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I want to be God. Why should I submit to this cruel, vindictive, vengeful, inadequate god who 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
communism clearly and abundantly expounded in Scripture. I submit but a few verses which support this. Acts 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
to deceive yourself into believing that when you submit is when you truly love. In other words 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
and philosophies. It seems to you when you submit that you are being unselfish and are offering 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
respect others, even though they do not completely submit to your will. This does not sound like 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
of subtly, emotionally, and unconsciously forcing others to submit, you construct unreal situations by wishful thinking. In 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
order to get what I want, I either submit and allow myself to be mistreated, or I 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
life. You do not have to beg, cry, submit and sell your soul in order to get 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
to make a bargain and say, If I submit to you, you must love me and do 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
before those to whom you feel you must submit to get your need fulfilled. As a result 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
order to have others comply with you; you submit in order to dominate, although such domination must 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
to destroy their very aim. The more they submit, the more the existing power drive of others 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
person. On the other hand, you tend to submit to such a person. And in the third 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
but less, my friends. When you appease or submit, when you give up or allow others to 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
I am describing. The stronger your tendency to submit, the more self-contempt you beget, and therefore the 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
meaningfulness of life, so does the solution to submit rob you of independence and strength; it creates 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
bound to reject another human being. When you submit, you do not experience the truth of the 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
need exists, the more the person may sacrifice, submit, and be a martyr. All this is an 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
Thus he begins to appease, to cajole, to submit to, and become subdued by, this imaginary God-image 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
when you lack courage and self-assertion, when you submit in evident weakness. This pseudo-strength is, in reality 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
so against the stream, as it were. You submit to it because you have to, and not 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
the negativity you have produced and chosen to submit to in the first place. When you reverse 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
are wrong and the other is right, you submit and enslave yourself. You become nothing, worthless, pitiful 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
essence. You will no longer feel obliged to submit to senseless rules of restriction. The moment you 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
aggressive. Such an individual feels compelled to always submit, to never say No to any demands, no 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
true to yourself dispenses with the tendency to submit to others, to conform and appease, which you 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
and rebellion, which is another vicious circle. You submit to another's equally insatiable, unreasonable demands and join 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
creates resistance, even though temporarily some people outwardly submit to the force out of their own fears 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
wants to exploit you, he or she will submit to your rule, but also will resent and 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
in a state of love you do not submit. Submission is the price you wish to pay 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
than to God's will. You may choose to submit to another, stronger or seemingly stronger person: a 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
only two choices. The first alternative is to submit to the totality of what is conveyed. In 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
state of consciousness has no influence whatever. To submit to this false reality seems indeed the most 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
 
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on how the other person relates to the submitter. Seekers for power must never fail in anything 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
and feelings will it become clear that the submitter rejects as much as the aggressor. The struggle 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
harbors underneath it the possibility of the Christian submitter, and vice versa. Christian rebels fear that if 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
more often with the rebelling Christian image. The submitter exists only as an underlying threat and fear 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
 
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or rather, I can get it only by submitting to certain things I really do not like 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
do not wish to give up your autonomy submitting to the rule of another person. Hence only 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
one person changes the procedure, not by outwardly submitting to unjustified demands out of weakness and fear 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
self-preservation tries to compromise; you will risk by submitting. You will try to obtain happiness by self-effacement 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
drive. An additional aspect is the tendency of submitting to the very person you fear most. In 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
There is a tendency of cringing, appeasing, and submitting to the most feared person. This is your 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you give in to the needs, and by submitting, appeasing, and complying you become most angry with 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
that they want to receive from you. By submitting, you do not love, but merely expect to 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
in reality and essence, just as weak as submitting. Those of you who belong in this category 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
not, you will be torn between fighting or submitting. Both create tension, anxiety, and inner and outer 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
you do solely to gain approval from others. Submitting and appeasing lead to nothing but sharp resentments 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
Rebellion no more leads to selfhood than does submitting to other people's standards, although it is often 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
and refute other people's exploitative demands rather than submitting to them because of your own hidden agenda 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
respond to your dependency and fear either by submitting, selling out, and hating yourself for it, or 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
impulses exist, but they are very threatening. Such submitting Christians feel themselves to be sinners whenever they 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
we are concerned with on this path. The submitting Christians I first spoke of would never enter 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
need to take Him into their own lives. Submitting Christians suffer from the same confusion, the same 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
parent is no protection against a frightening world. Submitting Christians accept their parents' doctrine unquestioningly also because 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
is indeed a manifestation of God. Like the submitting Christian, Jews who deny Christ feel immensely threatened 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
a personal/psychological issue which parallels that of the submitting Christian. The part of the soul which has 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
 
