right direction. Every one of you 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
the wiser ego can determine the way. The struggle between the educated ego and the indwelling destructive 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
prefer to attribute it to unkind fate. You struggle against seeing your own involvement. But once you 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
confusion and difficulties, fear and pain. You inevitably struggle in a most frustrating way. In its oblivion 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
can to control what it cannot control. This struggle causes more tension, anxiety, sense of failure and 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
of defeat. But the exhaustion of this futile struggle, with all its senseless outer pressure, also induces 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
fact, a much easier course than your present struggle. If only you would say, I, with my 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
mind, intellect or will cannot resolve such a struggle. Activate the inner center by expressing that you 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
your road to selfhood and self-realization. The greatest struggle for human beings is between their desire to 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
sufferings can finally be brought down to the struggle between the desire and the fear of closeness 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
place automatically. This is the real key. The struggle of wanting and fearing closeness with others, as 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
do not have to go through the terrible struggle they suffer in their isolation, wanting to reach 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
Me versus the other is the whole human struggle. As simple as this is, you as an 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
life, the peace, and the light within. All struggle and pain must then, sooner or later, fall 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
happy in these areas, where there is no struggle, no conflict, and where everything proceeds easily, because 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS

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