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self such a powerful energy that all the subsequent steps upward on the path will become easier 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
we then ask you some questions in the subsequent meeting? ANSWER: I would even suggest that it 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
If this is so, does the Fall and subsequent Plan of Salvation hold true for other... ANSWER 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
-- and establish the patterns of the person's subsequent emotional life. The child would like to be 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
is much stronger, infinitely more powerful, than all subsequent impressions and experiences. Hence, you make a compromise 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
shame about your yearning for love and your subsequent suppression of it, you cannot silence this clamoring 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
actually the reason for the unhealthy impact and subsequent rejection. Once you fully understand this, you will 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
manner in which you meet these determines the subsequent life and fullness of joy that can be 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
experience was genuine, to that extent must the subsequent road lead away from such euphoric states. Does 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and unrolling the inner process, while observing the subsequent outer actions and reactions. When it comes to 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
of needs, the clinging to illusion, and the subsequent inability to relinquish the illusion and to see 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
that derive from the negative condition and its subsequent manifestations, but will lead to finally giving up 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
should first work on this very rebellion and subsequent frenzy. You make the rebellion and frenzy your 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
deliberate prohibition to loving, and another is a subsequent lack of self-confidence and self-respect. To atone for 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
of their worth or lack of it. The subsequent powerful forcing current, employed to dispel the dreaded 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
guilt accompanied by weakness and paralysis and the subsequent impairment of inherent productive faculties. It has not 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
talking it out, or talking it out with subsequent action -- it will relieve a hurting heart 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
outline the way, even though, of course, these subsequent steps cannot be taken until you have clearly 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
between new knowledge in certain eras and the subsequent upheavals due to ignorance of the real meaning 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
the debris of your past hurts and their subsequent destructive tendencies, you accumulate them behind the barricade 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
as a result of your inner misconceptions and subsequent faulty responses to other people and to life 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
and children. The unresolved confusions, conflicts and the subsequent basic split must be challenged most dramatically in 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
difficulties, bring examples of the split concepts and subsequent conflicts that you may have found in yourself 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
no longer deal with little reliefs, small insights, subsequent relapses, and the repetition of the process. This 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
while the hitherto hidden greed is unfair, the subsequent measure against it -- complete self-denial -- is 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
by awareness and observation, and the measure of subsequent appropriate activity and treatment. For the yes-current to 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
powers. The other is your fear with its subsequent dishonesties, causing you to withhold yourself in a 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
only for this hour, but for all the subsequent efforts, endeavors, and steps on your path. Provided 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
it becomes displaced. It will be reexperienced in subsequent situations. Displaced and denied sadness becomes self-pity, hopelessness 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
for you. But it is only one step; subsequent steps must follow. I have of course already 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
that step and overindulge in it, forgetting the subsequent steps, which are: seeing the unreality that is 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
becomes deeper, longer lasting, and less fraught with subsequent fearful contraction. You become more capable of fulfillment 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
in any of these ways, it determines its subsequent life circumstances. These circumstances are figured out in 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK
created karmic conditions, prerequisites for specific guidance for subsequent reincarnations. For example, the antagonism that generally existed 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
the plans that might have waited for a subsequent embodiment. The process of birth is never, under 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE

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